Rebecca (Perry) Washburn (1689 - 1728)

Born 2 Oct 1689 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Washburn — married 24 Dec 1711 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1728 at age 39 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

~~ Fourth Generation in America ~~

* Families of the Children of Joseph Washburn and Hannah Latham:

The grandchildren of Joseph Washburn and Hannah Latham represent another of the larger branches of the Washburn family, and also contain a number of prominent men of 19th century New England. The children of sons Miles, Jonathan and Ebenezer Washburn are very uncertain at this point, and are subject to change in the future as more information becomes available.

• from John Maltby:

Jonathan Washburn, son of Joseph Washburn and Hannah Latham, married first to:

1.) Rebecca Perry, daughter of Ezra and Rebecca (Freeman) Perry Jr., of Sandwich, MA,^[1] on 24 Dec. 1711 in Sandwich.^[2] She was born on 2 Oct. 1689 in Sandwich, a granddaughter of Edmund and Rebecca (Prence) Freeman.^[3]

Rebecca (Perry) Washburn died in ca. 1718. The will of Ezra Perry, of Sandwich, dated 21 Oct. 1728, mentions “the three children of my daughter Rebecca by her husband Jonathan Washburn.”^[4] Rebecca (Freeman) Perry deeded land in Namskaket and Middleborough, MA, to the children of her daughter Rebecca Washburn, deceased, in a deed recorded on 30 Apr. 1733.^[5]

Jonathan Washburn had three children by Rebecca Perry:^[6]

• Silas Washburn, born on 11 Feb. 1713 in Bridgewater, married (____), and probably moved to Carmel, Putnam Co., NY.

• Lemuel Washburn, born on 18 Aug. 1714 in Bridgewater. He possibly married and moved to New Jersey. Children not found.

• Susanna Washburn, born ca. 1716 in Bridgewater, was still unmarried and living in Bridgewater in Mar. 1739, had a son born out-of-wedlock in ca. 1735. She is thought to have possibly married George McCoy, of New Jersey.

Birth

Rebecca Perry, the daughter of Ezra and Rebecca Perry was born the 2nd day of October Anno Domini 1689". ^[7]

Name

Rebecca Perry

Marriage

"Perry, Rebecca of Sandwich and Jonathan Washburn, Dec. 27, 1711, in Sandwich." ^[8]

Husband Jonathan Washburn.

Wife Rebecca Perry.

Marriage, 24 Dec 1711, Sandwich, Plymouth, MA,

Child: Silas Washburn.

Child: Lemuel Washburn.

Child: Unknown Washburn.

Parents Marriage

Husband Ezra Perry.

Wife Rebecca Freeman.

Marriage:

Child: Rebecca Perry.

Death

"Rebecca... died before 25 Oct. 1728." "Her father's will 1728 names the three children of my daughter Rebeckah by her husband Jonathan Washburn". ^[9]

5 Nov 1718, Bridgewater, PLYMOUTH, MA.

Children

"Children (surname Washburn) births of first two per Bridgewater Vital Records: ^[10]

Silas, born 11 Feb. 1712/13

Lemuel, born 18 Aug. 1714

Japhet (?)

From Findagrave.com

Rebecca Perry Washburn

Birth: Oct. 2, 1689, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; Death: Nov. 5, 1788, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Rebecca and Jonathan were married 24 Dec 1711 at Barnstable Co, MA, and they were the parents of Silas/11 Feb 1712, Lemuel/18 Aug 1714, male/1716.

Family links: Parents: Ezra Perry (1653 - 1723), Rebecca Freeman Perry (____ - 1738); Spouse: Jonathan Washburn (1689 - 1766); Children: Lemuel Washburn (1714 - ____).

Burial: Unknown^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney), and Maclean W. McLean, “Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c.1625-1689),” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, pp. 9-11.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Sandwich, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, p. 85.
3. ↑ Brownson, Lydia B. (Phinney), and Maclean W. McLean, “Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c.1625-1689),” Genealogies of Mayflower Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985, p. 9.
4. ↑ Barnstable Co. Probate Records, Vol. 4, pp. 518, 535
5. ↑ MF5G: Cooke, p. 258, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 115, p. 92-93.
6. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324, says he had Silas 1713 and Lemuel 1714, born in East Bridgewater.
7. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Sandwich Vol 1, page 62
8. ↑ Bridgewater Marriages, Vol 2, page 294
9. ↑ Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. Vol 115, page 93
10. ↑ Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass., Vol 115, page 93
11. ↑ Sue McDuffe:), "Rebecca Perry Washburn," Findagrave.com. Record added: Dec 29, 2010. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63457484. Accessed May 2017 by Patricia Prickett Hickin.

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Jonathan Washburn

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). (accessed 14 March 2015), compiled by Caroline Lewis Cardell and Russell A. Lovell, Jr., Sandwich, Vol 1, page 62 Perry.

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). (accessed 14 March 2015), Bridgewater Marriages, Vol 2, page 294

• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) (accessed 14 March 2015), April 1961, Vol 115, page 86 and 93, through Vol 116, Jan. 1962, page 27. Ezra Perry of Sandwich, Mass. (c.1625-1689), by Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McClean.

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The below is from an online family tree by hobbyist Lou Ann Winterrowd.

• "The Family of William Grant (born 1790 KY-died 1879 IN) and allied Washburn, Robbins and other families," database, Lou Ann Winterrowd, Rootsweb - (Rootsweb) (Unsourced). (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 15 Mar 2023.)