Jesse Washburne Sr. (abt. 1720 - aft. 1800)

Born about 1720 in Hempstead, Nassau, Province of New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Silence (Washburn) Washburne — married 29 Dec 1748 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1800 after about age 80 in Northampton (now Monroe) Co., Pennsylvania

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Biography

Name

Name: Lt. Jesse Washburne Sr.

Residence

• From "The American Ancestry of Silence Washburn" - Notes for Jesse Washburn:

He owned a small piece of land on Beaver Creek on the Delaware Water Gap. He was a carpenter and millwright. He built a small mill on his land.

February 17, 1778, Jesse purchased from Asaph Whittlesey a house amd lot in a meadow in lower Shawnee Meadow, Westmoreland County, Connecticut (now Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Jesse Washburn sold this property to his son-in-law, Jacob Andreas, on March 28, 1791

Military

Lieutenant Jesse Washburne Sr. served with Northampton County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Jesse Washburne Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A121889.

The muster roll of May 14, 1778, of the First Company, Fourth Battalion, shows both Jesse Sr. and Jesse Jr. in the same company.^[1] Evidence shows that they were both lieutenants before the end of the war.

Notes

from GenForum: ^[2]

1760 migrated to PA, settled in what is now Monroe County. First authoritative statement of life in PA is found in court records of Northhampton County. Owned a small tract of land on Beaver Creek west from Delaware Water Gap. Moved to Wyoming Valley some time before 1778. Feb. 17, 1778, bought a house lot and meadow lot in lower Shawnee Meadow, Westmoreland Co., Conn. now Plymouth, Luzerne County, PA. from Asaph Whittlesey. Jesse Washburn sold property to son in law Jacob Andreas, March 28, 1791. Jesse Washburn lived in Wyoming Valley at time of massacre. He did not take part in battle, son Daniel did. Jesse and second wife, son Caleb and two small children and Mrs. Wm. Woodring with 5 children fled to Shawnee Ft. Escaped to Weissport three days after being on raft. Jesse Washburn Sr. - Lieutenant in Northhampton County Militia during Revolutionary War. Jesse Washburn Sr. and Jr. served muster roll May 14, 1778, fourth battalion, first co. Jesse Washburn married second time daugther of John Rhodes.

Long Island, New York

• From John Maltby:

John Washburn (3rd) had children, possibly by Hannah Thorneycraft,^[3] including:

(Possibly) Jesse Washburn, born say ca. 1726 in Hempstead or Westchester Co., NY,^[4] marriage not found. In 1759 Jesse Washbourne of Newtown, Sussex Co., “in the East New Jerseys,” yeoman, filed a suit against Joseph Harris of Halifax, Plymouth Co., Mass., husbandman, over trespass, in the Plymouth County Court of Common Pleas, but the case was dismissed because neither party showed up in court in April 1759.^[5] If the Jesse Washburn of Sussex Co., NJ, in 1759 is the Jesse Washburn who was born in New York in ca. 1726, then he was probably also the Lt. Jesse Washburn who married Silence Washburn, daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Richmond) Washburn, of Bridgewater, on 29 Dec. 1748 in Bridgewater,^[6] and moved to what is now Monroe Co., PA, in 1760.

Lt. Jesse Washburn had children, presumably all by Silence Washburn:

• Rebecca Washburn, born ca. 1749, married Jacob Blinn. She died before 1810.

• Thankful Washburn, born in 1752, married Peter Andreas, son of Martin and Anna Elizabeth (Vautrin or Wotring) Andreas, in 1772.

• Jesse Washburn Jr., born on 25 July 1759, married Catherine (___), and settled in Northampton Co., PA.

• Sarah Washburn, born supposedly on 14 Feb. 1760, married Jacob Andreas, son of Martin and Anna Elizabeth (Vautrin or Wotring) Andreas, and brother of Peter Andreas, in ca. 1783.

• Daniel Washburn, born in 1763, married Maria Barbara Helfrich in 1784.

• Caleb Washburn, born ca. 1765, was living in 1810, probably already married, but his wife’s name is unknown.

Massachusetts Colony

• Also from John Maltby:

Silence Washburn, probably younger daughter of Josiah and Sarah (Richmond) Washburn, married Lt. Jesse Washburn on 29 Dec. 1748 in Bridgewater.^[7] He was born ca. 1725-1730, but his parents have not been positively identified.^[8] See Jesse Washburn #858

Jesse Washburne, of Bridgwater, husbandman, was sued by Nathan Leonard of Bridgwater, husbandman, over a bond for £250 dated 9 Jan. 1748, which Washburne had not fully repaid,^[9] and in May 1751 Thomas Croade, Esq., of Hallifax, received a judgment against Jesse Washburne of Bridgwater, husbandman, for an unpaid account amounting to £36.17s.9½d plus court costs.^[10] In March 1752 Ichabod Bardine of Middleborough, husbandman, sued Jesse Washburne of Bridgwater, husbandman, over a note for £7.5s.4d dated 25 Sept. 1750.^[11] In 1759 Jesse Washbourne of Newtown, Sussex Co., “in the East New Jerseys,” yeoman, filed a suit against Joseph Harris of Halifax, Plymouth Co., Mass., husbandman, over trespass, in the Plymouth County Court of Common Pleas, but the case was dismissed because neither party showed up in court in April 1759.^[12]

Jesse and Silence Washburn moved to what is now Monroe Co., PA, in ca. 1760, where they owned a small tract of land on Beaver Creek west from the Delaware Water Gap.^[13] He served as a Lieutenant from Northampton Co., PA, during the Revolu­tionary War.^[14] Sometime before 1778 they moved to the Wyoming Valley in PA. On 17 Feb. 1778 they purchased a house lot and a meadow lot in lower Shawnee Meadow, Westmoreland Co., CT, in what is now Plymouth, Luzerne Co., PA, from Asaph Whittlesey.

Silence Washburn died sometime before the 1778 Wyoming Massacre, and Jesse Washburn remarried to (___) Rhodes, daughter of John Rhodes. They were living in the Wyoming Valley at the time of the massacre in the summer of 1778, and escaped to Shawnee Fort.^[15] On 28 Mar. 1791 Jesse Washburn sold land to his son-in-law, Jacob Andreas.^[16]

Lt. Jesse Washburn probably died on 2 Apr. 1810 in PA. On 15 May 1810 the heirs of Jesse and Silence Washburn, namely Jesse Washburn, of Chestnut Hill Twp, Northampton Co., PA, yeoman; Daniel Washburn and Caleb Washburn, of East Penn Twp, Northampton Co., PA; Peter Andreas, of Northampton, as guardian of the children of his late wife, Thankful, deceased; Jacob Andreas, of Northampton, as guardian of the children of his late wife, Sarah, deceased; and Catherine Blin, only daughter and heir of Rebecca Blin, gave a power of attorney to Solomon Hayward, of Bridgewater, MA, to sell land that had been inherited by their mother, Silence Washburn, from Samuel Crane, of Bridgewater, MA.^[17] On 6 Nov. 1812 Jesse Washburn, Daniel Washburn, Caleb Washburn, Peter Andreas, Jacob Andreas, and Catherine Blinn, as heirs of Silence Washburn, gave receipt for their share of the estate of Samuel Crane.^[18]

Born 1720 Hempstead, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America. ^[19]

Died 1800 Northampton County (now Monroe), Pennsylvania. ^[19]

Ancestral File Number Note: 2P95-BT.

FSFTID L78D-3CX.

FSLINK https:/www.familysearch.org/tree/person/detailsL78D-3CX.

Note: (NI107).

Notes

Note NI107BIRT: RIN MH:SC579 DEAT: RIN MH:SC580

Sources

1. ↑ Pa Arch. 5, VIII, 305, 306
2. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/washburn/464/
3. ↑ Elaine Olney, Washburn, p. 8, says “This is the one generation that holds many unanswered questions.”
4. ↑ A son Jesse Washburn is listed in the FHL Ancestral File and the I.G.I., submitted by a large number of researchers, but not in Olney, Washburn, p. 12, who believes that Jesse was a son of Richard rather than a brother, however Jesse the son of Richard was not born until well after 1759. If the Jesse Washburn of Sussex Co., NJ, was indeed part of this family he would have to have been a brother of Richard in order to have been old enough to file a suit in 1759, and the connection with Plymouth County, MA, in 1759 suggests that he was probably the Jesse Washburn who married there in 1748 to Silence Washburn, and eventually settled in the Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. Further research is needed.
5. ↑ Plymouth County Court Records, Vol. 7, Court of Common Pleas, 1744-1760, Session 11, p. 422, case #50 for April 1759.
6. ↑ Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1916, [hereinafter Bridgewater VRs], Vol. 2, p. 391.
7. ↑ Bridgewater VRs, Vol. 2, p. 391.
8. ↑ He may possibly have been the son of John and Hannah (Thorneycraft) Washburn 3rd, of Hempstead, NY. There is no direct proof that John and Hannah Washburn of Hempstead had a son named Jesse, but most of the names and birth dates of their children are still unknown to researchers. Both the FHL Ancestral File and the I.G.I. list a son named Jesse Washburn born around 1720, submitted by a large number of researchers, but Elaine Olney, who has extensively researched this family, doubts that a son named Jesse existed. I have listed him as a possibility, and further research is needed.
9. ↑ Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 7, Court of Common Pleas, Session 10, p. 86.
10. ↑ Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 7, Court of Common Pleas, Session 10, p. 176.
11. ↑ Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 7, Court of Common Pleas, Session 10, p. 228.
12. ↑ Plymouth Co. Court Records, Vol. 7, Court of Common Pleas, 1744-1760, Session 11, p. 422, case #50 for April 1759.
13. ↑ Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. XXI, 1930, as per e-mail letter of David Billings.
14. ↑ Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. XXI, 1930, as per e-mail letter of David Billings.
15. ↑ Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. XXI, 1930, as per e-mail letter of David Billings.
16. ↑ Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Vol. XXI, 1930, as per e-mail letter of David Billings.
17. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, “Which Josiah Washburn Married Sarah Richmond?”, The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 48, p. 13.
18. ↑ Merrick, Barbara Lambert, “Which Josiah Washburn Married Sarah Richmond?”, The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 48, p. 14.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} Source: S397 Certainty: 0 Date of Import: 15 Aug 2011

• Maltby on GenForum - In reply to: Silence and Jesse Washburn

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Silence Washburn

• John A. Maltby Genealogies - Jesse Washburn

Acknowledgments

• 124-DeCoursey.ged on 14 September 2010.

• Holli Leggett Pearce family tr2.ged on Jul 15, 2013 by Holli Leggett.

Biography

Married Dec. 29, 1748 Silence Washburn. l760 migrated to PA settled in what is now Monroe County. Moved to Wyoming Valley some time before 1778. Jesse Washburn married second time daugther of John Rhodes. Jesse Washburn lived in Wyoming Valley at time of massacre. He did not take part in battle, son Daniel did. Jesse and second wife, son Caleb and two small children and Mrs. Wm. Woodring with 5 children fled to Shawnee Ft. Escaped to Weissport three days after being on raft. Jesse Washburn served as Lieutenant in Northhampton County Militia during Revolutionary War. Jesse Washburn Sr. and Jr. served muster roll May 14, 1778 fourth battalion first company. Jesse Washburn died between 1800-1810.

Sources

• http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=875&p=surnames.washburn says Jesse "son of Elisha Washburn -[796] and Unknown , was born in Kingston, MA"

• http://genforum.genealogy.com/washburn/messages/464.html

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQB-4JW : accessed 10 November 2021), entry for Jesse Washburn, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.

Notes for Jesse Washburn: From "The American Ancestry of Silence Washburn": He owned a small piece of land on Beaver Creek on the Delaware Water Gap.He was a carpenter and mill wright. He built a small mill on his land.

February 17, 1778, Jesse purchased from Asaph Whittlesey a house amd lot in a meadow in lower Shawnee Meadow, Westmoreland County, Connecticut (now Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Jesse Washburn sold this property to his son-in-law, Jacob Andreas, on March 28, 1791

The muster roll of May 14, 1778 of First Company, Fourth Battalion shows both Jesse Sr and Jesse Jr in the same company (Pa Arch. 5, VIII, 305, 306). Evidence shows that they were both lieutenants before the end of the war.

Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints MyFamily.com, OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT,

United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnesota Census Schedules for 1870. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T132, RG29, 13 rolls. Upper Macungie, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, post office Trexlertown, roll 1363, page 558, image 342.

• Source: S320 Media: Collection WikiTree Publication: MyHeritage <a href='http://www.wikitree.com' target='wikitree'>www.wikitree.com</a> Paranthetical: YCertainty: 4 Lt. Jesse Washburne Washburn, Sr.&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: 1726 - Hempstead, Nassau, Province of New York&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Dec 29 1748 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay&lt;br&gt;Marriage: 1765&lt;br&gt;Death: 1800 - Northampton County (now Monroe), Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt;Father: John Washburn Washburne, III&lt;br&gt;Mother: Hannah Washburn (born Thorneycraft)&lt;br&gt;Spouses: Silence Washburne (born Washburn)Mary Rhodes&lt;br&gt;Children: Caleb WashburnDaniel WashburnJesse Washburn, Jr.Rebecca WashburnSarah Andreas (born Washburn)Thankful Andreas (born Washburne)John Washburn&lt;br&gt;Siblings: Richard WashburnSilas WashburnPhilena Washburn&lt;br&gt;Photos:

• Source: S397 WASHBURN7.ged EXCLUDE Paranthetical: Y