Aseneath (Sexton) Washburn (1784 - 1865)

Born 1784 in Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Washburn Jr. — married 1803 in Leeds Co., Ontario

Wife of Richard Johnson — married 1822 in Lansdowne, Leeds, Canada West

Descendants

Died 28 Nov 1865 at about age 81 in Soperton, Leeds, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Birth

Aseneath Sexton was born ca. 1784 in Dorset Township, Bennington County, Vermont.

The deed books for Dorset refer to "Assenath Washburn" as being an heir of "the Late William Sexton of Dorset" and to his widow "Dorothy Guile of Elizabethtown".^[1]

Marriage

Aseneath married Stephen Washburn sometime before 1805.

Aseneath married Richard Johnston sometime after 1816.^[2]

Census records

The 1805 List of Inhabitants of Lansdowne, Upper Canada records Aseneath as living in the household of Stephen Washburn.^[3] The other members of his household listed in the census are Stephen Washburn’s children from his first marriage (Patience, Seneca, Amy and Jarvis), as well as Aseneath and Stephen’s first child Minerva.

The 1806 List of Inhabitants of Lansdowne^[4] also records Aseneath as a member of the Stephen Washburn household, as do the 1807,^[5] 1808,^[6] 1810^[7] 1811^[8] and 1812^[9] lists. Over the course of these censuses, the household expands to include the couple’s other children Amanda, William, Sexton and Henry Purdy Washburn.

The 1816 list^[10] records the following members of the household:

• Asena Washburn widow, age 32
• Seneca, age 29
• Jarvis, age 16
• William, age 8
• Saxtine, age 5
• Henry, age 3
• Manarvy, age 12 [only partially legible]
• Amanda, age 10

Death

Asenath died 28 Nov 1865 in Soperton, Leeds, Ontario, Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ Land records (Dorset Township, Bennington County, Vermont), volume 6-7, 1815-1826 at pp 92 to 96 (FHL Film# 008632091).
2. ↑ Land Records of Leeds County, Lansdowne Township, volume AFF, Memorial 258, Will of Richard Johnson (11 Jun 1856) (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H6-GQ95-K?i=186&cat=484032).
3. ↑ Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/research-census-leeds-rll_1805.html).
4. ↑ 1806 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1806.jpg).
5. ↑ 1807 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1807_2_2.jpg).
6. ↑ 1808 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1808_2.jpg).
7. ↑ 1810 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1810_1_2.jpg).
8. ↑ 1811 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1811_1_1.jpg).
9. ↑ 1812 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1812_1_2.jpg).
10. ↑ 1816 Census Lansdowne, Upper Canada, Johnstown fonds (F 1721-9) in the Municipal Records collection of the Ontario Archives, MS 2552 (online at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1816_1_6.jpg and https://sites.rootsweb.com/~onleedsg/images/leeds-census-rll_1816_2_6.jpg).