Stephen Washburn Sr. (1735 - abt. 1799)

Born 19 Feb 1735 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1799 at about age 63 in Lansdowne, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Connecticut Colony

• From John Maltby:

Ebenezer Washburn and Patience Miles had 15 children, including:

Stephen Washburn, fourth son, born in New Milford, CT, on 19 Feb. 1734/5,^[1] married Martha (___) in say ca. 1759,^[2] and they moved to Manchester, Bennington Co., VT, in ca. 1760. She was born, say ca. 1739, and they were living in Manchester, VT, in the 1791 federal census.^[3] He purchased land in Glastonbury, Bennington Co., VT, in 1791, and sold it in 1794.^[4] He supposedly died in 1799 in Lansdowne, Ontario,^[5] and she died on 4 May 1813 in Lansdowne, Ontario,^[6] and they were both buried in the Washburn Family Cemetery in Washburns Corners, Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario.

Stephen and Martha Washburn supposedly had children, order uncertain:

• Tabor Washburn, born ca. 1760 in Bennington Co., VT,[86] married Sarah (___), and they lived in Dorsett and Manchester, Bennington Co., VT.

• Aaron Washburn, born say 1762 in Bennington Co., VT, marriage not found.

• (Possibly) Patience Washburn, born, say ca. 1764 in VT, married William Parish, son of Asa and Mindwell (Fuller) Parish, on 1 or 25 Nov. 1784 in Man­ches­ter, Bennington Co., VT.

• Rebekah Washburn, born on 8 Mar. 1766, presumably in VT, married Daniel Hilyard/Hilliard, son of John and Elizabeth (Smith) Hilyard, on 17 Aug. 1786 in Manchester, Bennington Co., VT.

• Stephen Washburn (Jr.), born on 7 Feb. 1770 in Manchester, Ben­nington Co., VT, married supposedly 1.) Martha Bull in ca. 1791, and 2.) Patty Emmons, daughter of Solomon and Mary (Marsh) Emmons, on 7 Jan. 1801 in Hartland, VT, and 3.) Arsenath Sexton, daughter of William and Dorothy (Curtis) Sexton, of Athens, Leeds Co., Ontario, in ca. 1803 in Leeds Co., Ontario.

• Martha Washburn, born on 15 Mar. 1776 in Manchester, VT, supposedly married Henry Purdy, and moved to Schuyler Falls, Clinton Co., NY.

• Polly Washburn, born on 10 Sept. 1778 in Manchester, VT, marriage not found.

• Ebenezer Washburn, born on 6 Dec. 1780 in Manchester, VT, supposedly married Hannah Sexton, daughter of William and Dorothy (Curtis) Sexton, in ca. 1806 in Lansdowne, Ontario.

Upper Canada Land Petition

A “Stephen Washbern” filed a land petition on May 11, 1796 with the Upper Canada Land Board requesting that he be assigned a 1,000 acre parcel in Bastard Township (near Lansdowne, Upper Canada).^[7]

A letter with respect to this land grant states that Stephen Washburn claimed the parcel from "Stephen Washburn, the Elder".^[8] Accordingly, the Stephen Washburn who filed the land petition was Stephen Sr. and not Stephen Jr., indicating that Stephen Sr. had almost certainly immigrated to Upper Canada before his death.

Notes

Possible Second marriage location: Kent, Litchfield Co., Connecticut or Dutchess Co., New York

He died after 1798, abt 1804 Kent,, Conn.

Mayflower Lines

The article "Was Stephen Washburn of Manchester Vermont from Kent Connecticut?" sets out the summary of proof for the argument that the Stephen Sr. was the son of Ebenezer Washburn and Patience Miles and a descendant of Mayflower passengers Francis Cooke, Mary Chilton and James Chilton.^[9]

Line 1: Stephen Washburn Jr>>Stephen Washburn Sr>>Ebenezer Washburn>>Joseph Washburn>>Elizabeth Mitchell>>Jane Cooke>>Francis Cooke

Line 2: Stephen Washburn Jr>>Stephen Washburn Sr>>Ebenezer Washburn>>Hannah Latham>>Susannah Winslow>>Mary Chilton>>James Chilton

Sources

1. ↑ White, Barbour Index of New Milford VRs, p. 221, taken from Vol. LR4, p. 20, of the New Milford Town Records.
2. ↑ Her maiden name is listed as Tabor in the I.G.I. Marriage Records, presumably from LDS temple records, but it is only a guess, because of the naming of a son “Tabor” Washburn, and most researchers of this Washburn line believe that name is incorrect. The marriage year was calculated from the approximate birth year of Tabor Washburn in circa 1760.
3. ↑ Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Vermont, actually taken in 1791, Bountiful, Utah, 1993, p. 18, Manchester Town, Bennington County, the Stephen Washburn household had 3 free white males aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 3 free white females.
4. ↑ Washburn, Rev. George T., Ebenezer Washburn, His Ancestors and Descendants, p. 63.
5. ↑ www.findagrave.com, memorial #86769835, from his gravestone* in the Washburn Family Cemetery in Washburns Corners, Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada, which gives him two wives: Martha Tabor and Martha Bull.
6. ↑ www.findagrave.com, memorial #86770463, from her gravestone* in Washburn Family Cemetery in Washburns Corners, Leeds and Grenville Co., Ontario, Canada.

   * There are no gravestone's shown on either of their memorial's at Find-A-Grave, nor is there any documentation for the two wives mentioned on his memorial.

7. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions RG 1 L3, C-2950, Volume 522, Bundle W1, Petition 60 (online at: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2650&sqn=509&tt=1280&PHPSESSID=8rtmpt1cfn1b71f9u07frsh845).
8. ↑ Archives of Ontario, Heir & Devisee Commission Records, Case File Number 40-0336 (1817) (online at: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS54-Y3W4-G?i=709&cat=219880).
9. ↑ Robert Galbraith Chapman, "Was Stephen Washburn of Manchester Vermont from Kent Connecticut?" in The Mayflower Quarterly (May 1997) at pp 143 to 148.

• John Maltby Genealogies - Stephen Washburn

• New Milford Vital Records - pg. 221 pg. 221

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86769835/stephen-washburn

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Stephen Washburn (19 Feb 1735–1799), Find A Grave Memorial no. 86769835, citing Washburn Family Cemetery, Washburns Corners, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293) .

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Beverly Knauer for creating Washburn-1179 on 4 Oct 13.

• This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011.