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family of Mary Washburn, daughter of Joseph & Mary Washburn, married Moses Buchanan Elliott

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Hi, Lynnette. If you are asking a question about Mary Washburn, please edit your question (there is an edit hyperlink below the question) and put her profile ID (example: Washburn-123) in the slot where your ID is now. Also, when you are in the edit mode you can add text to your question to indicate what it is you are trying find out.

Answer 1

She was Mary "Polly" Washburn, who was supposedly born on 18 July 1795 in Athol, MA, to Robert Washburn and Elizabeth Harwood, who were married in New Salem, MA, on 28 May 1783.

Robert died intestate in 1847 in Hardwick, MA, and was a Revolutionary War Veteran. His wife Elizabeth petitioned for a pension from his service claiming that she still had three children to support: Joseph, Levi and Hannah, and two other children: Polly, who was married to Moses B. Elliott, and Betsey, who was married to Jonathan Rice, neither of whom were living in Massachusetts.  (John Maltby)

I have updated the profile's to reflect this connection.

 

Answer 2

>Moses Buchanan Elliott (1796-1860) - Find A Grave Memorial

>Mary Washburn Elliott (1795-1868) - Find A Grave Memorial

>Moses Elliott, "Illinois Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880" — FamilySearch.org

>Moses Elliot, "United States Census, 1850" — FamilySearch.org

>Moses Buchanan Elliot (1796–1860) | Person | Family Tree | FamilySearch

> "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85P-7WC : 4 April 2020), Moses Elliot, Bloomingdale, Du Page, Illinois, United States; citing family 1392, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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Thank you for your reply, I appreciate it very much. I already have the sources you mentioned, and have traced the Elliott Line back to the 1600s, but for some reason there doesn't seem to be any information on my great grandmother Mary Washburn's ancestors. My Elliott family bible has an entry saying she was born in Atholl, MA to Joseph and Mary Washburn, but I contact the records office there and they didn't find anything.  If you find something, please let me know! Apparently the Washburn family in England can be traced back to Tancred, a Viking that raided in Normandy with Rollo, the ancestor of William the Conqueror.

Answer 3

Info on Mary is sparse in terms of what google will turn up

Mary (Washburn) Elliott Born in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States on 18 Jul 1795 to Joseph Washburn. Mary Washburn married Moses Buchanan Elliott and had 6 children. She died on 03 Jun 1868 in Du Page, Will, Illinois, USA.

Children James F. D. Elliott 1824 - 1889.  Ann Jeannette P. Elliot 1826 - 1885.  Mariam B. Elliott 1821 - 1879 . Mary Elizabeth Elliot 1829 - 1899 . Sarah Perkins Elliot 1818 - Unknown . Henry Franklin Elliott 1831 - 1898

Mary Washburn 1795-1868 - Ancestry®