Hannah (Johnson) Washburn (1695 - 1780)

Born 17 Jan 1695 in Hingham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Washburn Jr. — married 1716 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1780 at age 85 in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

• From John Maltby:

Joseph Washburn (Jr.), probably third son of Joseph Washburn and Hannah Latham, married Hannah John­son, daughter of Capt. Isaac and Abiah (Leavitt) (Lazell) Johnson, of West Bridgewater,^[1] in ca. 1715.^[2] She was born on 17 Jan. 1694/5 in Hingham, MA,^[3] a granddaughter of Deacon John and Sarah (Gilman) Leavitt, of Hingham.^[4]

On 11 Dec. 1738 Joseph Washburn and wife Hannah, of Bridgewater, sold their homestead farm in Bridgewater to Robert Latham,^[5] and they moved from Bridgewater to Middletown, Hartford Co., CT, in ca. 1739, then to Leicester, Worcester Co., MA, in 1745. On 26 Aug. 1739 Joseph Washburn Jr. and Hannah Washburn from Bridgewater were admitted to the Congregational Church in East Middletown, CT.^[6]

Joseph Washburn (Jr.) died in 1759 in Leicester,^[7] and Hannah (Johnson) Washburn died in 1780 in Leicester, aged 87 [sic] years,^[8] but no probate records were found for either of them in Worcester Co., MA.

Joseph Washburn (Jr.) and Hannah Johnson had chil­dren,^[9] order uncertain:

+ 469 i Joseph5 Washburn (3rd), born ca. 1716 in Bridgewater, MA, married Lucia “Lucy” Boardman, daughter of Moses and Silence (Cornwall) Boardman, of Middletown, Hartford Co., CT,[130] on 24 Dec. 1741 in Middletown,[131] and settled in Middletown, CT. (Con­tinued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+ 470 ii Phebe5 Washburn, born ca. 1718 in Bridgewater, married 1.) Samuel Kingman (Jr.), son of Samuel and Mary (Mitchell) Kingman,[132] on 3 Feb. 1736/7 in Bridgewater,[133] and 2.) Jonathan Tryon on 28 Nov. 1751 in Middletown, CT.[134] She lived in Lebanon and Middletown, CT. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+ 471 iii Elijah5 Washburn, born ca. 1720 in Bridgewater, married Hannah Taylor on 23 Dec. 1746 in Leicester, MA,[135] and they probably lived near Leicester. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+ 472 iv Col. Seth5 Washburn, Esq., born on 19 May 1723 in Bridgewater,[136] married 1.) Mary Harwood, daughter of Nathaniel Harwood, on 12 Apr. 1750 in Leicester, MA,[137] and 2.) Sarah (Denny) Sargeant, daughter of Daniel and Rebeckah (Jones) Denny,[138] and widow of Thomas Sargeant, of Leicester,[139] on 30 Apr. 1788 in Leicester,[140] and he lived in Leicester, MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

• Mary Washburn, born in ca. 1725 in Bridgewater, married Timothy Clough, of Stafford, Tolland Co., CT, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Gile) Clough, on 27 Oct. 1743 in Middletown, CT, and they lived in Stafford, CT.

+ 474 vi Abiel5 Washburn, a daughter, born on 6 Mar. 1725/6 in East Bridgewater,[143] married Jacob Wicker, son of William and Rebecca Wicker,[144] on 15 Jan. 1745/6 in Leicester, MA,[145] and they lived in Leicester. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

• Susannah Washburn, baptized on 9 June 1728 in East Bridgewater, probably died young.

+ 476 viii Sarah5 Washburn, baptized on 26 Oct. 1729 in East Bridgewater,[148] married Joseph Cerly/Carly, of Leicester, MA, on 7 Feb. 1749/50 in Leicester,[149] and they lived in Leicester, Spencer and apparently Warren, MA, then moved to Whitingham, Windham Co., VT. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

+ 477 ix Lt. Ebenezer5 Washburn, born in 1734, baptized on 1 Sept. 1734 in East Bridgewater,[150] married Dorothy Newhall, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Con­verse) Newhall, of Leicester, MA,[151] on 25 July 1757 in Spencer, MA,[152] and they set­tled in Hardwick, Worcester Co., MA. (Continued in Washburn Fifth Generation.)

Name: Hannah Johnson Washburn

Birth: 17 January 1695 ^[10]

Place: Hingham, Plym, Massachusetts, USA^[11][12][13]

Death: 6 Aug 1780 ^[14]

Place: Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Burial: Rawson Brook Burial Ground, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts

Family

• "Mayflower Births & Deaths" shows:

Joseph Washburn Self (Head)

Hannah Johnson Wife

Seth Washburn Child

Elijah Washburn Child

Ebenezer Washburn Child

Abiel Washburn Child

Sarah Washburn Child

Mary Washburn Child

Sources

1. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 204.
2. ↑ Calculated from the birth of their first child in ca. 1716, and the birth of Hannah Johnson, in 1695.
3. ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Mass., Hingham, MA, 1893, Vol. 2, p. 385.
4. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages, p. 458. Sarah Gilman was the second wife of Deacon John Leavitt.
5. ↑ Plymouth Co. Land Records, Vol. 14, p. 256.
6. ↑ MF5G: Chilton, p. 91, from Middletown Church Records published in The Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 44, p. 152.
7. ↑ Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Leicester, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849, Worcester, MA, 1903, [hereinafter Leicester VRs], p. 280.
8. ↑ Leicester VRs, p. 280. She is listed as “Hannah J. Washburn, wife of Joseph.”
9. ↑ Hoskins, Anthony, “The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn,” The American Genealogist, Vol. 75, No. 3 [July 2000], pp. 215-222, the list of children on p. 222; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 324, says they had 5 sons, viz. Elijah, Joseph, Seth, Ebenezer, and one who died young.
10. ↑ Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992..
11. ↑ SAR Membership Number: 18175
12. ↑ SAR Membership Number: 29208
13. ↑ SAR Membership Number: 59429
14. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #39685464

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