Reuel Washburn (1793 - 1878)

Born 21 May 1793 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Delia (King) Washburn — married 19 Oct 1820 in Livermore, Larimer, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1878 at age 84 in Livermore, Androscoggin, Maine, United States

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Biography

Reuel Washburn was born at Raynham, Massachusetts, on 21 May 1793, the son of Israel Washburn and Abiah (King) Washburn.^[1][2]

On 1 Oct 1820, Reuel Washburn of Livermore, Maine, and Delia King of Raynham, Massachusetts, published at Raynham their intention to marry.^[3][4] On 9 Oct 1820, the town clerk of Livermore, Maine, certified that "an intention of marriage between Reuel Washburn Esq. of Livermore & Miss Delia King of Raynham (Mass.) hath been entered & and published in the town of Livermore as the Law directs."^[5] They married at Livermore on 19 Oct 1820.^[6] They were first cousins, both grandchildren of Benjamin King and Deliverance (Eddy) King.

He was a brother of Israel and born at Raynham, Massachusetts. He graduated at Brown University in 1814; came to this State, studied law at Paris, Me., was admitted to the Oxford [County] Bar in 1818, and soon after settled at North Livermore, where he had a good practice during the active years of his life. He was Register of Probate for Oxford County, State Senator and a member of Governor Lincoln's Council. He represented the town in the Legislature five years; was Judge of Probate for Androscoggin County.^[7]

Reuel Washburn died at Livermore, Maine, on 4 Mar 1878.^[6] A gravestone at the Waters Hill Cemetery in Livermore is inscribed with the dates 1783-1878;^[8] the birth date on the stone is in error by 10 years, according to his birth record.^[1]

Name

Name: Reuel Washburn

Reuel is shown as a "Lawyer" on his son's death record.

Death of Son

• from Maine Vital Records:

mentioned in the record of Seth D Washburn.

Name: Reul Washburn

gender: Male

Wife: Delia King

Son: Seth D Washburn

Name: Seth D Washburn

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 03 Oct 1901

Event Place: Livermore, Maine

Gender: Male

Age: 69

Birth Year (Estimated): 1832

Father's Name: Reul Washburn

Mother's Name: Delia King

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Raynham > Births, Marriages and Deaths > image 310 of 989 (subscription required); Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ Margaret Harris Stover, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts (Plymouth, Mass., 1997), page 51.
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Raynham > Births, Marriages and Deaths > image 341 of 989 (subscription required) Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
4. ↑ Margaret Harris Stover, Vital Records of Raynham, Massachusetts (Plymouth, Mass., 1997), page 66. The bride's name is mis-transcribed as Delia Ring
5. ↑ Marriage intention of Reuel Washburn and Delia King, in Vital Records of Livermore, Maine, FamilySearch > Vital and town records, 1797-1910 > unpaginated > Marriages and marriage intentions, 1811-1842 > image 343 of 718; FHL Microfilm 11332
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} julia Constantia Chase Washburn, Genealogical notes of the Washburn family : with a brief sketch of the family in England, containing a full record of the descendants of Israel Washburn of Raynham, 1755-1841, pages 86-87 for marriage, mode/2up page 87 for birth and death
7. ↑ Ira Thompson Monroe, History of the Town of Livermore, Androscoggin County Maine; From Its Inception in 1735 and Its Grant of Land in 1772 to Its Organization in 1795 Up to the Present Time 1928 (Lewiston, Me., 1928), page 227
8. ↑ Photo of gravestone of Ruel Washburn and Delia K. Washburn (Find A Grave: Memorial #73472151)

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC69-CWR : 27 December 2014), Reul Washburn in entry for Seth D Washburn, Death 03 Oct 1901; citing Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm 10,057.