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Washburn Name Study

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Surnames/tags: Washburn Washburne
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Please contact the project leader Cassie Wicks or leave a comment at the foot of the page. If you have any questions, just ask. Thanks!

Goals

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect.

Task List

This is a place to post your Washburn family lines to see how we are all connected.

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Meaning of the Washburn surname, geographical origin of the Washburn surname, Washburn veterans, famous Washburn family members

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The Washburn Name and Variations

The Name—anciently Wasseburn or born. C. W. Bardsley's Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames states that Wasse was anciently and still is a common surname in Yorkshire. It is a place name derived from the various river and sea beaches subject to overflow by floods and tides, hence known as wasses and now as cashes. Wasseburn to our ancestors signified a flowing stream. The little ham that stood upon its banks took its name from the stream, and the proprietor or lord of the village was so and so de Wasseborn, just as the parson was the most important person in the parish. The form Wasseborn is the form first met with about 1100; and Wasseborn or burn continued in common use by the family with the occasional addition of a final "e" till about the middle of the 17th century when the family wrote the name Washbourne, a form which still prevails in England. Through all the first two periods, writers of public documents, even of wills, felt themselves at liberty to suit their own convenience or taste in spelling the name, so that great varieties of spelling are found in public documents and varieties in the same document. Thus in the will of John Washburn of Bengeworth, it is Wassheburns; in his wife's Wasborn; in his son's Wasburne and in the inventory Wasborne; in the burgess' will Washborne; in his wife's Wasburne and Washborne; in the public registers of Bengeworth pretty uniformly Wasborne. John the emigrant wrote his name Washborn. In America three forms of spelling have prevailed,—Washburn, the most common, Washborn, and Washburne, with even a greater variety of freak spelling of the name than is found in England, and not always by outsiders..

From; "Ebenezer Washburn: His Ancestors and Descendants" by Geo. T. Washburn




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Good evening. I have a dilemma. Not that I am addicted to genealogy, because we all are, but because I am stumped by this man, James Henry Washburn {Washburn-4572). According to what I have and family legend, he was born in either 1816 or 1818 in Washington, Duchess County, New York. There is a headstone in Peckville, Pennsylvania for he and his wife. This is pretty much etched in stone (dont hate me). The confusion comes in identifying his parents. I have seen where he is the son of William Washburn (Washburn-4571) and Pamela (Permillia) Darling. (Darling-3001). According to this information, William was 16 or 17 when JH was born and Pamela was 14. Not unheard of, but a bit odd. The other glitch is that they (William and Pamela) were not married until 1823. Again, not unheard of, but odd all the same. Final oddity is that the next child wasnt born until 1827. Why the gap? If this information is accurate, then I can trace my lineage back to early England and France. But I am having a hard time making that leap. I have submitted my DNA and seen some results, but trying to understand them is worse than quantum physics to me. Does anyone know of a DNA link to William and Pamela that I could explore? Thanks!
posted by Joe Mattingly
Hello, I just added this category to my and my moms (Jean Washburn) pages. My moms Washburn line had Huntington’s_disease and I am researching our Washburn ancestors trying to trace it back. I have found several HD affected Washburn descendants who trace back to the common ancestors John Washburn Jr. and Elizabeth Mitchell .. If anyone here knows of Huntingtons Disease affected branches from a Washburn please contact me so i can add it to my research. The Huntington’s_disease category would also be a place to add them. Thank you, sherrie
posted by Sherrie Stinnett
Hello, I am a descendant of John Washburn, 1621-1685, m. Elizabeth Mitchell, through their son, Joseph.
posted by Teresa Coffman
I am a direct descendant of John Washburn Jr. and Elizabeth Mitchell. I had three pair of 12th GG on the Mayflower.
posted by Lee Ann Smith
I am a direct descendant of John Washburn and Elizabeth Mitchell through two of their sons, Samuel and Joseph. I also have several Mayflower passengers in my family line.
My maternal great-grandmother, Lydia Washburn, was born in Iowa, in 1873. In 1947, her elder brother, Elmer Edson Washburn, wrote a 70-page piece, "Westward Across Four Frontiers: From New Bedford, MA; to Ostego County, NY; to Erie County, PA; to Iowa, to Oregon" (he was almost 13 years old in 1883 when his family left Iowa for Oregon).

If you're interested in reading the pdf, let me know.

posted by Margaret Wright
I've added several profiles to the list, virtually all of the Washburn's in America hail from one of these men.

Added some content here that basically gives the origin and variations of the name.