Benjamin Washburn (abt. 1657 - bef. 1690)

Born about 1657 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Died before 12 Dec 1690 before about age 33 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Benjamin, son of John Washburn VI, eldest son of John Washburn V, both in the line of the Washbornes' of Bengeworth. John VI sailed to New England on the "Elizabeth & Ann", with his mother and brother in 1635.

They settled first in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony and John VI married Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Experience and Jane (Cooke) Mitchell, of Duxbury. They had eleven children, including the first set of Seven Brothers in the American Washburn line.

John Washburn b. abt. 1646

Thomas Washburn b. abt. 1648

Samuel Washburn b. abt 1651

Joseph Washburn b. 7 July 1653

Jonathan Washburn b. abt. 1655

Benjamin Washburn b. abt. 1658

Mary (Washburn) Kinsley b. abt 1661

Elizabeth (Washburn) Seely b. abt. 1664

Jane Washburn b. abt. 1670

James Washburn b.15 May 1672

Sarah (Washburn) Ames b. abt. 1675

Benjamin Washburn died between 28 July and 12 December 1690, unmarried.^[1] The will of Benjamin Washbourn of Bridgewater, leaving to "goe against the ffrench enemy" was dated 28 July 1690. He named his brothers Jonathan, James, Samuel, Joseph; sisters Jane Washbourne, Sarah Washbourne. Inventory of the estate was taken on 12 December 1690.^[2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Vol. 12 (Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1996), p. 73.
2. ↑ Greenlaw, Lucy Hall, "Abstracts from the First Book of Plymouth County Probate Records," The Genealogical Advertiser, Vol. 2:60-1, Will of Benjamin Washbourn of Bridgewater.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-JDL2 : 17 March 2023), Probate records 1686-1702 and 1849-1867 vol 1-1F > image 54 of 490; State Archives, Boston.

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