In a letter written to a D.S.Young from Calvin Washburn: Luther Washburn was born in the town of Deerfield, Ma in the year 1757 Mar 25. He was bound as apprentice To a Mr. Allen, farmer of that town, in his early boyhoof with whom he stayed several years. Becoming disatisfied from hardships which he endured and not receiving any school advantages as designated in the bond, he absconded and went to Pa Then he engaged with a Quaker farmer whom he served with fidelity several years and therefore imbibed many of the Quaker tenets and doctrines to which he held until his death. At of near the commencement of the Revolutionary War he enlisted in the Continental Army. Subsequently he was detailed to drive General Lee's baggage-wagons and continued to do so until the battle of Monmouth. (General Lee was suspended) misconduct on the battlefield and those of his military family were discharged and Luther Washburn returned to his home in Ma. At quite an early period of life he married Sarah Spinning of Guilford, who was born at that place Feb 4th, 1761. Soon after marriage they removed to Bennington Vt. where they resided a number of years. From thence they moved to Saratoga. The letter then goes on to discribe their trip and life after.. Probably the reason they were warned out was his views on the Quaker religion??? I hope this gives someone an idea out there.. I am going to be gone for a few weeks so if anyone does make some headway please look for me on the internet when I return Thanks Dixie (I"M leaving Sunday morning)

My Name is Judith DeHart Wilson. I would like to be a part of the Washburn Family group. My grandfather, William Edgar Washburn and grandmother Clara Maude (DeHart) Washburn born in Patrick Co. Virginia didn't leave anything as to our ancestors. I'm looking forward to finding all the info. that I can. Thank you for starting this group. Regards, Judith DeHart Wilson

Responding "affirmative" as per request! Let's kick this ball over the goalpost! "just one more cuz" Lin C. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Washburn <histwash@thegrid.net> To: WASHBURN-L@rootsweb.com <WASHBURN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 1:34 PM Subject: WFA Steering Committee now formed >Greetings Cousins, Friday 4 August 2000 > >This is to inform the Washburn-List that we have now a working >"Washburn Family Association" Steering Committee. > >We are not formed as an "Association" as yet because we are currently >in the process of putting together our By-Laws and Constitution. > >This will be a "national" association that has FINALLY surfaced after all these >years since the first "Colonial" family was organized in America. > >If you are "truly" interested in being a part of this "historical" formation >as a "Washburn Family" descendant, please respond to my personal e-mail: > >Chuck Washburn <histwash@thegrid.net> > >Thank you! > >Cousin Chuck >Member, Society of Mayflower Descendents >Son's of the American Revolution

Greetings Cousins, Friday 4 August 2000 This is to inform the Washburn-List that we have now a working "Washburn Family Association" Steering Committee. We are not formed as an "Association" as yet because we are currently in the process of putting together our By-Laws and Constitution. This will be a "national" association that has FINALLY surfaced after all these years since the first "Colonial" family was organized in America. If you are "truly" interested in being a part of this "historical" formation as a "Washburn Family" descendant, please respond to my personal e-mail: Chuck Washburn <histwash@thegrid.net> Thank you! Cousin Chuck Member, Society of Mayflower Descendents Son's of the American Revolution

In a message dated 08/03/2000 9:50:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, SUSANLB@aol.com writes: << Bill you mentioned looking for parents of a David Washburn born in Vermont. I can check my files but I need a little background on David. Where do you find him? I assume you are getting the birthplace from the 1850 census - where was he living? who was his wife and children. There were many Washburn families in Vermont and I have done a bit of research on some of them. I look forward to seeing your post. >> Susan, see my posting to John. The only reference I have is from the records of the Campbell Burying Ground, as posted to the internet. That shows Bershire, VT., which I don't think is a town today. I tried to find out where that reference came from, but the genlleman who made the posting a couple of years ago has since died. There are still some Campbell 's living in the area and I am going to try to get in touch with them as what the source of the "Bershire, VT" entry might be, but I have nothing else at the present. Thanks for your reply, Bill Washburn St. Augustine FL

In a message dated 08/04/2000 12:13:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jamaltby@creative.net writes: <<>Bill you mentioned looking for parents of a David Washburn born in Vermont. >I can check my files but I need a little background on David. Where do you >find him? I assume you are getting the birthplace from the 1850 census - >where was he living? who was his wife and children. There were many >Washburn families in Vermont and I have done a bit of research on some of >them. I look forward to seeing your post>>> John, always good to hear from you. We had some correspondence a while back on Mary Ann Washburn, who was listed in an obituary in the Muscatine Iowa newspaper as having died in L******an, New York on 28 Jan. 1856, who was listed as the mother of my great grandfather Arthur Washburn who came to Muscatine Iowa from NY in the summer of 1835. As we had previously discussed Brenton Washburn has him as the son of a Zephaniah which as we had disseised is incorrect. I finally figured out that the location of her death was in LEBANON, NY. Once I solved that I found the records of the Campbell Burying Grounds in the Town of Lebanon on the Internet, and there she was with her husband, as follows: Washburn, David b. Bershire, Vt. d. 10 Dec. 1814 age 36yr, Mary A. M Conihe, wf b. Merrimack N.H. 2 Feb 1777 d. 28 Jan 1856. S. Jan d. 14 Oct 1846 age 33yr. So I am fairly certain that these are my great-great grandparents. I just returned from Madison County, NY, and in a book of pioneer settlers of Madison count appear "David and his wife Mary Ann and children Isaac 1810, Samuel 1812, [apparently buried at Campbell], David,Jr., Sarah, 1813." But no mention of Arthur who was born in 1809. The 1810 Federal census however lists David Washburn with 2 free white males under 10 years, which must be Arthur and Isaac. I examined the estate records of 1814 and found only a bunch of handwritten receipts which I am still trying to decipher. No list of children. I found nothing for Mary Ann in 1856. Brenton Washburn has this family (without Arthur) listed at X317A as unattached.

First Bill you mentioned looking for parents of a David Washburn born in Vermont. I can check my files but I need a little background on David. Where do you find him? I assume you are getting the birthplace from the 1850 census - where was he living? who was his wife and children. There were many Washburn families in Vermont and I have done a bit of research on some of them. I look forward to seeing your post. Luther Washburn Being warned out of Bennington was the only reference I found to any Washburn family in the town records of Bennington, VT LDS film 0027813 the reference is on page136 of the town records. Several families were being warned out on that date. What was really frustrating was that in all the other families the wife and children were named but for Luther Washburn it just said wife and 2 children. I don't know why, but it makes me suspect that Luther Washburn was relatively new in town and that perhaps they didn't have a firm recollection of their names. Luther was not a freeman and didn't have the right to vote, probably didn't go to the town meetings. He never shows up in the list of tax payers, or town positions. No reference is made to the births of any of his children. I suspect he kept to himself. There is one other film of Benningtion records that I have ordered from LDS which hopefully will be in next week. I don't remember off hand what dates it covers but I think it was 1786-1840 so the beginning of the reel has some possibility of having some mention of him. I will keep you posted as to what I find. Susan Bingler Fairfax,VA

Thank you, Susan. Too bad Luther didn't get into some kind of trouble in Bennington or at least leave us a little more to go on... John Maltby Redwood City, CA jamaltby@creative.net At 09:48 PM 8/3/2000 EDT, you wrote: >First >Bill you mentioned looking for parents of a David Washburn born in Vermont. >I can check my files but I need a little background on David. Where do you >find him? I assume you are getting the birthplace from the 1850 census - >where was he living? who was his wife and children. There were many >Washburn families in Vermont and I have done a bit of research on some of >them. I look forward to seeing your post. > >Luther Washburn Being warned out of Bennington was the only reference I found >to any Washburn family in the town records of Bennington, VT >LDS film 0027813 the reference is on page136 of the town records. Several >families were being warned out on that date. What was really frustrating was >that in all the other families the wife and children were named but for >Luther Washburn it just said wife and 2 children. > >I don't know why, but it makes me suspect that Luther Washburn was relatively >new in town and that perhaps they didn't have a firm recollection of their >names. Luther was not a freeman and didn't have the right to vote, probably >didn't go to the town meetings. He never shows up in the list of tax payers, >or town positions. No reference is made to the births of any of his >children. I suspect he kept to himself. > >There is one other film of Benningtion records that I have ordered from LDS >which hopefully will be in next week. I don't remember off hand what dates >it covers but I think it was 1786-1840 so the beginning of the reel has >some possibility of having some mention of him. I will keep you posted as >to what I find. > >Susan Bingler >Fairfax,VA > >

--part1_74.1c52314.26bad1bc_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thought this may be of interest to the list. Linda --part1_74.1c52314.26bad1bc_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <RobtBenham@aol.com> From: RobtBenham@aol.com Full-name: RobtBenham Message-ID: <2b.8fd5045.26b9c3af@aol.com> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:34:23 EDT Subject: Benham/Washburn To: Lfitzmeyer925@cs.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 111 Hello Linda: The continuing pursuit of Benham history turned up the name of Hermon Fagley, researcher and historian of Brown County, OH. An e-mail to him elicited several responses concerning Robert Benham and Cornelius Washburn. I recalled that you disclosed you had Washburn forebearers so I will relate the anecdotes sent by Herm. He cited as references the Ohio Historical Society Journal. Cornelius Washburn was born ca.1770 in Sussex County, NJ and became a noted Indian fighter, possibly as a result of family members being killed by Indians. He owned land in both Brown and Clermont counties. There is a controversy whether he died at the hands of Indians in 1835 while trapping in the Yellowstone area, or whether he survived and travelled west to Oregon. Herm included several anecdotes about Robert Benham but one clearly is not the Robert born in 1782. More likely it is "Captain" Robert, brother of Peter Benham. In 1789 he was one of the first persons to purchase lots in what is now downtown Cincinatti. Robert operated a ferry across the Ohio River from Cincinatti to Kentucky. About 1800 he moved to the vicinity of Lebanon. I really believe the Robert he was describing was the man known as Captain Robert (from Revolutionary War service). I studied the Journal of The Ohio Histoical Society and found an excerpt from a Lebanon newapaper which described in detail the 1810 funeral for Captain Robert. Do you suppose that William named his son (my ggrandfather) Cornelius Washburn in honor of his father's old buddy? If you want to contact Herm Fagley, his e-mail address is hermfagley@ juno.com. The above proves nothing, however I thought you might find the Washburn anecdote interesting. Bob --part1_74.1c52314.26bad1bc_boundary--

Thank you very much Susan for the information on Luther Washburn from Vermount, 1783. Very interesting and most helpful. According to my records, Luther married Sarah Spinning July 1, 1779 and their first two children were Martin and Luther, not sure of the order, but it doesn't look like their religion was Roman Catholic. I have son, Martin Washburn as born May 21, 1782 in Bennington, Vermount. This would go along with what you wrote about them not being welcomed citizens in the town of Bennington of 1783. Not sure when they move to the town of Lee, Oneida Co., NY, however Luther and Sarah (Spinning) Washburn's next child is named Freeman and he is born Jun 22, 1789. 4th child - Rufus Washburn, 5th child - Sally Washburn, 6th child - Malinda Washburn, 7th child - Rachael Washburn, born about 1800 and died of Consumption (or Tuberculous) in Jun 1822 according to Rev. War Pension records. The last and 8th child - Calvin Washburn. Diane L. (Washburn)Rice in Michigan

Are there any records as to the the children? I have a David Washburn supposedly born in Vermont in 1778, and am looking for his parents. Bill Washburn

Thanks for the info.. Any bit on him helps make him less of a mystery. My Best Dixie

The town records of Bennington, VT record of the following: To Either of the Constables of the town of Bennington, Greeting- in the name and by the authority of the freemen of the State of Vermont you are hereby commanded forthwith to warn the persons hereafter named now Resident in this Town of Bennington VIZ ..... Luther Washbon his wife and two Children.... to depart out of and leave Sd town immediately with all their effects, on suffering for their neglect or refusal the penalty of the Law of this state made and provided against all persons residing in any town in this State and not being Legal Inhabitants who shall be Lawfully notified to depart the same by order of the selectmen.... 20th day of Oct 1783 Then served the within by Leaving a true and attested Coppy of the within at the dwelling house of the within named Luther Washbon Which tells us that Luther was residing in Bennington, Vermont as early as Oct 1783, and had been there long enough to have established his household and troubled the freemen of the town. It also tells us that after 4 1/2 years of marriage he had 2 children living in 1783. Being warned out does not mean you complied. I am still reviewing the film of the town and well let you know if I see any other mentions of Washburns. Susan Bingler Fairfax, VA

Hi, Ken, My thoughts and prayers and with your Mom and all of her family. Thank goodness the aspirin really did help to minimize the damage. Lyn

Mac Perhaps I should phrase things better to you. I a a professional genealogist. I live near Washington, D.C. I have done over 10,000 hours of research. I KNOW that the file has been combined with whomever Georgia married second, but I don't know who her second husband was. I was hoping someone had done research in Maine and might know the answer. Have you done any Maine research? Susan L. Bingler, CGRS

In a message dated 7/29/2000 7:09:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mperk@ctel.net writes: << would they have filed it under Sadies name? if they have the # can't find it by that? marian >> You have to remember that this is the government handling these files! If they can't locate top secret files in Los Alamos how can we expect them to find something by looking under a file number? Mac

would they have filed it under Sadies name? if they have the # can't find it by that? marian SUSANLB@aol.com wrote: > > DOes any one have information on > > Charles D. Washburn who enlisted in the Civil War > > co. C 2 Maine Infantry > > had a wife Georgia last name unknown > child: Sadie > > When did Charles die? > did his widow Georgia remarry? > What ever happened to Sadie? > > There is a civil war pension file in the index for these people but the file > can not be located. The National Archives believes that the pension office > probably interfiled it under some other name and did not do the appropriate > cross referencing. The file is probably listed under who ever Georgia may > have remarried. > > All help appreciated > > Susan Bingler > Fairfax, VA

DOes any one have information on Charles D. Washburn who enlisted in the Civil War co. C 2 Maine Infantry had a wife Georgia last name unknown child: Sadie When did Charles die? did his widow Georgia remarry? What ever happened to Sadie? There is a civil war pension file in the index for these people but the file can not be located. The National Archives believes that the pension office probably interfiled it under some other name and did not do the appropriate cross referencing. The file is probably listed under who ever Georgia may have remarried. All help appreciated Susan Bingler Fairfax, VA

The Civil War pension file for Cephas H. Washburn is a slim one. It is an abandoned file, Cephas never got around to filing the necessary papers to obtain a pension. But there is one letter in the file which is rather poignant. Peoria, Ill., Sept 8, 1887 Gen J.C. Black, Commissioner & C Washington, C.C. Dear Sir: Cephas H. Washburn is dead. I attended his funeral last Spring. If any one is trying to obtain money on account of his services in the army it is all wrong. I know C.H. W. intimately since 1840. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Peoria, but as a lawyer he was not a success. He was a soldier in the Mexican war. Returned home after being honorably discharged. He lacked ambition, tho' naturally smart, a good student and well read he failed in the essential quality of providing for himself by industry. He was helped along by friends who would give him work, cast off clothing and something to eat. He joined Col. Ingersoll's Cavalry Co., remained with it till the end and was honorably discharged. When he came home he was about the same but evidently declining in health. He was mostly troubled with a cough and pain in his breast he was generally broke up. Lived from hand to mouth as he did before without following any particular calling. People got tired of it and several years ago much against his will he was taken to the poor farm. I don't believe he ever received a penny from any of his relatives. He died in the Poor House. A friend obtained his body and a few of us and several old Soldiers gave it a decent burial. to give to his relations would be rewarding ingratitude in my judgment. (the county appropriated $50 toward funeral expenses) Respectfully Enoch P. Sloan For what it's worth Susan Bingler Fairfax, VA

Susan, Thank you for this additional information on Reuben Washburn. Yes, it appears that he must have been only visiting his son in North Bridgewater at the time of the census, or possibly working on a project in that town. The entry is arranged like this in the census: North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, 1850 Federal Census, p. 317, dated 5 Sept. 1850, dwelling #1090, family #1385: Lewis Washburn, 26, M, mason, $1400, b. VT Mary A. Washburn, 20, F, b. MA Reuben Washburn, 67, M, mason, b. MA Sidney L. Washburn, 20, M, mason, b. VT Davis R. Eldred, 23, M, mason, b. MA And living next door is the family of a Lewis Washburn "Jr.," aged 23, with his wife and infant daughter, who is also a mason. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA jamaltby@creative.net At 07:59 AM 7/24/2000 EDT, you wrote: > >John, > >Thank you for the transcript of the Solomon Washburn Will. > >In a message dated 7/15/00 1:39:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >jamaltby@creative.net writes: > ><< 4. Reuben Washburn, born ca. 1783, (calculated from his age in the 1850 > census), baptized in East Bridgewater on 26 Sept. 1784, was living in Troy, > VT, when his father wrote his will in 1825, but was back living with his > son, Lewis Washburn, in North Bridgewater, MA, by the 1850 census. I don't > know the name of his wife. >> > > >I would suspect that Reuben was not "Living" with his son, but rather >visiting. > >Solomon Washburn himself said that the Reuben of Troy, VT was his son. >Reuben Washburn is still residing in Troy, VT in 1840, but what is more, >Reuben is a resident of Troy, VT in 1851 when he writes to the pension board >requesting Bounty Land to which he may be entitled, based on the act of 28 >Sep 1850. It is unlikely that he left Troy, VT only to return there, what is >more is wife is still living in 1850 and would have been with him. > >Reuben Washburn did not live long enough to claim a pension on his 1812 >service, but his widow did. She provides the missing information on who >Reuben married and where they went. > >Abstract of the War of 1812 widow's pension for widow Olive Washburn on the >military service of her deceased husband Reuben Washburn as found in the >pension, service and bounty land files at the National Archives, Washington, >D.C. > >Reuben Washburn as a resident of Troy, VT in 1851 obtained an 80 acre >warrant based from the act of 28 Sep 1850 on his service in the 2d Regiment >of Vermont Militia under Captain Mason and Colonel Fifield. He sold the >land and in 1855 He applied for further land based on the act of 3 Mar 1855 >at which time he was a resident of Trumbull County, Ohio. I would suspect he >used part of the land he had gotten in 1851 to move to Ohio, and sold a >portion, and a few years later applied further land. > >Reuben Washburn died 25 May 1861 in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio > >In 1871 the passage of the pension act for the War of 1812 went through >Congress. Reuben's widow Olive was still living and applied for the pension, > and she brought forth the family Bible to prove her marriage and it said > >Reuben Washburn married Olive GRANT 5 Dec 1812 Troy, Orleans Co., VT The >family Bible states that Reuben Died 25 JUNE 1861 a month later than the >other records in the file state. > >As witnesses in 1872 Urial Atwood, age 22 and William Atwood age 18 both >residents of Plymouth Co., MA state that they were at the OH funeral in 1861 >[They are probably grandsons] > >By the time the widow Olive Washburn applies for the pension in 1871 she is >83 years old and has moved back to North Bridgewater, MA Probably to be >near family. > > >I would suspect that The Reuben Washburn seen in the 1850 census of MA is >either a different Reuben, or it is this Reuben, VISITING not LIVING with a >child. > >Susan Bingler >Fairfax, VA > >