In a message dated 1/7/01 9:03:58 PM EST, BonChanceHomme@aol.com writes: Susan Bingler writes: << Reuben Washburn * Betty Dilley line out of Middleboro   - He most definitely is NOT.    He is closely tied to the Group of Washburn's in that area who came from Stafford, CT,   went first into NY  and then up to VT. They are all descendants of Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard.    I have gotten about every available record that is microfilmed for all of these areas,  and I am still trying to puzzle out all the things it might be telling me. >> Susan, you were most helpful last August in helping me connect Arthur Washburn b. 1809 and David Washburn b. 1813 in Lebanon, NY as brothers. Their father was David Washburn born in Franklin County, VT in 1778 and their Mother was Mary Ann Conihe born in Merrimack, NH 2 Feb. 1777. Do you have anything on David being related to Samuel Washburn and Deborah Packard? The timing looks about right.