Have not seen this posted on the list so I am resubmitting. I have not been able to find any "proof" of who Philo Washburn's parents were. Philo married Harriet White on 16 February 1826 in Raynham, Massachusetts. I saw a Family Group Record at the Family History Center of the LDS church mentioning Benjamin Washburn as Philo's father and indicated Philo was born in 1799 at Middleborough, Massachusetts. Middleborough does not have Philo's birth record. Middleborough is in Plymouth County and the Plymouth County Probate court has a Benjamin Washburn dying "insolvent" and what appears and his children signing the settlement of the estate. Philo was one of the signers. There is a Benjamin Washburn who married an Alice Shaw in Middleborough. Middleborough has the marriage records for this marriage but no birth records for Benjamin even though Benjamin's father was married in Middleborough. Would this Benjamin, and wife Alice, be the parents of Philo. As an item of interest, Philo was an undertaker in Taunton, Massachusetts. ==================================================== Richard Cooke Dead People Collector (Genealogist) Dead People Raiser Dead People Resurrector Dead People Reconstructor write to: [email protected] ==================================================== 4 Nickerson Road Bedford, MA 01730 ====================================================