I noticed in two recent posts that the sender mentions the Washburn line goes back into the 1200s. According to the book "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700" by Frederick Lewis Weis in the seventh edition with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. the "proven" line stops with John Washburn who was buried on 8 January 1548. On page 89 of this book there is an entry and I quote: "37 John Washburn, perh. the son of No. 36, sett. at Bengeworth near Little Washbourne, will dated 27 Dec. 1546; bur. 8 Jan. 1548; m. Emma, will made 1 May 1547; buried 13 May 1547." The entry just before this on the same page is: "36. Joan Mitton, m. (as his first wife), John Washburn, b. ca. 1451, d. 6 May 1517, bur. at Wickenford Church, co. Worcester....There is no proof that John Washburn No. 37 was the son of John and Joan Mitton. (See TAG 36:63)." Do the two posts in recent days have anything that contradicts the above quotes. I would be interested since my wife (her maiden name was Washburn -- what else??) is descended from the John Washburn of Duxbury, Massachusetts in the 1630's. ==================================================== Richard Cooke - Dead People Collector (Genealogist) write to: [email protected] ==================================================== 4 Nickerson Road Bedford, MA 01730 ====================================================