Norman, At 05:08 PM 8/16/97 -0700, you wrote: >John, > >Thanks for all the information, and the continuation of the research. It >is terrific! >I do have one question, have you ever gotten a firm link from the John >Washburn who married Emme, and died in Jan 1547, to be the son of the >John Washburn born 1451 who married Joan Mitton (Mytton)? I have seen that >there is a dispute because the second John was in Bengeworth, and the >first in Wichenford. Just checking - thanks. > >Norm > No. I have not found a link, although there may be one. The highly respected researcher F.A.S. Barnard studied this problem in the early 1900s, and published his work in 1914 in "Some Notes on the Evesham Branch of the Washbourne Family," which is available as a reprint from Higginson Books. His studies were unable to link the two families together. The John Washborne of Evesham and Bengeworth whose wife was Emme was certainly not an heir of John and Joan (Mitton) Washburn of Wichenford, and should therefore not be assumed to have been a son. However, Barnard speculated that the two branches were probably connected several generations earlier. As a result of Barnard's research, Frederick Lewis Weis and others have eliminated the Washburn line as "proven" Royal descent. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA [email protected]