In searching for clues as to who is his descendant and who may not be one of the doucments I reviewed was the microfilm of the revolutionary War Pension of Isaiah Washburn who enlisted at Ashfield, MA. He moved to Georgia, Franklin Co., VT and then late in life moved to Hadley, MA where he lived with his married daughter. It is in Hadley, MA that both Isaiah Washburn Sr and his wife Patience die. There are times when the contents of the file is "pre-abstracted" for us. This occurs when a request for information was received and the examiner who was in charge of responding too the request went through the file and wrote a letter in response to the inquiry. It is often easy to obtain the original source of the information by going through the file. But sometimes these response letters indicate that papers that once were in the file, are there no longer, or at least are not microfilmed. [NOTE: My request to see the original file was denied.] Here is the letter from the file [] = source document for statement Apr 26, 1940 Mrs. M.E. Rawlings 4540 Perry Way Sioux City Iowa Dear madam: Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Isaiah Washburn of Franklin County, Vermnt. The data furnished herein were obtained FROM PAPERS ON FILE IN CLAIM FOR PENSION [caps are mine] W. 14080. based upon service of Isaiah Washburn, in the War of the Revolution. Isaiah Washburn was born in the year 1749, in Strafford, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given. [Declaration 2 Aug 1832 of Isaiah Washburn] While a resident of Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Isaiah Washburn enlisted sometime in may 1775, served eight months as private in Captain Webber's company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts regiment; during this service he was stationed at Roxbury and Dorchester, while at Dorchester, he was sent with several others to the Light House in Boston harbor, there surprised and captured about thirty-two prisoners and took them to General Washington's Camp in Cambridge. He enlisted sometime in August or September, 1776, served four months in Captain Agrippa Wells' company, Colonel Samuel Brewer's massachusetts regiment, marched to ticonderoga and to Mount Hope, was in the battle of Valcour Island. He enlisted sometime in August, 1777 marched to Pownal, Vermont, reaching there the day after the battle of Bennington, was engaged in scouting for two months, names of officers not given [Declaration 14 Sep 1833 of Isaiah Washburn] the soldier, Isaiah Washburn, moved from Ashfield, Massachusetts, to Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont. He was allowed pension on his application exexcuted August 2, 1832, then a residient of Georgia, Vermont, where he had lived "more than twenty years" [Declaration 14 Sep 1833 of Isaiah Washburn] He had moved in 1836 to Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, to live with his "only child" name not stated [NOTE see below] He died February 21, 1839, at the home of George Hibbard in Hadley, Masachusetts. [Statement of George Hibbard 24 may 1839] Isaiah Washburn married September 3, 1772, Patience Perkins; they were both then of Ashfield, Massachusetts. the date and place of birth of Patience Perkins, and names of her arents were not given.[Declartion 24 May 1839 of Patience Washburn] & statement of Ashfield town clerk] the widow Patience Washburn, was allowed pension on her application executed May 24, 1839, at which time she was living in Hadley, Massachusetts, aged ninety four years. [File Jacket patience Washburn file] George Hibbard in 1839 aged about fifty-nine years, and a resident of Hadley, Massachusetts, stated that he married the only daughter of the soldier, Isaiah Washburn, but he did not give her name. [ Statement of George Hibbard 24 May 1839] te papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard to family. In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Patience Washburn, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city and furnish the following data Patience Washburn, widow of Isaiah Washburn Certifiate #....... Very truly yours A.D. Hiller Executive Assitant to the Administrator Explanation of {NOTE see belows] when the letter of Mrs Rawlings was answer on April 26, 1940 there was more paperwork in the file than at the time it was microfilmed [or conceivably the microfilmer could have missed something. NO papers in this file show the move of Isaiah Washburn to Hadley, MA. He certainly would have written the pension board in 1836 wnen he left Vermont and went to MA. I would want to continue to receive his pension... But none of that paper work is in the file. Including the one where he states that he moven in 1836 to Hadley Hampshire County, Massachusetts, to live with his "onlly child". only child is in quotes because it is as Isaiah wrote it. He did not say "only daughter" The reason this is important is that it lends further support to the premise that the only surviving children of Isaiah and Patience Washburn were Isaiah Jr and daughter Susan Washburn [ who married George Hibbard] There are a group of us searching for the proof of parentage of Samuel Washburn who married Diadama WRIGHT and moved from Georgia, VT to Saratoga Co., NY I don't think that Isaiah Washburn is his father. No land, military, probate records have been found that support this premise. Isaiah Sr. himself has said that his only surviving child in 1836 was living in Hadley, MA. It is more likely that Isaiah Washburn is the UNCLE of Samuel Washburn, rather than his father. I am in the process of analysising the land, probate and military records of the Washburns in this area and hope to complete that analysis soon. If I were to set forth an hypothesis of where to search I would suspect it is more likely that Isaiah's brother Samuel was the father of Samuel Washburn. Susan Bingler Fairfax, VA

Thank you, Susan. I agree with you regarding Samuel Washburn, husband of Diadama Wright. It appears that Isaiah and Patience were not his parents, and it appears more likely that his father was one of Isaiah's brothers. I appreciate very much your letting us know how this research is coming. This is a difficult branch to research. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA jamaltby@creative.net At 03:30 PM 11/6/2000 EST, you wrote: >In searching for clues as to who is his descendant and who may not be one of >the doucments I reviewed was the microfilm of the revolutionary War Pension >of Isaiah Washburn who enlisted at Ashfield, MA. He moved to Georgia, >Franklin Co., VT and then late in life moved to Hadley, MA where he lived >with his married daughter. It is in Hadley, MA that both Isaiah Washburn Sr >and his wife Patience die. > >There are times when the contents of the file is "pre-abstracted" for us. >This occurs when a request for information was received and the examiner who >was in charge of responding too the request went through the file and wrote a >letter in response to the inquiry. It is often easy to obtain the original >source of the information by going through the file. But sometimes these >response letters indicate that papers that once were in the file, are there >no longer, or at least are not microfilmed. [NOTE: My request to see the >original file was denied.] > >Here is the letter from the file [] = source document for statement > > >Apr 26, 1940 > >Mrs. M.E. Rawlings >4540 Perry Way >Sioux City Iowa > >Dear madam: > >Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War >record of Isaiah Washburn of Franklin County, Vermnt. > >The data furnished herein were obtained FROM PAPERS ON FILE IN CLAIM FOR >PENSION [caps are mine] W. 14080. based upon service of Isaiah Washburn, in >the War of the Revolution. > >Isaiah Washburn was born in the year 1749, in Strafford, Connecticut. The >names of his parents were not given. [Declaration 2 Aug 1832 of Isaiah >Washburn] > >While a resident of Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, Isaiah Washburn >enlisted sometime in may 1775, served eight months as private in Captain >Webber's company, Colonel John Fellows' Massachusetts regiment; during this >service he was stationed at Roxbury and Dorchester, while at Dorchester, he >was sent with several others to the Light House in Boston harbor, there >surprised and captured about thirty-two prisoners and took them to General >Washington's Camp in Cambridge. He enlisted sometime in August or September, >1776, served four months in Captain Agrippa Wells' company, Colonel Samuel >Brewer's massachusetts regiment, marched to ticonderoga and to Mount Hope, >was in the battle of Valcour Island. He enlisted sometime in August, 1777 >marched to Pownal, Vermont, reaching there the day after the battle of >Bennington, was engaged in scouting for two months, names of officers not >given [Declaration 14 Sep 1833 of Isaiah Washburn] > >the soldier, Isaiah Washburn, moved from Ashfield, Massachusetts, to Georgia, >Franklin County, Vermont. He was allowed pension on his application exexcuted >August 2, 1832, then a residient of Georgia, Vermont, where he had lived >"more than twenty years" [Declaration 14 Sep 1833 of Isaiah Washburn] > >He had moved in 1836 to Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, to live with >his "only child" name not stated [NOTE see below] > >He died February 21, 1839, at the home of George Hibbard in Hadley, >Masachusetts. [Statement of George Hibbard 24 may 1839] >Isaiah Washburn married September 3, 1772, Patience Perkins; they were both >then of Ashfield, Massachusetts. the date and place of birth of Patience >Perkins, and names of her arents were not given.[Declartion 24 May 1839 of >Patience Washburn] & statement of Ashfield town clerk] > >the widow Patience Washburn, was allowed pension on her application executed >May 24, 1839, at which time she was living in Hadley, Massachusetts, aged >ninety four years. [File Jacket patience Washburn file] > >George Hibbard in 1839 aged about fifty-nine years, and a resident of Hadley, >Massachusetts, stated that he married the only daughter of the soldier, >Isaiah Washburn, but he did not give her name. [ Statement of George Hibbard >24 May 1839] > >te papers on file in this claim contain no further discernible data in regard >to family. > >In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, name and address of >person paid, and possibly the date of death of the widow, Patience Washburn, >you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, >Records Division, this city and furnish the following data > >Patience Washburn, widow of Isaiah Washburn >Certifiate #....... > >Very truly yours > >A.D. Hiller >Executive Assitant >to the Administrator > > > >Explanation of {NOTE see belows] when the letter of Mrs Rawlings was answer >on April 26, 1940 there was more paperwork in the file than at the time it >was microfilmed [or conceivably the microfilmer could have missed something. >NO papers in this file show the move of Isaiah Washburn to Hadley, MA. He >certainly would have written the pension board in 1836 wnen he left Vermont >and went to MA. I would want to continue to receive his pension... But none >of that paper work is in the file. Including the one where he states that he >moven in 1836 to Hadley Hampshire County, Massachusetts, to live with his >"onlly child". > >only child is in quotes because it is as Isaiah wrote it. He did not say >"only daughter" > >The reason this is important is that it lends further support to the premise >that the only surviving children of Isaiah and Patience Washburn were Isaiah >Jr and daughter Susan Washburn [ who married George Hibbard] > >There are a group of us searching for the proof of parentage of Samuel >Washburn who married Diadama WRIGHT and moved from Georgia, VT to Saratoga >Co., NY I don't think that Isaiah Washburn is his father. No land, >military, probate records have been found that support this premise. Isaiah >Sr. himself has said that his only surviving child in 1836 was living in >Hadley, MA. > >It is more likely that Isaiah Washburn is the UNCLE of Samuel Washburn, >rather than his father. > >I am in the process of analysising the land, probate and military records of >the Washburns in this area and hope to complete that analysis soon. If I >were to set forth an hypothesis of where to search I would suspect it is more >likely that Isaiah's brother Samuel was the father of Samuel Washburn. > > >Susan Bingler >Fairfax, VA > >