I submit this information in hopes that for someone it may be a missing link I can not identify Ephraim Washburn's parents but it is a mystery I hope to find a solution to. This Ephraim Washburn married after the 1810 census and he died before the 1820 census. He had 2 young children, I suspect daughters if Almarine is the name of a girl. His widow remarried before 1820 and all track of this family seems lost. All information is from the War of 1812 pension record placed on behalf of the minor children of Ephraim Washburn and later reinstatement of a widow's pension. Ephraim Washburn died 27 Jan 1815 lost at sea aboard the Privateer DASH He married Sarah Perkins 5 Nov 1812 sometimes called Sally and she remarried 1 Feb 1817 to Simon Staples Simon Staples died 15 Jan 1858 The 2 minor children of Ephraim & Sarah Washburn are: Charlotte Washburn born 6 Feb 1813 Almarine Washburn born 28 Apr 1815 The application for pension of the minor children was made on 26 Jul 1819 from Hebron, Oxford Co., ME [then MA] Joseph Perkins was appointed as their guardian [resides Hebron, ME] A Selection of Documents Cumberland SS October 6, 1825 I Luther Perkins of Hebron in the county of Oxford being duly sworn depose and say that I am well acquainted with Joseph Perkins guardian as mentioned in the within papers and that he still continues & now is the legal guardian to the children of Ephraim Washburn within mentioned and that said children are now living. State of Maine County of Oxford SS Be it know that before me, the undersigned a judge of probate duly authorized by law to administer oaths within and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Sally STAPLES and made oath in due form of law that she is the identical Sally Washburn who drew a pension under Act of Congress of March 3 1817 and at the rate of $48 per annum on account of the naval services of her former husband Ephraim Washburn & his death in service on board the Privateer DASH war of 1812 That she makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining a renewal of said pension under Act of Feb 3d 1852 section 1st also Act June 9 1858 .....Having forfeited her said pension for the time being by her intermarriage with one Simon Staples who died on the fifteenth day of January 1858 and being again a widow she hereby claims a renewal of her former pension as above granted her by reason of her former husbands naval services and death in service sworn to and subscribed on the 20 day of March A.D. 1860 ....ON this 24th day of March 1860 personally appeared before me ...Frederick Dennen and Elon Chadbourne and made oath in due form of law that they were personally acquainted with Sally Staples formerly of Hebron and late of Oxford I hereby certify whom it may concern, that on the fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twelve Ephraim Washburn & Sally Perskins both of Hebron in the county of Oxford and commonwealth of Massachusetts were joined n lawful wedlock by me the subscriber according to the laws of the commonwealth aforesaid. A true extract from my records of Marriage William C. Whitney, Justice of the peace I don't know who this Ephraim Washburn is, or whether Sally Perkins was his one and only wife. I don't know his age so don't know when he was born, but supposing he was at least 22 at his marriage in 1812 he would have been born before 1790. I am interested in others comments. Susan Bingler Fairfax, VA