Joanne, and others interested in identifying Phebe Washburn, wife of Samuel Kingman, There is an article in the latest edition of "The American Genealogist" [July 2000] by Anthony Hoskins entitled "The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph4 and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn: A Mayflower Line" that focuses on the identity of Phebe Washburn, wife of Samuel Kingman and Jonathan Tryon, which convincingly argues that Phebe was an unrecorded daughter of Joseph Washburn (Jr.) by his wife Hannah Johnson, who were married in about 1714, possibly in Hingham, MA, and moved from Bridgewater, MA, to Middletown, CT, in about 1740, then to Leicester, MA, in about 1745. Mr. Hoskins makes four strong points for the arguement. First he compares the geographic migration of Joseph and Hannah Washburn with that of Samuel and Phebe Kingman, from Bridgewater to Connecticut. Second he argues that by process of elimination Joseph and Hannah were the only Washburns of Middletown old enough to have been the parents of Phebe, who was born about 1717. The only other Washburn of Middletown that early was Joseph's brother Edward Washburn, who was too young to have been Phebe's father. Third he draws attention to the naming pattern demonstrated by Phebe, where she named a son Joseph and twice named a daughter Hannah, names that did not appear in Samuel Kingman's family earlier. Fourth he describes the relationships through marriage between the families of Samuel Kingman and the children of Joseph and Hannah Washburn, providing opportunity for the two to have known each other from an early age through mutual family ties. Since both were actually descended from Experience Mitchell, Samuel Kingman was actually Phebe's half second cousin once removed, and even more dramatic, Joseph Washburn's uncle Chilton Latham was married to Samuel Kingman's aunt Susanna Kingman, so the two certainly knew each other. The issue of TAG should be at your local genealogical library now, so I urge you to read it if you're interested in this family. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA jamaltby@creative.net