John, Thank you for the transcript of the Solomon Washburn Will. In a message dated 7/15/00 1:39:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jamaltby@creative.net writes: << 4. Reuben Washburn, born ca. 1783, (calculated from his age in the 1850 census), baptized in East Bridgewater on 26 Sept. 1784, was living in Troy, VT, when his father wrote his will in 1825, but was back living with his son, Lewis Washburn, in North Bridgewater, MA, by the 1850 census. I don't know the name of his wife. >> I would suspect that Reuben was not "Living" with his son, but rather visiting. Solomon Washburn himself said that the Reuben of Troy, VT was his son. Reuben Washburn is still residing in Troy, VT in 1840, but what is more, Reuben is a resident of Troy, VT in 1851 when he writes to the pension board requesting Bounty Land to which he may be entitled, based on the act of 28 Sep 1850. It is unlikely that he left Troy, VT only to return there, what is more is wife is still living in 1850 and would have been with him. Reuben Washburn did not live long enough to claim a pension on his 1812 service, but his widow did. She provides the missing information on who Reuben married and where they went. Abstract of the War of 1812 widow's pension for widow Olive Washburn on the military service of her deceased husband Reuben Washburn as found in the pension, service and bounty land files at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. Reuben Washburn as a resident of Troy, VT in 1851 obtained an 80 acre warrant based from the act of 28 Sep 1850 on his service in the 2d Regiment of Vermont Militia under Captain Mason and Colonel Fifield. He sold the land and in 1855 He applied for further land based on the act of 3 Mar 1855 at which time he was a resident of Trumbull County, Ohio. I would suspect he used part of the land he had gotten in 1851 to move to Ohio, and sold a portion, and a few years later applied further land. Reuben Washburn died 25 May 1861 in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio In 1871 the passage of the pension act for the War of 1812 went through Congress. Reuben's widow Olive was still living and applied for the pension, and she brought forth the family Bible to prove her marriage and it said Reuben Washburn married Olive GRANT 5 Dec 1812 Troy, Orleans Co., VT The family Bible states that Reuben Died 25 JUNE 1861 a month later than the other records in the file state. As witnesses in 1872 Urial Atwood, age 22 and William Atwood age 18 both residents of Plymouth Co., MA state that they were at the OH funeral in 1861 [They are probably grandsons] By the time the widow Olive Washburn applies for the pension in 1871 she is 83 years old and has moved back to North Bridgewater, MA Probably to be near family. I would suspect that The Reuben Washburn seen in the 1850 census of MA is either a different Reuben, or it is this Reuben, VISITING not LIVING with a child. Susan Bingler Fairfax, VA

Susan, Thank you for this additional information on Reuben Washburn. Yes, it appears that he must have been only visiting his son in North Bridgewater at the time of the census, or possibly working on a project in that town. The entry is arranged like this in the census: North Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA, 1850 Federal Census, p. 317, dated 5 Sept. 1850, dwelling #1090, family #1385: Lewis Washburn, 26, M, mason, $1400, b. VT Mary A. Washburn, 20, F, b. MA Reuben Washburn, 67, M, mason, b. MA Sidney L. Washburn, 20, M, mason, b. VT Davis R. Eldred, 23, M, mason, b. MA And living next door is the family of a Lewis Washburn "Jr.," aged 23, with his wife and infant daughter, who is also a mason. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA jamaltby@creative.net At 07:59 AM 7/24/2000 EDT, you wrote: > >John, > >Thank you for the transcript of the Solomon Washburn Will. > >In a message dated 7/15/00 1:39:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >jamaltby@creative.net writes: > ><< 4. Reuben Washburn, born ca. 1783, (calculated from his age in the 1850 > census), baptized in East Bridgewater on 26 Sept. 1784, was living in Troy, > VT, when his father wrote his will in 1825, but was back living with his > son, Lewis Washburn, in North Bridgewater, MA, by the 1850 census. I don't > know the name of his wife. >> > > >I would suspect that Reuben was not "Living" with his son, but rather >visiting. > >Solomon Washburn himself said that the Reuben of Troy, VT was his son. >Reuben Washburn is still residing in Troy, VT in 1840, but what is more, >Reuben is a resident of Troy, VT in 1851 when he writes to the pension board >requesting Bounty Land to which he may be entitled, based on the act of 28 >Sep 1850. It is unlikely that he left Troy, VT only to return there, what is >more is wife is still living in 1850 and would have been with him. > >Reuben Washburn did not live long enough to claim a pension on his 1812 >service, but his widow did. She provides the missing information on who >Reuben married and where they went. > >Abstract of the War of 1812 widow's pension for widow Olive Washburn on the >military service of her deceased husband Reuben Washburn as found in the >pension, service and bounty land files at the National Archives, Washington, >D.C. > >Reuben Washburn as a resident of Troy, VT in 1851 obtained an 80 acre >warrant based from the act of 28 Sep 1850 on his service in the 2d Regiment >of Vermont Militia under Captain Mason and Colonel Fifield. He sold the >land and in 1855 He applied for further land based on the act of 3 Mar 1855 >at which time he was a resident of Trumbull County, Ohio. I would suspect he >used part of the land he had gotten in 1851 to move to Ohio, and sold a >portion, and a few years later applied further land. > >Reuben Washburn died 25 May 1861 in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio > >In 1871 the passage of the pension act for the War of 1812 went through >Congress. Reuben's widow Olive was still living and applied for the pension, > and she brought forth the family Bible to prove her marriage and it said > >Reuben Washburn married Olive GRANT 5 Dec 1812 Troy, Orleans Co., VT The >family Bible states that Reuben Died 25 JUNE 1861 a month later than the >other records in the file state. > >As witnesses in 1872 Urial Atwood, age 22 and William Atwood age 18 both >residents of Plymouth Co., MA state that they were at the OH funeral in 1861 >[They are probably grandsons] > >By the time the widow Olive Washburn applies for the pension in 1871 she is >83 years old and has moved back to North Bridgewater, MA Probably to be >near family. > > >I would suspect that The Reuben Washburn seen in the 1850 census of MA is >either a different Reuben, or it is this Reuben, VISITING not LIVING with a >child. > >Susan Bingler >Fairfax, VA > >