Bishop's Transcripts, St. Peter's Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire LDS Microfilm #0246641, supposedly 1611-1700, filmed at the Worcestershire Record Office, St. Helens, Worcester, England, Nov. 1960. There are generally 1 page per year, of various sizes, and they were filmed out of chronological order. Some of the pages were evidently rolled, because they are very narrow and long, while others are very wide and were folded vertically in half or thirds. The top of page 1 is impossible to read on the microfilm, and had very few entries on it, and page 2 begins with the year 1619, so I found nothing earlier than 1619. Anno Dm 1619 Baptisms 11. Samuel ye Sonn of Giles Washaburne february ye iiiith Anno Dm 1620 Baptized as followeth John ye Sonne of John Washeburne ye xxvith of November Elizabeth ye daughter of Giles Washeburne ye same day (xvith of february) There was no page for 1621. The next page was 1622. 1622 Baptismals Phillipp Wasborne the Sonne of John Wasborne 2h June (The date looks like "zh," but I believe 2h or second was intended. Another entry for someone else had the date z4h, which I took for 24th.) 1622 Burials Phillip Wasborne 7 June The next page was 1625 1625 Burialls The weddow Wasbon 29 Oct. (This would be Martha (Timbrell) (Stevens) Washburn. I'm not sure of the month; it's right at the edge of the paper. It looks like October, but the preceeding entry was 30 Augst, and the following entry was 7 Octobr, so this burial may have been on 29 Sep. instead.) At the bottom of the 1625 page is: Jhon Washborn} Churchwardens Thomas Hide } The next page is 1624 Baphtisings 7. Simon the Sonn of Wm Nickols ye xxvith of Septemb Burials 5. Simon ye Sonn of Wm Nickolls ye xxvii of September 8. Jhn Washeburne buried ye fift of August 12. Robt Moore was buried ye xiiii of January (This is the burial of the "old and blind" John Washburne, father of the immigrants John and William Washburn, and husband of Martha, and possibly also of Robert Moore, father of Margery (Moore) Washburn, wife of the Plymouth Colony immigrant.) The next page is 1630 Baptisings 2. Ruth the Daughter of Willi Nicholas May 13 The next page is 1626 Baptisings 1. Impris Sara the daughter of William Washeborne was baptised March ye 21?/26? (The date could be either. Much of 1626 is very difficult to read.) Weddings 1626 1. John Shortazel e Jone Washeburne were married ye ___ of Mar (The date was unreadable.) The next page is 1632, and has partly deteriorated. The left side of the page has been eaten away by mold or something, and only the dates are left readable, no names. They are the baptisms. The right side containing burials and weddings is readable, but no pertinent entries were found. The next page was 1628, also very difficult to read. The next page was 1631, but beginning being impossible to read, the rest very difficult. No pertinent entries were found in either 1628 or 1631. The next page jumps to 1691, then to 1698, then to 1684, then 1696, then 1685, then 1681, then 1695, then 1699, then 1686, then 1697, then 1668, then 1669, then 1677, then 1692, then 1679, then 1678, then 1675, then 1700, then 1680, then 1690, then 1691?, then 1683, then 1682, then 1689, then 1687, then 1688. Some pages were very difficult to read, and I could have easily missed some Washburn entries, but the handwriting of those in the early 1680s was absolutely beautiful! I found a few Washburn entries in these pages, of only minor interest to American researchers, since they were obviously of a branch that remained in England after our progenitors had already immigrated to New England and New York, but I will list what I found, in proper chronological order: Buryings 1668 Anne Washborne widdow April i Christenings 1677 Jane the Daughter of Joseph Washborne e Martha his wife bpt February ye 10th 1682 Buryings Nov 18, Joh: y: son of Joseph Washborne Buryed 1683 (lots of burials in 1683!) No. 24 Jane ye Daughter of Joseph Washborne 1684 Christenings John son of Joseph Washborne & Marka his wife Oct. 19 Buryed 1686 Nov 1, Joseph Washborne 1687 Buryed Jan 18, Martha wife of Joseph Washborne 1688 Married Oct 21st Joseph Washborne and Martha Garnor 1689 Christened Oct 13, Jane ye Daughter of Joseph Washborn e Martha 1690 (Baptisms) March 22, Jane ye Daughter of Joseph Washborn e Martha his wife I also found many Nichols entries in this period, but I did not copy them down. On the next page, the heading was partly missing and completely unreadable, but it was obviously from a much earlier period. There was one Washburn entry on it: (burials, apparently) 18. Gyles Washbourne the 23 September At the bottom of the page was written, in a different handwriting, (possibly in pencil?), 1636. The next page is 1637 Baptismes Martha thop? the daugher of William Washborne the ___________. (The date is unreadable.) The last year on the film in 1639, and is almost completely undecipherable. There was no page for 1638. So, as you can tell, a great many years are missing which probably contained many more Washburn entries. For instance, there was no page for 1623, which was probably when Philip Washburn, the younger son of John and Margery Washburn, was born, since he was not listed in the 1624 baptisms. Margery Washburn left England for New England on 13 Apr. 1635 on the "Elizabeth and Ann" with certificates from the Mayor of Evesham for: Marjorie Washborne age 49, and her two sons John Washborne age 14, and Phillipp Washborne age 11. (Sources: Stratton, "Plymouth Colony, Its History & People 1620-1691," and Barnard, "Some Notes on the Evesham Branch of the Washbourne Family," both of whose source was Hotten's "List of Emigrants," 1874 edition, p. 57.) If Philip were 11 in Apr. 1635, he was probably born after April in 1623. Also probably born in 1623 would have been William Washburn's eldest daughter, Agnes, who married Robert Jackson, of Hempstead, L.I., in about 1645. Supposedly Mary, daughter of William Washburn was baptised in Bengeworth in 1629. I did not find this entry, nor a page at all for 1629, unless the page I took as 1628, which was very difficult to read, was actually 1629, and her entry may have been on it. Also missing is the baptism of William's elder son, John Washburn, in about 1627 or 1628, as well as that of William's younger son, Hope Washburn, probably in the early 1630s. I found no marriage record for William Washburn, nor did I find any further record of Francis Nichols. The fact that John Washburn was a churchwarden in 1625 provides us with the last record I've found of his being in Bengeworth before emigrating to Plymouth Colony, New England, while his brother William was still in Bengeworth in 1637. The earliest record of John Washburn in Plymouth Colony was on 2 Jan. 1632/3 when he sued Edward Doty. I have found, so far, no clue as to the relationship between the Giles Washburn of Bengeworth and John or William Washburn, the immigrants to New England and New York. I will continue this search through the records of All Saints Parish, Evesham, Worcestershire, England. Since the two parishes both served the neighborhood, one on each side of the river, there is a chance that some Washburn events may have occured in All Saints rather than St. Peter's. The records of All Saints supposedly began in 1538. I will also be looking for Bushells in All Saints, since I found very few in St. Peters Parish, and since E.A.B. Barnard, the noted Worcestershire scholar, wrote that Jone Bushell, wife of John Washburne (the 2nd), was from a "family of good standing in Evesham." Since they were married in 1542, I won't find a baptism for Jone Bushell, but I'll certainly note any Bushell burials in hopes of later finding wills that might mention Washburn grandchildren in them. As usual, I welcome your feedback. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA [email protected]