Noah Washburn
b. 15 June 1740, d. 7 August 1811
Noah Washburn|b. 15 Jun 1740\nd. 7 Aug 1811|p3239.htm|Edward Washburn|b. say 1698\nd. 1759|p3497.htm|Judith Rickard|b. 1 Feb 1701/2\nd. aft. 13 Nov 1745|p3498.htm|Joseph Washburn|b. 7 Jul 1653\nd. 20 Apr 1733|p3504.htm|Hannah Latham|d. aft. 1 Jul 1725|p3505.htm|Eleazer Rickard|b. say 1673\nd. aft. 23 Jan 1735/36|p3499.htm|Sarah Eaton|b. bef. 1672\nd. bt 14 Jun 1712 - 15 May 1719|p3500.htm|
| Father* | Edward Washburn1,2,3 b. say 1698, d. 1759 |
| Mother* | Judith Rickard4,2,1 b. 1 Feb 1701/2, d. aft. 13 Nov 1745 |
Noah Washburn was baptized 15 June 1740 at Plimpton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.3,2,1,5,6 He married Bathsheba Sexton, daughter of Charles Sexton and Bathsheba Geer, 14 November 1765 at Hartford, Connecticut.7 He died 7 August 1811 at Hartford.8,7,9,10,11,12,13,14 He was buried at Old North Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut.8
Proof that Noah Washburn of Hartford is one and the same as Noah Washburn baptized in Plymouth, son of Edward and Judith is substantial, but indirect. Here is my analysis.
Barbour (Families of Early Hartford:635) states Noah died in 1814. However, this is in error as no less than five Connecticut newspapers, his probate file, and burial record very clearly indicate he died 7 Aug 1811.
The 1811 date is critical to identifying him as the son of Edward Washburn (generation 5). The newspaper mortuary notices all state he was 71 which is precisely the right age for Noah to be Edward’s son, baptized in 1740. The Hale record of burials at Old North Cemetery reads that Noah was 72, but that is a typed transcript of notes taken from a variety of sources (see the title page) and it cannot be said with certainty which source was used to determine the age. The mortuary notices are all consistent, and represent a short “chain of communication” from the family.
The onomastic evidence is also supportive as Noah did name at least three children after his older siblings: Sarah, Eleazer, who died when Noah was a young man, not yet married, in 1764, and John. A fourth child, Hephizibah, could be named for his father’s sister.
Three of Noah’s 5 siblings are known to have lived and died in Connecticut (along with their father, Edward). Except for Noah, they remained in Middletown. Although I have yet to find any record associating Noah with them other than their birth and baptism records (given in MF 15:95; MF 12:263; & MF 9:40), there also does not appear to be any conflicting evidence. There were others named Noah Washburn born between 1735 and 1745, but they are all accounted for: none have a record showing Edward as his father, none are associated with the other siblings, and none have a stated or calculated birth date in 1740 as does Noah Washburn of Hartford.8,7,15,16
Noah Washburn left a will dated 3 December 1804 at Hartford and proved 5 Sep 1811:
I Noah Washburn of the town of Hartford in the county of Harford, being in a comfortable state of Bodily Health and of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and Testament
_Imprimis I give an bequeath unto my loving wife Bathsheba after my just Debts funeral Charges & the expences of Settling my estate are paid all my Estate both Real & personal for her use and Improvement for and during the term of her natural life.
Item. After the Decease of my said Wife I give and Bequeath to my children viz—Noah Washburn, Eleazer Washburn, Sarah the wife of Consider White, Hannah the wife of Joseph Hawkins, Abigail the wife of Asa Bigelow, Charles Washburn, Hepzibah the wife of Joseph Graham & Rebecca Washburn all my said Estate both Real and personal to be equally divided between them, to be to them their heirs & assigns forever.
And in case any of my said children should not be living at the time of Executing this instrument or shall die before me it is my will that, that part of my estate devised to that child or children should descend to and belong to the lawfull children of such deceased child or children in the same manner as it would have done had they survived me.
And I do hereby appoint my Son Charles Washburn Sole Executor to this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other former wills heretofore made Ratifying this only to be my last will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this third day of December AD 1804. ---Noah Washburn.17
Proof that Noah Washburn of Hartford is one and the same as Noah Washburn baptized in Plymouth, son of Edward and Judith is substantial, but indirect. Here is my analysis.
Barbour (Families of Early Hartford:635) states Noah died in 1814. However, this is in error as no less than five Connecticut newspapers, his probate file, and burial record very clearly indicate he died 7 Aug 1811.
The 1811 date is critical to identifying him as the son of Edward Washburn (generation 5). The newspaper mortuary notices all state he was 71 which is precisely the right age for Noah to be Edward’s son, baptized in 1740. The Hale record of burials at Old North Cemetery reads that Noah was 72, but that is a typed transcript of notes taken from a variety of sources (see the title page) and it cannot be said with certainty which source was used to determine the age. The mortuary notices are all consistent, and represent a short “chain of communication” from the family.
The onomastic evidence is also supportive as Noah did name at least three children after his older siblings: Sarah, Eleazer, who died when Noah was a young man, not yet married, in 1764, and John. A fourth child, Hephizibah, could be named for his father’s sister.
Three of Noah’s 5 siblings are known to have lived and died in Connecticut (along with their father, Edward). Except for Noah, they remained in Middletown. Although I have yet to find any record associating Noah with them other than their birth and baptism records (given in MF 15:95; MF 12:263; & MF 9:40), there also does not appear to be any conflicting evidence. There were others named Noah Washburn born between 1735 and 1745, but they are all accounted for: none have a record showing Edward as his father, none are associated with the other siblings, and none have a stated or calculated birth date in 1740 as does Noah Washburn of Hartford.8,7,15,16
Noah Washburn left a will dated 3 December 1804 at Hartford and proved 5 Sep 1811:
I Noah Washburn of the town of Hartford in the county of Harford, being in a comfortable state of Bodily Health and of sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and Testament
_Imprimis I give an bequeath unto my loving wife Bathsheba after my just Debts funeral Charges & the expences of Settling my estate are paid all my Estate both Real & personal for her use and Improvement for and during the term of her natural life.
Item. After the Decease of my said Wife I give and Bequeath to my children viz—Noah Washburn, Eleazer Washburn, Sarah the wife of Consider White, Hannah the wife of Joseph Hawkins, Abigail the wife of Asa Bigelow, Charles Washburn, Hepzibah the wife of Joseph Graham & Rebecca Washburn all my said Estate both Real and personal to be equally divided between them, to be to them their heirs & assigns forever.
And in case any of my said children should not be living at the time of Executing this instrument or shall die before me it is my will that, that part of my estate devised to that child or children should descend to and belong to the lawfull children of such deceased child or children in the same manner as it would have done had they survived me.
And I do hereby appoint my Son Charles Washburn Sole Executor to this my last will and Testament hereby revoking all other former wills heretofore made Ratifying this only to be my last will & Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this third day of December AD 1804. ---Noah Washburn.17
Family | Bathsheba Sexton b. 14 Sep 1741, d. 27 Jul 1828 |
| Marriage* | He married Bathsheba Sexton, daughter of Charles Sexton and Bathsheba Geer, 14 November 1765 at Hartford.7 |
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Citations
- [S38] Robert Moody Sherman, Verle Delano Vincent, Robert S. Wakefield and Lydia Dow Finlay, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620 Volume Fifteen Family of James Chilton and Family of Richard More, (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1997), 95. Hereafter cited as Sherman, Vincent, Delano, Wakefield, and Finlay, MF 15.
- [S40] Ralph V. Wood Jr., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, The First Five Generations, (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1996), 263. Hereafter cited as MF 12.
- [S39] Lee Douglas van Antwerp and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620: Volume Nine: Family of Francis Eaton, (Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1996), 40. Hereafter cited as van Antwerp and Wakefield, MF 9.
- [S39] Van Antwerp and Wakefield, MF 9, 39-40.
- [S109] Barbara Lambert Merrick, "Four New-Found Generations of Benjamin Eaton Descendants," Mayflower Descendant 43 (Jan 1993): 7. Hereafter cited as "Benjamin Eaton."
- [S298] Anthony Hoskins, "The Washburns of Middletown, Connecticut, and the Children of Joseph and Hannah (Johnson?) Washburn," The American Genealogist 75 (July 2000): 215-224. Hereafter cited as "Middletown Washburns."
- [S313] Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1977), 635-6. Hereafter cited as Hartford Families.
- [S315] Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Burials: Old North Cemetery, 1803-1932 p.224, FHL microfilm 3339 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Hale Collection.
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- [S1310] "Died," Windham Herald, Windham, Connecticut, 16 August 1811, Vol 21; Issue 1067; Pg 3, 29 Mar 2009.
- [S39] Van Antwerp and Wakefield, MF 9, 40,122-123.
- [S316] American Mercury, 15 August 1811, Vol 44; Issue 2285; Pg 3.
- [S1032] Connecticut, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880, Hartford district, no file number, FHL microfilm 1022263 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Connecticut Probate Files.
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