Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


PIONEER WASHBURN FAMILY



1. STEPHEN WASHBURN (son of ROBERT & LUCY (FARNUM) WASHBURN) was born 28 February 1766 in Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut. Stephen sold land in Preston to Reuben Partridge on 16 April 1790, Benjamin and Betty Coit witnessing. Stephen probably received this land from his father. Sometime between 1816 and 1820 they moved to New York, probably first to Albany or Columbia County, then later to Schoharie County where they both died.

He married
SALINDA WETHY, who was the daughter of Elijah Wethy and Mercy Jones, widow of Azariah Gates, of Preston, New London County, Connecticut.

Children, WASHBURN:

2 i ELIJAH WASHBURN married LYDIA GREEN

3 ii DYER WASHBURN married ANNIE LYON

4 iii SCHUYLER WASHBURN married ELIZABETH (---)

5 iv ROBERT WASHBURN married EMELINE MANLEY

3. DYER WASHBURN (son of STEPHEN & SALINDA (WETHY) WASHBURN) was born 1790, Connecticut, died 23 October, 1861, buried Rice's Corners Cemetery, Town of Adams, Jefferson County, New York.

He married
ANNIE LYON, who was born 1789, Connecticut. (Information provided by Patti Wagner Hopkins)

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Children, WASHBURN:

6 i ANNIE VALITTA WASHBURN married JAMES HARRIS

7 ii ROBERT WASHBURN married LUCY WARREN

8 iii IRENE WASHBURN married MERRICK A. MANLEY

9 iv MABEL WASHBURN married (---) WHITTACKER

10 v SCHUYLER WASHBURN married (1) SARAH McCLARY; married (2) SUSAN EVELEIGH

4. SCHUYLER WASHBURN (son of STEPHEN & SALINDA (WETHY) WASHBURN) was born about 1800, died 3 June 1854, buried Lakeside Cemetery, Sackets Harbor, New York.

He married
ELIZABETH (---) who was born 1799, died 30 August 1852, buried Lakeside Cemetery. (Information provided by Patti Wagner Hopkins).

Children, WASHBURN:

11 i JULIA WASHBURN married GEORGE B. WASHBURN

12 ii ELIZA WASHBURN

13 iii DYER WASHBURN married MARTHA M. (---)

14 iv LUTHER WASHBURN married CAROLINE TORREY

15 v AMY WASHBURN married SAMUEL N. DODGE

16 vi JANE WASHBURN married HENRY C. CRANDALL

17 vii MARIA O. WASHBURN married GEORGE PARKER

5. ROBERT WASHBURN (son of STEPHEN & SALINDA (WETHY) WASHBURN) was born about 1801, Renssalaer County[?], New York, died 18 September 1875. He was buried in Sulpher Springs Cemetery, Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York.

He married
EMELINE MANLEY who was the daughter of ASA MANLEY and sister of MERRICK A. MANLEY, husband of IRENE WASHBURN who was the daughter of DYER WASHBURN, Robert's brother. Emeline was born in 1810 in Jefferson County, New York and she died 23 November 1887.

Children, WASHBURN:

18 i HIRAM WASHBURN married MARY (---)

19 ii STEPHEN WASHBURN married MARY A. EVANS

20 iii SILAS ROBERT WASHBURN married ESTHER STOODLEY, daughter of WILLIAM & ELIZABETH (LANE) STOODLEY

21 iv NEWTON M. WASHBURN married VALTALINE VANWINCKEL

22 v GEORGE HERBERT WASHBURN married MARY JANE (---)

23 vi WALLACE WASHBURN married GEORGINA CONNELLY

24 vii LYDIA WASHBURN

25 viii THEODORE WASHBURN married JANETTE RICE

25. THEODORE WASHURN (son of ROBERT & EMELINE (MANLEY) WASHBURN) was born 1845, Jefferson County, abd died April 1912.

He married
JANETTE RICE who was born 1848, and died 1919.

Children, WASHBURN:

26 i ALBERT WASHBURN

27 ii ARTHUR WASHBURN


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