| Husband: | John * WASHBURN (1597-1670) | |
| Wife: | Margery * MOORE (1586- ) | |
| Children: | John * WASHBURN (1620-1686) | |
| Marriage | 23 Nov 1618 | Bengeworth, Eversham, Worchester, England |
| Name: | John * WASHBURN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 2 Jul 1597 | Bengeworth, Eversham, Worchester, England |
| Christening | 2 Jul 1597 (age 0) | St. Peters Parish |
| Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchestershire, England | ||
| Occupation | Tailor | |
| Death | 17 Mar 1670 (age 72) | Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US |
| Name: | Margery * MOORE | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1586 | Bengeworth, Eversham, Worchester, England |
| Baptism | 3 Nov 1588 (age 1-2) | St. Peters Parish |
| Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchestershire, England | ||
| Immigration | 1635 (age 48-49) | from England |
| Arrived on the vessel: Elizabeth | ||
| Name: | John * WASHBURN | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth * MITCHELL (1628-1684) | |
| Birth | 20 Nov 1620 | Bengeworth, Eversham, Worchester, England |
| Christening | 26 Nov 1620 (age 0) | |
| Bengeworth, Evesham, Worchestershire, England | ||
| Death | 12 Nov 1686 (age 65) | Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA, US |
John Washburn was a tailor in England and came to America before 2 Jan 1632/1933. His wife and children came in 1635. John Washburn is an early settler at Duxbury; he had an action in court there in 1632. He bought a place called the Eagles Nest in 1634. From the Plymouth records, John purchased this land in March 1634 from Edward Bompass. John was on the 1633/34 tax list at Plymouth. He was one of the founders of Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1646. He became a freeman in Duxbury on 2 Jun 1646 and served in various minor capacities. On 5 Mar 1638/39, the Court ordered John Washburn, among others, to survey and repair the "heigh ways" in the colony. On 4 Mar 1650, he was before the Court for neglecting to mend these highways. He and his two sons, John and Philip, are enrolled in the military organizations as early as 1643. In Aug 1643, the names of all the males that are able to "beare armes from XVI yeares old to 60 yeares wthin the seuerall Touneships: Duxborrow. 1643- John Wasborne Sen." John Washburn and his son John are original proprietors of Old Bridgewater. They and Philip became residents there as early as 1665. John Washburn, son of John the first, married Elizabeth, daughter of Experience Mitchell, and had eleven children. John Sr. and his family moved to Bridgewater after 26 May 1666.
"On 8 December 1708 'John Washband of Plymouth . . . yeoman' sold to Samuel Bradford of Duxbury 'all that my twenty acres of upland . . . in the township of Duxborough aforesaid being lot upon which my honored grandfather John Irish deceased formerly dwelt being near Duxborough Mill and commonly known by the name of Irish's Orchard' and one acre of meadow 'which was also my said grandfather's'."
He was "apparently living on 17 March 1670/1 and 22 May 1671 when his son was called Jr., but died soon after, as the document was altered to call the son Sr. [MD 16:248, 250, citing PCLR 3:209]."
"On 26 May 1666 'John Washburne Senior of Duxburrow,' planter, deeded to 'Phillip Washborne his true and natural son all that his dwelling house, outhouses and buildings situate in Duxburrow aforesaid, and all and singular the upland and meadow now thereunto belonging' [MD 16:249-50,citing PCLR 3:61]."
A curious note in Eugene Aubrey Stratton's 'Plymouth Colony, Its History & People, 1620-1691' published in 1986, p. 369, appears intriguing and may possibly lead to the discovery and circumstances surrounding John Washborne's journey to Plymouth Colony. On 3 Jun 1662 John Washburn was granted 'what appears to be a double portion of land at Saconnet (Little Compton) by virtue of his being both an ancient freeman and a former servant, though the records do not indicate to whom he was a servant.' (Plymouth Colony Records 4:18) Stratton goes on to say 'There is no record that he lived in Saconnet.' George Ernest Bowman, in 'The Mayflower Descendant,' Vol. XVI, p. 251, published an extract of a deed wherein John Washburn Jr., eldest son of John and Margery (Moore) Washburn, sold land at Little Compton, along with others, to John Partridge in 1680. (Plymouth Colony Deeds, 6:58-59) This land at Saconnet or 'Seconett' that he sold to John Partridge in 1680 appears to have been the land that was granted to his father in 1662. If John Washburne had been brought to Plymouth Colony as a servant sometime before 1632, brought his wife and sons to Plymouth in 1635, then was made a freeman in Plymouth Colony in 1646, it would be interesting to figure out who his indenture had been made to. Immediate thoughts turn to Edward Winslow, who was from Droitwith, Worcestershire, England, which is not far from Evesham and Bengeworth, and certainly had the financial resources. Winslow, according to 'Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Five,' p. 3, made several trips back and forth from Plymouth Colony and England, one being in 1630, presumably returning in 1631. This premise needs to be studied further.
In the transcription of the Parish Registers, St. Peter's Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, under Christenings or Baptisms it states: "1597 2 July John Wasborn the sonne of John Wasborn." In the transcription of the Parish Registers, St. Peter's Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, under Marriages or Weddings it states: "1618 20 Nov. John Washaborn and Margerie Moore" (the names are very difficult to read).
As far as I know the earliest record of John Washburn was in the Plymouth Colony, was on 2 Jan 1632/3 when he sued Edward Doty over a hog. ('Plymouth Colony Records,' Vol. 1, p. 6) The last record of John Washburn in Bengeworth, England, was when he was a churchwarden in 1625, so we have a period of about 7 years when his whereabouts is unknown.
Sir Roger Washbourne florished the later half of the 13th century in Worcester. The name being spelled Variously Washbourne, Wasseburn, Washburne. A descendent of Sir Roger Washbourne, John Washbourne moved from Little Washbourne to Evesham, a few miles distant, and from this branch came another John, who went to Plymouth colony about 1631 and was joined by Marjorie his wife, and his sons in 1635, she being the daughter of Robert Moore.
Margery came over on the Elizabeth, along with her son Philip, to join her husband in Plymouth in 1635. She was baptized on 3 Nov 1588 in St. Peter's Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, but she was born about 1586, according to her age, 49, when she sailed to New England aboard the "Elizabeth and Ann" in 1635. Margery (Moore) Washburn's death occurred in New England, probably in Duxbury before Bridgewater ws opened up to settlement, but the date of her death has been lost. Margery's parents were Robert Moore born about 1562 in England, and Ellen Taylor, born about 1566 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England.