Captain Nehemiah Washburn

M, (20 May 1686 - 17 December 1748)
Father-Biological*Samuel Washburn1 b. 1652, d. 24 Mar 1720
Mother-Biological*Deborah ______1 b. 1648
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Last Edited=17 Apr 2024
Gravestone of Captain Nehemiah Washburn
     Captain Nehemiah Washburn was born on 20 May 1686 at Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony.1,2,3 He was the son of Samuel Washburn and Deborah ______.1

Captain Nehemiah Washburn, age 26, married Jane Howard, age 23 , daughter of Ephraim Howard and Mary Keith, on 26 March 1713 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.1,2,4,5

Captain Nehemiah Washburn, age 30, married Mary Elmes on 27 December 1716 at Middleborough, Massachusetts.2 Captain Nehemiah Washburn was mentioned in the will of Samuel Washburn on 13 March 1720 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts.6 Captain Nehemiah Washburn died on 17 December 1748 at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at age 62.1,2 He was buried at Old Graveyard, West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in section D, marker 205. Nehemiah's epitaph reads:

In memory of
Capt. Nehemiah
Washburn, who
died Dec. ye 17,
1748,
in ye 63d year
of his age.2


Children of Captain Nehemiah Washburn and Jane Howard

Citations

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  5. Howard, Heman. The Howard Genealogy: Descendants of John Howard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, from 1643 to 1903. Borckton, Massachusetts: Standard Printing Co., 1903.
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