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Sir John Washbourn of Bengeworth, Worcestershire, ancestor o

Legg inn av Gjest » 27 sep 2005 15:54:02

I am new to this list and was asked to comment on the new book about the
Cumbrian ancestry of Richard Nixon. I do not know that line. However I can
share an introductory commentary on one branch of his exemplary Quaker ancestry.
This branch has some relevance for this list: the Washbournes of
Bengeworth, Worchestershire.

William Washburne was from a line of minor nobility with many generations
named John Washburne, spelled various ways. By his time they had become landed
gentry and William was the second son. America was settled in large measure
because of the laws of primogeniture and because of changing religious values
and affiliations. William, a second son, was a perfect example. His
daughter Mary born in 1629 was, according to accounts, baptised at St. Peters in
Bengeworth in 1637, Thereafter the family moved to London. William became
connected to a reform minister, Mr. Leverich. The group immigrated to the
colonies in 1639, first to Sandwich on Cape Cod in Massachusetts and then to and
lastly to Long Island, which was then New Amsterdam. William was one of the
original Patentees in Oyster Bay and Hempstead and an elder in the church.

Immigrants to America
William Washburn married Jane Nichols
Richard Willets married Mary Washburne

born in the colonies
Hope Willets married Mary "Mercy" Langdon
Timothy Willets married probably Judith Williams
Anthony Smith married Lydia Willets and so on

The Washburnes and their children immigrated in 1639, Richard Willets
immigrated separately. He and Mary were married on Long Island in 1648. Mary
became a Quaker minister and was believed to have "the gift," Nixon's excellent
Quaker ancestry began with this generation. There are well researched stories
about this generation and their connections. Long Island Genealogy is a fine
organisation.


I cannot resist saying that Nixon genealogists tend to leave out Mercy
Langdon, the wife of Hope Willets. Thomas Langdon, her father, had a tavern in
Connecticut. He was arrested for allowing bawdy songs in his Ordinary. He
also stole a pig. Thus people who love Nixon tend to accentuate the Quaker
aspects and eliminate Thomas Langdon. After his confrontations with the powers
that be in Connecticut, he moved to Long Island and had an uneventful life by
accounts.


Nixon's American heritage includes the line of Anthony Smith and Lydia
Willets which I share. Richard Nixon is descended through their daughter Judith.
This is the line of Quakers through Nixon's maternal great-grandfather,
Oliver Burdg.

I follow Margery Smith who married James Grant, who was a teamster in the
American Revolutionary War, delivering supplies to the troops. After the war
he would not renounce his activities and my line moved literally and
figuratively away from the Quakers. This was a benchmark issue for Quakers in
America. Judith Smith and her family continued the religious tradition.


I would be interested in comments about the Washburnes and will be glad to
share the data I have about this line.
Lynn

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Re: Sir John Washbourn of Bengeworth, Worcestershire, ancest

Legg inn av Gjest » 28 sep 2005 01:46:58

I believe it was Eugene Stratton's book "Applied Genealogy"
which shows that the Washburn family of Bengeworth resided in
the same parish for many generations, and that the colonists were
not descended from the gentry line.
Someone decided to graft them on.
As far as I can tell, the standard references such as Roberts' RD 600,
do not accept the gentry descent.

Leslie

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