Joseph Washburn1,2

M, #12047, * 27 May 1776, + a 1850
FatherJoseph Washburn1,3 * 16 May 1727
MotherElisabeth Waller1 * 1754

Family

Pruda Corbett * 8 Feb 1777, + 1848
Children
     Joseph Washburn was born on 27 May 1776 in Kent, Connecticut.1,2,3 He married Pruda Corbett, daughter of Robert Corbett and Elizabeth Daniels. (NOTE: Maltby has a marriage date of 1799, birth place New Milford, Susquehannah County, PA 4.5,6 He died a 1850 According to Stocker, he died at over 84. He is in the 1850 census, but not in the 1860.3,2

Other information:

Joseph Washburn and Pruda Corbett had in addition to Ira and Thirza, 4 more daughters: Betsey, killed accidentally, was the wife of Horace Thayer, of Gibson ; Eliza died young; Nancy was the wife of N. E. Kennedy, a merchant on Kennedy Hill, Gibson; Julia Ann, wife of S.S. Ingalls, Chicago, formerly a merchant in Burrows' Hollow.3
Joseph Washburn was a blacksmith, gunsmith.3
     John Washburn is mentioned in "Washburn Family in America" in the chapter "The old Washbourne Family Tree" (pg. 21). His descendants are branch A, and start at pg. 58. The organization of the book is rather confusing. Joseph Washburn is listed as unconnected on pg. 634 (The book has no page numbers, archive.org assigns scan numbers). Ebenezer Washburn (A2C5, pg. 187) is listed as descendant of John, but son Joseph has no marriage listed, and only one son, Samuel, b. 1784.7

He is listed in the following census:
1790 Fed. census (2 Aug): Household of Joseph Washburn, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Washburn was probably included in the Free Males under 16 years of age.8
1800 Fed. census (4 Aug): Household of Joseph Washburn, Willingborough Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male (prob. Joseph and 1 female 16-25 (prob. his wife Pruda.9
1810 Fed. census (6 Aug): Household of Joseph Washburn, Clifford Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male (prob. Joseph and 1 female 26-44 (prob. his wife Pruda, 1 male and 4 females under 10 (among them prob. Ira and Thirza.)10
1820 Fed. census (7 Aug): Household of Joseph Washburn, Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male (prob. Joseph and 1 female 26-44 (prob. his wife Pruda, 1 male 16-18 (prob. Ira, 1 male 10-16, 1 female 16-25 (prob. Thirza, 2 females 10-16, and 2 females under 10.11
1830 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Joseph Washburn, Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male and 1 female 50-60, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 20-30, and 2 females 10-15.12
1840 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Joseph Washburn, Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male and 1 female 60-70, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 5-10, 1 female 20-30, 2 females 10-15.13
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Joseph Washburn, Gibson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Household consists of Joseph and Rebecca (64), Oscar and Abby Washburn (22.)2

Citations

  1. [S469] Lorraine Cook White, Barbour, CT, Kent index, pg. 89 (vol. 2, pg. 123).
  2. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Gibson Township, page 277: line 14-17 (NARA: M432, Roll 829, Page 277). Household of Joseph Washburn.
  3. [S166] Rhamanthus M. Stocker, Susquehanna (PA), pg. 747. Online at http://www.dsdata.com.au/genealogy/nepa/stocker_index.html
  4. Source: [25] I.G.I. Marriage Records, taken from an FHL patron family group sheet, from microfilm #1396202
  5. [S138] S. Whitney Phoenix, Whitney Family of CT, p.264. Online at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008731200
  6. [S477] Washburn, online http://www.maltbyfamily.net/siteindex.htm#washburn, #486. Joseph Washburn, Jr. <http://www.maltbyfamily.net/genealogies/washburn/washburn_plymouth_36.html#Joseph486
  7. [S926] Brenton P. Washburne, Washburn Family, A, pg. 21; xx 071, pg. 634. Online at https://archive.org/details/washburnfamilyin00wash
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1790. Pennsylvania, Luzerne County (NARA: M637, Roll 8, Page 155). Household of Joseph Washburn.
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: 1800. Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Willingborough Township, page 386: line 3 (NARA: M32, Roll 39, Page 386). Household of Joseph Washburn.
  10. [S108] Fed. Census: 1810. Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, Clifford Township, page 206: line 18 (NARA: M252, Roll 49, Page 206). Household of Joseph Washburn.
  11. [S108] Fed. Census: 1820. Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Gibson Township, page 18: line 7 (NARA: M33, Roll 112, Page 18). Household of Joseph Washburn.
  12. [S108] Fed. Census: 1830. Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Gibson Township, page 24: line 5 (NARA: M19, Roll 162, Page 24). Household of Joseph Washburn.
  13. [S108] Fed. Census: 1840. Pennsylvania, Susquehanna County, Gibson Township, page 360: line 6 (NARA: M704, Roll 476, Page 360). Household of Joseph Washburn.