Ancestry of
James B. Conant

President of Harvard University

Josiah Washburn

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of James B. Conant — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 76 
  • Father:
  • John Washburn 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Lapham   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Feb 1679/1680 
  • Birth Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Feb 1751 
  • Death Location:
  • Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mercy Tilson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Feb 1702 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joanna Washburn

  Joseph Washburn (Ahnentafel No:38 )

  Lydia Washburn

  Jemima Washburn

  Rebecca Washburn

  Josiah Washburn

  Mercy Washburn

  • Notes: 

  • Josiah Washburn is said to have married a second time sometime before 1722. The name of his second wife is unknown.

• Additional marriages for Josiah Washburn

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  • Spouse:
  • Unknown
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1722

• Sources for Josiah Washburn

  • ¹ American Ancestors Magazine, 2011, Vol. 12.2, p. 41.
  • ² The American Genealogist, 1994, Vol. 69, p. 39.
  • ³ Nahum, Mitchell, Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Reprinted in facsimile., Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Reprinted by Henry T. Pratt (1897, originally 1840), 339.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 503.
  • ⁵ Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 345.
  • ⁶ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 103, 115, 245.