Death year of 1866 is just a guess, but after the census of New York state, Erie County census of 1865.
From: "Wendell, MA Vital Records" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Arbor/8406/Wendell_MA/WendellBirthsPage1.html:
Rufus and Mary (aka Polly Tyrer) WASHBURN
Selima b. Apr. 30, 180_
Elisha b. Oct. 7, 180_
Mary b. Mar.. 2, 180_
Lucinda b. Aug. 21, 18__
Rufus b. Mar. 9, 18__
From: the town records, of the Town of Wendell, on pages 224 and 225:
"Be it remembered that on this twenty-fourth day of December, AD, 1803, [Elisha Washburn had died in June 1803] Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker, Trustees of a lot of land, No. Twenty-seven, called and known by the name of Erving's Gift, lying in Wendell in the County of Hampshire, as described by the annexed lease to Elisha Washburn, dated the first day of April AD 1792, in consequence and by reason of the non payment of five years rent amounting to thirty six pounds one shilling and three pence equal to one hundred and twenty dollars and twenty one cents, which was due and unpaid on the first day of April last past, the same having been lawfully demanded, did enter into and upon, and did take and have, full, quiet and peaceable possession and seizing of the said Lot No. twenty seven, and every part thereof, and its appurtenances, by twig and turf. To have, hold, retain, and enjoy the same again to us and our successors as trustees, as in our first and former estate, according to the purpose, intent and meaning of this lease, and hereto let our hands the day and year first above written" etc.
This indenture of lease made the 2nd day of January, 1804, between Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker in the capacity of trustees of a lot of land, bequeathed to the Town of Wendell in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts by William Erving Esquire for the purpose of schooling on the one part, and RUTH WASHBURN, widow, and Rufus Washburn [her stepson], yeoman, both of said Wendell, (and James Goodale of New Salem in the County aforesaid, Gentleman, as surety for the said Washburns) of the other part; to summarize 120 acres, location described, free from all taxes, for the term of 987 [this is not a typing error!] years, paying rent yearly at the rate of thirty two dollars and thirty four cents in gold or silver.
On page 310 of the town records for Wendell, on April 11, 1805, Rufus Washburn sold his rights [for 987 years] in the land to a Ruth Tyrer's future husband, Ebenezer Johnson for the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars.
.A page from the Records of the Town Meetings of Wendell, Massachusetts:
Orders Issued upon the Treasurer [Pounds, shillings, pence]
Dated To Whom Issued For What Issued Amount
1813 March 11 Jonathan W. Osgood South School 8.50
" Ditto North School 32.34
April 2nd Elihu Beamon Commissions 28.18
" Ditto Abatement of Taxes 5.19
" John Goss Poor Account (Allen) 6.58
3rd Sharon Pease Abatement of Taxes 2.41
5th Stephen Allen Poor Account (Allen) 24.43
" Edmund Fay North School 5.00
" Betty Gates Poor Account (Fay) 5.73
" Nathan Sweetzer Abatement of Taxes 3.69
" William Caswell Ditto 1.13
" J. W. Osgood South School 17.50
" Moses Lock Abatement of Taxes 2.60
10th Joel Forket? Ditto 1.13
" Rufus Washburn Ditto 0.68
From: "Wendell, MA Vital Records" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Arbor/8406/Wendell_MA/WendellBirthsPage1.html:
Rufus and Mary (aka Polly Tyrer) WASHBURN
Selima b. Apr. 30, 180_
Elisha b. Oct. 7, 180_
Mary b. Mar.. 2, 180_
Lucinda b. Aug. 21, 18__
Rufus b. Mar. 9, 18__
From: the town records, of the Town of Wendell, on pages 224 and 225:
"Be it remembered that on this twenty-fourth day of December, AD, 1803, [Elisha Washburn had died in June 1803] Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker, Trustees of a lot of land, No. Twenty-seven, called and known by the name of Erving's Gift, lying in Wendell in the County of Hampshire, as described by the annexed lease to Elisha Washburn, dated the first day of April AD 1792, in consequence and by reason of the non payment of five years rent amounting to thirty six pounds one shilling and three pence equal to one hundred and twenty dollars and twenty one cents, which was due and unpaid on the first day of April last past, the same having been lawfully demanded, did enter into and upon, and did take and have, full, quiet and peaceable possession and seizing of the said Lot No. twenty seven, and every part thereof, and its appurtenances, by twig and turf. To have, hold, retain, and enjoy the same again to us and our successors as trustees, as in our first and former estate, according to the purpose, intent and meaning of this lease, and hereto let our hands the day and year first above written" etc.
This indenture of lease made the 2nd day of January, 1804, between Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker in the capacity of trustees of a lot of land, bequeathed to the Town of Wendell in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts by William Erving Esquire for the purpose of schooling on the one part, and RUTH WASHBURN, widow, and Rufus Washburn [her stepson], yeoman, both of said Wendell, (and James Goodale of New Salem in the County aforesaid, Gentleman, as surety for the said Washburns) of the other part; to summarize 120 acres, location described, free from all taxes, for the term of 987 [this is not a typing error!] years, paying rent yearly at the rate of thirty two dollars and thirty four cents in gold or silver.
On page 310 of the town records for Wendell, on April 11, 1805, Rufus Washburn sold his rights [for 987 years] in the land to a Ruth Tyrer's future husband, Ebenezer Johnson for the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars.
.A page from the Records of the Town Meetings of Wendell, Massachusetts:
Orders Issued upon the Treasurer [Pounds, shillings, pence]
Dated To Whom Issued For What Issued Amount
1813 March 11 Jonathan W. Osgood South School 8.50
" Ditto North School 32.34
April 2nd Elihu Beamon Commissions 28.18
" Ditto Abatement of Taxes 5.19
" John Goss Poor Account (Allen) 6.58
3rd Sharon Pease Abatement of Taxes 2.41
5th Stephen Allen Poor Account (Allen) 24.43
" Edmund Fay North School 5.00
" Betty Gates Poor Account (Fay) 5.73
" Nathan Sweetzer Abatement of Taxes 3.69
" William Caswell Ditto 1.13
" J. W. Osgood South School 17.50
" Moses Lock Abatement of Taxes 2.60
10th Joel Forket? Ditto 1.13
" Rufus Washburn Ditto 0.68
Death year of 1866 is just a guess, but after the census of New York state, Erie County census of 1865.
From: "Wendell, MA Vital Records" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Arbor/8406/Wendell_MA/WendellBirthsPage1.html:
Rufus and Mary (aka Polly Tyrer) WASHBURN
Selima b. Apr. 30, 180_
Elisha b. Oct. 7, 180_
Mary b. Mar.. 2, 180_
Lucinda b. Aug. 21, 18__
Rufus b. Mar. 9, 18__
From: the town records, of the Town of Wendell, on pages 224 and 225:
"Be it remembered that on this twenty-fourth day of December, AD, 1803, [Elisha Washburn had died in June 1803] Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker, Trustees of a lot of land, No. Twenty-seven, called and known by the name of Erving's Gift, lying in Wendell in the County of Hampshire, as described by the annexed lease to Elisha Washburn, dated the first day of April AD 1792, in consequence and by reason of the non payment of five years rent amounting to thirty six pounds one shilling and three pence equal to one hundred and twenty dollars and twenty one cents, which was due and unpaid on the first day of April last past, the same having been lawfully demanded, did enter into and upon, and did take and have, full, quiet and peaceable possession and seizing of the said Lot No. twenty seven, and every part thereof, and its appurtenances, by twig and turf. To have, hold, retain, and enjoy the same again to us and our successors as trustees, as in our first and former estate, according to the purpose, intent and meaning of this lease, and hereto let our hands the day and year first above written" etc.
This indenture of lease made the 2nd day of January, 1804, between Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker in the capacity of trustees of a lot of land, bequeathed to the Town of Wendell in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts by William Erving Esquire for the purpose of schooling on the one part, and RUTH WASHBURN, widow, and Rufus Washburn [her stepson], yeoman, both of said Wendell, (and James Goodale of New Salem in the County aforesaid, Gentleman, as surety for the said Washburns) of the other part; to summarize 120 acres, location described, free from all taxes, for the term of 987 [this is not a typing error!] years, paying rent yearly at the rate of thirty two dollars and thirty four cents in gold or silver.
On page 310 of the town records for Wendell, on April 11, 1805, Rufus Washburn sold his rights [for 987 years] in the land to a Ruth Tyrer's future husband, Ebenezer Johnson for the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars.
.A page from the Records of the Town Meetings of Wendell, Massachusetts:
Orders Issued upon the Treasurer [Pounds, shillings, pence]
Dated To Whom Issued For What Issued Amount
1813 March 11 Jonathan W. Osgood South School 8.50
" Ditto North School 32.34
April 2nd Elihu Beamon Commissions 28.18
" Ditto Abatement of Taxes 5.19
" John Goss Poor Account (Allen) 6.58
3rd Sharon Pease Abatement of Taxes 2.41
5th Stephen Allen Poor Account (Allen) 24.43
" Edmund Fay North School 5.00
" Betty Gates Poor Account (Fay) 5.73
" Nathan Sweetzer Abatement of Taxes 3.69
" William Caswell Ditto 1.13
" J. W. Osgood South School 17.50
" Moses Lock Abatement of Taxes 2.60
10th Joel Forket? Ditto 1.13
" Rufus Washburn Ditto 0.68
From: "Wendell, MA Vital Records" http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Arbor/8406/Wendell_MA/WendellBirthsPage1.html:
Rufus and Mary (aka Polly Tyrer) WASHBURN
Selima b. Apr. 30, 180_
Elisha b. Oct. 7, 180_
Mary b. Mar.. 2, 180_
Lucinda b. Aug. 21, 18__
Rufus b. Mar. 9, 18__
From: the town records, of the Town of Wendell, on pages 224 and 225:
"Be it remembered that on this twenty-fourth day of December, AD, 1803, [Elisha Washburn had died in June 1803] Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker, Trustees of a lot of land, No. Twenty-seven, called and known by the name of Erving's Gift, lying in Wendell in the County of Hampshire, as described by the annexed lease to Elisha Washburn, dated the first day of April AD 1792, in consequence and by reason of the non payment of five years rent amounting to thirty six pounds one shilling and three pence equal to one hundred and twenty dollars and twenty one cents, which was due and unpaid on the first day of April last past, the same having been lawfully demanded, did enter into and upon, and did take and have, full, quiet and peaceable possession and seizing of the said Lot No. twenty seven, and every part thereof, and its appurtenances, by twig and turf. To have, hold, retain, and enjoy the same again to us and our successors as trustees, as in our first and former estate, according to the purpose, intent and meaning of this lease, and hereto let our hands the day and year first above written" etc.
This indenture of lease made the 2nd day of January, 1804, between Joshua Green, Nathan Brewer and David Whitaker in the capacity of trustees of a lot of land, bequeathed to the Town of Wendell in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts by William Erving Esquire for the purpose of schooling on the one part, and RUTH WASHBURN, widow, and Rufus Washburn [her stepson], yeoman, both of said Wendell, (and James Goodale of New Salem in the County aforesaid, Gentleman, as surety for the said Washburns) of the other part; to summarize 120 acres, location described, free from all taxes, for the term of 987 [this is not a typing error!] years, paying rent yearly at the rate of thirty two dollars and thirty four cents in gold or silver.
On page 310 of the town records for Wendell, on April 11, 1805, Rufus Washburn sold his rights [for 987 years] in the land to a Ruth Tyrer's future husband, Ebenezer Johnson for the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars.
.A page from the Records of the Town Meetings of Wendell, Massachusetts:
Orders Issued upon the Treasurer [Pounds, shillings, pence]
Dated To Whom Issued For What Issued Amount
1813 March 11 Jonathan W. Osgood South School 8.50
" Ditto North School 32.34
April 2nd Elihu Beamon Commissions 28.18
" Ditto Abatement of Taxes 5.19
" John Goss Poor Account (Allen) 6.58
3rd Sharon Pease Abatement of Taxes 2.41
5th Stephen Allen Poor Account (Allen) 24.43
" Edmund Fay North School 5.00
" Betty Gates Poor Account (Fay) 5.73
" Nathan Sweetzer Abatement of Taxes 3.69
" William Caswell Ditto 1.13
" J. W. Osgood South School 17.50
" Moses Lock Abatement of Taxes 2.60
10th Joel Forket? Ditto 1.13
" Rufus Washburn Ditto 0.68
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