Philip Washburn

Abt 1624 - Aft 1700  (~ 76 years)

• Name	Philip Washburn  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1624  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 19 Aug 1700  [4]
  Person ID	I44012	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John Washburn,   b. Bef 2 Jul 1597   d. Aft 22 May 1671, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age > 74 years)
  Mother	Margery Moore   d. Aft 1635
  Marriage	1618	Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcestershire, England   [5]
  Family ID	F16787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Irish,   b. Abt 1644
  Marriage	Bef 1664  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Deacon John Washburn,   b. Abt 1672   d. 17 Jun 1750 (Age ~ 78 years)
  Family ID	F25704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2025

  
  

• Notes

  "Unlike his brother John, Philip did not become a freeman, and a Bridgewater town meeting record of 8 May 1685 (MD 16:249) shows that he was incapable at that time of taking care of himself, and his nephew Joseph Washburn agreed to take care of him. Philip's brother John had directed in his will that 'my Son John take Care of my Brother Philip,' and this is probably part of the reason why many people (e.g., Davis, Savage, Mitchell) have stated that Philip had no children of his own. The fact is, though, that Philip married late in life Elizabeth Irish, daughter of John and Elizabeth Irish, and they had a son John, who married Lydia Billington, and daughters Margery, who married Josiah Leonard; Mary, who married Daniel Pratt, and Elizabeth who married Joseph Amory (MD 15:247). Bowman (MD 16:249) refers to a 1702 lawsuit regarding Philip's children's suit against their uncle John Irish. Proof that Philip had a son John is found in Ply. Co. LR 10:1:466, in which John Washburn on 8 December 1708 sold land to Samuel Bradford, 'which my honored grandfather John Irish deceased' formerly possessed. Philip was still living on 19 August 1700, when he was mentioned in a Bridgewater town record (MD 16:253)." [Eugene Aubrey Stratton, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S8729] Martin E. Hollick, "John Barrows of Plymouth, Massachusetts." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166:119, 2012. [S8731] George Ernest Bowman, "Washburn Notes." Mayflower Descendant 15:247, 1913. [S1647] The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New York Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. [S8730] Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 by Eugene Aubrey Stratton. Provo, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1986. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.