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Thomas Hayward,
SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 699
and their children were :
Solomon, born in 175-i; Seth, 1756; Thomas,
1758; Bethiah, 1760; Mary, 1762; Hannah and
i?etty, 1766; Jonathan, 1768.
(VI) Solomon Washburn, son of Josiah (2),
was born in Bridgewater in 1754. In 1773 he
married Anne Mitchell, daughter of Seth
Mitchell, and their children were: Zenas;
Anna, who married in 1797 Oliver Hayward;
Solomon; Eeuljcn ; Thomas, horn in 1787; Oscar,
born in 1795; Lewis, born in 1797; and
Nahum, who married Anne Mitchell, daughter
of Jolm.
(VII) Solomon Washburn (2), son of Solomon,
was born in Bridgewater, and tliere in
1801 married Sally Carver, daughter of Jabez
Carver. In his young manhood Solomon
Washburn spent some time in Maine, but later
removed to Hanover, Mass., and thence to
Bridgewater, where the remainder of his life
was passed. He was a machinist by trade, and
was an extensive landowner in his native town
in the vicinity of the normal school. He built
a fine brick house on Summer street, which is
still standing, and there he made his home.
He was a man of enterprise and of progressive
spirit, and for Alger,
many years was a member of the
and died July 4, 1856, tlie mother of
four children, Stillman (bom Dec. 29, 1850),
Austin W., William E. and Hattie C, all now
deceased; Ferdinand Carver, bom July 17,
1831, now deceased, a railroad engineer and
Scottish Rite Mason in Ohio, married March
1, 1859, Mary Brumly. Mr. Washburn married
for his second wife Jane Mitchell Hayward,
born Oct. 20, 1802, daughter of Calvin
Hayward. She died Aug. 5, 1902, and was
laid to rest in the family lot in Mount Prospect
cemetery. She was a member of the Unitarian
Church. The three children of this
firm of Washburn, Carver & Co., manufacturers
of cotton gins. He died at his home on Summer
street, and was buried in Mount Prospect
cemetery. His children were : Rotheus, bom
Feb. 26, 1803, married Mary Hayward; Carver
was born Nov. 20, 1804; Nahum was bom Nov.
15, 1806; Thomas J., born June 25, 1809, married
Marcha Perkins; Albert, bom July 21,
1812, married (first) Clarissa Pratt, daughter
of Calvin Pratt, and (second) Maria 0. Pratt,
cemetery. He was a Whig and Republican,
but he never sought or accepted office though
often solicited to do so. With his wife he attended
the Unitarian Church. Mr. Washburn
was twice married. On March 4, 1827, he married
Harriett Harden, bom Oct. 4, 1800. She
died Feb. 24, 1834, and was laid to rest in
Mount Prospect cemetery. The children of
tliis union were: Mira Louise, born Dec. 2.1,
1827, married (first) Jan. 12, 1845, Frederick
Cushing, and (second) James Whitney, of New
York, and is now deceased ; Margaret, born
Dec. 9, 1829, married April 21, 1850, Stillman
marriage were : Mary Jane, born June 19, 1836,
who died Aug. 6, 1837; Clinton, bom Nov. 25,
1838 ; and Caroline, born April 2, 1842, who
died in March, 1907.
(IX) Clinton W.\shburn, only son born
to Carver and Jane Mitchell (Hayward)
Washburn, received his education in the
Bridgewater school and the local academy. He
then worked in the cotton gin factory for some
years, when he retired from active business and
daughter of Jared Pratt; Eli, born March 18,
1817, died unmarried Dec. 21, 1879; Nathan,
born April 3, 1819, died unmarried Dec. 10,
1842; John, born May 22, 1821, married Jane
Robinson, and died July 28, 1868; Maria, bom
in 1823, married Alonzo Masters, of Boston,
and died in November, 1879.
(VIII) Carver Washburn, son of Solomon
(2), was bom Nov. 20, 1804, and was educated
in the local school and at Bridgewater
Academy. He grew to manhood in his native
home, and became identified with the cotton
gin manufacturing business, being a member
of the firm of Washburn, Carver & Co., of
Bridgewater. He continued a member of this
firm until his death, although for the last few
years of his life his impaired health rendered
his retirement from active work imperative.
His home was on Summer street, near the old
made his home with his mother and sister as
long
home of his father, and there he died June 17,
1862, and his remains rest in Mount Prospect
as they lived. He occupied the homestead
until his death, which occurred April 8, 1909.
He was unmarried, thus being the last of his
line. In politics he was a Republican, and in
religious views a Unitarian.
(VIII) Dr. Nahum Washburn, son of Solomon
(2) and brother of Carver, was but five
years of age when his parents removed to the
town of Hanover, in Plymouth county, later
coming to Bridgewater, which town has beenthe
home of the Washburn family for many
years. He attended the public schools and
Bridgewater Academy under the tutelage of the
late Hon. John A. Shaw, after which he attended
Dartmouth College, graduating in 1832.
His scholarship was of a high order, and he
had an especial taste for literary and scientific
subjects. After completing his college course
he became a member of the Massachusetts
Medical Society in 1835. Later he took up
the study of dentistry, and entered upon the