Ebeneezer Washburn; his ancestors and descendants, with some connected families : a family story of 700 years . Wil-son began as a clerk in the hardware establishment ofMcNarne and Co., soon became a partner and then chiefowner in the concern. He was elected Mayor of Newarkfor one or more terms in the late 60s and early 70s. Helost much of his property in the great panic of 1873. Hewas a piominent man in church and city affairs duringand after the war. Children:—i. Orson S. Wilson, b. Sept. 1, 1849,did not marry, d. in Newark in 1903. ii. Ellen V. Wilson,b. July 2,5, 1851, m. Jan. 31, 1872, Wm
Ebeneezer Washburn; his ancestors and descendants, with some connected families : a family story of 700 years . Wil-son began as a clerk in the hardware establishment ofMcNarne and Co., soon became a partner and then chiefowner in the concern. He was elected Mayor of Newarkfor one or more terms in the late 60s and early 70s. Helost much of his property in the great panic of 1873. Hewas a piominent man in church and city affairs duringand after the war. Children:—i. Orson S. Wilson, b. Sept. 1, 1849,did not marry, d. in Newark in 1903. ii. Ellen V. Wilson,b. July 2,5, 1851, m. Jan. 31, 1872, Wm. G. d. Sept. 2, ]S82. Their children Avere i. Orson Wil-son Francisco, b. Feb. 1, 1874, m. jVlay 12, 1S07, Grace , b. May 14, 1«78. Four grandchildren of Ellen were living at the time of her death in this family,ii. William G. Francisco, b. Oct. 12, 1878. 32. Cait. Milks W^., .5tli and youngest son of Jacob®and Phebe Xorthrup \V., b. May 30, 1803, d. May 14, 1882,m. Oct. 20, 1829, Emily Hatch, dr. of Dan and Lucy Hatchof Coventry, Conn. Dan Hatch was a Revolutionary sol-. David Scui)Di:r Washhukx. JACOB, miles 93 dier, Mrs. Hatch a. 1828, 111. Eliza Xortlirup of Lenox(See account of the Hatch family). Captain Miles wasa farmei- and resided on the ancestral Washburn-Northrupestate. He was possessed among others of the old NewEngland virtues—those of patience, application, thrift andconscientious rectitude. Though loft at bis fathers deathin very moderate circumstances, he succeeded in 12 or 15years in satisfying the claims of all the heirs, and acquir-ing unencumbered possession of the original estate , madehis farm one of the best in town and was one of the mostprosperous residents in that part of the township, (^ne nightin March 1848, a fire made a clean sweep of his barns,buildings, vehicles, machinery, tools and cattle, on noneof which he had insurance. The next day ho set aboutproviding himself with more modern buildings and improv-ed to
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