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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">This
                estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
                of 1933
                based on the estimated amount of compensation being deferred under
                the
                Plan.</font></div>
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                such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to The
                Washington Trust Company Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred
                Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) in the event of a stock dividend, reverse
                stock split, split-up, recapitalization or other similar
                event.</font></div>
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                estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities
                Act
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                registration fee.&#160;&#160;The registration fee is based upon the
                average of the high and low prices for the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock, par
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                of 1933
                based on the estimated amount of compensation that may be deferred
                under
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                fee in
                accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of
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      other securities of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) for which
      the Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8 under
      the Securities Act of 1933 relating to its Amended and Restated Nonqualified
      Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), and (b) relating to $22,500,000 of
      unsecured obligations (the &#8220;Obligations&#8221;) of the Registrant to pay deferred
      compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
      Plan.&#160;&#160;Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s prior
      Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8 (Registration No. 333-72277), as filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on February 12,
      1999, is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E
      to
      Form S-8.&#160;&#160;After giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of 34,500
      shares of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock, par value $0.0625 per share (the
&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), and $24,000,000 of Obligations have been registered for
      issuance pursuant to the Plan.</font></div>
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      in the prospectus for the Plan, which the Registrant has excluded from this
      Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to
      Form&#160;S-8.</font></div>
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      Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have
      previously been filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act
      of
      1934:</font></div>
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                Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form&#160;10-K for the fiscal year ended
                December&#160;31, 2006;</font></div>
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                Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form&#160;10-Q for the quarterly periods
                ended March&#160;31, 2007 and June 30,
                2007;</font></div>
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                Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
                April 26, 2007 and September 24, 2007;
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                description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s
                Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to the Exchange
                Act,
                including any amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating
                such description.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">In
      addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
      pursuant to Sections 13(a)&#160;and 13(c), Section&#160;14 and
      Section&#160;15(d)&#160;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
      hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
      unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
      Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of such documents (in each
      case,
      other than information in such documents that is deemed not to be
      filed).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
      6.&#160; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</strong></font></div>
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      Registrant is a publicly-owned,
      registered bank holding company, organized in 1984 under the laws of the State
      of Rhode Island, whose subsidiaries are permitted to engage in banking and
      other
      financial services and businesses. Section 7-1.2-814 of the Rhode Island
      Business Corporation Act, as amended, provides that a corporation generally
      has
      the power to indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents against
      judgments, </font></div>
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      fines, settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, actually
      incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
      or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to
      which such director, officer, employee or agent may be a party by reason of
      his
      being a director, officer, employee or agent, provided that such director,
      officer, employee or agent shall have acted in good faith and shall have
      reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity
      with the corporation, that his or her conduct was in the corporation&#8217;s best
      interests, (b) in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not
      opposed to its best interests, and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding,
      he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
      unlawful.</font></div>
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      accordance with Section 7-1.2-202 of the Rhode Island Business Corporation
      Act,
      Article Eleventh of the Restated&#160;&#160;Articles of Incorporation, as
      amended, of the Registrant provides that no director of the Registrant shall
      be
      liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
      of
      such director&#8217;s fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any
      breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders,
      (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
      misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 7-1.2-811 of
      the
      Rhode Island Business Corporation Act, which relates to liability for
      unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends or distributions
      on,
      capital stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived
      an
      improper personal benefit (unless such transaction is permitted by Section
      7-1.2-807 of the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act, which relates to
      director conflicts of interest).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
      Registrant&#8217;s By-Laws provide for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted
      under the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act.&#160;&#160;Specifically, the
      Registrant&#8217;s By-Laws provide that such rights to indemnification are contract
      rights and that the expenses incurred by an indemnified person shall be paid
      in
      advance of a final disposition of any proceeding; provided, however, that if
      required under applicable law, such person delivers a written affirmation that
      such person has met the standards of care required under such provisions to
      be
      entitled to indemnification.&#160;&#160;With respect to possible indemnification
      of directors, officers and controlling person of the Registrant for liabilities
      arising under the Securities Act, as amended, pursuant to such provisions,
      the
      Registrant is aware that the Commission has publicly taken the position that
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in Securities Act
      and
      is, therefore unenforceable.</font></div>
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      7-1.2-814(i) of the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act and Section 8.04
      of
      the Registrant&#8217;s By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall have the power to
      purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
      director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or who, while a
      director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, is or was serving at
      the
      request of the Registrant as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee
      or
      agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
      trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan, against any liability asserted
      against and incurred by such persons in any
      such&#160;&#160;capacity.&#160;&#160;The Registrant has obtained insurance
      covering its directors and officers against losses and insuring the Registrant
      against certain of its obligations to indemnify its directors and
      officers.</font></div>
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      8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</strong></font></div>
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      following is a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference
      as
      part of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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                Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (1)</font></div>
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                and Restated By-Laws of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.
                (3)</font></div>
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                of Goodwin Procter&#160;&#160;LLP as to the legality of the securities
                being registered (4)</font></div>
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                and Restated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
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                regarding unaudited financial information from KPMG LLP, as independent
                auditors (4)</font></div>
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      registration statement or any material change to such information in the
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      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
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      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
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      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <em>bona fide </em>offering
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      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
      public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
      unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
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      successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities
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      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
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      policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
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      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the town of
      Westerly, the State of Rhode Island on this 28th day of September
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      (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
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      therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each
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As
      filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2007
Registration
      Statement No. 333-__________
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
_____________________
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________
WASHINGTON
      TRUST BANCORP, INC.
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Rhode
      Island
(State
      or
      Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
05-0404671
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
23
      Broad Street
Westerly,
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(401)
      348-1200
(Address,
      including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's
      principal executive office)
_____________________
THE
      WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY AMENDED AND RESTATED
NONQUALIFIED
      DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full
      Title of the Plans)
____________________
John
      C. Warren
Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer
Washington
      Trust Bancorp, Inc.
23
      Broad Street
Westerly,
      Rhode Island 02891
(401)
      348-1200
(Name,
      address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent
      for service)
____________________
With
      a
      copy to:
Paul
      W. Lee, Esq.
Goodwin
      Procter
LLP
Exchange
      Place
Boston,
      Massachusetts  02109-2881
____________________
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of Each Class of
Securities
                Being Registered
Amount
                to be
Registered
Proposed
                Maximum Offering
Price
                Per Share
Proposed
                Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount
                of
Registration
                Fee
Common
                Stock par value $0.0625 per share (1)
9,500
                (2)
$27.06(3)
$257,070
                (1)
Deferred
                Compensation Obligations
$22,500,000
                (4)
N/A
22,500,000
                (5)
$22,757,070
$698.64
(1)
This
                estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
                of 1933
                based on the estimated amount of compensation being deferred under
                the
                Plan.
(2)
Plus
                such additional number of shares as may be required pursuant to The
                Washington Trust Company Amended and Restated Nonqualified Deferred
                Compensation Plan (the "Plan") in the event of a stock dividend, reverse
                stock split, split-up, recapitalization or other similar
                event.
(3)
This
                estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities
                Act
                of 1933 solely for the purposes of determining the amount of the
                registration fee.  The registration fee is based upon the
                average of the high and low prices for the Registrant's Common Stock, par
                value $0.0625 per share, as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market
                on
                September 25, 2007.
(4)
The
                deferred compensation obligations are unsecured obligations of Washington
                Trust Bancorp, Inc. to pay deferred compensation in the future in
                accordance with the terms of the
                Plan.
(5)
This
                estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act
                of 1933
                based on the estimated amount of compensation that may be deferred
                under
                the Plan. Estimated for purposes of calculating the registration
                fee in
                accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of
                1933.
INTRODUCTORY
      NOTE
This
      Registration Statement on
      Form S-8 (a) registers 9,500 additional securities of the same class as
      other securities of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant") for which
      the Registrant previously filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under
      the Securities Act of 1933 relating to its Amended and Restated Nonqualified
      Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), and (b) relating to $22,500,000 of
      unsecured obligations (the "Obligations") of the Registrant to pay deferred
      compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
      Plan.  Accordingly, the contents of the Registrant's prior
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-72277), as filed
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on February 12,
      1999, is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E
      to
      Form S-8.  After giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of 34,500
      shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.0625 per share (the
"Common Stock"), and $24,000,000 of Obligations have been registered for
      issuance pursuant to the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
      information required in Part I of this Registration Statement is included
      in the prospectus for the Plan, which the Registrant has excluded from this
      Registration Statement in accordance with the instructions to
      Form S-8.
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
      Registrant hereby incorporates by reference the following documents which have
      previously been filed with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act
      of
      1934:
·
the
                Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                December 31, 2006;
·
the
                Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
                ended March 31, 2007 and June 30,
                2007;
·
the
                Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
                April 26, 2007 and September 24, 2007;
                and
·
the
                description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
                Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to the Exchange
                Act,
                including any amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating
                such description.
In
      addition, all documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
      pursuant to Sections 13(a) and 13(c), Section 14 and
      Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
      hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
      unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
      Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of such documents (in each
      case,
      other than information in such documents that is deemed not to be
      filed).
Item
      6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
      Registrant is a publicly-owned,
      registered bank holding company, organized in 1984 under the laws of the State
      of Rhode Island, whose subsidiaries are permitted to engage in banking and
      other
      financial services and businesses. Section 7-1.2-814 of the Rhode Island
      Business Corporation Act, as amended, provides that a corporation generally
      has
      the power to indemnify directors, officers, employees and agents against
      judgments,
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penalties,
      fines, settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually
      incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit,
      or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to
      which such director, officer, employee or agent may be a party by reason of
      his
      being a director, officer, employee or agent, provided that such director,
      officer, employee or agent shall have acted in good faith and shall have
      reasonably believed (a) in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity
      with the corporation, that his or her conduct was in the corporation's best
      interests, (b) in all other cases, that his or her conduct was at least not
      opposed to its best interests, and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding,
      he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
      unlawful.
In
      accordance with Section 7-1.2-202 of the Rhode Island Business Corporation
      Act,
      Article Eleventh of the Restated  Articles of Incorporation, as
      amended, of the Registrant provides that no director of the Registrant shall
      be
      liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
      of
      such director's fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any
      breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders,
      (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
      misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 7-1.2-811 of
      the
      Rhode Island Business Corporation Act, which relates to liability for
      unauthorized acquisitions or redemptions of, or dividends or distributions
      on,
      capital stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived
      an
      improper personal benefit (unless such transaction is permitted by Section
      7-1.2-807 of the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act, which relates to
      director conflicts of interest).
The
      Registrant's By-Laws provide for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted
      under the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act.  Specifically, the
      Registrant's By-Laws provide that such rights to indemnification are contract
      rights and that the expenses incurred by an indemnified person shall be paid
      in
      advance of a final disposition of any proceeding; provided, however, that if
      required under applicable law, such person delivers a written affirmation that
      such person has met the standards of care required under such provisions to
      be
      entitled to indemnification.  With respect to possible indemnification
      of directors, officers and controlling person of the Registrant for liabilities
      arising under the Securities Act, as amended, pursuant to such provisions,
      the
      Registrant is aware that the Commission has publicly taken the position that
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in Securities Act
      and
      is, therefore unenforceable.
Section
      7-1.2-814(i) of the Rhode Island Business Corporation Act and Section 8.04
      of
      the Registrant's By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall have the power to
      purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
      director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or who, while a
      director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, is or was serving at
      the
      request of the Registrant as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee
      or
      agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
      trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan, against any liability asserted
      against and incurred by such persons in any
      such  capacity.  The Registrant has obtained insurance
      covering its directors and officers against losses and insuring the Registrant
      against certain of its obligations to indemnify its directors and
      officers.
Item
      8.                      Exhibits.
The
      following is a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference
      as
      part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibits
Exhibit
                No.
Exhibit
3.1
Restated
                Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (1)
3.2
Amendment
                to Restated Articles of Incorporation (2)
3.3
Amended
                and Restated By-Laws of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.
                (3)
5.1
Opinion
                of Goodwin Procter  LLP as to the legality of the securities
                being registered (4)
10.1
Amended
                and Restated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
                (4)
15.1
Letter
                regarding unaudited financial information from KPMG LLP, as independent
                auditors (4)
23.1
Consent
                of Goodwin Procter
LLP
(included in Exhibit
                5.1) (4)
23.2
Consent
                of KPMG LLP, as independent auditors (4)
24.1
Powers
                of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)
                (4)
_____________________
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(1)
Incorporated
                by reference Exhibit 3.a to Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.'s Annual
                Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-13091) for the fiscal year ended
                December 31, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                on March 16, 2001.
(2)
Incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit 3.b to Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.'s
                Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                2002, as field with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
                March 20, 2003.
(3)
Incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.'s
                Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
                Commission on September 24, 2007.
(4)
Filed
                herewith.
Item
      9.                      Undertakings.
(a)           The
      registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
      file, during any period in which offers are being made, a post-effective
      amendment to this registration statement to include any material information
      with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
      registration statement or any material change to such information in the
      registration statement;
(2)           That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof; and
(3)           To
      remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
      securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
      offering.
(b)           The
      undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
      any
      liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
      annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of
      an
      employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
      thereof.
(c)           Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
      may
      be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
      public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
      unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
      liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
      or
      paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities
      being
      registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the
      final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
      for
      filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the town of
      Westerly, the State of Rhode Island on this 28th day of September
      2007.
WASHINGTON
      TRUST BANCORP, INC.
By:
/s/
                John C.
                Warren
John
      C.
      Warren
Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
      OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
      ALL
      MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below
      constitutes and appoints each of John C. Warren and David V. Devault such
      person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of
      substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name,
      place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
      (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
      file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
      therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each
      said
      attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each
      and
      every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
      premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could
      do
      in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact
      and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do
      or
      cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
      has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
      indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
                John C. Warren
Chairman
                and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive
                officer)
September
                28, 2007
John
                C. Warren
/s/
                David V. Devault
Executive
                Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
                (principal financial and accounting officer)
September
                28, 2007
David
                V. Devault
/s/
                Gary P. Bennett
Director
September
                28, 2007
Gary
                P. Bennett
Director
Steven
                J. Crandall
4
/s/
                Larry J. Hirsch
Director
September
                28, 2007
Larry
                J. Hirsch
Director
Barry
                G. Hittner
/s/
                Katherine W. Hoxsie
Director
September
                28, 2007
Katherine
                W. Hoxsie
/s/
                Mary E. Kennard
Director
September
                28, 2007
Mary
                E. Kennard
/s/
                Edward M. Mazze
Director
September
                28, 2007
Edward
                M. Mazze
/s/
                Kathleen E. McKeough
Director
September
                28, 2007
Kathleen
                E. McKeough
/s/
                Victor J. Orsinger II
Director
September
                28, 2007
Victor
                J. Orsinger II
Director
H.
                Douglass Randall, III
Director
Patrick
                J. Shanahan, Jr.
/s/
                James P. Sullivan
Director
September
                28, 2007
James
                P. Sullivan
/s/
                Neil H. Thorp
Director
September
                28, 2007
Neil
                H. Thorp
/s/
                John F. Treanor
Director
September
                28, 2007
John
                F. Treanor
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EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
                No.
Exhibit
3.1
Restated
                Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (1)
3.2
Amendment
                to Restated Articles of Incorporation (2)
3.3
Amended
                and Restated By-Laws of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.
                (3)
5.1
Opinion
                of Goodwin Procter  LLP as to the legality of the securities
                being registered (4)
10.1
Amended
                and Restated Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan
                (4)
15.1
Letter
                regarding unaudited financial information from KPMG LLP, as independent
                auditors (4)
23.1
Consent
                of Goodwin Procter
LLP
(included
                in
                Exhibit 5.1) (4)
23.2
Consent
                of KPMG LLP, as independent auditors (4)
24.1
Powers
                of Attorney (included on signature pages to this Registration Statement)
                (4)
_____________________
(1)
Incorporated
                by reference Exhibit 3.a to Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.'s Annual
                Report on Form 10-K (File No. 000-13091) for the fiscal year ended
                December 31, 2000, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                on March 16, 2001.
(2)
Incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit 3.b to Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.'s
                Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
                2002, as field with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
                March 20, 2003.
(3)
Incorporated
                by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.'s
                Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
                Commission on September 24, 2007.
(4)
Filed
                herewith.