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16 March 1800 Fairfax, Vermont, USA

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BirthBirth — 1727
2 December 1727
Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Revolutionary War
FARNSWORTH, JAMES
Ancestor #: A038737
Service: NEW HAMPSHIRE Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT
Birth: 12-2-1727 GROTON MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: POST 5-3-1781 CHARLESTOWN CHESHIRE CO NEW HAMPSHIRE
Service Source: HAMMOND, ROLLS OF THE SOLS IN THE REV WAR, NH STATE PAPERS, VOL 14, P 297; VOL 17, P 148
Service Description: 1) MILITIA, CAPT ABEL WALKER, COL BELLOWS;
2) MEMBER OF COMMITTEE OF SAFETY

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1) City: CHARLESTOWN - County: CHESHIRE CO - State: NEW HAMPSHIRE

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1) SUSANNA X
2) SARAH X
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Fairfax Plains Cemetery Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, USA

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DeathDeath — 1800
16 March 1800
Fairfax, Vermont, USA
He died at the age of 72.
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Fairfax Plains Cemetery Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, USA
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Did You Know?The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state

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Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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