Mary FARR

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6 January 1635 , Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

7 January 1717 , Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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George FARR Elizabeth STOWERS

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Born: 6 January 1635 in Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: George FARR

Mother: Elizabeth STOWERS

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Mary married Matthias (Mathias) FARNSWORTH (FARNWORTH) abt. 1657 in Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Matthias (Mathias) FARNSWORTH (FARNWORTH) was born 20 July 1612 in England (United Kingdom). Matthias (Mathias) died 21 January 1689 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA.

Mary FARR died 7 January 1717 in Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Mary FARR married

Matthias (Mathias) FARNSWORTH (FARNWORTH)
Marriage date: abt. 1657
Marriage place: , Massachusetts Bay Colony
Source: Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.

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"Matthias1 (1612-1689) & Mary [FARR] (-1717 by 1647?, by 1657 Lynn-Groton {Thom Anc. Chart 6 Reg. 5:96, 78:286 LBDF&P 4:125 Farnsworth 27, 28, 45 Guilford 31 Gilson 253 Chute xliii Fallass 127 Stone (,7) 60 White Fam. Quar. 3:125 Gen. Bulletin 7:100}"

"The Farnsworth family arrived in America about 1628. In 1655, we find Mathias Farnsworth, the ancestor who concerns us, living at Lynn, near Boston. Protestant by religion and a weaver by trade, he married for a second time, to Mary Farr, who gave him eight children. Later on they moved to Groton in Maine, where he was one of the pioneer settlers."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 194

Children of Matthias (Mathias) FARNSWORTH (FARNWORTH) and Mary FARR

Joseph FARNSWORTH

Born: 16 November 1657, Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 31 October 1674, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mary FARNSWORTH

Born: 11 October 1660, Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 August 1725, Watertown, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Samuel THATCHER 11 April 1676 Place: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Sarah FARNSWORTH

Born: 29 May 1663, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 September 1731, Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Simon STONE 1681 Place: Watertown, Massachusetts, USA

Benjamin FARNSWORTH

Born: 6 November 1667, Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 15 August 1733, Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mary PRESCOTT 1695 Place: Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Samuel FARNSWORTH

Born: 8 October 1669, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1727, Lunenburg, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mary WHITCOMB 12 December 1706 Place: Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Abigail FARNSWORTH

Born: 17 January 1671, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1705, Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: John HUTCHINS 1691 Place: , Massachusetts, USA

Jonathan FARNSWORTH

Born: 10 June 1675, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 16 June 1748, Harvard, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Ruth SHATTUCK 1698 Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph FARNSWORTH

Born: abt. 1677, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 20 February 1687, Groton, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England

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Birth — 1635
6 January 1635
Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mary FARR - Title The Tucker genealogy: a record of Gilbert Ruggles and Evelina Christina (Snyder) Tucker, their ancestors and descendants Publisher s.n., 1901

Title The Tucker genealogy: a record of Gilbert Ruggles and Evelina Christina (Snyder) Tucker, their ancestors and descendants
Publisher s.n., 1901
Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized Feb 22, 2008
Length 305 pages

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1657 Birth of Child
Joseph FARNSWORTH was born 16 November 1657, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 22 years old.

1660 Birth of Child
Mary FARNSWORTH was born 11 October 1660, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 25 years old.

1663 Birth of Child
Sarah FARNSWORTH was born 29 May 1663, Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 28 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Birth of Child
Benjamin FARNSWORTH was born 6 November 1667, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 32 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Samuel FARNSWORTH was born 8 October 1669, Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 34 years old.

1671 Birth of Child
Abigail FARNSWORTH was born 17 January 1671, Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 36 years old.

1674 Death of Child
Joseph FARNSWORTH died 31 October 1674, Salem, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 39 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Jonathan FARNSWORTH was born 10 June 1675, Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 40 years old.

1676 Marriage of Child
Mary FARNSWORTH married 11 April 1676, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA to Samuel THATCHER

1687 Death of Child
Joseph FARNSWORTH died 20 February 1687, Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Mary was 52 years old.

1689 Death of Spouse/Partner
Matthias (Mathias) FARNSWORTH (FARNWORTH) died 21 January 1689, Groton, Massachusetts, USA

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1706 Marriage of Child
Samuel FARNSWORTH married 12 December 1706, Groton, Massachusetts, USA to Mary WHITCOMB

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Death — 1717
7 January 1717
Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
She died at the age of 82.

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Old Burial Ground

Groton, Massachusetts
Groton, Massachusetts, USA

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