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- HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON BEARING THE NAME OF FARNSWORTH THAT WE NOW OF I N THIS COUNTRY. HE IS FIRST HEARD OF THERE ABOUT 1632, BUT PROBABLY CAME OVER WITH THE DORCHESTER COMPANY, THOUGH PREHAPS NOT IN THE FIRST VESSEL. HE WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MARCH 14, 1638-9. ANOTHER JOSEPH FARNSWORTH, PROBABLY HIS SON, WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MAY 2, 1649. THE NAME IS SPELLED IN THE RECORD IN BOTH CASES FFARNWORTH" HE DIED JAN. 12, 1660, AND HIS WILL WAS PROVED AND IS RECORDED IN SUFFOLK REGISTRY OF WILLS, VOL. 1, FOL 327, AND HAS BEEN PRINTED IN THE HISTORIC-GENEALOGIC-AL REGISTER, VOL IX P. 140. HE PROVIDES IN IT FOR HIS WIFE, WHOM HE CALLS "MARY, FORMERL Y WIFE OF JOHN LONG AND THOMAS LONG. " HE ALSO GIVES LEGACIES TO HIS DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOHN MANSFIELD, STHER, MARY WIFE OF ABRAHAM RIPLEY, HIS GRANDSON, " JOSEPH PECK, SON OF SIMON PECK, WHO MARRIED WITH HANNAH, MY DAUGHTER, NOW DECEASED, " AND REBECCA, AND , AND ALSO TO HIS ELDEST SON JOSEPH, ALTHOUGH HE HAD, AS HE SAYS, "ALREADY ASSISTED HIM GREATLY, AND THE REST TO HIS SON DAMUEL, WHO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A MINOR. . . THE INVENTORY RETURNED AMOUNTED TO LL 206 18 S 2 ND JOSEPH'S FIRST WIFE'S NAME WAS ELIZABETH, SURNAME UNKNOWN. AFTER JOSEPH'S DEATH HIS WIDOW VERY SOON MARRIED JOHN WILCOCK, THEN RESIDENT AT DORCHESTER. SHE WAS EXECUTOR OF HER HUSBAND "FFARNWORTH'S WILL, AND JOINING HER HUSBAND WILCOCK SHE MADE A DEED OF PART OF HIS LAND, APRIL 20, 1660, TO WILLIAM POND SUFFOLK DEEDS B. VII FOL. 296 HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON BEARING THE NAME OF FARNSWORTH THAT WE NOW OF I N THIS COUNTRY. HE IS FIRST HEARD OF THERE ABOUT 1632, BUT PROBABLY CAME OVER WITH THE DORCHESTER COMPANY, THOUGH PREHAPS NOT IN THE FIRST VESSEL. HE WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MARCH 14, 1638-9. ANOTHER JOSEPH FARNSWORTH, PROBABLY HIS SON, WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MAY 2, 1649. THE NAME IS SPELLED IN THE RECORD IN BOTH CASES FFARNWORTH" HE DIED JAN. 12, 1660, AND HIS WILL WAS PROVED AND IS RECORDED IN SUFFOLK REGISTRY OF WILLS, VOL. 1, FOL 327, AND HAS BEEN PRINTED IN THE HISTORIC-GENEALOGIC-AL REGISTER, VOL IX P. 140. HE PROVIDES IN IT FOR HIS WIFE, WHOM HE CALLS "MARY, FORMERL Y WIFE OF JOHN LONG AND THOMAS LONG. " HE ALSO GIVES LEGACIES TO HIS DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOHN MANSFIELD, STHER, MARY WIFE OF ABRAHAM RIPLEY, HIS GRANDSON, " JOSEPH PECK, SON OF SIMON PECK, WHO MARRIED WITH HANNAH, MY DAUGHTER, NOW DECEASED, " AND REBECCA, AND , AND ALSO TO HIS ELDEST SON JOSEPH, ALTHOUGH HE HAD, AS HE SAYS, "ALREADY ASSISTED HIM GREATLY, AND THE REST TO HIS SON DAMUEL, WHO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A MINOR. . . THE INVENTORY RETURNED AMOUNTED TO LL 206 18 S 2 ND JOSEPH'S FIRST WIFE'S NAME WAS ELIZABETH, SURNAME UNKNOWN. AFTER JOSEPH'S DEATH HIS WIDOW VERY SOON MARRIED JOHN WILCOCK, THEN RESIDENT AT DORCHESTER. SHE WAS EXECUTOR OF HER HUSBAND "FFARNWORTH'S WILL, AND JOINING HER HUSBAND WILCOCK SHE MADE A DEED OF PART OF HIS LAND, APRIL 20, 1660, TO WILLIAM POND SUFFOLK DEEDS B. VII FOL. 296
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