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FARNSWORTH, Richard

Male Abt 1584 - 1675  (32 years)


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  • Name FARNSWORTH, Richard 
    Birth Abt 1584  Eccles, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death Between 1616 and 1675  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4101  Puffers
    Last Modified 4 Jun 2013 

    Father FARNSWORTH, Elizeius,   b. Jan 1562, Eccles, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1662 (Age < 99 years) 
    Mother Margaret,   b. Abt 1565   d. Bef 1665 (Age < 99 years) 
    Family ID F192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MARSHE, Elizabeth,   b. 1 Nov 1584, Eccles, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 12 Jan 1607/8  Eccles, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. FARNSWORTH, Aliza,   b. 25 Feb 1609/10, Prestwick, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1688/9, Groton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     2. FARNSWORTH, Joseph Sr.,   b. 1610, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jan 1659/60, Dorchester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     3. FARNSWORTH, Matthias,   b. 20 Jul 1612, Farnworth, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1688/9, Groton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. FARNSWORTH, Jonathan,   b. 2 Aug 1612, Prestwick, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. FARNSWORTH, Mary,   b. 8 Nov 1618, Eccles, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. FARNSWORTH, Hester,   b. 28 Oct 1621, Eccles, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1623, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F5514  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • 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