Puffer Genealogy
FARNSWORTH, Jonas
1713 - 1803 (90 years)-
Name FARNSWORTH, Jonas Birth 14 Oct 1713 Groton, MA Gender Male _COLOR 2 _FSFTID LH62-HTG Death Dec 1803 Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I6609 Puffer 062124 Last Modified 4 Jun 2013
Father FARNSWORTH, Benjamin, b. 6 Nov 1653, Groton, MA d. 15 Aug 1733, MA (Age 79 years) Mother PRESCOTT, Mary, b. 3 Feb 1674, Lancaster, MA d. 28 Oct 1735, Groton, MA (Age 61 years) Marriage 1695 Lancaster, MA Family ID F9660 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WARD, Thankful, b. 15 Feb 1712, Sudbury, MA d. 1 May 1799, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 87 years) Marriage 1739 Worcester, MA Children 1. FARNSWORTH, Azubah, b. 3 Jun 1740, Groton, MA d. 14 Mar 1838, Groton, MA (Age 97 years) 2. FARNSWORTH, Martha, b. 21 May 1742, Petersham, MA d. 26 Dec 1777, Leominster, MA (Age 35 years) 3. FARNSWORTH, Capt. Jonas, b. 2 Oct 1744, Worcester, MA d. 5 Apr 1808, Machias, ME (Age 63 years) 4. FARNSWORTH, Deborah, b. 15 Sep 1746, Worcester, MA d. 16 Jun 1795, MA (Age 48 years) 5. FARNSWORTH, Daniel, b. 14 Aug 1748, Groton, MA d. 1778, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 29 years) 6. FARNSWORTH, Isaac, b. 9 Aug 1750, Groton, MA d. 1 Apr 1832, Jonesboro, ME (Age 81 years) 7. FARNSWORTH, Thankful, b. 3 Aug 1752, Groton, MA d. 1843, Canada (Age 90 years) 8. FARNSWORTH, Peter, b. 18 Aug 1752, Worcester, MA d. 11 Dec 1803, Norridgewock, ME (Age 51 years) 9. FARNSWORTH, Joel, b. 28 May 1759, Worcester, MA d. 1843, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 83 years) Family ID F7639 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2024
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Notes - His house was on the "great road" to Boston a little south of the "Pres cott place." He and six of his children were interested in the exodus t o Nova Scotia when the British government opened territory in eastern C anada. He took a land grant at Granville near Annopolis, N.S. However t hey relocated to Plantation #22 (Jonesboro) in Maine, at the beginning o f the Revolutionary War. He was a joiner by trade.