FARNSWORTH, Jonas

1713 - 1803  (90 years)

• Name	FARNSWORTH, Jonas
  Birth	14 Oct 1713	Groton, MA
  Gender	Male
  _COLOR	6
  Death	Dec 1803	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I6609	Puffers
  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	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• 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.