Benjamin Farnsworth (1657 - 1733)

Born 6 Nov 1657 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Prescott) Farnsworth — married about Apr 1695 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1733 at age 75 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Farnsworth Name Study.

[FARNSWORTH], Benjamin, born 06 Nov 1657, married 1695, Mary Prescott, born February 3, 1674, daughter of Jones and Mary (Loker) Prescott. ^[1] Note: Chute lists his birth as "about 1654". Most researchers have given Benjamin a birth date in November 1657. If that is correct, he is a twin to brother Joseph. Mary Farr is said to have had twins before her marriage to Mathias. Benjamin's birth year has been variously given as 1655, 1657, and 1667---in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay or in Groton, Middlesex. Mother is either Abigail or Mary Farnsworth, depending on the correct year of birth.This is something that needs to be sorted out.

Father Matthias removed to Groton Abt 1660, Wife Mary dies 1716 -17, places 1st 5 children not born in Groton.

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN FARNSWORTH (No.60) and MARY PRESCOTT^[2]

(No.61) all born in Groton, Middlesex, Mass.

Mary- b. 5 Jan.1696

Martha b. 9 Jan.1698

Benjamin b.16 Jan.1699-1700

Isaac b. 4 Jul.1701

Ezra b.17 Jan.1703

Amos b. 27 Nov.1704

Lydia 26 Sep.1706

Aaron 29 Aug.1709

Martha b. May 1711

Jonas b. 4 Oct.1713

Deborah b. 1715

Benjamin died about 15 August 1733. His will was probated in 1733.^[3] Death date seems well established.

Benjamin Farnsworth

Birth: about 1655 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Death: 15 August 1733

Father: Matthias Farnsworth^[4]

Name: Benjamin Farnsworth

Birth Date: 1655

Birth Place: Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 15 August 1733

Marriage Date: 1695

Spouse: Mary Prescott

Children: Aaron Farnsworth

Married to Mary Prescott April of 1695 in Of Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Source: Ancestry.com

Sources

1. ↑ Crane, Ellery B. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity. (New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1907), 2:61.
2. ↑ The American ancestry of Joseph Robison and his wife Lucretia Hancock, with some of their descendants https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/375819-the-american-ancestry-of-joseph-robison-and-his-wife-lucretia-hancock-with-some-of-their-descendants?offset=3&viewer=1&medianame=FL1995801_TN-439554_000085&q=Loker#page=81&viewer=picture&o=ocr&n=0&q=Loker
3. ↑ New England Historic and Genealogic Society. Name: Benjamin FARNSWORTH, FARNWORTH, Date: 1733, Location: Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Record Type: Probate Record, Case Number: 7220, Place of Last Residence: Groton
4. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M3RC-KC5), entry for Benjamin Farnsworth.

Note: Burial location unknown, Find a Grave site gives birth date of 6 November 1657 in Lynn, Massachusetts:

Find A Grave: Memorial #41609605

Source: S00141 Author: Virginia May Title: Groton Houses, Some Notes on the History of Old Homesteads in Groton, Massachusetts Publication: Name: Edited and Published by the Groton Historical Society, 1978; Repository: #R00018

Chute, William E., 1894. Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America. Salem, Massachusetts, Page xlii (#2)

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Farnsworth-416 created through the import of DurlingJamesO_AncWithDeathAft1600.ged on Feb 19, 2012 by Sue Durling.

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