Born in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen (Farnham) Farnam
and Hannah (Richardson) Farmer
Sister of
Joshua (Farnham) Farnam, Hannah (Farnum) Austin, Stephen Farnum, Abigail (Farnham) Clough and Rachel (Farnum) Stickney
Wife of
Joshua Foster
— married
27 Jun 1752 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Judith (Foster) Woodward
Died
at age 80
in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Mary Farnum was born on January 28, 1739, and died on May 24, 1819.
Sources
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9F-CMV: 15 January 2020), Mary Varnum, 1739.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ6-GDLR: 11 May 2022), Joshua Foster and Mary Farnum, 27 Jun 1752; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009715.
- Frederick Clifton Pierce, Foster Genealogy (Chicago, Illinois: W.B. Conkey Company; 1899), vol. 1, p. 140
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~0.78%
C Stickney
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M473162 [compare]
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~0.78%
Judith Blodgett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Judithclark77
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