Mary (Pierce) Farnsworth (1696 - abt. 1740)

Born 6 Aug 1696 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Farnsworth — married 17 Mar 1720 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1 Jul 1740 at about age 43 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary "Pearce" was born 9 August 1696, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts to parents "Ephram" and Marey Pearce." ^[1]

1 Mar 1719, Groton, she married Josiah Farnsworth, also of Groton. ^[2] and they had ten children. Her last child, Mary, was b. 2 Feb 1738.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. VRs images reprinted Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Reprinted database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Accessed 3 May 2020.
2. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. Reprinted by Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0873746 item 4. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Accessed 3 May 2020.

• History of the Town of Groton: Including Pepperell and Shirley, from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655, Volume 42; Volume 440, pg. 427
• Farnsworth Memorial II: 2nd ed of the Farnsworth Memorial, rev. 1974, by R. Glen Nye, p.42: b, m, d date
• Peirce Genealogy being the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant of Watertown, in New England, Frederick Clifton Peirce, Esq, 1880, p. 36, b, m, date had 10 children
• Groton Vital Records, Marriages, p. 63: Josiah, and Mary PIERCE, Mar._, 1719-20. C.R.