John Farrington (1654 - 1721)

Born 25 Apr 1654 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Janes) Farrington — married 7 Sep 1677 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Oct 1721 at age 67 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Furrington (or Farrington) was born on 25 Apr 1754^[1]

John Farrington died on 12 Oct 1721, intestate. The probate process to allocate his estate was a 17 month struggle. The probate judge, the redoubtable Samuel Sewell, allocated two-thirds of the decedent's real estate among:^[2]

• Jonathan Farrington, eldest son
• Barnard Farrington, second son
• Eleazer Farrington, third son
• Samuel Farrington, fourth son
• Mary Cobb, eldest daughter
• Judith Lyon, another daughter
• Mehetabel Farrington, another daughter
• Abigail White, another daughter

The use of Mehetabel's maiden name indicates that she, unlike her sisters, had not yet married by 1723-4.

Sources

1. ↑ "John Furrington, Son of John & Mary Furrington, was borne the 25 of ye 2 mo.:" Hill, The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Dedham, p. 6.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Probate Court, Suffolk county, Probate Records 1636-1899, (Salt Lake City, 1969-71, Genealogical Society of Utah), Case 4493, Vol. 23, p. 137, 18 Feb 1723-4, viewed on FamilySearch.org, film 7703078, image 524-525.

• Don Gleason Hill, ed., ‘’The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Dedham, with an Appendix Containing Records of Marriages before 1800, Returned from Other Towns, under the Statute of 1857. 1635-1845’’, Volumes 1 & 2, Dedham, Mass.: Printed at the Office of “The Dedham Transcript,” 1886.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8K-16G : 13 July 2016), John Farington, 12 Oct 1721; citing Death, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 593,353.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jonathon Dale Walter Myers for creating Farrington-315 on 28 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Jonathon Dale Walter and others.

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