John Farrow III (1672 - abt. 1758)

Born 8 Dec 1672 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Persis (Holbrook) Farrow — married 1696 in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1758 at about age 85 in Windham, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

John Farrow, son of John, was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on Dec 8, 1672.^[1]

He married in 1696 Persis Holbrook, daughter of Capt William Holbrook of Scituate.^[1] Their children were born in Hingham.^[1]

He was a farmer and inn holder and a constable in 1715 in Hingham.^[1]

This family removed from Hingham to Freetown, Massachusetts about 1730.^[1] In Freeport he bought the land of Thomas Cage in April 29, 1729.^{[citation needed]}

Soon after 1741 John and Persis settled in Windham, Maine.^[2]. "John Farrow, said to have been the third settler of New Marblehead (Windham), was a native of Tiverton, Rhode Island.^[3] His wife was Persis (maiden name unknown). She and three children: John Jr., Bethis, and Grace came with him.^[3]

He had cleared twelve acres of land on home lot No. 29, built a log house, which had rotted down, and he had died before April 26, 1759. ^[3]

He died about 1758-1759.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts. Thomas T Bouvé; Edward Tracy Bouvé; John Davis Long; Walter Lincoln Bouvé; Francis Henry Lincoln; George Lincoln; Edmund Hersey; Fearing Burr; CIIarles Winfield Scott Seymour; Hingham (Mass.). (1893). Pub. by the town. Vol II, p.216
2. ↑ Spear, Verne Raymond. The Descendants of George Spear Who Settled at Braintree, Massachusetts, 1642-1988. West Springfield, Massachusetts: Trade Press, 1998. P.30
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Dole ST Dole FH. Windham in the Past. Windham Historical Society; 1974 p.35