Thomas (Forbush) Forbes, Ffarrabas (1667 - 1738)

Born 7 Mar 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died May 1738 at age 71 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Thomas Forbush (aka Ffarrabas)

Birth 7 Mar 1667 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[1][2]

Death May 1738 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts

"Thomas Forbush, b. Cambridge, Mar. 6, 1667; m. Dorcas Rice, b. January 29, 1664, daughter of Edward and Anna Rice of Sudbury and Marlborough, and granddaughter of Edmund, b. 1594, Barkhamstead, Hertfordshire England, and of Sudbury Mass. by 1639. Thomas Forbush was one of the original settlers of the section of Marlborough that was later set off as Westborough. He was one of the first selectmen of Westborough (1718) and moderator of the town meeting and the town treasurer in 1721. In 1724 he was appointed Deacon of the newly formed Westborough Church, and his wife was one of the original members. In 1729 he was one of three trustees to receive paper money for the colony and loan it to the citizens of Westborough in sums of L5 and L10 each. His will was made on July 17 1753 and allowed May 11, 1738.^[3] It is filed at Worcester. There were five children." William H. Tuttle (see below)

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1. ↑ Name: Thomas Ffarrabas Event Type: Birth Event Date: 7 Mar 1667 Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Event Place (Original): Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Gender: Male Father's Name: Daniel Ffarrabas Mother's Name: Rebeccah Page: p 210 GS Film Number: 892249 Digital Folder Number: 004198966 Image Number: 00116 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I00961-8 Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCM1-XRP : 10 November 2020), Thomas Ffarrabas, 7 Mar 1667; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
2. ↑ Name: Thomas Farrabas Event Type: Birth Event Date: 7 Mar 1667 Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Event Place (Original): Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Daniel Farrabas Mother's Name: Rebeccah GS Film Number: 496864 Digital Folder Number: 007578769 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50078-1 System Origin: ODM Citing this Record "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXF-GPY : 15 January 2020), Thomas Farrabas, 1667.
3. ↑ "Probate records v. 1 1731-1739, 1778-1814, 1863-1870" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y5-BDVX  : 6 February 2024), Film# 00774407, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 185-186, Vol 1, Page 326-327.

• Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough (T. R.. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1862) Page 365
• Names and Sketches of the Pioneer Settlers of Madison County" [NY]. Compiled by William H. Tuttle 1941 (includes ancestors of Pioneer settlers of Madison Co. NY)
• Pierce, Frederick Clifton, 1855-1904. Forbes and Forbush Genealogy (Chicago, 1892) Page 20
• U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970