Ruth (Southwick) Farnum (1763 - 1851)

Born 5 Mar 1763 in Mendon, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of David Farnum — married about 2 Dec 1781 in Uxbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1851 at age 88 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Ruth was born about 1763. She died in Grafton in 1851.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Children:

1. Hannah, born Dec. 22, 1782, died Maj 29, i860, Married Humphrey Taylor, 1829. They lived at Grafton, Mass.
2. Daniel. born Nov. 22. 1784. died Dec. 10. 1S79. Married Feb. 28. 181 1, Mary Southwick, daughter of Joseph and Ailse (Sayles).
3. Moses
4. Phebe born April 15, 1791, died Oct. 3, 1852.
5. Jesse, born June 7, 1795, died July 10, 1877.
6. Mowry, born Dec. 23, 1799. died Feb. 22. 1S6S, at Cedar Rapids. Married Evelina Johnson Gibson.
7. Samuel Judson, born Nov. 8, 1805: married Sally Ann Swartwout, of Pokeepsie, N.Y. They had four children: Ruth, Mary, Morgan L. and Bennetta.

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1916), p.373
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #14827252: accessed 04 August 2019), memorial page for Ruth Farnum (1762–1851), citing Old Farnumsville Cemetery, Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Carolyn Farnum (contributor 10411580) .

• Caller, James Moore. Genealogy of the Descendants of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick of Salem, Mass (J.H. Choate & Co., Salem, Mass., 1881), p. 159, 217.
• Farnham, John Marshall Willoughby. Genealogy of the Farnham Family (The Baker & Taylor co., 1899), p.10,12 (Supplement section).