Martha (Hall) Farnsworth (1722 - 1754)

Born 5 Nov 1722 in Bedford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 7 May 1754 at age 31 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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MARTHA HALL, b. at Bradford, 5 Nov 1722 daughter of Richard Hall and Mehitable Barker ; d. at Harvard, 7 May 1754;^[1] m. at Harvard, 28 May 1744, SIMEON FARNSWORTH, b. at Groton, 12 Jul 1718 son of Jonathan and Ruth (Shattuck) Farnsworth; Simeon d. at Washington, NH, 21 Mar 1805. Simeon married second Lucy Atherton.

Martha and Simeon resided in Harvard. Their son Simeon was a first settler in Washington, New Hampshire and Simeon, Sr. and most of the other children settled in Washington.^[2] On 18 September 1777, Simeon Farnsworth with his wife Lucy of Harvard sold the homestead farm in Harvard to Peleg Crocker for payment of £266.13.4.^[3] Simeon and Lucy went then to Washington where they lived near Millen Pond about one-half mile from Washington Centre.^[4]

On 20 December 1779 (recorded 18 June 1788), Simeon Farnsworth of Washington sold to Joseph Farnsworth of Washington 60 acres in Washington for payment of £30. In May 1781, Simeon sold land to his son Manasseh, on 10 August 1786 to son David, and on 15 April 1786 to son Samuel.^[5]

Martha and Simeon were parents of six children born at Harvard. Simeon had nine children with his second wife Lucy Atherton (Relief, Samuel, Manasseh, David, Daniel, Reuben, Sarah, Nancy, Patty).

i MEHITABEL FARNSWORTH, b. 25 May 1745; d. at Washington, NH, 20 Mar 1826; m. at Harvard, 31 Jan 1765, JOHN SAFFORD, b. at Ipswich, MA, 14 Jul 1742 son of John and Martha (Haskell) Safford; John d. at Washington, 4 Apr 1823.

ii SIMEON FARNSWORTH, b. 10 Sep 1746; d. at Washington, NH, 27 Jan 1791; m. about 1773, ESTHER ELLENWOOD, likely b. at Beverly, 1745 daughter of Ebenezer and Esther (Hibbard) Ellenwood; Esther d. at Washington, 27 Oct 1811.

iii SAMUEL FARNSWORTH, b. 9 Mar 1747/8; d. 17 Apr 1756.

iv MARTHA FARNSWORTH, b. 20 Aug 1750; d. at Harvard, 10 Mar 1776; m. at Harvard, 16 Nov 1769, NATHANIEL WHITTEMORE, b. at Concord, MA, 4 Jul 1741 son of Nathaniel and Abigail (-) Whittemore; Nathaniel d. at Lancaster, 3 Jan 1822. Nathaniel married second Lydia Stone and married third Sarah Stone.

v LUCY FARNSWORTH, b. 3 May 1752; d. at Washington, NH, 26 Feb 1825; m. 1st at Harvard, 20 Oct 1772, ABNER SAMPSON, baptized at Harvard, 27 Feb 1744 son of John and Martha (Sawyer) Sampson; Abner d. at Washington, 8 Oct 1797. Lucy m. 2nd 28 Nov 1799, SAMUEL HURD (widower of Lydia Wilcox), b. at Killingworth, CT, 1 Nov 1736 son of Elnathan and Thankful (Nettleton) Hurd; Samuel d. at Newport, NH, 14 Oct 1810.

vi JOSEPH FARNSWORTH, baptized 8 May 1754; m. at Harvard, 25 Jan 1778, MARY HEARSEY

Sources

1. ↑ Farnsworth, Martha, May 7, 1754, a. 34 y. C.R.1. Harvard Vital Records, volume 1, p 266
2. ↑ Gage, George N. 1886. History of Washington, New Hampshire, from the First Settlement to the Present Time, 1768-1886. Claremont, NH: The Claremont Manufacturing Company. p 23
3. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 77:327
4. ↑ Gage, George N. 1886. History of Washington, New Hampshire, from the First Settlement to the Present Time, 1768-1886. Claremont, NH: The Claremont Manufacturing Company. p 396
5. ↑ New Hampshire Land Records, Cheshire County Deeds, 13:269, 6:406, 15:468, 15:469