Stephen Farrington (1739 - 1811)

Born 13 May 1739 in Rumford Township, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 20 Dec 1811 at age 72 in Fryeburg, Oxford, Maine, United States

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"Joseph Frye of Andover in the Province of the Masachusetts Bay... Whereas the Great and Genreal Court of said Province on the third Day of march A.D. 1762 Granted to me the said Joseph Frye a Township of the contents of Six miles square with liberty to lay it out in some place on either Side of Saco River in the County of York between the River called Great Ossape and the mountains above Pigwacket where I should think proper to make my Pitch... the said great & General Court... confirmed the lands... to me... upon the following Conditions viz that I settle the same with Sixty good Families each of which in the term of five years to have built a good Dwelling House of twenty feet by Eighteen and Seven Feet Studd and to have cleared for Pasturage or Tilliage Seven Acres each and... be appropriated for public Use viz- One for the first Ordained Protestant Minister One to lay for a Parsonage forever One for the Use of Harvard College forever and One for the use of a School forever And that said Town shall within Ten years have a Protestant Minister settled among them... in consideration of the Sum of twenty Pounds Sterling... paid by Stephen Farrington junr of Rumford in his Majesty's Province of New Hampshire yeoman... One Sixty fourth Part of the contents of said Township..." 2 May 1763.^[1]

Captain Stephen Farrington served with York County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Stephen Farrington is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A211169.

Stephen Farrington is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 156773
Rank: Lieutenant

Stephen was the Captain of a company sent for relief of Bethel in 1777 and 1781 and was paid for his services by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1782.^[2] He was the Commissioner of Safety for the town of Fryeburg in 1777 and was a Company Commander of the Militia. He was in command of a detachment sent from Fryeburg for the relief of the inhabitants on the Androscoggin River.^[3]

Stephen is listed in the tax list for 1798 for Fryeburg with a house worth only $90, however, he had 190 acres of land making his entire estate worth $1498.75. ^[4]

Burial: West Fryeburg Cemetery, Oxford County Maine, USA Plot: Lot 322

Sources

1. ↑ York Deeds- Vol. 45, p. 248
2. ↑ History of Fryeburg- pp.70,158; History of Bethel- p.61
3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War- Vol. V, p.549
4. ↑ 1798 Direct Tax- R. Stanton Avery Collection- NEHGS- on-line database

• DAR A211169 (web link on the DAR sticker above)
• Fryeburg, Concord V.R.
• The Farrington Family- Olive Bell Daniels, Madison, WI, 1964
• [1] Find A Grave Memorial# 51182339
• Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 5, Page 549.
• [2] 27 Feb 1770 Maine Births and Christenings mentioned in the record of Patty Farington
• [3] 04 Oct 1775 Maine Births and Christenings, Son, Stephen Farington
• [4] 25 Sep 1777 Maine Births and Christening, mentioned in the record of Apphia Farington
• [5] 06 Jun 1780 Maine Births and Christenings mentioned in the record of Sarah Farington
• [6] 30 Jul 1784 Maine Births and Christenings mentioned in the record of Molly Farington
• [7] Find A Grave Index
• [8] Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records