Thomas Farrington Jr, served as a private for Capt. Shay and Col. Rufus Putnam (5th MA) Putnam-401 for Massachusetts during the American Revolution. His wife is Elizabeth Holden. Children in patriot index: Margaret Frye who m. Dudley Dorman Norton.[1]
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, New York, USA. Photo of tombstone, inscription also names his wife Elizabeth Horton, calls him as officer in Capt. Shay's Company, Col, Rufus Putnam. States the stone was erected by their daughter Margaret F Norton.[2]
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