Mary (Farr) Farnsworth (1635 - 1717)

Born 6 Jan 1635 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Matthias Farnsworth — married about 1656 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 7 Jan 1717 at age 82 in Groton, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary was born in 1635. She was the daughter of George Farr and Elizabeth Stowers. She passed away in 1717.

Mary Farr would have been born about 1624, if we base her age on the oldest Farnsworth child. However, it appears both Mathias and Mary were previously married. Some have claimed she was born Jan 1623/24 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. But a more likely date of birth is 1637: "Mary (Farr), b. say 1637; m. (1) Braintree 11 December 1657 James Mycall [BrVr 716]; m. (2) Matthias Farnsworth of Groton."^[1] (Based on this chronology, Mary could not have been the mother of all the children of Matthias Farnsworth).

Mary died 7 January 1717.^[2] She is buried in the Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.^[3]

Marriages and Children

Children of Mathias Farnsworth amd Mary Farr: ^[4]

these need checking'

1. Benjamin Farnsworth
2. Joseph Farnsworth
3. Mary Farnsworth
4. Sarah Farnsworth
5. Samuel Farnsworth
6. Abigail Farnsworth
7. Jonathan Farnsworth
8. Joseph II Farnsworth

Vital Records Notes

Trying to sort out the children

Vital Records of Lynn ^[5]

Joseph Farnsworth - Joseph, s. Mathias, 17 : 9 m : 1657. CT.R.

Joseph Farnsworth - DIED Joseph, -: 8 m : 1674. CT. R.

Mary Farnsworth - Mary, d. Mathias and Mary, 11 : 8m: 1660. CT.R.

Vital Records of Groton ^[6]

Samuel Farnsworth - Samuel, s. Matthias and Mary, Oct. 8, 1669. CT. R.

Abigail Farnsworth - Abigail, d. Mathyas, Jan. 17, 1671. CT. R.

Joseph Farnsworth - DIED Joseph, s. Mathias, Feb. 20, [16]86-7. CT. R.

Josiah Farnswirth - Josiah, s. Mathias and Sarah, Feb. 24, 1687. CT. R.

Disputed Relations

In Great Migration Begins, Charles Anderson claimed that the Mary Farr, daughter of George Farr, married first James Mycall, then second Matthias Farnsworth. ^[7]

However, more recent research has pointed out that George Farr's daughter Mary was having children by Matthias Farnsworth during the same period of time that Mary Farr was having children with James Mycall, then Joseph Niles, in another town, so therefore they could not be the same woman.^[8] This more recent article points out that the parents and origins of Mary Farr who m2 James Mycall, then second Joseph Niles, remains unknown.

Therefore, James Mycall (and his children) are being detached as spouse and children from this profile.

Sources

1. ↑ George Farr, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 3:2078-79.
2. ↑ Farnsworth, M. F. (Moses Franklin), and R. Glen (Robert Glen) Nye. Farnsworth memorial II: second edition of the "Farnsworth memorial" published 1897. (Salt Lake City, Utah?: R.G. Farnsworth, 1974), 45: "Mary, daut. of George Farr of Lynn, Mass. … d 1717."
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41582913/mary-farnsworth findagrave
4. ↑ The Essex Genealogist, vol. 19 (1999):25-29 George Farr of Lynn, by Marcia W. Lindberg. AmericanAncestors.org LINK (paid)
5. ↑ Lynn. Vital Records of Lynn, Massachusetts to the End f the Year 1849, volume 1: Births. (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1905).
6. ↑ Groton. 'Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts to the End f the Year 1849, volume 1: Births. (Salem: The Essex Institute, 1926).
7. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, 3 vols., (Boston, MA: NEHGS 1995), 3:2078-79: "iii. Mary, b. say 1637; m. (1) Braintree 11 December 1657 James Mycall [BrVR 716]; m. (2) Matthias Farnsworth of Groton. (Based on this chronology, Mary could not have been mother of all the children of Matthias Farnsworth.)"
8. ↑ Nathan J. Rogers, "Mary (Farr) (Mycalls) Niles of Braintree, Massachusetts, and Mary (Farr) Farnsworth of Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts," in The American Genealogist, 75(2000):149-150

See also:

• Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.
• Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Yea...
• The Essex Genealogist, vol. 19 (1999):25-29 George Farr of Lynn, by Marcia W. Lindberg. AmericanAncestors.org LINK (paid)

Chute, William E., 1894. Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America. Salem, Mass. page xli

• New England Marriages prior to 1700; page 259 (1657 - Lynn)

Acknowledgments

• Donald McKenzie
• Source: S-178846264 Repository: #R-797522824 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=69748589&pid=417
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