Olive (Welby) Farwell (bef. 1604 - 1692)

Born before 17 Jun 1604 in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Farwell — married 16 Apr 1629 in St. Botolph's, Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Descendants

Died 1 Mar 1692 after age 87 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Olive (Welby) Farwell migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Olive Welby was the daughter of Richard Welby, Esq. of Whaplode and Moulton, Lincolnshire, and Frances Bulkeley.^[1] She was baptized at Moulton, Lincolnshire, England on 17 June 1604.^[1][2]

Olive married at Boston, Lincolnshire, on 16 April 1629 Dea. Henry Farwell,^[3] tailor, at St. Botolph's Church.^[1] They had three sons and three daughters:

• Samuel^[1]
• John^[1]
• [Ensign] Joseph^[1]
• Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Wildbore^[1]
• Mary, wife of John Bates^[1]
• Olive, wife of Benjamin Spalding^[1]

The family immigrated to New England about 1636, first residing at Concord and then at Chelmsford, Massachusetts.^[1]

Olive's husband Henry died 1 August 1670 at Chelmsford, Massachusetts, leaving a will dated 12 July 1670.^[1] Olive died at Chelmsford on 1 March 1691/2.^[1]

Research Notes

Descendant of Edward I

Olive is also a descendant of King Edward I of England.^[4]

Burial

An unsourced Find a Grave memorial has her buried at the Forefathers Burying Ground in Chelmsford; however, there are no Farwells listed in the cemetery's burial records.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Salt Lake City: the author, 2011, vol. IV, page 302 WELBY 17.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQRM-RPT : 19 March 2020), Oliva Welbie, 1604.
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5VH-LH9: 13 March 2020), Ollive Welbie in entry for Henry Farewell, 1629.
4. ↑ "Olive Welby gateway ancestor still visable?," (1999, November 5). soc.genealogy.medieval. Google Groups.
5. ↑ [http://www.interment.net/data/us/ma/middlesex/forefathers-burying-ground/records-a-f.htm Forefathers Burying Ground - Burial Records Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts]

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol. V, page 330.
• Craig, F.N. "Lady Millicent's Cat and the Bullers Inheritance" in The American Genealogist, April 1995 (New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, Vol 70, page 100. Cantilupe Line (Welby).
• Farwell, J.D. The Farwell family: A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell. Vol. 1, (Orange, TX: F.H. Farwell and Fanny B. Farwell, 1929). Online at Archive.org.
• Farwell, J.D. The Farwell family: A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell. Vol. 2. (Orange, TX: F.H. Farwell and Fanny B. Farwell, 1929). Online at Hathitrust.org.
• Shattuck, Lemuel: "History of Concord, Mass."; Appendix III; Notes on Early Settlers and Distinguished Men, page 370: Henry Farwell.

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Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 5 February 2020.

Olive (Welby) Farwell is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) and is in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta surety baron Saher de Quincy (MCA I:346-348 BULKELEY). This trail was project-approved/badged in Feb 2015 by a Magna Carta project member and was re-reviewed in Feb 2020. See the Magna Carta Trails section in the profile of her grandfather, Edward Bulkeley, to see the profiles in this trail.

Olive is also a Gateway Ancestor, through her father, in a Richardson-documented trail to surety barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod, which can be found in Magna Carta Ancestry (vol. IV, pages 298-302 WELBY), however, this trail has not yet been developed and approved by the Magna Carta Project on WikiTree. This trail can be seen in the Magna Carta Trails section on her father's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".