Matthias
FARNSWORTH
(b.
abt. 1649
,
England
d.
8 November 1693
,
Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
)
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Matthias FARNSWORTH was born abt. 1649 in England
Matthias FARNSWORTH was the child of Matthias (Mathias) FARNSWORTH (FARNWORTH) and Mary Abigail UNKNOWNMatthias was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1652.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Matthias married Sarah NUTTING 1 March 1681 in Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Sarah NUTTING was born 23 March 1663 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah died 16 September 1731 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was the child of John NUTTING and Sarah EGGLETON.
Matthias FARNSWORTH died 8 November 1693 in Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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Family and Children of Matthias FARNSWORTH
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Sarah NUTTING-- Date: 1 March 1681 Place: Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Sarah NUTTING was the child of John NUTTING and Sarah EGGLETON
"Matthias (1649-1693?) & Sarah [NUTTING] (1663-), m-2 John STONE 1698 by 1681 Groton {Farnsworth Stone (,7) 63 Chute xlii Fallass 127 Reg. 53:397 Farr (ms) 6}"
Children of Matthias FARNSWORTH and Sarah NUTTING:
Joseph FARNSWORTH (b.17 January 1682, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 2 February 1682, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony)
Ebenezer FARNSWORTH (b.abt. 1684, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 March 1724, Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Elizabeth WHITNEY 17 April 1707 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA
Josiah FARNSWORTH (b.24 February 1687, Groton, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. 7 September 1744, Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
m. Mary PIERCE 17 March 1720 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah FARNSWORTH (b.abt. 1688, Groton, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England d. abt. 1743, )
m. Jonathan SHEDD 3 April 1722 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA

Matthias Claude FARNSWORTH PHANEUF (b.6 August 1690, Groton, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 8 August 1773, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Catherine CHARPENTIER 2 October 1713 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
Rebecca FARNSWORTH (b.abt. 1691, , Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 May 1692, Watertown, Province of Massachusetts Bay)
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
Sarah NUTTING was the child of John NUTTING and Sarah EGGLETON
"Matthias (1649-1693?) & Sarah [NUTTING] (1663-), m-2 John STONE 1698 by 1681 Groton {Farnsworth Stone (,7) 63 Chute xlii Fallass 127 Reg. 53:397 Farr (ms) 6}"
Children of Matthias FARNSWORTH and Sarah NUTTING:
m. Elizabeth WHITNEY 17 April 1707 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA
m. Mary PIERCE 17 March 1720 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA
m. Jonathan SHEDD 3 April 1722 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA
m. Catherine CHARPENTIER 2 October 1713 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*
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Title A history of northwest Ohio: a narrative account of its historical progress and development from the first European exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky valleys and the adjacent shores of lake Erie, down to the present time
A History of Northwest Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress and Development from the First European Exploration of the Maumee and Sandusky Valleys and the Adjacent Shores of Lake Erie, Down to the Present Time, Nevin Otto Winter
Volume 2 of A History of Northwest Ohio, Nevin Otto Winter
Author Nevin Otto Winter
Publisher The Lewis Publishing Company, 1917
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Sep 24, 2008
Length 660 pages
Matthias FARNSWORTH and Sarah NUTTING 1 March 1681, Groton, Massachusetts, USA
1682 Birth of ChildJoseph FARNSWORTH was born 17 January 1682, Groton, Massachusetts, USA
1687 Birth of ChildJosiah FARNSWORTH was born 24 February 1687, Groton, Massachusetts, USA
1690 Birth of ChildMatthias Claude FARNSWORTH PHANEUF was born 6 August 1690, Groton, Massachusetts, USA
Rebecca FARNSWORTH died 19 May 1692, Watertown, Massachusetts, USA
8 November 1693
Groton, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Source: Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts with a history of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Prepared under the editorial supervision of Ellery Bicknell Crane, Vol II Illustrated, New York and Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 -- Page 61
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