Saturday, December 10, 2011

Surname Saturday - FARWELL (England > Massachusetts)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 299, who is Mary FARWELL (1709-1783), one of my 6th-great-grandparents. [Note: The 6th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through four generations of FARWELLs is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

18. Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19. Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36. Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37. Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

74. Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75. Hannah Smith (1768-1827)

148. Ephraim Sawtell (1735-ca 1800)
149. Abigail Stone (1736-ca 1800)

298.  James Stone, born 23 January 1702 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 27 February 1783 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 596. John Stone and 597. Sarah Nutting.  He married 28 December 1726 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
299.  Mary Farwell, born 05 February 1709 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 27 February 1783 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. 

Children of James Stone and Mary Farwell are: James Stone (1727-1788); Mary Stone (1729-????); Jonathan Stone (1731-????); William Stone (1734-1757); Abigail Stone (1736-ca. 1800); Sarah Stone (1739-????); Joel Stone (1742-1806); Salmon Stone (1744-1831); Hannah Stone (1747-????); Levi Stone (1750-1830).

598.  Joseph Farwell, born 24 July 1670 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 20 August 1740 in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.    He married 23 January 1696 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
599.  Hannah Colburn, born 1673 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1741 in probably Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 1198. Thomas Colburn and 1199. Hannah Rolfe.

Children of Joseph Farwell and Hannah Colburn are:  Joseph Farwell (1696-????); Thomas Farwell (1698-????); Hannah Farwell (1701-1762); Elizabeth Farwell (1703-1762); Edward Farwell (1706-????); Mary Farwell (1709-1783); John Farwell (1711-????); Samuel Farwell (1714-????); Daniel Farwell (1717-????); Sarah Farwell (1721-1721).

 1196.  Joseph Farwell, born 26 February 1641 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died 31 December 1722 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 25 December 1666 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1197.  Hannah Learned, born 24 August 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2394. Isaac Learned and 2395. Mary Stearns.

Children of Joseph Farwell and Hannah Learned are: Hannah Farwell (1668-1739); Joseph Farwell (1670-1740); Elizabeth Farwell (1672-1729); Henry Farwell (1674-1738); Isaac Farwell (1678-????); Mary Farwell (1681-????); Sarah Farwell (1683-????); John Farwell (1686-1709); William Farwell (1688-????); Oliver Farwell (1692-????).

2392.  Henry Farwell, born about 1605 in Boston, Lincoln, England; died 01 August 1670 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4784. William Farwell.  He married  16 April 1629 in Boston, Lincoln, England.
2393.  Olive Welby, born 1604 in Moulton, Norfolk, England; died 01 March 1692 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4786. Richard Welby and 4787. Frances Bulkeley.

Children of Henry Farwell and Olive Welby are:  Elizabeth Farwell (1630-1670); Samuel Farwell (1633-1634); John Farwell (1635-1686); Joseph Farwell (1641-1722); Mary Farwell (1642-1714); Olive Farwell (1645-????).

The English ancestry, biography and descendants of Henry Farwell and Olive Welby are provided in the book The Farwell Family, Volume I, A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. 1605-1927 completed and compiled by Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson from the records of John Dennis Farwell, published by Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929. 

Many of the birth, marriage and death dates were confirmed in the various Massachusetts vital record books.

3 comments:

Martin said...

You don't talk about royal lines or medieval ancestry very much (if at all) but Olive (Welby) Farwell is a gateway ancestress to such things. She descends from Edward I of England. See Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the US by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 338 or Plantagenet Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, III: 456.

Linda Wilky said...

Hey, cool! You and I are 8th cousins, once removed! Your 7G Grandparents, Joseph Farwell and Hannah Colburn, are my 8G Grandparents. My brush with greatness! Not only am I related to all those kings (no big deal), but I'm related to THE Randy Seaver (big deal)!

Patrick Nielsen Hayden said...

For what it's worth, Mary Farwell's tombstone on Findagrave.com (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112277016) clearly says "March" and "1804" for her death date, although I can't make out the actual day.

It's in the Groton Old Burying Ground and the stone calls her "Mary Stone relict of Dea. James Stone," so it's pretty much got to be the same person.