Ancestors of Christine and Jack

Amos Farnsworth

M, #238, b. 27 November 1704, d. 5 December 1775

Reference

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Pedigree starting with Jack (representing the grandchildren) - incorporates the branches below - largest chart
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Father*

Benjamin Farnsworth b. c 1655, d. 15 Aug 1733

Mother*

Mary Prescott b. 1674, d. 28 Oct 1735

Birth*

27 November 1704

Amos Farnsworth was born 27 November 1704 at Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.^1,2

He was the son of Benjamin Farnsworth and Mary Prescott.

Biography*

Amos Farnsworth had this bibliographic information: He is said to have been a very tall man, six feet and four inches high, and of very striking appearance. He built the house and lived on the place that was subsequently occupied by his son, Major Amos Farnsworth, on the road leading from Groton Centre to Page's bridge, abt. two miles from the old Groton meeting-house. He was a man of much energy and well educated for a farmer of his time. Having a large family to support, when the British government, after the conquest of Canada, opened the territory for settlement, and offered such terms to settlers of English stock that there seemed to be so much to be gained by accepting them, he went to Nova Scotia. He left his family in Groton, but possibly took with his one or more sons. There he engaged in surveying and secured a grant of land at Granville near Annapolis. He erected buildings and got ready to remove his family there, when he
placed agents on his land and returned to Groton for his wife and children. While he was absent his agents made such representations to the officials of the Nova Scotia government that the title to the lands was transferred to them. On arriving there with his family he found himself crowded out of his house. He made a petition to the government, then in Halifax, - a copy of which in his own handwriting is still in existence, - and had the matter been pursued he would probably have got his own again.
But with his family on his hands, and Halifax, then practically a great deal further from Granville than it now is, it was impossible for him to wait for justice and he returned to Groton in 1774 with part of his family. The Revolutionary War soon followed, in which he took great interest, but on 5 Dec 1775, he and his youngest son, Benjamin, were both drowned by the upsetting of a boat in the Nashua river; his wife died 1810. (quoted from website).³

Marriage*

20 March 1735

He married Lydia Longley, daughter of John Longley and Sarah Prescott, on 20 March 1735 at Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.^1,4

Death*

5 December 1775

Amos Farnsworth died on 5 December 1775 at Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, at age 71 Amos and his son Benjamin were both drowned while crossing the Nashua River in a boat. His body was not found until the next March, but Benajmin's was recovered on the next day.^1,3

Burial*

He was buried at Old Cemetery, Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Memento mori
Here lies Buried
the Body of Mr Amos
Farnsworth who was
Drowned in Lancaster
Rever Decemr 56h
1775. Aged 71 years
and 6 days
Tho in the deep water was by Body lost,
And found before it was crumbl'd into dust,
And Buried here as this doth lay,
Till trumpet sound at the last day.
And tho in Adam all mankind did die,
But yet in Christ we may grim death defie.
(see photo).

Family		Lydia Longley b. 26 Jun 1716, d. 1810
Children	1.	Sarah Farnsworth b. 10 Oct 1736, d. 19 Sep 1756
	2.	Rachel Farnsworth b. 29 Jan 1737/38, d. 11 Aug 1783
	3.	Lydia Farnsworth b. 24 Nov 1739, d. 30 Nov 1775
	4.	Susanna Farnsworth b. 25 Aug 1741, d. 1815
	5.	Lucy Farnsworth b. 17 Nov 1743, d. Jun 1802
	6.	Amos Farnsworth b. 29 Jun 1746, d. 4 Jul 1749
	7.	Jonas Farnsworth b. 18 Aug 1748
	8.	Infant Male Farnsworth b. c 1750, d. 30 Sep 1750
	9.	Mary Farnsworth+ b. 1752, d. 30 Jun 1790
	10.	Amos Farnsworth b. 28 Apr 1754, d. 29 Oct 1847
	11.	Benjamin Farnsworth b. 24 Oct 1757, d. 5 Dec 1775

Last Edited

9 Mar 2010

Citations

[S230] Farnsworth Websitehttp://www.shaweb.net/Farnsworth/FarnsworthM/203%20Benjamin%20Farnsworth.htm based on 1897 edition of Farnsworth Memorial, John Shaw : e-mail address.
[S238] History of the Town of Groton (MA), Caleb Butler , Press of T R Marvin: Boston, 1848 SLC 974.44 H2b, film 871509, pg 396.
[S229] Farnsworth Memorial, Moses Franklin Farnsworth (1897 edition) , second edition 1974 by Glen Nye SLC 929.273 F237fn - film 940050 #1.
[S238] History of the Town of Groton (MA), Caleb Butler , Press of T R Marvin: Boston, 1848 SLC 974.44 H2b, film 871509, pg 417.