Transcript:Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England/v2p145

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28 Sept. 1708, f. of Rev. Stephen, H. C. 1755, min. of New Ipswich; and of
Hon. Timothy, H. C. 1767, the oldest gr. that Inst. has produc. wh. d. 21
Feb. 1849, aged 101 yrs. 7 mos. 12 days, having been b. 28 June 1747, O. S.
JACOB, Lancaster, at the incorpo. 1653, k. by the Ind. 22 Aug. 1675, had, it
is said, s. Jacob. JACOB, Lancaster, s. of the preced. b. in Eng. a. 1643, by
w. Hannah had Jacob, b. 29 Mar. 1669; George, 16 Aug. 1670; Joseph, 16 Aug.
1672; and John. JOHN, Lancaster 1653, br. of the preced. perhaps was also
of Woburn, had there Mary, b. 10 Apr. 1656; Jacob, 22 Oct. 1657, d. of
smallpox, June 1679; Isaac, 16 Dec. 1659, d. in few days; Joanna, 9 Apr.
1661; Mercy, 1 Apr. 1663 ; Hannah, 22 Jan. 1668; and Isaac, 1 July 1671. He d.
11 July 1690, made his win 29 June 1687; and his wid. liv. long. Joanna m. 30
Nov. 1680, Robert Doyle. THOMAS, Lynn 1639, whose w. Elizabeth d. 8 Jan. 1681,
had Thomas; Sarah; Hannah; Susanna, b. 26 Mar. 1659; Peleg, and Mehitable,
tw. 6 Oct. 1660, d. soon; and Elizabeth wh. d. young; was freem. 1690, and d. 23
Feb. 1694. He was less than two yrs. bef. accus. of witchcraft, and some
of the evid. (of wh. the most significant was, that "people used to call
him old f. Pharaoh") may be read in Geneal. Reg. VI. 317. Sarah m. 20 May
1667, Meletiah Lothrop. THOMAS, Lynn, s. of the preced. m. 3 Mar. 1682,
Abigail Collins
[1], freem. 1691; was selectman 1692, d. a. 1733. His will of 5
June 1730, pro. 11 Jan. 1734, names w. Elizabeth Rebecca Bassett, and her h.
William; Richard Hood, and Samuel Newhall, call. kinsmen; and kinswo.
Hannah, w. of Edmund Needham; but how the relationship grew is not seen.
Seven of this name had, in 1834, been gr. at Harv. and nine at other N. E.
coll. In old rec. it often appears Farrow.

    FARRELL, BENJAMIN, a soldier of Lothrop's comp. call. "the flower of
Essex," k. at Bloody brook, 18 Sept. 1675. Perhaps the name may have been
Farwell.

    FARRINGTON, DANIEL, Wrentham 1695, perhaps s. of John of Dedham, had
w. Abigail. EDMUND, Lynn, from Olney in Bucks, came in the Hopewell, Capt.
Bundocke, 1635, aged 47, with w. Elizabeth 49, and ch. Sarah, 14; Matthew, 12;
John, 11; and Elizabeth 8; was of the first project of sett. on L. I. 1640,
perhaps went thither, but came back in few yrs. and d. 20 Jan. 1671.
EDWARD, Andover, wh. m. Martha Browne, 9 Apr. 1690, was s. of the first
John. JACOB, Andover, d. 29 June 1667, perhaps leav. wid. Elizabeth wh. m. 14
Nov. foll. Mark Graves; but he may have been unm. and she his mo. JOHN,
Lynn, s. of Edmund, b. in Eng. rem. to L. I. 1640, with Rev. Abraham Pierson,
and some yrs. later, came back, for the Lynn rec. has ch. of a John, by w.
Elizabeth viz. Edward, b. 5 July 1662; John, 9 Mar. 1664; and Jacob, 22 July
1666. Yet perhaps as many, or more, were b. to