Person:Joseph Farrar (4)

Name	Rev. Joseph Farrar
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	30 Jun 1744	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	28 Jul 1779	Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Brooks
Death^[2]	5 Apr 1816	Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891)
162.

Joseph Farrar ye son of George Farrar and Mary His wife was born June. 30: 1744.
↑ Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1904)
p. 175.

FARRAR, Rev. Joseph, [died] April 5, 1816, a. 72 y. GS
"Rev. Joseph Farrar", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Vol. 3, p. 185.

A two page article, based partially on information from his widow, who was trying to apply for a Revolutionary pension, being "in indigent circumstances", requesting help proving his service as a Chaplain. Rev. Joseph Farrar, s/o George Farrar, b. Lincoln 30 Jun 1744, d. Petersham 5 Apr 1816, m. 1779 Mary Brooks. Graduated Harvard 1767. Ordained 10 Jun 1772 Dublin, NH, suspected for health reasons 7 Dec 1775. Ordained 24 Aug 1779 as pastor at Dummerston, VT, dismissed 1783. Ordained 15 Dec 1812 at Eden, VT, dismissed 15 Dec 1815.