Person:Moses Fargo (1)

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

FARGO, MOSES, New London 1680, a smith, by w[ife]. Sarah had Moses, b[orn]. 1691, and eight others, whose names are not seen.

From A History of Montville - Fargo Families Chapter

Moses Fargo first appears at New London about 1680, and afterwards at Norwich in 1690. In 1694 he obtained a grant of land "on the hill above the rock where his house stands." He was one of the proprietors of the town of Norwich who came later, and were added to those of the original. He afterwards, about 1722, appears among the inhabitants of the North Parish of New London, now Montville, where he settled with his family of nine children. His descendants have been quite numerous, and several are still residents of the town. The name of his wife was Sarah ----. Two of his sons, Thomas and Aaron, were baptized by Rev. James Hillhouse and joined the church. He died in 1726.

From New England Ancestors, Fall 2006

Proprietors in early New England were idividuals in charge of the sale and laying out of farms and house holts. Proprietors would also hold meetings on any issue regarding town land. Frequently, a group of individuals purchased a shared interest in a lot of land. Then, in turn, those lots were sold to a single proprietor or divided into smaller lots.

From History of Waitsfield, page 304

Moses Fargo. Family tradition says he was a son of Jacent Fargo of Lyons, France and Sidney, Wales...

12-18-1679 Town Meeting, New London, Conn

Moses Fergoes requests a small parcel of land to build a house ? and shop and a small herbe garden on that ground that lies near the mill bridge over against the upper end of Mr Pyrams lott, which is granted on condition that he build on the same and reside thereon five or six years.

From A History of New London, Conn.

Fargo the first of this name in New London was Moses, who became a resident in 1680. He had nine children, of whom the five youngest were sons - Moses, Ralph, Robert, Thomas and Aaron. Moses Fargo, or Firgo, as it was then often written, and his wife Sarah were both living in 1726. He was granted a house lot in 1680.

Moses Fargo came from New London (to Norwich, Conn.) about 1690, and in 1694 obtained a grant of land "on the hill above the rock where his house stands". He was on the roll (census) of 1702 and died about 1726.

In New London, at the original settler's cemetery, the "Ancient Burial Place", is a stone:

    HERE LYETH THE BODY OF THOMAS FEIGO,
    WHO DIED JULY the 7th, 1734
    AGED 5 YEARS, ? MONTHS, ? DAYS

There are no other stones (that can be read) that may belong to the Fargos.

From the Diary of Joshua Hempstead

8-13-1732 Moses Fargo, an old man above 83 in the 84th buried yesterday

1. ↑ Researcher.

   Elaine Tillquist Pavone (including birth), Tibby Torhorst (citing research by The Rev. Isaac Fargo, 1887; Mary Wilson, 1980; and a letter written by Ruby Newman to Elizabeth Knox, 1969), Draeger Family Ancestors

2. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 2, p. 140.
3. ↑ National Encyclopedia of American Biography, The
   Vol. XII, 1904.
4. ↑ American Historical Society, Inc. Ostrander and Allied Families. (1936).
5. ↑ Henry A. Baker. History of Montville, Connecticut. (Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, Hartford Conn 1896)
   p. 129.
6. ↑ The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record
   Vol. XLVI No. 3, 1915.
7. ↑ John J. Giblin. FARGO: Record of the Fargo Family. (1907).
8. ↑ Frances Manwaring Caulkins. CAULKINS' History of New London, Connecticut. (New London, 1852, 1860 or 1895).
9. ↑ Lucretia Smith. FARGO: Notes on the Fargo Family of New London and Montville
   Vol. 17, pages 62-70.
10. ↑ W.R. Cutter. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York. (1912).
11. ↑ Matt Bushnell Jones. History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont. (Boston, Mass, George E. Littlefield, 1909)
    p. 304.
12. ↑ Researcher Elaine Tillquist Pavone (Driver)
    Elizabeth Phelps "Tibby" Torhorst - Tibby T@@aol.com.