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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)
p. 83.
FARWELL, William, s. William and Elisabeth, [born] 1 Feb 1715.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Farwell, John Dennis; Jane H. (Jane Harter) Abbott; and Lillian May Wilson. The Farwell Family: A History of Henry Farwell and His Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass., 1605-1927: With Twelve Generations of Their Descendants: also Lineages of Many Allied Families. (Orange, Texas: F.H. Farwell and Fanny B. Farwell, 1929)
Vol. 1, p. 98.
William Farwell [#85], s/o William Farwell [#18, p. 1:60, and Elizabeth Solendine], b. Groton 1 Feb 1714-15, m. Kensington, NH, 5 Dec 1738 Sarah Parker. Will dated 9 Jun 1775, file 28 Feb 1776. Of Shirley when executed a deed 28 Apr 1761 and of Groton when executed a deed 28 Oct 1765.
- ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
File 7377: William Farwell, 1776.
Will of "William Farwell of Shirely ... Gentleman", dated 9 Jun 1775, proved 25 Mar 1776, names wife Sarah [Son in Law John Todd bound to take care of her]; sons Henry, William, Phineas; daughter Sybil Farwell; Eunie Conant my Eldest Daughter; my Honoured Father Parker deceased; Elizabeth my second Daughter Wife of Samuel Gould; Sarah Todd my third Daughter; my Daughter Susannah Sollendine; my fifth Daughter Sibyl Farwell. Son Henry sole executor.
20 Jun 1776: Inventory of the Estate of William Farwell late of Shirley, by Asa Holdin, Jonas Longley, Simon Daby: £218-19-4.
25 Sep 1776: Heirs cited in order that administrator may be appointed to replace Henry Farwell deceased "who died before he had fully Executed his trust".
29 Oct 1776: Bond of Sarah Farwell, widow, as administratrix with the Will annexed of the Estate of William Farwell late of s'd Shirley deceased.
7 Oct 1777: Account of Sarah Farwell the admin'x & John Todd her attorney allowed.
9 Jun 1779: William and Henry's real estate divided between them.
19 Oct 1780: Arbitration to settle disagreement between widow Sarah Farwell and John Todd.
18 Apr 1781: Final account of widow Sarah Farwell approved.
- Source:Butler, Caleb. History of the Town of Groton, Including Pepperell and Shirley, from the First Grant of Groton Plantation in 1655, p. 400, says William d. 14 Feb 1754, and such a death record appears in Groton VRs. But it appears Mr. Butler was fooled by William, Jr.'s relocation to Shirley and the consequent cessation of records into thinking this applied to William Jr., when he clearly lived past this, as shown by multiple events (births of children, deeds, will). The date probably applies to the father, William Sr., whose wife died a widow in 1756. (Curiously, in applying this date to the father, Farwell cryptically says "according to some authorities", without explaining his apparent doubt of what seems like an obvious match.)
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