Sources:
1a. Jordan Dodd, compiler. 2005. Massachusetts
Marriages, 1633-1850. Liahona Research, Provo, UT (online at
Ancestry.com):
Joseph Farwell |
Hanah Larned |
25 Dec 1666 |
Chemsford (sic) |
Middlesex |
FHL Film #0962548 |
1b. Frederic W. Bailey. 1897-1914. Early Massachusetts
Marriages Prior to 1800. 3 vols. Bureau of American Ancestry,
New Haven, CT (online at Ancestry.com):
Joseph Farwell & Hannah Learned, Dec. 25, 1666 |
Chelmsford |
Middlesex County |
p. 34 |
1c. Anon. 1914. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts,
to the Year 1849. New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston, MA (online at Ancestry.com):
FARWELL, Joseph, and Hanah Larned [torn. Dec. 25, 1666.
CT. R.] |
2. Anon. 1914. Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts,
to the Year 1849. New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston, MA (online at Ancestry.com):
Name: |
Hannah
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Elisabeth
Farwell |
Farwell |
Sarah
Farwell |
John
Farwell |
Willam
Farwell |
Oliver
Farwell |
Josaph
Farwell |
Thomis
Farwell |
Gender: |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Male |
Male |
Male |
Male |
Birth
Date: |
20 Jan 1667 |
1670 |
9 Jun 1672 |
18 Dec 1674 |
1683 |
15 Jun 1686 |
15 Jan 1688 |
25 Nov 1692 |
5 Aug 1696 |
11 Oct 1698 |
Birth
Place: |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Chelmsford |
Father's
First Name: |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Joseph |
Mother's
First Name: |
Hannah |
Hannah |
Hannah |
Hannah |
Hannah |
Hanna |
Hannah |
Hannah |
Hannah |
Hannah |
There's not an exact match here with the children they are said
to have had. So, where do the errors lie? "Josaph" and "Thomis"
are their grandsons, that is, sons of Joseph & Hannah (COLBURN)
FARWELL.
3. Edmund West, comp. 2000. Family Data Collection.
MyFamily.com, Inc., Provo, UT (online at Ancestry.com; n.b., West
is an undocumented secondary source):
Name: |
Hannah
Farwell |
William
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Elizabeth
Farwell |
Henry
Farwell |
Isaac/James
Farwell |
Mary
Farwell |
Sarah
Farwell |
John
Farwell |
William
Farwell |
Olive
Farwell |
Oliver
Farwell |
Elizabeth
Farwell |
Date
of
Birth: |
20 Jan 1666
20 Jan 1667
20 Jan 1668 |
15 Jan 1668 |
24 May 1670
24 Jul 1670 |
99 Jun 1672 |
18 Dec 1674 |
__ ___ 1678
__ ___ 1681 |
__ ___ 1681 |
2 Sep 1683 |
15 Jun 1686 |
21 Jan 1687
15 Jan 1687
15 Jan 1688 |
__ Nov 1689 |
25 Nov 1682
25 Nov 1692 |
02 Nov 1713 |
Place
of
Birth: |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Middlesex,
Chelmsford,
MA |
Chelmsford,
MA |
Date
of
Death: |
14 Aug 1739 |
|
20 Aug 1740
21 Aug 1740 |
__ ___ 1673
13 Mar 1728 |
__ ___ 1704
__ ___ 1738 |
__ ___ 1679
28 Jun 1753 |
07 Sep 1739 |
__ ___ 1694
06 Oct 1736 |
__ ___ 1687
10 Sep 1709 |
__ ___ 1689
14 Feb 1754
27 Jul 1756 |
__ ___ 1690 |
05 Sep 1724 |
__ ___ 1714 |
Place
of
Death: |
Lancaster,
Worcester,
MA |
|
Groton,
Middlesex,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Mansfield,
Tolland,
CT |
Dunstable,
Middlesex,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Cambridge,
Middlesex,
MA |
Groton, MA, or
Charlestown,
Sullivan, NH |
|
Dunstable,
Middlesex,
MA |
|
Name
of
Father: |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Joseph
Farwell |
Name
of
Mother: |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Hannah
Learned |
Date
of
Marriage: |
1) 1683 or 1684
2) 30 Dec 1685 |
|
23 Jan 1694
23 Jan 1695 |
31 Jan 1693 |
23 Jan 1694
23 Jan 1695 |
__ ___ 1695
28 Jun 1703
__ ___ 1704 |
__ ___ 1694
__ ___ 1700 |
05 Sep 1707 |
|
__ ___ 1705
20 Jul 1710 |
|
__ ___ 1708
__ ___ 1715 |
|
Place
of
Marriage: |
Chelmsford,
MA |
|
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA |
Chelmsford,
Middlesex,
MA, or
Mansfield, cT |
Dunstable,
Middlesex,
MA |
|
|
Charlestown,
Ma |
|
Dunstable,
Middlesex,
MA |
|
Name(s)
of
Spouse(s): |
1) Peter Joslin
2) Samuel Woods |
|
Hannah
Colburn |
John
Richardson |
Susannah
Richardson |
Elizabeth
Hyde |
Thomas
Colburn |
Jonathan
Howard |
|
Esther/Elizabeth
Solendine |
|
Mary
Cummings |
|
Table cells here can contain data from more than one record in the database,
which is why you see discrepancies. Hannah (LEARNED) FARWELL was
too old to have birthed a child in 1713, and other sources show her as
the daughter of William & Elizabeth (SOLENDINE) FARWELL, which is at
least reasonable; however, these same sources show her as surviving to
marry, not dying in 1714, but in 1794. Peter JOSSILYN was Hannah's
second husband, not her first. The Oliver FARWELL who married Abigail
HUBBARD was son of the Oliver FARWELL who married Mary CUMMINGS.
And now that I've taken the time to copy all these data, I see what a waste
of time it was to do so because this source is clearly unreliable.
4. [Transcription of] The Will of Ensign Joseph Farwell
(online at the Winslow Farr Sr. Family Organization web site):
In the Name of the Lord God Amen Joseph Farweilgen of The
town Dunstable in the County of Middefs in the province of the Massachulets
Bay in Newengland yeoman being of Sound and Perfect memory praise be given
to god for the same yit knowing the uncertainty of this Life on Earth and
being Desirous to Settle things in order Do Make and ordain this to be
my Last Will and Testament. Hereby Revoking all former Wills by me made
and signed to be null and of none Effect icc In Primas My Soule I give
unto the hand of allmighty god that gave it in sure and certaine hopes
of Eternaul Life through our alone Lord and Saiover Jesus Christ and my
body to the Earth from whence it came to be Deceantly Interred at the Discretion
of My Executors x hereafter Named and after my funerall expences and the
Debts satisfied And Paid What Worldly goods it hath pleased god to Endow
me with all I Do give and bequeath in manner as followeth Item I Do: give
unto My beloved Wife Hannah Farewell all my moveable goods both
within the boufe and abroad of all sorts Whatsoever to be at her disposall
for ever excepting one paire of Andirons. Item I do give and bequeath to
my Son Oliver ffarewel and to his Heirs executors Administrators
for ever the one half of My housings and Lands which I have now in my possession
when he shall Attaine to the age of twenty one years allso I do give to
him one paire of Andirons: Aflso I do give and bequeath to him my son Oliver
Farewell and to his Heirs the other part of all my Houfings and Lands
which I have in pofselsion after my Deceafe and after the Deceafe of my
Wife Hannah ffarewell if in the meanetime of our Lives he doth take
the whole care of us Both And to provide all things comfortable and Necefsary
for us both in sickness and in health and to bestow upon us or either of
us A decent Burial: Hereby Authorizing and fully Impowering my Beloved
wife Hannah If arewel and my son Henry ffarewell to be whole
and sole executors Joyntly and Severally of this my Lash Will and Testament
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed as Witness my hand and ieall
the thirteenth Day of November Anno Domin one thousand seven
hundred and eleven, and in the tenth year of her Majestie's Reighn
of E
ssigned sealed And published
to be the Last will and testament of Joseph I farewell
In presence of us
Ames Chever
Samuel Moody
John Meriam. jr.
Before signing and sealing it is to be understood that all my other
Children both sons and Daughters have Received their full portions of me
allready
Jofeph farwell Seal |
The will proves that Hannah was alive on 13 Nov 1711. I don't see
that it proves she was living when the will is said to have been probated,
on 16 Jan 1722/3. Or does someone have that documentation?
In any case, there's no reason to doubt that Hannah was the mother of all
Joseph's children.
5. Jane Harter Abbott & Lillian M. Wilson. 1929.
The Farwell Family: a History of Henry Farwell and his wife, Olive
(Welby) Farwell, of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass.,
1605-1927... 2 vols. Privately published, Tuttle Co., Rutland,
VT (online at Ancestry.com):
Vol. I |
p. 41 |
5 ENSIGN
JOSEPH FARWELL2 (Henry1), b. in Concord, Mass.,
Feb. 26, 1640-1, d. Dec. 31, 1722; m. by Samuel Adams, in Chelmsford, Mass.,
Dec. 25, 1666, Hannah Learned, dau. of Isaac and Mary Sterns) Learned
of Chelmsford. He is buried in South Nashua, N.H. At the time
of his death the town of Nashua, N.H., was a part of the old townshp of
Dunstable, Mass... His wife survived him...
Children b. in Chelmsford, Mass:
10 |
+ |
|
I. |
|
Hannah b. Jan. 20, 1667-8; m. (1) Samuel Woods jr;
m. (2) Capt. Peter Joslin. |
11 |
+ |
|
II. |
|
Joseph b. July 24, 1670; m. Hannah Colburn. |
12 |
+ |
|
III. |
|
Elizbeth b. June 9, 1672; m. John Richardson. |
13 |
+ |
|
IV. |
|
(Capt.) Henry b. Dec. 18, 1674; m. Susannah Richardson. |
14 |
+ |
|
V. |
|
Isaac b. about 1678; m. Elizabeth Hyde. |
15 |
+ |
|
VI. |
|
Mary b. about 1681; m. Dea. Thomas Colburn. |
16 |
+ |
|
VII. |
|
Sarah b. Sept. 2, 1683; m. Jonathan Howard. |
17 |
|
|
VIII. |
|
John b. June 15, 1686; d. probably unmarried, Sept. 10,
1709... |
18 |
+ |
|
IX. |
|
William b. Jan. 15 or 21, 1688; m. Elizabeth Solendine. |
19 |
_ |
|
X. |
|
Oliver b. Nov. 25, 1692; m. Mary Cummings. |
... |
6. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:
AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org): Shows Hannah
died in 1685, but this cannot be if she is the mother of all eleven children
and, especially, as she is still living when Joseph drew up his will in
1711.
7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com):
Many files submitted here, most giving the 1685 death date, a few upping
it to 1695, and a handful showing "aft. 1722." One researcher
gives "aft. 16 Jan 1722/3" as her death date.
8. Email from Sheryl Cashin. |