Ensign Joseph Farwell

1641 - 1722  (81 years)

• Name	Ensign Joseph Farwell  [1, 2]
  Born	26 Feb 1641	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Dec 1722	Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Elizabeth Farwell ,   b. Bef 27 May 1630,   d. 9 Nov 1670, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts  (Age > 40 years)   2. Samuel Farwell ,   b. Bef 9 Jun 1633, Boston, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 20 Jun 1634  (Age > 1 years)   3. John Farwell ,   b. Bef 25 Oct 1635,   d. Bef 15 Sep 1686, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age < 50 years) + 4. Ensign Joseph Farwell ,   b. 26 Feb 1641, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Dec 1722, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 81 years) + 5. Mary Farwell ,   b. Abt 1643, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 7 Mar 1714, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 71 years)   6. Olive Farwell ,   b. Abt 1645, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut
  Person ID	I2979	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	6 May 2021

  
  

  Father	Deacon Henry Farwell,   b. Abt 1605, Boston, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 1 Aug 1670, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Olive Welby,   b. Bef 17 Jun 1604, Moulton near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 1 Mar 1692, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age > 87 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1629	St. Botolph's, Boston, Lincolnshire, England   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F3631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Learned,   b. 24 Aug 1649, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. Aft 1722  (Age > 74 years)
  Married	25 Dec 1666	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Farwell,   b. 24 Jul 1670, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 20 Aug 1740, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years) + 2. Isaac Farwell,   b. Abt 1676,   d. 28 Jun 1753  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2021
  Family ID	F5170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From The Farwell Family: "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 township of Dunstable, Mass. When the boundary dispute between Mass. and New Hampshire was settled this change in name was brought about. [...] Joseph Farwell is styled in the Old Dunstable records 'Ensign Farwell.' He was, immediately after his settlement in the town, employed in various offices in the town business. He was selectman in 1701, 2, 5, 7, 10, and also at earlier dates, highway surveyor in 1706, and on important committees in 1702, 7, 12, 16 and 17. In 1710 Ensign Farwell, Thomas Lund and Joseph Blanchard, selectmen, petitioned the Assembly for aid in supporting the ministry, and in 1711 it is recorded that they received £10 from the Assembly towards payment of salary of Mr. Paris. He was 'Ensign' of the Chelmsford Military Co., 1687-1695." From Diana Gale Matthiesen's site, Joseph Farwell's will. [Dated 13 Nov 1711, probated 16 Jan 1722-1723. Sourced to "the Winslow Farr Sr. Family Organization web site". It would seem to prove that Hannah Learned was alive on 13 Nov 1711, rather than dying in 1695 as I previously recorded.] In the Name of the Lord God Amen Joseph Farwell 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

  
  

• Sources

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