Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Joseph Farwell
1670 - 1740 (70 years)-
Name Joseph Farwell [1] Birth 24 Jul 1670 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
[2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Death 20 Aug 1740 Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts [2, 6] 
Siblings2 siblings Person ID I535 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TNH Last Modified 6 May 2021
Father Ensign Joseph Farwell, b. 26 Feb 1641, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 31 Dec 1722, Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 81 years) Mother Hannah Learned, b. 24 Aug 1649, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Aft 1722 (Age > 74 years) Marriage 25 Dec 1666 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts [2, 3, 5, 7] Family ID F5170 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Colburn, b. 1673 d. Aft 10 Mar 1741, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age > 68 years) Marriage 23 Jan 1696 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts [2, 5] Children 1. Hannah Farwell, b. 6 May 1701 2. Elizabeth Farwell, b. 30 Dec 1703 3. Edward Farwell, b. 12 Jul 1706 + 4. Mary Farwell, b. 5 Feb 1709, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 29 Mar 1804, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 95 years)5. John Farwell, b. 23 Jun 1711 6. Samuel Farwell, b. 14 Jan 1714 7. Daniel Farwell, b. 20 May 1717 8. Sarah Farwell, b. 26 Feb 1721 d. 4 Jul 1721 (Age 0 years) Family ID F6279 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 May 2021
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Notes - 20 Aug 1740 is the death date on his tombstone, but Chelmsford town records say 21 Aug 1740.
Joseph Farwell's will:
Dated 13 Nov 1711. Probated 16 Jan 1722-1723. Copied from Diana Gale Mathiessen's site, where it is sourced to "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
- 20 Aug 1740 is the death date on his tombstone, but Chelmsford town records say 21 Aug 1740.
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