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Elizabeth Farnsworth (Wheeler)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: May 18, 1833 (82)
Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Place of Burial: Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ens. Moses Wheeler and Elizabeth Wheeler
Wife of Oliver Farnsworth
Mother of Oliver Farnsworth and Abijah Farnsworth

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Elizabeth Farnsworth

Elizabeth Wheeler Farnsworth

  • BIRTH 24 Jun 1750 Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 18 May 1833 (aged 82) Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
  • BURIAL Morgan-Farnsworth Cemetery, South Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, USA, MEMORIAL ID 59239235

They raised six children: Havilah, Abijah, Bial, Oliver, Elizabeth and Phebe. At one point, they moved up the Connecticut River into the Woodstock area and bought property. Elizabeth remarried to a Mr. Norton after the death of her first husband. While still living in Woodstock, Elizabeth Norton widowed once again to the late Rev. Elijah Norton, 84.- etc....other names in Obit.

WILL of her son... Abijah Farnsworth will from Probate Court, Woodstock, Vermont by correspondance (copy in my possession). Mentions his beloved wife, Betsey and his children.Also mentions "My honored mother, Elisabeth Norton."

Gravesite Details
Note: Grave stones are standing for Oliver Farnsworth's brothers but many graves have stones without names. Oliver's & Elizabeth's are thought to be among those stones.

Parents
Moses Wheeler 1720–1805
Elizabeth Holden Wheeler 1725–1816

Spouse
Oliver Farnsworth 1742–1785 m. 6 July 1768 in Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire

Children
Abijah Farnsworth 1772–1812

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59239235/elizabeth-farnsworth

Source

[2] New Hampshire, Sullivan, Charlestown Twp. Records, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, FHL Film # 15092 Oliver Farnsworth Jr. & Elisabeth Wheler Both of this Town were Married July ye 6 1768

[3] Vermont Chronicle June 28, 1833

[4] History of Woodstock by Dana there is a biographical sketch on Oliver.

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Elizabeth Farnsworth's Timeline

1750
June 24, 1750
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1770
March 12, 1770
NH, United States
1775
December 10, 1775
Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
1833
May 18, 1833
Age 82
Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States
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Morgan-Farnsworth Cemetery, Woodstock, Windsor County, Vermont, United States