Cornet John Farnum, II

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Cornet John Farnum, II

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (present United States)
Death: September 09, 1749 (77)
Uxbridge, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Farnum, I and Rebecca Farnum
Husband of Mary Farnham and Abigail Farnum
Father of Mary Penniman; Anna Farnum; John Farnum; Ann Penniman and Moses Farnum
Brother of John Farnum, infant; Stephen Farnum; Anna Russ Johnson; David Farnum, child; Thomas Farnum and 3 others

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About Cornet John Farnum, II

Here is the Wikipedia entry for the rank of Cornet.

(III) John "Farnum, Jr., son of John Farnum (
2), was born in Andover, Massachusetts,' April 13.- 
1672, died in Mendon, September 9, 1749, in the 
seventy-eighth year of his age. He removed to 
Mendon, Massachusetts, about 1700.

On the early records there his name is spelled usually Ffarnum. 
This double "F" was common on the colonial records 
as well as English for many names beginning with 
this letter.

He bought the lot and town rights of 
Job Tyler, called a fifteen acre right, July 8, 1701, 
recorded in Suffolk, liber 23, folio 2.

His name is 
third on the list of proprietors who drew at the sixth 
division, February 4, 1707. From time to time he 
bought more land and drew with the other proprietors 
from the common land until he was a large 
owner of real estate

In his will which was proved 
August 30, 1/49. he mentioned his wife Abigail, 
sons John, Jr. and Moses, daughters Mary and Ann 
Penniman.

He married, June 30, 1693, Mary Tyler, 
and (second), November. 1733, Abigail Marsh, of Bellingham. She died February 21, 1759.

The children of John and Mary (Tyler) Farnum:

1. Mary, born at Andover, March 16, 1694. married Nathan 
Penniman, of Mendon. December 5, 1716.

2. Anna. born January 18. 1696. at Andover. died April 20, 
1696.

3. John, Jr., born at Andover. December 26, 
1697, married Mary Wood, of Mendon, November 
8. 1722.

4. Ann, born June 3. 1701, married 
Penniman, at Mendon.

5. Moses, born at Mendon, 
September 8, 1705. see forward.

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Cornet John Farnum, II's Timeline

1672
April 13, 1672
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, (present United States)
1694
March 16, 1694
MENDON, Massachusetts, United States
1696
January 18, 1696
1697
December 26, 1697
Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
1701
June 3, 1701
Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1705
September 8, 1705
Mendon, Worcester, MA, United States
1749
September 9, 1749
Age 77
Uxbridge, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
1971
June 30, 1971
Age 77