John Farwell

Notes

• born at sea on route from Poole, Dordet, England to Marbehead, Massachusetts.
• served in the Revolutionary War as a Corporal under Capt. John Mellen and Col. Nathan Hale. DAR Ancestor # A03916.
• an early settler of Nelson, NH; from the usgenweb or local history pages on Nelson, New Hampshire: "As early as 1771 several families had taken up their residence within the township, in addition to those already mentioned. Samuel Cook, Beriah Wetmore, Thomas Upham and John Stroud, had settled in the eastern and northeastern part, John Farwell where Darius Farwell now lives in Harrisville, Richard Farwell, Derby place, and John Frink, John LeBourveau and John Proutee, and probably several others, were somewhere in town, but the particular location is not known."

Links

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