Martha Farrington

Family

Martha was the daughter of Matthew Farrington Jr. and Sarah Potter.

Hon. Ebenezer Burrill Esq. married 13 Oct 1702 to Martha Farrington 1679-1760.

Their children were:

• Capt. Ebenezer Jr. 1703-1778 m. Mary Mansfield 1709-1786
• John 1704-0724
• Martha 1707
• Theophilas Sr. 1709-1791 m. Mary Hills
• Mary 1712-1738 m. John Mower
• Eunice 1713-1760 m.Ezra Green Sr. 1715-1768
• Lois 1715-1736
• Samuel Sr. 1717-1797 m. Anna Alden 1722-1795
• Sarah 1719-1748 m. Thomas Hills
• Lydia 1721-1737 m. Sgt. Rufus Brown 1744-

Inscription

Inscription, per photo provided by Tarbox Family, of the headstone:

• "Here Lyes Buried yBody of
• Mrs. Martha Burrell
• Confort (Consort) of the Hon.
• Ebenezer Burrill Efq. (Esq.)
• Who Departed this life
• Auguft (August) y 9, AD 1760 in y
• 81 Year of Her Age"

notes

From The New England Historical And Genealogical Register" Volume 54. Google Books. Accessed July 14 , 2018. Page 419 of "Richard Skinner of Marblehead". 12. Richard8 Skinner (3. Richard1 James1), baptized Sept. 15, 1706, Marblehead; died intestate before June 5, 1737, the date when his estate was administered on. He was married to Martha Burrill of Lynn, March 6, 1728-9, by Rev. John Barnard, probably at Lynn. The marriage is recorded in both towns. She may have been daughter of Ebenezer Burrill, senior, of Lynn, who married Martha Farrington, July 13, 1679. Their daughter 17. 1. Alice* Skinner, under 14 in 1739, was under guardianship to Ebenezer Burrill.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81255215