Reverend Joseph Farnsworth, II

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Farnsworth-1955

Joseph matriculated to Harvard College in the class of 1655; however he left for England without finishing his degree. In England on April 4, 1655 he became the rector of South Hanningfield in Essex, being presented by Hugh Peter.[2]

Joseph Farnworth (Farnsworth) died in or near London before August 7, 1677. His name was included in a William Hooke list of nonconformist ministers who had recently died.[2]

Richard Baxter wrote that Farnworth had seen a human sacrifice made to the devil by "savages in America," and he also said that Farnworth, "being a Nonconformist, and extream poor, dyed, as all about him said, of meer Poverty, for want of warm Cloaths, Fire, and Food when the Act of Uniformity had begger'd many into extream necessity."[2]

Research Notes

• His father's will, dated 2 Jan 1659 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA, mentioned his wife Mary (executrix), her children Joseph and Thomas Long by her other husband, daughter Elizabeth wife of John Manfeild, daughter Ester, daughter Mary wife of Abraham Ripley, grandchild Joseph Peck son of Simon Peck who married daughter Hannah dec'd, daughter Rebecca, eldest son Joseph, 4 daughters (not named), and son Samuel (under 21).[5]
• No indication or sources were found for a wife or children for Joseph Farnworth, Jr.

References

• 1. Family Search, (https://familysearch.org); "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPX2-Y2Z), FHL microfilm 0844811 IT 2; giving bp of Joseph, Saint Peter, Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England
• 2. Susan Hardman Moore. "Abandoning America, Life-Stories of Early New England" Boydell Press, New York (2013) p. 104, 105. Cites
  • Richard Baxter. "The Certainty of the World of Spirits Fully Evinced" Joseph Smith and High Holborn. London (1834).see at google books (from source list Abandoning America) < link >
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2023, 18:50:08 UTC