John Farmer1
b. 1 December 1762, d. 17 November 1814
John Farmer|b. 1 Dec 1762\nd. 17 Nov 1814|p635.htm|Oliver Farmer|||Rachel Shed|||||||||||||||
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
John Farmer was born on 1 December 1762.2 He was the son of Oliver Farmer and Rachel Shed.2 He married Lydia Richardson, daughter of Josiah Richardson and Lydia Warren, on 24 January 1788 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. They both were of Chelmsford.1,3,2 John died on 17 November 1814 in Merrimack, New Hampshire, at age 51.2
John and Lydia had five children. John, their oldest, was a distinguished antiquary. His most important work is the Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England.2
John and Lydia had five children. John, their oldest, was a distinguished antiquary. His most important work is the Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England.2
Citations
- [S162] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1915), 160.
- [S166] John Adams Vinton, The Richardson Memorial, Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel, and Thomas Richardson, Who Came from England, and United with Others in the Foundation of Woburn, Massachusetts, in the Year 1641, of John Richardson, of Medfield, 1679, of Amos Richardson, of Boston, 1640, of Edward and William Richardson, of Newbury, 1643, with Notices of Richardsons in England and Elsewhere (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston & Co., 1876), 112.
- [S111] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1914), 306; gives groom's name as John Farrar, an obvious mistake for the date is the same as the Westford record.
