Nathan Farrow1

b. 17 September 1654, d. 18 October 1715
Nathan Farrow|b. 17 Sep 1654\nd. 18 Oct 1715|p7113.htm|John Farrow|d. 7 Jul 1687|p7101.htm|Frances (—?—) (Farrow)|d. 28 Jan 1688/89|p7102.htm|||||||||||||

6th great-granduncle of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
8th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Nathan Farrow was baptized on 17 September 1654 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.2,3,4 He was the son of John Farrow and Frances (—?—) (Farrow).1 He married first Mary Garnet, daughter of John Garnet and Mary (—?—), on 5 December 1683 at Hingham, Massachusetts.5,6 He married second Joanna May, daughter of Samuel May, widow of Francis Garnet and Thomas Whiton, on 23 March 1710/11.2 He died on 18 October 1715 at age 61.7 His will was proved on 14 October 1718.7
     
     In 1680 Nathan Farrow received title to lands in Hingham.8 He lived in Liberty Plain, South Hingham.7 He was named in his father John Farrow Senior's will dated 28 March 1687 in Hingham: to "my son Nathan Farrow all my said houses and lands and meadows which I am now possessed of in said Hingham after the death of my said wife."9

     Nathan sold most or all of the land he had inherited from his father on 15 October 1691: "Nathan Farrow of the town of Hingham ..., carpenter, and Mary his wife" sold to Isaac Johnson of Hingham, carpenter, "his houses & several parcels of land lying & being in the said township of Hingham (to wit) his dwelling house with the barn & all that piece of land on which the houses doth stand which contains three quarters of an acre of land," with provisions for maintaining the fencing "according as was engaged by John Farrow that purchased the said land of the said Nathaniel Baker, also one small parcel or strip of land granted by the inhabitants of Hingham to the said John Farrow lying between the fresh meadow of the heirs of said Nathaniel Baker & the causeway that leads to the bridge ..., also four acres of land lying & being in said Hingham near to Turkey Hill ..., all the abovesaid hereby granted & bargained houses & lands were given to the said Nathan Farrow by his father John Farrow deceased, also one share of the undivided common lands in said Hingham, also all his piece of swamp meadow land lying in Hingham at a place called Pope's Hole ... which said piece of swamp land the said Nathan Farrow lately purchased of the inhabitants of the said town of Hingham."10

     Nathan Farrow left a will dated 7 October 1715.7 The inventory amounted to £129 11s.11

Children of Nathan Farrow and Mary Garnet

Citations

  1. [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 121:104.
  2. [S712] George Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 3 volumes (1893; reprint Somersworth, New Hampshire: n.pub., 1982), 2:215.
  3. [S761] NEHGR, 121:104, "Nathan farow bapt."
  4. [S761] NEHGR, 13:214.
  5. [S761] NEHGR, 121:213, "Nathan farow married to Mary Garnet at Hingham."
  6. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 2:215 (says Garnet or Gardner).
  7. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 2:216.
  8. [S761] NEHGR, 2:251.
  9. [S713] "John Farrow", citing Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 10:81-82, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, online http://www.newenglandancestors.org/, printout dated 2002. Previously published in hard copy (Boston: NEHGS, 1995).
  10. [S713] TGMB Farrow, online, citing Suffolk Deeds, Volumes 1 through 14 (Boston 1880-1906), 14:405-8. Citations to later volumes are from the microfilm copies of the originals.
  11. [S761] NEHGR, 6:315.
  12. [S712] George Lincoln, Hingham History, 2:412.