William Farwell1


8th great-grandfather of Louise Underwood.
10th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
Appears on charts:
Pedigree for Louise Underwood
     The name of his first wife is not known. William married as his second wife Joan Cole on 17 July 1617 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England.2,3 He was buried on 5 September 1637 in Boston, Lincolnshire.2
     
     William Farwell was a tailor in Boston, Lincolnshire.2 He was made a freeman on 19 May 1620 at Boston, England.2 On 9 February 1635/36 William Farwell and his son Deacon Henry Farwell, with their respective wives, joined in selling to Thomas Welbie, gentleman, and George Smyth, gentleman, for £60, real estate in Boston, Lincolnshire, consisting of one messuage, one stable, one garden, and one orchard. His will dated 1 September 1637 reads:
In the name of God Amen. I William Farwell of Boston in the County of Lincoln Taylor being sick in body but of good and perfect remembrance thanks be given to God do make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament this 1st day of September Anno. Dm. 1637 in manner and forme following—

Firstly I do give and bequeath my Soul unto Almighty God in Jesus Christ by whose meritts and for whose Sake alone I assuredly hope to obtain life everlasting—Item. For my temporal estates I give and bequeath them in manner and forme following. Item I give to Simeon Son to my eldest daughter one great cheste with all the belongings left about the house except one book called Downams Christian Word which contains three books which I give to my wife Item I give to Richard Son of my Son Pickerell one greate trunke Item I give to Elizabeth daughter of my eldest daughter 10s to be paid within one yeare after my decease—Item All the rest of goods chattels and cattels whatsoever I give to Joan my Wife whom I make Sole Executrix of this my last Will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written.

In the presence of                              mark
     Roger Forrest                    William x Farwell
     Ambrose Lane.

Children of William Farwell

Citations

  1. [S184] Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson, compilers, A History of Henry Farwell and His Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. 1605-1927, 2 volumes (Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1929), 25.
  2. [S189] Harold Clarke Durrell, "John Whittemore Farwell, B.L.", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 84 (January 1930): 3.
  3. [S184] Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson, Farwell Family, 10, citing the Boston, England Parish Register.
  4. [S190] Nora Emma Snow and Myrtle Mae Jillson, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, 2 volumes (Hillburn, New York: Snow, 1939), 1: 301.