Matthias Farnsworth and his descendants in America : a monograph . n Groton on , 1711, and, according to his tombstone, died on the Sixteenth day ofDecember Anno Domini 176S. Half a hour after three of the clock in yeAfternoon, and in the Fifty Eighth year of his age. He was first licensed inthe year 1755, and was known in the neighborhood as Landurd Bowers.—the innkeeper of that period being generally addressed by the title of do not know who succeeded him in his useful and important functions. JOSEPH FARNSWORTH. 81 It seems proper to remark that in the middle of the lastcent
Matthias Farnsworth and his descendants in America : a monograph . n Groton on , 1711, and, according to his tombstone, died on the Sixteenth day ofDecember Anno Domini 176S. Half a hour after three of the clock in yeAfternoon, and in the Fifty Eighth year of his age. He was first licensed inthe year 1755, and was known in the neighborhood as Landurd Bowers.—the innkeeper of that period being generally addressed by the title of do not know who succeeded him in his useful and important functions. JOSEPH FARNSWORTH. 81 It seems proper to remark that in the middle of the lastcentury many of the most prominent citizens were licensed asretailers of spirits. Deacon Benjamin Bancroft, Deacon IsaacFarnsworth, Amos Lawrence, Ezra Farnsworth, Abraham Moors,Caleb Trowbridge, Jr., and others were licensed as retailers, andthey were among the best citizens of the place. Popular ideashave changed since then. JOSEPH FARNSWORTH. Joseph, the fifth child of Matthias Farnsworth, was born atLynn, Nov. 17, 1657, and died there Oct. 31, 1674, 11 MARY [FARiYSWORTH] THATCHER. Mary, the second daughter and sixth child of Matthias, wasborn at Lynn, Oct. ii, 1660. She married Samuel Thatcher ofWatertown, April 11, 1676. He was the son of Samuel andHannah Thatcher, immigrants from England who had settled inWatertown. Samuel Thatcher, the elder, was admitted freemanMay 18, 1642, was a deacon in the church, for several years aselectman of Watertown, and he represented that place in theLegislature in the years 1665, 1666, 1668 and 1669. His son,the husband of Mary Farnsworth, was born Oct. 20, .1648, ad-mitted freeman April 18, 1690, was a lieutenant in the militia,held various town offices, and died Oct. 21, 1726. She diedAug, 17, 1725. They had children as follows : 1. Mary, born Aug. i, 1681 ; died May, 1682. 2. Samuel, born April 8, 1683. 3. John, born Jan. 22, 1686 ; died Feb. 29, 1734. He married ElizabethMorse of Groton, Oct. 24, 1712, and lived in that place
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