Oliver Farnsworth > his son Abijah > his grandson, Samson Farnsworth

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Oliver Farnsworth and his wife, Elizabeth Wheeler had issue at Charlestown, NH
and at Woodstock VT:
1.  Havilah Farnsworth b. May 11, 1769 d. Feb 8, 1834 at Euclid, Ohio  He m.
     Abigail Huntington b. 1767 d. 1805 prob. at Euclid.  She was the dau of
     John Huntington and his wife Mehitable (Steel) Huntington of Tolland CT.
     He was 1st in the printing business at Newport RI with his brother Oliver
Jr.
     but later became a doctor and removed to Euclid Twp. Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
     He was the 1st doctor in that township.  His visits to his patients were
on
     horseback and often 15 or 20 miles.
2. Abijah Farnsworth b. Mar 12, 1770 m. Betsey Peck
3. Biel (or Abiel) Farnsworth b. Dec 25, 1772 m. at Woodstock, VT Elizabeth
____
    He went west prob with his uncle, Warren Cottle and was at St. Charles Co.
    MO in 1830
4. Oliver Farnsworth Jr. b. Dec 10, 1775 and d. 1859 at Newport RI m. Nancy
    (or Anne) Mumford.  He and his brother, Havilah, having learned their
father's
    trade, on June 14, 1797 commenced the publication of a newspaper at
    Suffield, CT called "The Impartial Herald". They continued it for a year
when they
    sold out and removed to Newport, RI where they opened a printing office
and 
    the schedules of the General Assembly of that state for the year 1798 bear
the
    imprint of "H. & O. Farnsworth".  In 1799 Oliver Farnsworth Jr. commenced
the
    publication of the "Rhode Island Republican" and continued it two years.
He
    also published a life of Washington under the title "A Memory of
Washington
    His life and character and the National Testimonies of Respect."  It was a
first
    attempt at a collection of the most important of Washington's papers.
After
    leaving Newport, RI he went to Cinncinnati, Ohio then the "far west" on
the
    verge of the wilderness.  There he opened the first printing office and
published
    the first newspaper in that region of the country.  In his old age he
returned to
    Newport, RI.
5. Elizabeth Farnsworth
6. Phebe Farnsworth.
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Abijah Farnsworth and his wife, Betsey Peck had issue at Windsor, VT:
1.  Oliver Farnsworth b. June 18, 1796 went to Canada and learned the
carpenter's
     trade.  After returning he m. (1) in 1820 Nancy Rice; she d. 1824 and he
m.
     (2) Jan 18, 1827 Edna King b. Apr 11, 1810 at Boston, MA  He d. Dec 245,
1882
     ner Hicksville, Ohio
2.  Elijah Farnsworth went to Canada and became a carpenter.  He is probably
     the Elijah Farnsworth listed as age 47, living in Woodford Co., IL in
1850 with his
     wife, Mary Ann;  William Green age 17 was living with them, relationship,
if any
     is unknown.
3.  Betsey Farnsworth b. Nov 2, 1802 in VT m. April 10, 1828 Jared Pierce Jr.
     b. ca 1802 at Oswego, NY d. Jul 15, 1867 son of Jared and Elsie (Groton)
Pierce.
4.  Esther Farnsworth d. age 18 of spotted fever.
5.  Abijah Farnsworth Jr. b. ca 1804 m. Aug 1826 Lucy Thomas both of
Woodstock,
     VT  she b. 1800 d. Nov 16, 1845.
6.  Samson (Sampson) Farnsworth b. ca 1808 m. Caroline _____? b. ca 1818 in
     NY.  Between 1850 and 1880 they lived in Woodford Co., IL; she d. before
1880.

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Samson (Sampson) Farnsworth and his wife, Caroline Farnsworth had issue 
1.  Esther b. 1837 in NY
2.  George b. 1839
3.  Ann b. 1841
4.  Elijah b. 1844
5.  Eliza b. 1846
6.  Chancey b. 1849 m. Lucy ___? b. 1857 in IL
                 1. Oliver b. 1879 in Woodford Co., IL
7.  Caroline b. 1854 in Woodford, Co., IL
Record ends here.