FW: Farnsworth history

[Farnsworth, Barry]

I sent the following to the family tree site, and then I found this, so
thought I'd pass it along. If you publish my e-mail address, please use
bfarnsworth at yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Barry

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Farnsworth, Barry 
> Sent:	Tuesday, August 18, 1998 11:58 AM
> To:	'earl.faneuf at sjc.com'
> Subject:	Farnsworth history
> 
> This is a great site.  I am descended from Matthias, and my family has
> been in Washington County, Maine, since the late 1700's.  My
> information may not be all correct, but it includes a couple of names
> not in your tree.  Your tree shows that Benjamin had no offspring, but
> my information indicates that Benjamin and Mary Prescott had a son
> named Jonas, born 14 October 1713.  Jonas married Thankful Ward in
> Mass. and had a son named Isaac, born in 1750, who married Hannah
> Hill, and later, Martha Barth.  He and Martha had a son named Amasa,
> born February 24, 1782.  Amasa married Sophia Weston, and had a son
> named Eri Coffin Farnsworth, born January 28, 1827.  He married
> Elizabeth Pettingill on 18 Aug 1853.  They had a son named Alvah (my
> great grandfather), born Jun 15, 1856, who married Celia Small (her
> family had a land grant from the king of England, and I still own the
> land) on Jun 15, 1882. They had a son named Fred (my grandfather)
> February 20, 1885, who married Lydia Willey (descendant of Amasa
> Willey, founder of Cherryfield, ME) on March 11, 1920.  They had a son
> named Leamon W. (Bud) Farnsworth, born May 20, 1922.  Leamon married
> Evelyn Haskell on Jan 24,1948, and they had a son named Barry A.
> Farnsworth (me), born April 11, 1949. I married Patricia Willey June
> 19, 1971, and we have three sons - Joshua (7/26/76), Isaac (11/11/80),
> and Nathan (9/11/85).  We also have two daughters - Rachael (12/25/75)
> and Melissa (6/24/84).  So there you have it.  There was a rather
> extensive book called THE FARNSWORTH MEMORIAL, by Glen Nye, published
> about 1970.  A Wralf Farnsworth had planned to update that book, but
> may have passed on before doing so.  He lived in Perkinsville, VT.
> Descendants of Matthias Farnsworth can trace their history to Alfred
> the Great, King of England (871-901), through Mary Prescott, who
> married Benjamin Farnsworth.
> 
> Keep up the good work,
> Barry A. Farnsworth
> bfarnsworth at yahoo.com