Some Descendants of Joseph Farwell (Henry, William) and Hannah Learned of Chelmsford

  1. Henry Farwell [FAM, p. 42]
    1. Elizabeth Farwell married Thomas Bancroft. [FAM, p. 42, no first name][FFH, p. 102] Thomas was a descendant of Thomas Bancroft who came from England and settled in Reading. [FFH, p. 102]
      1. Col. Ebenezer Bancroft was born on 1 Apr 1738 [FFH, p. 102] in Tyngsboro. [FAM, p. 42] He died on 22 Sep 1872 [FFH, p. 102] in Tyngsboro. [FAM, p. 42] He married Susanna Fletcher. [FAM, p. 42, d. Joseph and Elizabeth (Underwood)]
        Ebenezer was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a captain in Col. Bridge's regiment at Bunker Hill. [FAM, p. 42] He was a major in Col. John Brooks' regiment at White Plains. [FFH, p. 102]
  2. Hannah Farwell was born on 20 Jan 1667/8 in Chelmsford. [BAF, p. 103] Hannah, the wife of Capt. Peter Joslin died on 14 Aug 1739, age 71. [BMDL] Hannah married first Samuel Woods on 30 Dec 1685 in Chelmsford. [BAF, p. 103] She is said to be the Hannah who married second as his third wife Capt. Peter Joslin. [BAF, p. 103] Peter was the son of Nathaniel and Sarah (King) Joslin. [BMDL] He was born on 22 12 1665 in Lancaster. [BMDL] Capt. and Dea. Peter Joslin died at the house of his son John in Leominster on 8 Apr 1759, age 94. [BAF, p. 103] Capt. Peter married first Sarah Howe. He married second Joanna Whitcomb on 26 Dec 1708. [WFA, p. 397] He married fourth Martha (Prescott) Wheeler on 26 Dec 1708. [BAF, p. 103]
    1. Alice Woods was born on 26 Dec 1700 in Groton. [BAF, p. 104] She died on 23 Sep 1784, age 84, in Lancaster. [BAF, p. 104] She married Peter Joslin on 30 Apr 1724 in Lancaster. [BMDL]

References

FFH Fletcher, Edward Hatch, Fletcher Family History: the descendants of Robert Fletcher of Concord, Mass., Boston, Rand, Avery & Co., 1881.
BAF Holman, Alfred L., Blackman and Allied Families, Chicago, privately printed for N. L. Blackman, 1928.
FAM Holton, David Parsons, Farwell Ancestral Memorial: Henry Farwell of Concord and Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and all his descendants to the fifth generation, New York, D.P. Holton, 1879.
BMDL Nourse, Henry S., Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643 - 1850, Clinton, MA, W. J. Coulter, Printer, 1890.
WFA Whitcomb, Charlotte, The Whitcomb Family in America: A biographical genealogy with a chapter on our English forbears "by the name of Whetcombe", Minneapolis, C. Whitcomb?, c1904.

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