GENEALOGY OF FARNUM FAMILY IN MONT VERNON NH Information from a web site "History & Genealogy of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire" located at http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Montvernon/ Source: HISTORY of the TOWN of MONT VERNON, New Hampshire; Blanchard Printing Co., Boston, Mass. 1907 Disclaimer: We are not responsible for typographical errors, nor do we claim that these genealogies are accurate. FARNUM p. 63-64 FARNUM b. abt 1746 [see DAR info below] Lt. Joseph Farnum settled on the farm now of Wallace D. Hooper, shortly after the incorporation of Amherst as a town. He was a lieutenant in Capt. John Bradford's Co. at Bennington in Revolutionary War, and d. in Mont Vernon, May 10, 1824, aged 78. He m. (1) Mary Lyon by whom he had eleven children, m. (2) Mrs. Tabitha (Weston) Wilkins Baldwin, widow of Capt. Daniel Wilkins, Jr. and Jesse Baldwin, and daughter of Ebenezer and Mehitable (Sutherick) Weston. She was b. March 31, 1743, d. Mont Vernon, Jan. 1820. Her dau, Abigail Wilkins, m. Timothy Dix of Boscawen, and was the mother of Gen. John A. Dix of New York. He m. (3) Edith Smith. She d. Nov. 12, 1862, age 88 years. Children by 1st wife b. in Mont Vernon. 1. Sally, b. June 22, 1766. 2. Abigail, b. Dec 22, 1767, m. Peter Abbott, Oct. 25, 1788. 3. Mary, b. Jan. 19, 1770, m. Oliver, son of Dea. Oliver and Amy (Washer) Carlton, Sept. 24, 1789, had several children, moved to Acworth. 4. Phebe, b. May 12, 1772, m. *Lambert Bradford. 5. Joseph, b. March 4, 1774. 6. Susannah, b. March 27, 1776, m. Zachariah Bemis of Westminster, Mass., Jan. 10, 1797. 7. Thomas, b. Jan. 26, 1778. 8. Asa, b. Feb. 1, 1780, m. Arethusa Lovejoy, April 14, 1803. 9. Betty, b. March 24, 1784 10. Lucy, b. May 3, 1786, m. a Benj Fassett, July 10, 1811. 11. Martha, b. --, m. *Silas Wilkins of Mont Vernon, Nov. 21, 1810. Children by 2nd wife, b. in Mont Vernon: 12. Gera, b. Feb. 26, 1795, m. Sophronia Bills, Oct. 17, 1817, d. Roxbury, Mass., April 14, 1864. 13. John, b. Aug. 15, 1796, m. Betsey Robbins of Nelson, N.H., d. Brighton, Mass., Sept. 30, 1845. Children: 1. John Robbins, b. May 12, 1823 at Nelson, N.H., d. Waltham Mass. 2. Elizabeth Ann, b. June 14, 1825, at Mont Vernon. Israel Farnum m. (1) Phebe Sheldon, Feb. 15, 1787. She d. Dec. 2, 1824. He m. (2) May 17, 1825, Susanna, dau. Asa and Susanna (Town) Farnum. She was b. March 22, 1772. He d. 1842. Children b. Mont Vernon: 1. Phebe, b. March 31, 1788, m. July 10, 1811 *Ebenezer Lamson of Mont Vernon 2. Israel, b. June 8, 1790. 3. Amos, b. May 17, 1792, d. Oct. 17, 1812. Israel Farnum, son of Israel and Phebe (Sheldon) Farnum, b. Mont Vernon, June 8, 1790, m. Catherine Talbot. She was b. April 5, 1788, d. May 16, 1875. He d. Dec. 30, 1861. Ch. b. Mont Vernon: 1. Amos, b. April 14, 1816, had a son, Geo. H. Farnum, b. Dec. 22, 1839, enlisted in the army from Milford in Civil War. 2. Sarah J., b. Dec. 25, 1818, m. Oct. 27, 1852, *Josiah Swinnington of Mont Vernon, d. Mont Vernon, Jan. 28, 1879. Five children. ------------- FROM History of the town of Amherst, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire : (first known as Narragansett Township Number Three, and subsequently as Southegan West) : from the grant of the township by the Great and General Court of the province of Massachusetts Bay in June, 1728 to March, 1882 : with genealogies of Amherst families, biographical sketches of natives and citizens of the town, and a sketch of the Narraganset fort fight, 19 December, 1675 Concord, N.H.: Printed by Evans, Sleeper & Woodbury, 1883, 1002 pgs. page 75 3 May 1802, voted to take measures to effect a separation from the town of Amherst, and a committee consisting of Maj. William Bradford, John Carlton, Capt. John Batchelder, Capt. Joseph Perkins, Capt. Thomas Cloutman, Dea. Jacob Kendall, Lieut. Benjamin Parker, Lieut. Joseph Farnum, Eli Wilkins, Parker Richardson, Nathan Jones, and Lieut. Timothy Hill, was appointed to petition the town relative thereto. On the last Thursday of May, 1802, the parish voted to petition the General Court to incorporate them into a town, to be called MONT VERNON. FROM "Lives Once Lived Here: Burial Grounds of Mont Vernon" page II-52 LAST NAME: FARNUM FIRST NAME: Edith (Smith) YOB: c1774 YOD: 1862 LOCATION: Sec. 1, Grid M-3 TRANSCRIPTION: EDITH / wife of / Joseph Farnum / Died Nov. 12, 1862 / Et. 88 // REMARKS: Third wife of Joseph Farnham, AKA Farnum DATA SOURCES: Carpenter p. 12, Monument, OTH LAST NAME: FARNUM FIRST NAME: Lt. Joseph YOB: c1746 YOD: 1824 LOCATION: Sec. 1, Grid M-3 TRANSCRIPTION: IN / memory of Lieut. / JOSEPH FARNUM / Who died / may 10, 1825 / AEt. 78 / Remember Death as you pass on / Be sure to have your work all done / To meet your Judge prepared be / Think not those many years to see. // 1790 US Census Joseph Farnum shown living in Amherst NH [parts of which later became Mont Vernon] DAR PATRIOT INDEX LISTING: FARNUM, Joseph Birth: MA 18 Jun 1745 Rank: LT Service: NH Death: NH 10 May 1824 Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No Spouse: (1) Mary Lyon Spouse: (2) Tabitha Baldwin Spouse: (3) Edith Smith Note: the * indicates there is more genealogical information available for that individual (end)