John Farrington (Massachusetts colonist)
John Farrington was an early American colonist. He settled in Dedham, Massachusetts and served as a selectman there.[1] His name first appears in the records of Dedham in 1651.[2]
When the town of Wrentham separated, he became one of the first settlers there.[3][4] Later, he would become one of the founders of Deerfield, Massachusetts.[5][6] His wife, Mary Bullard, was the cousin of Quentin Stockwell's wife Abigail.[5] The Stockwells were also original settlers of Deerfield.[5][7] He was the ancestor of Representative John Farrington.[4]
A handmill likely brought over from England by Farrington is today in the collection of the Dedham Museum and Archive.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Worthington 1827, p. 79–81.
- ^ a b Neiswander 2024, p. 8.
- ^ Hanson 1976, p. 72.
- ^ a b Farrington 1899, p. 9.
- ^ a b c Hanson 1976, p. 77.
- ^ Andrews & Hinsdale 1906, p. 61.
- ^ Hanson 1976, p. 97.
Works cited
[edit]- Neiswander, Judith (2024). Mother Brook and the Mills of East Dedham. Damianos Publishing. ISBN 978-1-941573-66-2.
- Farrington, Daniel (1899). Farrington Memorial: A Sketch of the Ancestors and Descendants of Dea. John Farrington ... to which is Appended the Genealogy of His Wife, Cynthia Hawes. Committee.
- Worthington, Erastus (1827). The history of Dedham: from the beginning of its settlement, in September 1635, to May 1827. Dutton and Wentworth. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976). Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890. Dedham Historical Society.
- Andrews, Herbert Cornelius; Hinsdale, Sanford Charles (1906). Hinsdale genealogy: descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield, with an account of the French family of De Hinnisdal (Public domain ed.). A. H. Andrews. p. 208.
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