Benjamin COLBURN was born ^{1, 2} on 5 May 1755 in Hollis, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. He died ³ on 21 Jan 1847 in Langdon, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. Benjamin married ⁴ Patience FARR about 1809 in New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:

WHEELER, Esther

Patience FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 29 Mar 1760 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died after 1809 in New Hampshire, United States. Patience married ⁴ Benjamin COLBURN about 1809 in New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:

MARVIN, Giles

This is not the Patience Farr that married Stephen Mead! She married Giles Marvin as his second wife and is mentioned in his will.

In the account papers of Giles' probate dated 1805, Patience is listed as Patience Giles alias Coburn. I will have to see if she married a Coburn after the death of Giles.

The will of Giles' is witnessed by Patience's brother-in-law, Samuel Hildreth.

Patience also shows as "Patience Farr" in a 1787 land deed selling land of her father "Daniel Farr" late of Shrewsbury along with her siblings and inlaws to Samuel Farr.(Worcester Deeds, Vol. 106, p. 232. The deed proves that she wasn't married in 1787 and couldn't be the one that married Stephen Mead in 1778 and ended up in New York!

Thaddeus UNDERWOOD was born ¹ on 17 Sep 1760 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. He died ² on 8 Sep 1840 in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. Thaddeus married ³ Mary FARR on 18 Aug 1788 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Mary FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 23 Aug 1766 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died ⁴ on 3 Aug 1842 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States. Mary married ⁵ Thaddeus UNDERWOOD on 18 Aug 1788 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Deacon Daniel FARR 2nd [Parents] was born ^{1, 2, 3, 4} on 25 Apr 1768 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died ^{5, 6} on 12 Apr 1811 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States. He was buried ⁷ in 1811 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States. Daniel married ⁸ Hannah HATCH after 1 Jul 1792 in of Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:

PRENTICE, Sarah
NORCROSS, Sarah

Hannah HATCH was born about 1770. She died before 14 Sep 1803 in New Hampshire, United States. Hannah married ¹ Deacon Daniel FARR 2nd after 1 Jul 1792 in of Westmoreland, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Deacon Daniel FARR 2nd [Parents] was born ^{1, 2, 3, 4} on 25 Apr 1768 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died ^{5, 6} on 12 Apr 1811 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States. He was buried ⁷ in 1811 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States. Daniel married ^{8, 9} Sarah NORCROSS "Sally" on 14 Sep 1803 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Other marriages:

PRENTICE, Sarah
HATCH, Hannah

Sarah "Sally" NORCROSS was born about 1776 in New Hampshire, United States. She died ¹ on 13 Feb 1814 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States. She was buried in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States. Sally married ^{2, 3} Deacon Daniel FARR 2nd on 14 Sep 1803 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Elijah RUGG was born on 3 May 1775 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. He died on 2 Sep 1848 in South Londonderry, Windham, Vermont, United States. Elijah married ¹ Lucretia FARR on 29 Mar 1796 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Lucretia FARR [Parents] was born ^{1, 2, 3, 4} on 22 Dec 1776 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died ⁵ on 26 May 1857 in Londonderry, Windham, Vermont, United States. Lucretia married ⁶ Elijah RUGG on 29 Mar 1796 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

DEATH: Farr, Lucretia f. d. 26 May 1857 age 80-5-4 at Londonderry
b. Chesterfield, N. H.
dau of Daniel & Lucretia Farr
filed as Rugg, Lucretia F. film No. 27,675

Capt. Thomas HILL Jr. ¹ was born about 15 Sep 1774 in Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. He died ^{2, 3, 4} on 10 Aug 1860 in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. He was buried ⁵ in 1860 in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. Thomas married ⁶ Susanah FARR about 1797 in Vermont, United States.

Thomas resided ⁷ in 1850 in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. He resided ⁸ in 1860 in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States.

Other marriages:

EASTERBROOKS, Jemima

Both spouses are listed on his headstone.

Susanah FARR [Parents] was born ^{1, 2, 3, 4} on 10 Feb 1779 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died on 8 Oct 1808 in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. Susanah married ⁵ Capt. Thomas HILL Jr. about 1797 in Vermont, United States.

From Vanessa Herring:

There is a record from Chesterfield that indicates Dea. Daniel's daughter Susanna died on 23 Aug 1789, but checking FindaGrave, I found that it was her sister Hannah who died on that date. The gravestone has only Hannah's name on it, so it wasn't that they both died on the same day.  (Memorial #117429597) So there was a transcription error on the NH record found on FamilySearch, and Ancestry.

The History of Chesterfield, NH by Oran Randell (pg. 295) does not indicate that she died in 1789. It has her being the Susanna who married Joel Harvey, which we know now is incorrect.

William HILDRETH ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 25 Jul 1781 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. William married ^{4, 5} Nancy FARR on 4 Oct 1801 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Nancy FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] was born ^{1, 2, 3, 4} on 22 Aug 1782 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died ⁵ on 23 Feb 1802 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Nancy married ^{6, 7} William HILDRETH ⁸ on 4 Oct 1801 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Edward HILDRETH ¹ was born ² on 14 Sep 1767 in of Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He died in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Edward married ³ Sarah FARR on 19 Feb 1786 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Sarah FARR [Parents] ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 28 Mar 1762 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died after 1850 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. Sarah married ⁴ Edward HILDRETH on 19 Feb 1786 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Sarah resided ⁵ in 1850 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Samuel FARR [Parents] [scrapbook] ¹ was born ^{2, 3, 4} on 3 Mar 1764 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel married ⁵ Suffina BOWKER on 10 Mar 1788 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Samuel resided ⁶ in 1790 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States. He resided ⁷ in 1800 in Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States. He resided ⁸ in 1810 in Chester, Windsor, Vermont, United States.

Was possibly married to Suffina Bowker

Regarding the Samuel Farr recorded in Chesterfield NH as marrying Suffina Bowker, there are a few hints that he may be Samuel, son of Daniel Farr and Mary Bennett. (He couldn't be Samuel 1st, 2nd or 3rd of Chesterfield, since they are known to be married to other women in 1788.)

Suffina was the daughter of Antipas Bowker/Bouker. He was born in Westborough MA in 1733, and married Esther Rice.

"A Genealogical History of the Rice Family" by Andrew Henshaw Ward (1858) has an entry for Antipas and Esther's family. He married Esther on 6 Oct 1757, and had two children in Westborough. The family then moved to Shrewsbury, where twins Sefina and Lucena were born on 15 Jun 1766. 

(As you know, Samuel Farr was born in Shrewsbury MA on 3 Mar 1764.)

The Bowker family moved next to Northborough MA by 1768. The births of Lucena and Sefina are also recorded there. Antipas Jr. married Miriam Newton on 28 Jun 1779, and Antipas or his son Antipas Jr. bought land in Chesterfield NH in 1779. An Antipas Bowker was in Chesterfield through to the 1800 census. (Antipas Sr. definitely sold his land in Northborough in 1785.)

Daniel Farr's land in Shrewsbury/Boylston was quitclaimed in 1787, the marriage occurred in 1788, and the quitclaim was recorded in Worcester Co., MA in 1789. As you probably know, there is no sale of this land by Samuel Farr recorded in the deed indexes of Worcester Co. 

So, a small amount of circumstantial evidence that Samuel, son of Daniel and Mary Bennett, could be the one who married Suffina Bowker in Chesterfield.

This Samuel may have been the one in Weathersfield VT in 1790 and 1800. On 10 Dec 1812, Mr. Luke Sherman of Westboro, Worcester Co., MA married Miss Candis Farr of Weathersfield.

Vanessa

Suffina BOWKER was born ¹ on 15 Jun 1766 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Suffina married ² Samuel FARR ³ on 10 Mar 1788 in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

Suffina was also known as Sefine Bouker.

John Vernon FARR [Parents] ¹ was born ^{2, 3} on 1 Jul 1834 in Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States. He died ⁴ on 14 Aug 1895 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States. John married ^{5, 6} Mary Lucinda WATKINS on 10 Jan 1866 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

The following is from "The Family of Willis Vernon Farr" by Jayne E. Bickford:

THE FAMILY OF JOHN VERNON FARR

The fourth child born to Ivah Newton Farr and his wife Nancy was another son, and they chose the name John Vernon for him. This son is of particular interest to me, for he was my great grandfather. The house in which John Vernon spent his married life and where all his children were born still stands in Westminster, Vermont, in that part of the town known as Westminster Station. Going south from Bellows Falls to Brattleboro, the house is the third one on the left after the underpass over the road which leads to Walpole, New Hampshire. A pic­ture of his house is included in this section.

When I was a child and young woman, John's daughter Harriet Nancy occupied the second floor of this house and also had a front parlor on the first floor. The re­mainder of the house was rented. I can recall visiting my great aunt Harriet and of sitting in this parlor on horse hair covered parlor furniture. I don't know, but I think in all probability this furniture had belonged to John Vernon Farr and his wife Mary. The windows in the parlor went clear to the floor and intrigued me as a child.

My husband and I have in our home two Currier and Ives pictures which came from John Vernon Farr's home. One is titled “Little Manly” and the copyright date is 1714. The second one is titled “The Village Beauty." However, as John Vernon died in 1866, I have to assume “Little Manly,” at least, belonged to John Vernon's daughters. Also, I have some wax fruit and vegetables said to have been made by John's wife Mary. I can remember as a child my grandparents (Willis and Ethel Farr) having the molds from which these items were made. Also, there is a charcoal drawing beloning to my cousin, Jeanne (Farr) Semonite which was done by Mary.

But I know very little about my great grandparents except for what you will find in the following newspaper items and remarks. I regret deeply that I did not learn more from John's son, my grandfather Willis, when my grand­father was living, but unfortunately I did not begin serious genealogical research until 1972. For some reason an interest in family history for most people seems to occur in one's middle or later years, not when a child or teenager.

I have visited the Court House Hill Cemetery, Westminster, Vermont, and seen the graves of my great grandparents. Two of their daughters and one of their sons are buried with them. The inscriptions read:
“John V. Farr
July 1, 1834 - Aug. 14, 1895
His wife
Mary L. Watkins
Nov. 20, 1840 - Jan. 28, 1882”

These inscriptions are on one side of the monument and on the other side appears the names of three of John and Mary's children.

“Winfred B.
May 9, 1878 - May 24, 1906

Mary B.
Jan. 14, 1882 - Apr. 24, 1918

Harriet N.
Aug. 18, 1868 - Oct. 25, 1953”

I visited Windham, Vermont, to locate a birth record for John Vernon, as his obituary which follows indicated he was born there, but I could not find such a record at Windham. It proved that his birth is recorded at Grafton.

The following is a copy of the obituary for John Vernon Farr. I copied it from a diary which originally belonged to Willis Vernon Farr, John's son. It is presently in the possession of Willis' son, John Elbridge Farr, of Westminster, Vermont. John Elbridge also has the Farr family Bible.

“Aug. 14, 1895, Windham County, Westminster
“John Vernon Farr died at his late residence in this village Wednesday afternoon, age 61 years, one month and 13 days. He was born in Windharn, Vt., July 1, 1834, was educated at the Saxton's River Academy and Westminster Institute, and at the age of 16 started in the retail silk business from which he worked into the wholesale silk trade which he followed for a number of years, making regular trips througth the New England States and Northern New York until 1866 when he was taken with typhoid fever and after a long illness he gave up the silk business. Having earned a competence he turned his attention to farming. He married Mary L. Watkins of Walpole, N. H., in Jan. 1866, by whom he had five children, Willis V., in charge of the circulation of the Free Press; Harriet Nancy, who has kept his house since her mother's death on Jan. 28, 1882; Gertrude May, at the head of the commercial department at Cushing's Academy at Ashburnharn, Mass.; Winfred Roland and Mary Bell, who lives at home. Six years ago he was thrown from a roller, injuring hIs eye and shattering his nerves. About- four years ago he was attacked with what gradually deprived him of the use of one arm and affected the other, but was able to get about without assistance till about a year ago when he was thrown from a wagon.

BIRTH: Birth record is actually of Grafton.

Mary Lucinda WATKINS was born ¹ on 20 Nov 1840 in of Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She died ^{2, 3} on 28 Jan 1882 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States. Mary married ^{4, 5} John Vernon FARR ⁶ on 10 Jan 1866 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.