Farrington, Benjamin

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BIRTH: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 1:120 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
MAR: No mar rec found. Widow Abigail was granted administration of his estate, below.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Benjamin Farrington of Branford, 4 Jan 1713/4, inv 30 Dec 1713, New Haven District Probate, 4:220-23, 364 (FHL #005295).

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NOTE: It is reported that John Farrington had a son Thomas born in Deerfield in 1674. See George Sheldon, A HISTORY OF DEERFIELD, 2 vols. (Deerfield, MA, 1895), 2:154 (FHL #974.422/D1 H2s); also Richard I. Melvoin, NEW ENGLAND OUTPOST, WAR AND SOCIETY IN COLONIAL DEERFIELD (New York, 1989), 77 (BYU #F74. D4 M4 1989). No evidence has been found for this son in original source records.

Family/Spouse: Abigail. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 3:69 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
DEATH: Ibid, 2:76. Also see the adm of estate of John Farrington of Dedham, 25 Jul 1676, inv 28 Jul 1676, Suffolk Co. Probate, #818, (o.s.) 12:7, 90 (FHL #584130).

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John married Bullard, Mary on 23 Apr 1649 in Dedham,Norfolk,MA. Mary (daughter of Bullard, William) was born on 21 Feb 1629/1630 in Bradwell,Suffolk,Eng; died on 12 May 1703 in Branford,New Haven,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: Bradwell par reg (FHL #1471680 item 3). Mary is also identified in the will of her father, William Bullard of Dedham, 5 Jul 1679, proved 17 Mar 1686/7, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1527, (o.s.) 11:58-59 (FHL #584130). For additional information on the identification of Mary Bullard, see Robert Charles Anderson, "William Ballard is Really William Bullard," TAG, 72(1997):135-36 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR #1: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 3:69 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Mary was still "widow Farrington" at the time the inv of her father's estate was taken, 24 Dec 1686 (Suffolk Co. Probate, 9:336 [FHL #584129]). However, it is clear that she later married William Hoadley of Branford, Conn. Hoadley, whose wife was Mary, was one of the heirs of William Bullard who sold land in Charlestown to John Kent on 9 Apr 1695 (Middlesex Co. Deeds, 13:423 [FHL #554004]).
DEATH: "Branford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1644-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1924; Conn. State Library, Hartford), 89 (FHL #002967).

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. Barnham par regs for this period are lost, and only scattered BTs have survived. William is identified in the will of his father, William Bullard of Barnham, 16 May 1610, proved 18 Jun 1610, Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, reg wills, 43:224 (FHL #097077). Date of birth is calculated from age "about 85" given in his own will, dated 5 Jul 1679, below. He was very likely born at Barnham where his parents lived and had children baptized.
MAR #1: No mar rec found, and no rec found which gives us her name. But four children of William Bullard by this unknown wife were born, 1629/1630-ca 1636.
MAR #2: A partial mar entry is found in Thomas W. Baldwin, comp, VITAL RECORDS OF CAMBRIDGE, 2 vols. (Boston, 1914-15), 2:58 (FHL #974.44/C1 V2b). The record calls her Mary and gives no mar date except "16__." A wife Mary is identified in William's will, below. She was apparently the widow of Francis Grissell of Cambridge as shown by a deed from Jonas Palmer and Elizabeth Palmer, both of Rehoboth, to William Bullard of Charlestown, 9 Nov 1655 (Middlesex Co. Deeds, 1:152 [FHL #554000]). Francis Grissell died in Charlestown, 2 Oct 1652. Therefore, the marriage must have occurred between 1652 and 1655.
DEATH: Robert Brand Hanson, ed, VITAL RECORDS OF DEDHAM, 3 vols. (Bowie, MD, 1989), 2:25 (FHL #974.47/D2 V2hr). Also see the will of William Bullard of Charlestown (removed to Dedham before death), 5 Jul 1679, proved 17 Mar 1686/7, codicil 22 May 1684, Suffolk Co. Probate, #1527, (o.s.) 11:58-59 (FHL #584130), inv 26 Feb 1686/7 (Ibid, 9:336 [FHL #584129]). The inv includes death date of "24" Dec 1686, rather than 23 Dec, as found in vital recs.

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. William identified his brother Henry in his own will, below. Henry is a proved son of Henry and Margaret Bullard. Date and place of birth are approximation.
MAR: Barnham St. Martin BTs (FHL #989626). William is styled "Buller alias Bulleward."
DEATH: No death/bur rec found. No Barnham BTs have survived for 1610. See the will of William Bullard of Barnham, 16 May 1610, proved 18 Jun 1610, Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, reg wills, 43:224 (FHL #097077).

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William married Bignett or Bignor, Grace on 2 Jul 1587 in Barnham,Suffolk,Eng. Grace (daughter of Bignett or Bignor, William and Margaret) was christened on 8 Jun 1567 in Hoxne,Suffolk,Eng; died in (wp) 8 Feb 1629/30 in Barnham,Suffolk,Eng. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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CHR: "Transcript of the Registers of Hoxne" (transcript, 1933; Ipswich Public Library), 10 (FHL #991942).
MAR: Barnham St. Martin BTs (FHL #989626).
DEATH: No death/bur rec found. No Barnham BTs have survived for 1629. See the will of widow Grace Bullard of Barnham, n.d., proved 8 Feb 1629/30, Archdeaconry Court of Sudbury, reg wills, 50:393 (FHL #097084).

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