Hello Donald, Thank you for the information. I have a lot of bits & pieces that I picked up at the Library in Springfield, including a whole column of Farr births between 1772 & 1803. I also found a page of information left by a Herbert Farr some years ago. I have been in touch with Herbert's nephew, since Herbert has passed on, but he doesn't know anything about James either. Unfortunately, although all signs point to my James Farr b. before 1761 as the son of Joseph Farr of Acton, there is no one fact that makes it definate. If you have access to a FAX machine I would be happy to Fax the info I got at the library to you......or an address that I can mail copies to you. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald E Farr" <dfarr@earthlink.net> To: <FARR-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 5:04 PM Subject: Re: [FARR] James Farr > Jane, > As I may have mentioned before, > > I have considerable info on Joseph's family (Joseph b 11 Apr 1718 in > Acton, Middlesex, MA and Diana Powers b 12 Nov 1722 in Littletown, > Middlesex, MA - both dying in Cummington, Hampshire, MA) and > descendants. However, virtually nothing on James. > Joseph's and Dinah's children: > Dinah 5 Sep 1742 > Joseph 30 Aug 1743 > Jacob 30 Apr 1745 > Jesial 19 Jan 1747 > Simon 24 Apr 1749 > James 24 Feb1753 > Susannah 28 Aug 1755 > Salmon 23 Nov 1757 > Benjamin 7 Sep1761 > > I do have Simon's place of death as New Haven, New Haven, VT and he was > married to Mary Bates who was born in Middlebury, Addison, VT. At least > one of their four children (Miles) was born in Middlebury, Addison, VT. > > I also have James' brother Salmon as having a son b 19 May 1787 in > Brandon, VT and died 30 Apr 1865 in Brandon. > Best regards, > =;-D > Donald E. Farr > <dfarr@earthlink.net> > > Jane Alois wrote: > > Hello List, > The information I have gathered from the Internet, other Farr descendants, and the Springfield (MA) Genealogy & Historical Library is as follows: > > Joseph Farr b. 4/11/1718 in Acton, MA & Dinah Powers b. 11/12/1722 in Littleton, MA had the following children, all born in Acton; > Dinah b. 1741 > Joseph b 1743 > Jasiel b. 1746 > JAMES b. 1753 > Simon b. 1754 > Susannah b. 1755 > Salmon b. 1757 > > Joseph moved to Cummington, Hampshire Co. in 1770 & kept a Tavern in 1771. There was a great deal of buy & selling of land in Cummington by the Farr Family. > > There is, recorded in the Corbin Collection of the New England Historical & Genealogy Society, a marriage of James Farr of Plantation #5, Cummington, to Susanah Akers in October 19, 1775 at Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. > > There was a listing in Cummington Births of Thomas, son of James Farr, baptized Sept. 17, 1780. James & Susanah had a son Thomas b. 1778. > > There is some evidence that James Farr, married to Susanah Akers, was a captain in the army during the Revolutionary war, possibly in Vermont. I found a James Farr and a Salmon Farr listed in Leicester, Addison Co., Vermont a 1790 census of Addison County. > > James Farr & Susanah Akers ended up in DeKalb, NY about 1804. > > My question is, what are my chances that James Farr, married to Susanah Akers, is the son of Joseph Farr of Acton & Cummington, MA.? > > I will appreciate any advice & assistance on this matter. > > Jane Alois > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >