Surname: FARWELL (Groton, MA and Charlestown, Sullivan Co.,NH) Source: History of Charlestown, NH by Rev. Henry H. Saunderson p.350-351 Colonel Isaac Farwell, son of Daniel and Mary Farwell of Groton, MA was b. Mar 28, 1744. He was the 3rd of eight children: Daniel; Anna; Isaac; Timothy; Mary; Edmund, Zaccheus and Benjamin Farwell. At the Battle of Bunker Hill he was First Lieutenant in Co. No. 1, John Marcy, Captain, in the 3rd NH Regi- ment commanded by Col. James Reed. (for Farwell's pecu- niary loss, see vol. VII., NH Provincial Records, p. 597). After that battle he continued with the army. In 1777 he received the commission of Captain of Co. No. 1 of the lst NH Regiment under the command of Col. John Cilley of Nottingham. In this capacity he served his country until Nov. 1782. The following soldiers of Charlestown, NH were members of his company: Gilbert Caswell Lemuel Royce Nathaniel Powers Simeon Powers William Leighton Timothy Newton Silas Porter Aaron Adams During the war he rose to rank of Captain. Then colonel in the militia. On his tombstone in the village cemetery at Charlestown, NH is the following inscription: "In memory of Col. Isaac Farwell, who having in an eight years vigorous war, bravely combatted the enemies of his country, fell a victim to the last of enemies to whom the bravest must finally submit, on the 31st of Dec. 1791 in the 47th year of his age." Colonel Isaac Farwell m. Abigail Wetherbe 3rd child of Capt. Ephraim and Joanna (Bellows) Wetherbe and the widow of James Nutting Willard, son of Lieut. Moses and Susanna (Hastings) Willard (Moses Willard was the son of Simon, son of Henry, son of Major Simon Willard) (see Colonel Isaac Farwell and his wife, Abigail (Wetherbe) Farwell had issue: 1. Sophia Farwell b. 1775 m. Jason Wetherbe 2. Mirriam Farwell b. 1780 d. unm at Charlestown, NH 3. Eliza Farwell b. 1782 m. Levi Moore of Montreal and had two daughters. ___________________________________________________ Surname: WILLARD Source: Farnsworth Memorial Samuel Farnsworth/Mary (Whitcomb) Willard Line p.32 Simon Willard son of Henry m. Mary Whitcomb. When he died she m. (2) Samuel Farnsworth, son of Matthias Farnsworth and Mary Farr. Mary (Whitcomb) Willard a had son, Moses Willard who grew up with the children she had by Samuel Farnsworth: David Stephen and Samuel Farnsworth who founded Fort No. 4, Charlestown NH l740. Benjamin Farnsworth/Mary Prescott Line p.209 Josiah Farwell b. l726 at Groton MA son of William Farwell m. Lydia Farnsworth b. l730 at Lunenburg MA daug of Isaac Farnsworth and Sarah Page of Lunenburg, MA Theis issue: l. Lydia Farwell b. Oct 23, l75l m. Moses Willard Jr. son of Moses Willard and his wife, Susanna Hastings of Charlestown NH (formerly of Groton, MA) 2. Hannah Farwell b. July 3l, l753 d. Sep. l753. 3. Josiah Farwell Jr. b. Sep l, l754 m. (l) Susannah ___ m. (2) Mary Latham. 4. Mary Farwell b. Nov 8, l756 m. Calvin Judevine. 5. Anna Farwell b. ca l76l m. Frederick Locke. 6. Oliver Farwell b. June l7, l763 m. Eusebia Grout. 7. Deborah Farwell bp Nov 3, l765 m. Nathan Allen (Fort 4, NH) 8. Hannah Farwell 2d b. July 26,l767 prob. at Charlestown, NH She m. Benjamin Labaree of Charlestown, NH 9. Olive Farwell b. ca l769 prob. at Charlestown, NH m. Rufus Labaree of Fort No. 4. 10. Henry Farwell b. (prob) l770 m. (l) Anne Pattee m. (2) Mar- garet Pattee. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------- Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth