Matthias Farrington


Born:Sherrington, Buckinghamshire, EnglandBap. February 12, 1620/21
Died:Lynn, Massachusetts Bay ColonyAbt 1700/01
Married:Elizabeth Sisley
Died: December 15, 1678
Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1648
Father:Edmond Farrington
Mother:Elizabeth Newhall
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Children by: Elizabeth ( Sisley ) Farrington

1.Matthew Farrington Jr.Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Abt 1649
2.Sarah Farrington
Died: June 6, 1659
Lynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
February 13, 1657/58
3.William FarringtonLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
May 6, 1660
4.Sarah FarringtonLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
June 15, 1663
5.Theophilis FarringtonLynn, Massachusetts Bay Colony
August 13, 1666


After the death of his father, he became the owner of the "well known tidemill in Lynn" and inherited his father's business as Miller. He became a trusted member of the Lynn, Essex co., MA community. Mathew, along with John Fuller, Thomas Couldum, Nathaniel Kirtland and Jonathan Hudson, witnessed Anthony Newhall's will on 14 January 1656. Mathew and John Fuller proved it in court on 31 March 1657. On that same day, Richard Hood was granted administration on the will and Mathew, John Fuller & Nathaniel Kirtland were appointed overseers. In addition, Mathew, John Burrill and Nathaniel Kirtland, Sr. were appointed overseers of John Witt, Sr. of Lynn's will of 12 September 1675.
New England Marriages Prior to 1700
By Clarence Almon Torrey

FARRINGTON, Matthew (?1623-1700/1) & _____ _____; by 1658 by 1649; Lynn {Essex Ant. 9:143}

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850
NEHGS

1657    FARRINGTON  Sara, d. Mathias, 13 : 12 m : 1657. CT. R.       Birth     Lynn   
1659    FARRINGTON  Sara, d. Mathias, 6 : 4 m : 1659. CT. R.         Death     Lynn   
1660    FARRINGTON  William, s. Mathias, 6 : 3 m : 1660. CT. R.      Birth     Lynn 
1663    FARRINGTON  Sara, d. Matthias, 15 : 4 m : 1663. CT. R.       Birth     Lynn 
1666    FARRINGTON  Theophilus, s. Mathew, 13 : 6 m : 1666. CT. R.   Birth     Lynn
1678    FARRINGTON  Elizabeth, 15 : 10 m: 1678. CT. R.               Death     Lynn 

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