Oliver Farnsworth, my 4th g.grandfather was the first child born in Old Fort #4 in Charlestown,Sullivan County, New Hampshire to Stephen Farnsworth & Eunice Hastings Farnsworth.
His birth is recorded in the Charlestown Township Records
"Oliver, son to Stephen & Eunice Farnsworth
Born Decem e ye 8th 1742"
and other records.........
Name: Oliver Farnsworth
Date of birth Dec. 8, 1742
Place of Birth: Charlestown, NH
Sex Male
Father's Name: Stephen Farnsworth
Mother's maiden name: Eunice Farnsworth
Fred H. Perry
Clerk of Charlestown N.H.
Date: Aug 7, 1905
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Book at Historical Society Library, next to Dana House..Woodstock,Vermont.
History of Woodstock by Dana p. 136
"Several of the children of Stephen and Eunice Farnsworth settled in Woodstock. Two of these, Jonathan and Stephen, have been mentioned already. Still another was Oliver, born at No 4, December 8, 1742, being the first child born in the "Old Fort." (in Charlestown,New Hampshire). He purchased four hundred and twenty acres of land situated in District No. 9, of which he received a deed the 4th of June, 1773, and he must have occupied this land soon after, as his name appeares among the list of town officers chosen at the annual meeting held the following spring. From that time onward he was elected to various offices in the town, and as his house occupied a central and convenient position, town meetings were called there frequently, as many as seven in succession being held at this place from August 14, 1780, to April 8, 1782. At one of these meetings, held March 14, 1781, it was voted that no sled should be suffered to run in the highway less than four feet wide, "swithout it is a going on a journey."2 About the 1st of November, 1785, Mr. Farnsworth was taken sick and died, and his death was felt to be a great loss to the infant settlement. His estate was divided among his six surviving children. The homestead was occupied in later times by Benjamin F. Mack."
p581 Town Clerks
"1773 Joab Hoisington elected Town Clerk, and held the office till 1778, when Oliver Farnsworth was elected.1"
1 Joab Hoisington died about February, 1777. No records of Town meetings for that year. At March meeting, 1778, Oliver Farnsworth was chosen town clerk.
His birth is recorded in the Charlestown Township Records
"Oliver, son to Stephen & Eunice Farnsworth
Born Decem e ye 8th 1742"
and other records.........
Name: Oliver Farnsworth
Date of birth Dec. 8, 1742
Place of Birth: Charlestown, NH
Sex Male
Father's Name: Stephen Farnsworth
Mother's maiden name: Eunice Farnsworth
Fred H. Perry
Clerk of Charlestown N.H.
Date: Aug 7, 1905
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Book at Historical Society Library, next to Dana House..Woodstock,Vermont.
History of Woodstock by Dana p. 136
"Several of the children of Stephen and Eunice Farnsworth settled in Woodstock. Two of these, Jonathan and Stephen, have been mentioned already. Still another was Oliver, born at No 4, December 8, 1742, being the first child born in the "Old Fort." (in Charlestown,New Hampshire). He purchased four hundred and twenty acres of land situated in District No. 9, of which he received a deed the 4th of June, 1773, and he must have occupied this land soon after, as his name appeares among the list of town officers chosen at the annual meeting held the following spring. From that time onward he was elected to various offices in the town, and as his house occupied a central and convenient position, town meetings were called there frequently, as many as seven in succession being held at this place from August 14, 1780, to April 8, 1782. At one of these meetings, held March 14, 1781, it was voted that no sled should be suffered to run in the highway less than four feet wide, "swithout it is a going on a journey."2 About the 1st of November, 1785, Mr. Farnsworth was taken sick and died, and his death was felt to be a great loss to the infant settlement. His estate was divided among his six surviving children. The homestead was occupied in later times by Benjamin F. Mack."
p581 Town Clerks
"1773 Joab Hoisington elected Town Clerk, and held the office till 1778, when Oliver Farnsworth was elected.1"
1 Joab Hoisington died about February, 1777. No records of Town meetings for that year. At March meeting, 1778, Oliver Farnsworth was chosen town clerk.
Oliver Farnsworth, my 4th g.grandfather was the first child born in Old Fort #4 in Charlestown,Sullivan County, New Hampshire to Stephen Farnsworth & Eunice Hastings Farnsworth.
His birth is recorded in the Charlestown Township Records
"Oliver, son to Stephen & Eunice Farnsworth
Born Decem e ye 8th 1742"
and other records.........
Name: Oliver Farnsworth
Date of birth Dec. 8, 1742
Place of Birth: Charlestown, NH
Sex Male
Father's Name: Stephen Farnsworth
Mother's maiden name: Eunice Farnsworth
Fred H. Perry
Clerk of Charlestown N.H.
Date: Aug 7, 1905
/////////
Book at Historical Society Library, next to Dana House..Woodstock,Vermont.
History of Woodstock by Dana p. 136
"Several of the children of Stephen and Eunice Farnsworth settled in Woodstock. Two of these, Jonathan and Stephen, have been mentioned already. Still another was Oliver, born at No 4, December 8, 1742, being the first child born in the "Old Fort." (in Charlestown,New Hampshire). He purchased four hundred and twenty acres of land situated in District No. 9, of which he received a deed the 4th of June, 1773, and he must have occupied this land soon after, as his name appeares among the list of town officers chosen at the annual meeting held the following spring. From that time onward he was elected to various offices in the town, and as his house occupied a central and convenient position, town meetings were called there frequently, as many as seven in succession being held at this place from August 14, 1780, to April 8, 1782. At one of these meetings, held March 14, 1781, it was voted that no sled should be suffered to run in the highway less than four feet wide, "swithout it is a going on a journey."2 About the 1st of November, 1785, Mr. Farnsworth was taken sick and died, and his death was felt to be a great loss to the infant settlement. His estate was divided among his six surviving children. The homestead was occupied in later times by Benjamin F. Mack."
p581 Town Clerks
"1773 Joab Hoisington elected Town Clerk, and held the office till 1778, when Oliver Farnsworth was elected.1"
1 Joab Hoisington died about February, 1777. No records of Town meetings for that year. At March meeting, 1778, Oliver Farnsworth was chosen town clerk.
His birth is recorded in the Charlestown Township Records
"Oliver, son to Stephen & Eunice Farnsworth
Born Decem e ye 8th 1742"
and other records.........
Name: Oliver Farnsworth
Date of birth Dec. 8, 1742
Place of Birth: Charlestown, NH
Sex Male
Father's Name: Stephen Farnsworth
Mother's maiden name: Eunice Farnsworth
Fred H. Perry
Clerk of Charlestown N.H.
Date: Aug 7, 1905
/////////
Book at Historical Society Library, next to Dana House..Woodstock,Vermont.
History of Woodstock by Dana p. 136
"Several of the children of Stephen and Eunice Farnsworth settled in Woodstock. Two of these, Jonathan and Stephen, have been mentioned already. Still another was Oliver, born at No 4, December 8, 1742, being the first child born in the "Old Fort." (in Charlestown,New Hampshire). He purchased four hundred and twenty acres of land situated in District No. 9, of which he received a deed the 4th of June, 1773, and he must have occupied this land soon after, as his name appeares among the list of town officers chosen at the annual meeting held the following spring. From that time onward he was elected to various offices in the town, and as his house occupied a central and convenient position, town meetings were called there frequently, as many as seven in succession being held at this place from August 14, 1780, to April 8, 1782. At one of these meetings, held March 14, 1781, it was voted that no sled should be suffered to run in the highway less than four feet wide, "swithout it is a going on a journey."2 About the 1st of November, 1785, Mr. Farnsworth was taken sick and died, and his death was felt to be a great loss to the infant settlement. His estate was divided among his six surviving children. The homestead was occupied in later times by Benjamin F. Mack."
p581 Town Clerks
"1773 Joab Hoisington elected Town Clerk, and held the office till 1778, when Oliver Farnsworth was elected.1"
1 Joab Hoisington died about February, 1777. No records of Town meetings for that year. At March meeting, 1778, Oliver Farnsworth was chosen town clerk.
Gravesite Details
Grave stones are standing for Olivers brothers but many graves have stones without names. Oliver's is thought to be one of these.
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