John Farrow

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: carpenter: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

• Residence: Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

• will, 28 Mar 1687. he died 7 July, 1687, leaving a will dated 28th of March 1687, proved 17th of August foll.

• Family Origin. ⁶⁴⁷ John & Frances Farrow with daughter Mary, sailed to America in 1635 on the "Mary 2". They were from Hingham, Norfolk and settled at Hingham, MA in 1635 where he was granted land in 1636. Later children were born in this country. He was a carpenter by trade and was a Proprietor in Hingham in 1636. The story of their arrival in Hingham is confirmed by the record of Daniel Cushing who recorded Norfolk immigrants in a journal from 1633 on. ("Daniel Cushing's Record," NEHGS "Register," Vol 15, pg. 25)

His will is dated 28 March 1687 and was probated 17 Aug. 1687. In it he mentions all children except Hannah and granddaughter Mary, wife of his grandson John Garnett, and grandchildren Frances and Nathan(iel) Ward, children of his daughter Remember. He was allegedly "of great age" at his death.

John married Francis Carpenter, daughter of William Carpenter and Mary Batt, before 1632 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. (Francis Carpenter was born in 1612 in Hingham, Norfolk, England and died on 28 Jan 1689 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.)