Anna Farwell

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Farwell was born about 1761, in Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Josiah Farwell, was 34 and her mother, Lydia Farnsworth, was 32. She married Frederick Eugene Locke in 1793. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1804, at the age of 44, and was buried in Hope Hill Cemetery, North Charlestown, Charlestown, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Eugene Locke
1757–1834
Anna Farwell
1761–1804
Marriage: 1793
Henry F Locke
1799–
Melinda Locke
1804–1871

Sources (4)

  • Anna Farwell Locke, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Josiah Farwell & Farnsworth in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89QY-F4HS?cc=2060211&wc=WWXQ-XHV%3A352086701%2C352169901
  • Anna Farwell Locke, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949"

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World Events (6)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname from the Middle English phrase fare wel ‘do well, prosper’, or perhaps from the saluation fare wel ‘farewell, goodbye’. Compare Farewell 2.

habitational name from Farewell, Staffordshire, or another place so named (from Old English fæger ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘spring, stream’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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