Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Farrington was born on 27 October 1746, in Somers, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Edward Farrington, was 47 and her mother, Ruth Killam, was 37. She married Harber Howard Wood on 7 December 1769, in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 10 March 1825, in Somers, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in North Cemetery, East Enfield, Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Esther Fanning, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Esther Wood, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
- Esther Farrington in entry for Harber Howard Wood, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
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1776
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1785
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1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Farrington in Lancashire, but perhaps occasionally from Farrington Gurney in Somerset. Both are named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + tūn ‘settlement’. The surname also probably reached America via Ireland, where it is recorded as early as the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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