Person Page 971

Reuben Farnsworth^1,2

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 4 Apr 1781 in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont.^3,4,5
• Married First: Lucinda Kent.^6,2
• Died: on 30 Dec 1847 in Plymouth, Indiana.^7,8

Citations

1. Ruben Farnsworth, Ruben, birth record card.
2. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425.
3. Ruben Farnsworth, Ruben, birth record card, shows date, as 4th, and mother's residence as Rupert, with no indication of having been born at a prior residence. Mary Mettler states in "Re: Dorset, VT Farnsworths," email 27 May 2010 to author, that respected Farnsworth researcher Lynn Farnsworth reported that Reuben Farnsworth received a lot in Rupert in the third division of lots in 1773, and moved there that year.
4. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows date and born in Dorset.
5. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 1st, and born in Harvard, Massachusetts.
6. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
7. Hopkins, Timothy, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows date, town, and state.
8. Nye, R. Glen, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date.