Reuben Farnsworth1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 9774, (1751 - 1813)

Key Events:

Birth: 4 Jun 1751, Cambridge, Massachusetts1,4,5
Marriage: Egremont, Massachusetts, Anna Kellogg (2 Dec 1755 - 7 Dec 1838)6,7,8
Death: 18 Aug 1813, Burlington, Vermont9,10
Burial: Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vermont11

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Narrative:

     Reuben Farnsworth was born on 4 Jun 1751 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.1,4,5
     Reuben married second Anna Kellogg in Egremont, Massachusetts.6,7,8
     Reuben and Anna moved to Dorset, Vermont, in 1775.1 Reuben appeared on the 1790 Federal Census of Landgrove, Bennington Co., Vermont, (which was enumerated 4 Apr 1791, after Vermont became a state in Mar 1791), with a household consisting of two males over 16 (himself and son Moses), four under 16 (sons Titus, Reuben, Holden and William) and, and five females (wife Anna and daughters Dorothy, Rhodah, Anna and Mary.)12
     Reuben appeared on the 1800 Federal Census of Dorset, Bennington Co., Vermont, with a household consisting of one male under age 10 (son Titus), two age 16 to 15 (two of Reuben, Holden and William), one age 26 to 45 (Moses), and one over 45 (himself), and one female under 10 (daughter Sarah), two age 10 to 16 (Dorothy and Rhodah), two age 16 to 25 (Anna and Mary), and one over 45 (wife, Anna.)13
     Reuben and Anna moved to Burlington, Vermont, in 1805.1
     Reuben appeared on the 1810 Federal Census of Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont, with a household consisting of one male age 10 to 16 (son Jeduthan), and one over 45 (himself), and two females age 16 to 26 (daughters Sarah and Dorothy), and one over 45 (wife, Anna.)14
     Reuben died on 18 Aug 1813 in Burlington, Vermont, at age 62.9,10 He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Dorset, Vermont, sharing a headstone with his second wife.11

Children:
     Children with Anna Kellogg:

  • Moses Farnsworth15,2 (28 Feb 1774 - 9 Jun 1843)
  • Phineas Farnsworth16,2 (16 Oct 1775 - 31 Jul 1777)
  • William Jackson Farnsworth2,1,17 (7 Oct 1777 - 3 Dec 1848)
  • Holden Farnsworth18,2 (11 Jul 1779 - 20 Apr 1829)
  • Reuben Farnsworth19,2 (4 Apr 1781 - 30 Dec 1847)
  • Mary Farnsworth1,2 (10 Nov 1782 - 26 Oct 1865)
  • Anna Farnsworth1,2 (15 Sep 1784 - 9 Aug 1859)
  • Rhodah Farnsworth20,1 (11 Jul 1786 - 26 Jun 1845)
  • Dorothy Farnsworth20,1 (3 Mar 1788 - 25 Oct 1857)
  • Titus Farnsworth20,1 (16 Dec 1790 - 20 Jun 1792)
  • Sarah Farnsworth20,1 (13 Dec 1792 - 5 Oct 1847)
  • Titus Kellog Farnsworth20,21 (9 Jan 1795 - 13 Feb 1796)
  • Jeduthan Farnsworth20,1 (17 Dec 1796 - 31 Dec 1846)
  • Phineas Titus Farnsworth1,21 (1798 - 1798)

Citations

  1. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
  2. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 39462223, Reuben Farnsworth, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  4. [S2561] Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows aged 62 years at his death.
  5. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 39462223, Reuben Farnsworth, includes tombstone photo showing age 62 yrs at death 18 Aug 1813.
  6. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows town and state, and as his second marriage.
  7. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows married, as his second marriage.
  8. [S2561] Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows she was his widow.
  9. [S2561] Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery, shows date, town, and state.
  10. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows year, town, and state.
  11. [S2561] Reuben and Anna Farnsworth tombstone, Maple Hill Cemetery.
  12. [S4063] Reubin Farnsworth household, 1790 U.S. Census, Bennington Co., Vermont.
  13. [S4062] Reuben Farnsworth household, 1800 U.S. Census, Bennington Co., Vermont.
  14. [S4061] Reuben Farnsworth household, 1810 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  15. [S2710] Moses Farnsworth, birth record card.
  16. [S2711] Phinehas Farnsworth, birth record card.
  17. [S2712] Wm. Farnsworth, birth record card.
  18. [S2713] Phinehas Holden Farnsworth, birth record card.
  19. [S2714] Ruben Farnsworth, birth record card.
  20. [S2559] Dorset Town Records, A: 27.
  21. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 426.