Holden Farnsworth1,2,3

M, ID# 9796, (1779 - 1829)
Holden Farnsworth|b. 11 Jul 1779\nd. 20 Apr 1829|p9796.htm|Reuben Farnsworth|b. 4 Jun 1751\nd. 18 Aug 1813|p9774.htm|Anna Kellogg|b. 2 Dec 1755\nd. 7 Dec 1838|p9775.htm|||||||||||||

Father Reuben Farnsworth4,5 (1751-1813)

Mother Anna Kellogg6,5 (1755-1838)

Charts
Descendants of Gideon Cobb
     Holden Farnsworth was born on 11 Jul 1779 in Rupert, Bennington Co., Vermont.7,8,9 He married Susanna Cobb, daughter of Ebenezer Cobb and Elizabeth Lathrop, and sister of the man his sister Rhodah would marry a year later, on 31 Dec 1807 in Shelburne, Vermont, with Timothy Hollabird Esq., officating.10,11,12 He died on 20 Apr 1829 at age 49.13,14
     His given name seems to have been Phineas Holden, but he seems to have gone by Holden exclusively as an adult.4,3,1
     He appeared on the 1810 Federal Census of Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vermont, with a household consisting of two males age 10 to 15, five age 26 to 44 (himself and four others), and two females age 26 to 45 (wife, Susanna Cobb and another).1
     Holden and Susanna moved across Lake Champlain to Essex, New York before 1820. Holden appeared on the 1820 Federal Census of Essex, Essex Co., New York, with a household consisting of one white male under age 10 (son Calvin), one age 26 to 45 (himself), four females under age 10 (daughters Calista, Adelia, Amanda and Elizabeth), and one age 26 to 45 (wife Susanna).15 (See map.)
     Holden served as surety for his brother-in-law, Ebenezer Cobb, in his bond for $2,000 posted 6 Jul 1826 to serve as administrator of his fathers estate.16

Children of Holden Farnsworth and Susanna Cobb

  • Calista Farnsworth17 b. 4 Feb 1811, d. 5 Jun 1888
  • Adelia Farnsworth17 b. 16 Mar 1813, d. 29 Sep 1883
  • Amanda Farnsworth17 b. 9 Nov 1815, d. 9 Dec 1846
  • Calvin Farnsworth17 b. 8 Dec 1817
  • Elizabeth Farnsworth17 b. 29 Feb 1820
  • Henry Holden Farnsworth17 b. 10 Aug 1823

Citations

  1. [S2546] Holden Fransworth household, 1810 U.S. Census, Chittenden Co., Vermont.
  2. [S2560] Ebenezer Cobb, Chittenden District, Vermont, probate records, widow's petition, 3 Jul 1826, and adminstrator's bond, 6 Jul 1826, show his name as Holden Farnsworth.
  3. [S2533] Rodgers, affidavit, shows name as Holden Farnsworth.
  4. [S2713] Phinehas Holden Farnsworth, birth record card.
  5. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425.
  6. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250.
  7. [S2713] Phinehas Holden Farnsworth, birth record card, shows date, as 11th, 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.
  8. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows month, year, and place as Dorset, Vermont.
  9. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 11th, and place as Harvard, MA, noting that his father had nine of his children baptized in Dorset 29 Jun 1794.
  10. [S2533] Rodgers, affidavit, shows date, as 31st, town, and state.
  11. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 3rd.
  12. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows married.
  13. [S2545] Hopkins, Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, vol 1 pg 250, shows month and year, as Apr 1829.
  14. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 425, shows date, as 20 Apr 1857.
  15. [S2547] Holden Fransworth household, 1820 U.S. Census, Essex Co., New York.
  16. [S2560] Ebenezer Cobb, Chittenden District, Vermont, probate records, administrator's bond, 6 Jul 1826.
  17. [S2553] Nye, Farnsworth Memorial II, pg 443.

 

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