Individual Details
Thomas Farrington
(8 Mar 1735/36 - 9 Apr 1808)
Need to review his pension application file -- he was had a court marshal for insulting a superior officer. p 31 of the file
He was a Lieutenant Colonel but deprived of his rank after the court martial
The pension file goes on through at least 1846 related to attempts of his daughter from his third marriage to Jerusha trying to get a survivor's pension.
Here is the information on the court martial
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0466
The charge involved passing counterfeit money
1. The proceedings of the court-martial that met in Boston from 15 to 17 May to try Lt. Col. Thomas Farrington on the charge of “behaving in a Scandalous, & infamous Manner, such as is unbecoming an Officer & Gentle Man, by receiving & passing Counterfeit Money, Knowing it to be such,” is in MHi: Heath Papers. Lt. Isaac Dodge testified that Farrington had received three hundred dollars in counterfeit money from Samuel Tarbell for which Farrington was to pay Tarbell two hundred dollars in legal currency. Heath approved the court’s verdict on this date.
To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 19 May 1777
From Major General William Heath
Boston May 19, 1777.
Dear General
Saturday last the General Court Martial appointed for the Tryal of Lieut. Colonel Farrington of Colo. Putnams Regiment (charged with behaving in a scandalous and infamous manner) gave in their Judgment that He was Guilty of the Charge alledged against him & have adjudged him to be discharged from the Army—Incapable to serve in the Continental Service and ordered him to be published in the News Papers. I have approved the Judgment which has this Day been put in Execution (1)—Immediately upon his being discharged from his Arrest the Council ordered him under close confinement.
Cite as“To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 19 May 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0466. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 9, 28 March 1777 – 10 June 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 472–475.]
And here are papers related to the companies of Farrington and Tarbell from the French and Indian War when they were both Captains: https://archive.org/details/papersrelatingto00gree/page/n1
He was a Lieutenant Colonel but deprived of his rank after the court martial
The pension file goes on through at least 1846 related to attempts of his daughter from his third marriage to Jerusha trying to get a survivor's pension.
Here is the information on the court martial
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0466
The charge involved passing counterfeit money
1. The proceedings of the court-martial that met in Boston from 15 to 17 May to try Lt. Col. Thomas Farrington on the charge of “behaving in a Scandalous, & infamous Manner, such as is unbecoming an Officer & Gentle Man, by receiving & passing Counterfeit Money, Knowing it to be such,” is in MHi: Heath Papers. Lt. Isaac Dodge testified that Farrington had received three hundred dollars in counterfeit money from Samuel Tarbell for which Farrington was to pay Tarbell two hundred dollars in legal currency. Heath approved the court’s verdict on this date.
To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 19 May 1777
From Major General William Heath
Boston May 19, 1777.
Dear General
Saturday last the General Court Martial appointed for the Tryal of Lieut. Colonel Farrington of Colo. Putnams Regiment (charged with behaving in a scandalous and infamous manner) gave in their Judgment that He was Guilty of the Charge alledged against him & have adjudged him to be discharged from the Army—Incapable to serve in the Continental Service and ordered him to be published in the News Papers. I have approved the Judgment which has this Day been put in Execution (1)—Immediately upon his being discharged from his Arrest the Council ordered him under close confinement.
Cite as“To George Washington from Major General William Heath, 19 May 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-09-02-0466. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 9, 28 March 1777 – 10 June 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, pp. 472–475.]
And here are papers related to the companies of Farrington and Tarbell from the French and Indian War when they were both Captains: https://archive.org/details/papersrelatingto00gree/page/n1
Events
| Birth | 8 Mar 1735/36 | Andover, Essex, Massachusetts | |||
| Marriage | By 1758 | Johannah Frye | |||
| Marriage | 6 Oct 1768 | Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Betty Woods | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1776 | Jerusha Hammond | |||
| Death | 9 Apr 1808 | Delhi, Delaware, New York |
Families
| Spouse | Johannah Frye (1736 - 1767) |
| Child | Elizabeth Farrington (1758 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Farrington (1760 - 1815) |
| Child | March Farrington (1762 - 1849) |
| Child | Frederick Farrington (1764 - 1770) |
| Child | Daniel Farrington (1767 - 1770) |
| Spouse | Betty Woods ( - 1775) |
| Spouse | Jerusha Hammond ( - ) |
| Father | Daniel Farrington ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Putnam ( - ) |
| Sibling | Daniel Farrington (1732 - 1818) |
| Sibling | Philip Farrington (1749 - 1829) |
| Sibling | John Farrington (1754 - 1802) |