Individual Details
Calvin Farnsworth
(15 Oct 1776 - Abt 1822)
Events
| Birth | 15 Oct 1776 | Washington, Sullivan, New Hampshire | |||
| Marriage | 29 Dec 1799 | Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts - Lydia Bixby | |||
| Residence | 1820 | Wellsburg, Brooke, Virginia |  | ||
| Death | Abt 1822 | ||||
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Families
| Spouse | Lydia Bixby (1780 - ) |
| Child | Sylvia Farnsworth (1802 - ) |
| Child | Silas Farnsworth (1804 - 1865) |
| Child | Seba Farnsworth (1806 - 1878) |
| Child | Elizabeth Farnsworth (1808 - ) |
| Child | John Farnsworth (1810 - ) |
| Child | Mary Ann Farnsworth (1812 - 1876) |
| Child | Louisa Farnsworth (1814 - 1895) |
| Father | Simeon Farnsworth (1746 - 1791) |
| Mother | Esther Ellenwood (1745 - 1811) |
| Sibling | Esther Farnsworth (1773 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Farnsworth (1779 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Daniel Farnsworth (1782 - 1864) |
| Sibling | Joel Farnsworth (1784 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Lydia Farnsworth (1785 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Stephen Farnsworth (1788 - 1831) |
Notes
Property
Grantee – 9:450 – Calvin buys 7 May 1815 in Brooke Countyhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGX-4SRZ-4?i=553&cat=69910Here is an index page for deedshttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSGX-QWG7?i=118&cat=69910 10:318, 11:89, 13:500, 13:572 Deed bookshttps://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/69910?availability=Family%20History%20Library 10:318 – 21 March 1834 -- heirs-at-law of CalvinFarnsworth – Silas Farnsworth, Sebah Farnsworth, John Farnsworth, LouisaFarnsworth, Silvia Lowry, Elizabeth Wise, Mary Ann Farnsworthhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR7-P3Q7-C?i=180&cat=69910 11:89 – this is heirs selling to Silas and hasnames of two of the spouses – still need a first name for Elizabeth’s husband –got ithttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR7-P338-T?i=412&cat=69910 13:500 Robert and Louisa Lyons and John Farnsworthsellhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR7-P9Q5-D?i=530&cat=69910 13:572 – Silas and his wife Mary sellhttps://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSR7-P9QN-4?i=566&cat=69910 The heirs-at-law ofCalvin Farnsworth made disposition of his real estate in land transactionsbeginning in 1834. The heirs included Silas Farnsworth with wife Mary, SebahFarnsworth with wife Huldah, John Farnsworth, Louisa Farnsworth (in a laterdeed given as Louisa Lyons wife of Robert Lyons), Silvia Lowry, Elizabeth Wise,and Mary Ann Farnsworth.[1][1] WestVirginia Land Records, Brooke County, 10:318, 11:89, 13:500, 13:572Biography
Brooke County VA records – all looked through – justoneinventory taken September 1822 – image 950https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9KM-WXJC?i=949&cat=325396 Under ancestry hints for Robert Lyons, Calvin wentto New Orleans with produce – disappeared on the return trip home – declareddead 1822 – there is supposed to be some type of court record if I can track itdown – this information supposedly comes from a court record in which he wasdeclared dead and there is also supposed to be a partial inventory in a probaterecord of some sort – needto find a citation for this informationEndnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wellsburg, Brooke, Virginia; Page: 83; NARA Roll: M33_132; Image: 60.