Josiah Farnum

1726 - 1807  (81 years)

• Name	Josiah Farnum
  Birth	6 Feb 1726	Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jun 1807	Salisbury, Addison, Vermont, United States
  Burial	West Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury, Addison, Vermont, United States
  Person ID	I3939	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Gillett,   b. 21 Sep 1718, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Marriage	15 May 1752	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F1369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Worldconnect 15 Jul 2007 database:1821208" of David Palmer : Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 Middlesex, Hamshire, Bershire, and Bristol Middlesex County Srpingfield p. 132: Josiah Farnum of S. and Rebeckah Gillett of Suffield. Marriage intention 15 May 1752. 2. Worldconnect 15 Jul 2007 database "dcrawford" of Denise Crawford : Josiah Farnum Jr., b. 6 Feb 1726 at Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, to Josiah Farnum (b. 6 Jul 1698 at Killingworth, New London, CT) and Sarah Atchenson, (b. 2 May 1702 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts), d. 1 Jun 1807 at Salisbury, Addison, Vermont. Married (1) Rebecca Gillet, and (2) Eleanor Carew (b. 18 May 1733/34 in Springfield, Hampden, Mass.) on 1 Apr 1753. The close proximity of the second marriage would seem to indicate the first marriage to Rebecca Gillett did not last long for whatever reason. MARRIAGE: 1. LDS Online Ordinance Index extracted marriage record per FHL film 185414-185416 (Vital Records of Springfield Massachusetts, 1638-1887), batch M541431: Josiah Farnum and Rebeckah Gillet, m. 15 May 1752 at Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.