The major source for the following information is a document provided to Eva Farrington Cary in July of 1938 by Colonel Robert Arthur titled Farrington Genealogy.
Thomas6 Sewall Farrington, farmer (and by family tradition, tin peddler), b. in 1768 in Mass., d. Mar. 27, 1853 at Windsor, Me., at the home of his son Ezekiel7 B. Farrington. He m'd June 16, 1795, Content Leonard, b. ca 1775 in Mass., dau of John Leonard, (Winslow VR) and d. Jan 29, 1864, at Windsor, Me. Both were b'd at the North Windsor Cemetery. They had children:
- Serenus7 Farrington b. Sep 30, 1799, m'd Mary Richardson
- Josiah7 Leonard Farrington b. May 27, 1804, m'd Betsey Briggs Reynolds
- Ezekiel7 B. Farrington b. ca 1810, m'd Mary Hallet Hamlin
Thomas6 Sewall Farrington first appears in the records on Mar 19, 1793, when , as a young man of 25, called even then "of Winslow, yeoman," he bought of Asa Phillips, of Winslow, Me., for two pounds ten shillings, a tract of land in Winslow, then Lincoln County, Me. to include lands on both sides of the Kennebec River, taking in that area on the west side that, shortly after 1800, was incorporated as Waterville. Thomas6 Sewall Farrington apparently settled first on the west side of the river, in the Waterville area, for on Feb 13, 1800 he sold to Joseph Boswell, of Winslow, for $500 a tract of 100 acres on the west side. He had, in 1798, bought and sold land in Sidney, Me., and he apparently moved there after selling his Winslow holdings, for he is called "of Sidney" in 1811, when he bought from James Lloyd, of Boston, additional land which lay partly in Sidney and partly in Waterville. On May 10, 1817, he sold to Hepzibah Ellis, widow, and Russell Ellis, for $1100, land in Sidney and moved to Vassalboro shortly afterwards.
On Feb. 20, 1819, when he bought from Alexander Jackson, of Vassalboro, for $1500, a tract in Vassalboro, he is called "of Vassalboro." On Oct 22, 1820, he sold to his son Serenus2, for $600, a tract in Vassalboro. On Oct 22, 1825, he sole to his son Leonard2, for $1500, a tract adjoining that of Serenus2 and then immediately leased the land from Leonard7 for $1500 for the term of his natural life. The agreement stipulated the Leonard7 would maintain the place and give his father one half of the produce and that his father would pay one half the taxes. In addition, Leonard7 agreed to provide physician, nurse, etc., for his parents in their old age. At that time, Thomas6 Sewall Farrington's wife and mother-in-law were both living.
On Feb 13, 1828, Thomas6 Sewall Farrington and Leonard7 Farrington bought for $178 a small tract in Vassalboro, but on Sept 30, 1828, the Vassalboro properties were sold to Richard Macy, of Nantucket, Mass. for $2200, Leonard7 signing a quit claim deed to his father for $1000. Four days after disposing of his Vassalboro property, Thomas6 Sewall Farrington bought for $1000 from Samuel Burrill, of China, Me., a tract of 60 acres in China and must have moved there very shortly thereafter, for he is called "of China" on Apr 28, 1829, when he bought another small tract, this time in Windsor. In 1834 and in 1837 he sold to his son Ezekiel7 B. on three occasions interests in his China holding. In 1837 Ezekiel B. sold out to Allan Brecket, of China, a blacksmith.
About this time, Leonard7 Farrington became a merchant and trader in Augusta, Me., but Thomas6 Sewall Farrington and his other two sons removed to Troy, Waldo County, Me., where, on Mar 21, 1838, he purchased land from Nathan Combs, of Troy, Me. Thomas6 Sewall Farrington was called of "Troy" on Jan 12, 1841, when he sold to Allan Brecket, of China, for $100, a tract of 50 acres in Winslow. Unable to remain long in one place, Thomas6 Sewall Farrington had, by 1850, removed with his son Ezekiel7 B. to Windsor, Kennebec County, Me., where he remained until his death.
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