Normally I would now be starting to discuss the ancestry of Mary Farnham/Farnum, wife of William Lovejoy, but I've run into a problem establishing the identity of her father. Some sources say her father was Ralph Farnham Jr,. others that he was Thomas Farnham, a brother of Ralph Jr. So until I can establish who it was I will move down to the next generation to the wife of Henry Lovejoy, who as it happens is another Farnham, Sarah. Her parents were Ralph Farnham III and Sarah Sterling, which means she and Henry were second cousins.
I found a brief biography of Ralph Farnham III in another of William Richard Cutter's books:
III) Ralph (3), son of Ralph (2) Farnham, was born June 1, 1662. He married Sarah Sterling, October 9, 1683. Children: Sarah, born May 5, 1685; Henry, September 15, 1687; Ralph, mentioned below; Daniel, January 21, 1691; Abigail, May 3, 1692; William, August 5, 1693; Nathaniel, July 25, 1695; Barachias, March 16, 1697; Benjamin, March 14, 1699; Joseph or Josiah, February 4, 1701. -p319
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1 Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, N.Y. 1913
I haven't found a Probate File or much of anything else so far for Ralph III.
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