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Matthias Farnsworth
1690 - 1773 (83 years)-
Name Matthias Farnsworth Nickname Matthias Claude Fanef Birth 6 Aug 1690 Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 
Gender Male Death 7 Aug 1773 Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec Burial Cimetière Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec Notes - Captured in August 1704 by Native Americans, brought in captivity to Sault-au-Recollet, acquired by the Sulpicians at the seminary of St-Sulpice. Matthias was baptized 10 January 1706, in Ville-Marie, under the name of Claude-Mathias Farneth. His godparents were Claude de Ramezay Governor; Elizabeth Souart, wife of Charles Lemoyne, Baron de Longueuil. He was naturalized in May 1710 and settled in a home at Riviere-des-Prairies. He married, on October 2, 1713, Catherine Charpentier, the daughter of his friend Jean Charpentier and Francoise Hunault. Claude-Mathias and Catherine had 12 children. In 1764, Catherine and Claude-Mathias Fanef came to Saint-Antoine, in order to be near several of their children and there ended their days.
Claude-Mathias is known as the ancestor of all Phaneufs in Canada and the U.S. This memorial was placed in this cemetery in October 1999 by a reunion of his descendants.
Person ID I49756 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 11 May 2023
Father Matthias Farnsworth, Jr., b. 10 Jan 1649, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts d. 8 Nov 1693, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 44 years) Mother Sarah Nutting, b. 29 Mar 1663, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 11 Mar 1717, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 53 years) Marriage 1681 Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Family ID F18120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Captured in August 1704 by Native Americans, brought in captivity to Sault-au-Recollet, acquired by the Sulpicians at the seminary of St-Sulpice. Matthias was baptized 10 January 1706, in Ville-Marie, under the name of Claude-Mathias Farneth. His godparents were Claude de Ramezay Governor; Elizabeth Souart, wife of Charles Lemoyne, Baron de Longueuil. He was naturalized in May 1710 and settled in a home at Riviere-des-Prairies. He married, on October 2, 1713, Catherine Charpentier, the daughter of his friend Jean Charpentier and Francoise Hunault. Claude-Mathias and Catherine had 12 children. In 1764, Catherine and Claude-Mathias Fanef came to Saint-Antoine, in order to be near several of their children and there ended their days.
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Birth - 6 Aug 1690 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 
Death - 7 Aug 1773 - Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec 
Burial - - Cimetière Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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