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Matthias Farnsworth
1690 - 1773 (83 years)
Generation: 1
1. Matthias Farnsworth was born on 6 Aug 1690 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Aug 1773 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec; was buried in 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.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113831743/matthias-claude-fanef