- Samuel was the 8th child of Matthias and Mary Farr. Three of Samuel's sons and some others were given a grant of land and began and organized Charlestown, New Hampshire in 1740. They experienced much Indian trouble there, including capture. Tow of them were captured by Indians at different times and the other was killed during an Indian ambush. He was ovcertaken by Indians, but was resisting. A soldier fired at the Indians, but his Farnsworth instead. Samuel himself became an early settler of "Turkey Hills" which is now called Lunenburg, Massachusetts.
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