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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. 275 words

Y.. b. Dec. 10. 1772 ; 2, Jonathan of 3Iiltown, N. Y., b. Feb. 14, 1774; 3. Roger of X. J., b. Aug. 20, 1775; 4, Josiah of N. Y , b. .May 1..17S0; .'i. William ot N. Y , h. May 1, 17.'^0; C, Anne, b. Dec. 9, 1779, m::r. :\r.ir;li.v,- Fn-.-.l ; 7. Elizabcih. b. J'llv, 17S1, mar. William Tiaidwir ; S, Catiiarine, b. Ja;iuary t;, 17S2, mar. Juhn FisluT of White Plaiuis.

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Faerington of Eastchester.-- The family of Farrington are of Shinv I! . , Lancashire, Eugbmd. The Farringtons, of Farrington, Weardeu ancUSh:i-.v H .... all iu the Parish of Lcylatid and County Palatine of Lancaster, arose al Ih- ;.: . of the Conquest, and have since preserved an uniulerrupted male succ:^*. They resided at Farrington as recently as the time of Elizabeth, and comii... i at Wearden untd the close of the siitecnth century, when they rcniuvid ;, Shaw Hall.

The manor and hunilred of Leyland ■v\-as lield by them of King Edward if^ Confessor: and the men of the manor (which was of a superior order), as wi'.l ».. those of Salford, enjoyed the privilege of attending to their ov.ii harvest in>:i-...: of the King's.

According to Thompson's History of Long Island, one Edmund Farrington with a number of others, embarked from Lynn, jiassachusetts, in a vessel wiiL, a Capt. Howe, on or about the 17th of May, 1640, and arrived at Cow Bay. L. I., where they purchased of the Indians from tlic eastern part of Oyster Bay to Cow Bay; and where they were dispossessed, by the Dutch Governor Kieft, nn J..- 19th of May, 1640.