According to New England, The Great Migration, 1620-1635, there's this information about Ralph Farnum (Varneham) coming to America...at bottom of page.
This information states he was probably born in 1603 and died by 1648 when his widow remarried.
His wife, Alice Harris Farnum Martin, had been born in England around 1607 and died in America in 1652. She and Ralph II had 5 children, the last 2 born in America. She remarried in 1648, and had no more children.
The North America, Family Hitories, 1500-2000 states he was born Aug. 25, 1601. He is known as the town bell ringer, custodian of the meeting house (a combination of religious and civil gathering and distribution of law). He was also known as a barber/surgeon. Because he had a son named Ralph (the third of that name on my tree) there are some family trees that have him living until 1691. But his wife remarrying is good enough for me, for a Puritan wife would have only married again if she were a widow.
On my family tree he is my 9 times great grandfather!
And I have his daughter Mary as my 8 times great grandmother.
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