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Rachel Nutting Burgess

Birth	:	unknown
Death	:	29 May 1812 Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4991989, -71.5847015
Inscription	:	ERECTED In memory of Mrs. Rachel Burgess Relict of Mr. Ebenezer Burgess who died May 29, 1812 AET 84.
Description	:	Rachel Nutting is a "brick wall" because no researcher has ever been able to determine her parentage. A Barbara Farmer was the mother of two illegitimate daughters. One was a Lydia Nutting and the other a Rachel Nutting. Caleb Butler in History of Groton page 449 gives a list of illegitimates: Barbara Farmer Lydia Nutting October 27, 1729, Rachel Nutting October 27, 1739, both are enclosed in brackets. On the same page a Nathan and Samuel Fisk are twins born to Lydia Bennett and both are enclosed in brackets. The clue here is that Butler uses brackets to enclose twins.... Read More	Rachel Nutting is a "brick wall" because no researcher has ever been able to determine her parentage. A Barbara Farmer was the mother of two illegitimate daughters. One was a Lydia Nutting and the other a Rachel Nutting. Caleb Butler in History of Groton page 449 gives a list of illegitimates: Barbara Farmer Lydia Nutting October 27, 1729, Rachel Nutting October 27, 1739, both are enclosed in brackets. On the same page a Nathan and Samuel Fisk are twins born to Lydia Bennett and both are enclosed in brackets. The clue here is that Butler uses brackets to enclose twins. My guess is that Lydia and Rachel Nutting are twin daughters of Barbara Farmer and that the year 1739 for Rachel is a typo. The Vital Records of Groton, Mass. to the year 1849 on page 72 states that Rachel Farmer daughter of Barbara Farmer was born Oct. 27, 1739. Charles Waid has brought to my attention that film No. 0873746 by the LDS Church records of the town of Groton, Mass. shows "Rachel Nutting daughter of Barbara Farmer was born at Groton October 27, 1739." He states that the year could be 1732 due to some other marking on the paper, the prior and following entries are for the year 1732, a couple of entries later are for 1733. The Vital Records of Groton Massachusetts to the year 1849 on page 161 states that Ephraim Nutting was the father of Lydia Nutting, is he also the father of Rachel? He would be her father if Lydia and Rachel were twins. Therefore, Rachel Nutting is still a brick wall! The Genealogy of Daniel Shed on page 108 states that Rachel (Farnsworth) Burgess is the mother of Marrett Burgess, husband of Sarah Shed. The Farnsworth Memorial also shows her born a Farnsworth. Other genealogists claim that she is Rachel Nutting. A Rachel Nutting married first on 24 March 1749, Jonathan Farnsworth, son of Jonathan and Mary (Burt) Farnsworth of Groton, Middlesex county, Ma. She had four sons by Jonathan, namely, Elias, Thomas, Asa, and Jonathan Farnsworth and a daughter named Mary. Elias and Mary were named after deceased siblings of their father, Jonathan Farnsworth. Of course Jonathan Jr. was named for his father. Now this leaves Asa and Thomas, were they named after Nuttings on Rachel's side of the family? Rachel and her family resided in Harvard, Mass. Elias named his first born daughter "Rachel" after his mother. The children of Jonathan Farnsworth and Rachel Nutting can trace their ancestry back to Prince Edmund of England and Isabel, Princess of Castile, through Jonathan's grandmother, Ruth Shattuck. (Reference: Moses Farnsworth , Farnsworth Memorial II, 1897 Revised 1974 by R. Glen Nye, page 417.) Jonathan Farnsworth died 26 June 1759, his estate was administered by his father on 25 April 1762. His widow married Ebenezer Burgess of Harvard on 21 April 1762, thus the need to settle his estate. So it was less than three years later Rachel married widower, Ebenezer Burgess of Harvard, and had four children by him, a daughter Sarah, and sons Marret, Loammi, and Josiah Burgess. Her Farnsworth children were ages 12 to 4 when she married Ebenezer. Therefore, they were raised by their step-father. Per the Harvard town records: Burges, Rachel, wid. (of Ebenezer, G.R.1), May 30, 1812, a. 86 y. Old age. C.R.1. (May 29, 1812, a. 85 y. G.R.1.) Rachael is buried in the Harvard Center Burial Ground. Her tombstone is located between two square family lots that are raised and edged with granite curb stones; namely families of Benjamin Houghton and Charles Atherton.

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Rachel Nutting Burgess's memorial is located at: Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester County, USA.
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Rachel Nutting Burgess death on 29 May 1812 in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.4991989
Longitude: -71.5847015

Family Members:

Spouse

Ebenezer Burgess

(1714 - 1807)

Children

Capt Thomas Farnsworth

(1752 - 1839)

Marret Burgess

(1765 - 1834)

Loami Burgess

(1770 - 1825)

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