Reported as a small passage from a Maritime magazine which was taken from the Royal gazette Monday 30 July 1792 edition. "On July 13, 1792 a man was taken from the Vernon River Settlement and lodged in the public jail charged with having committed a rape on the body of a young girl of that place." The man was Joseph Farrow and he was accused of raping a girl who was between 12 and 13 years old while a "small boy of 17 (was) eyewitness to the whole transaction." Joseph pleaded innocent and may have had a better ending if he had waited peacefully in jail as a petition was being passed around on his half. Not knowing this he tried to escape and was captured and had the dubious honour of being the first man ever hung on Prince Edward Island. One angle is that since he was a former Revolutionary soldier he may just have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

1. Ada FARROW b. 16 Sep 1787, Broadbay, Lincoln County, Maine; d. 4 Mar 1859, Central Bedeque, Prince Edward Island.
2. Benjamin FARROW b. 10 Aug 1789, Broadbay, Lincoln County, Maine; d. 11 Dec 1852, DeSable, Prince Edward Island.
3. John Partridge FARROW b. 29 Mar 1792, Broadbay, Lincoln County, Maine.

1. Abigail FARROW b. 3 Feb 1745/1746, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; d. 1753, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; bur. Windham, Cumberland County, Maine (Old Smith Burying Ground).
2. Ezekial FARROW b. 1 Jan 1749, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine.
3. Timothy FARROW b. 17 Sep 1751, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; d. Abt 1825.
4. Josiah Worcester FARROW b. 10 Feb 1754, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; d. 14 Aug 1819, Islesboro, Waldo County, Maine.
5. Nathaniel FARROW b. 1755, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine.
6. John FARROW b. 11 Apr 1756, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; d. 26 Mar 1847, Washington, Knox County, Maine.
7. Thomas FARROW b. 18 Apr 1758, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine.
8. Seth FARROW b. Aft 1758, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine.
9. 1. Joseph FARROW b. 1762, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; d. 1792, Prince Edward Island.
10. Hannah FARROW b. Aft 1758, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine.
11. Calvin FARROW b. Abt 1764, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; d. 1 Jul 1848, Windsor, Kennebec County, Maine.

1. Mary FARROW b. 8 Dec 1697, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2. Priscilla FARROW b. 16 Feb 1699/1700, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
3. Mercy FARROW b. 20 Jun 1702, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
4. Bethia FARROW b. 29 Nov 1704, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 30 Nov 1758, Isle au Haute, Knox County, Maine.
5. Deborah FARROW b. 10 Jan 1707/1708, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 18 Nov 1784, Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
6. John FARROW b. 17 Oct 1709, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 3 Feb 1719/1720, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
7. Hannah FARROW b. 15 Mar 1711/1712, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
8. Seth FARROW b. 26 Feb 1713/1714, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
9. Abigail FARROW b. 12 Apr 1717, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
10. 2. John FARROW b. 28 Sep 1719, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 29 Apr 1809, Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine.
11. Ezekial FARROW b. 9 Apr 1722, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
12. Grace FARROW b. Aft 1722, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts (probably); d. Abt 1745, New Marblehead, ? County, Maine.

Hobart's Diary did not give the day other than it is the fourth or after.

John and Frances (____) Farrow came from Hingham, England with daughter Mary in 1635. John Sr. had a grant of five acres of land in our Hingham on Town (South) St., near the spot where Dr. H. E. Spaulding later resided. At the time the new meeting-house was erected he and his two sons were located on East St., below Cushings Bridge. Frances outlived her husband dying 28 JAN 1688/9; John Sr. died 7 JUL 1687, leaving a will dated 28 MAR 1687 and proved 17 AUG 1687. John Sr. and Frances had the following children: Mary, John, Remember, Hannah and Nathan.
John Jr. was a carpenter. Constable in 1672. He resided in the second precinct. In his will of 10 FEB 1708/9, proved 9 APR 1716, mentions wife Frances and seven children; two, namely Hannah and William, having died before him.

Boston records for the period 1644 and 1646 included earlier births from other towns claiming them to be Boston Records. I believe that Mary could have been born in Boston as the records indicate. Maybe her mother's parents lived in Boston and she went back home to have someone care for her two children, William and Esther.

1. Mary FARROW b. 25 Oct 1665, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
2. Hannah FARROW b. 9 Dec 1667, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. Bef 1702.
3. Abigail FARROW b. 27 Jan 1669/1670, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 28 Apr 1723, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
4. 4. John FARROW b. 8 Dec 1672, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 1758/1759, Windham, Cumberland County, Maine; bur. Windham, Cumberland County, Maine (Farm Lot 29).
5. Esther FARROW b. 28 Jun 1675, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 21 Jan 1760, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
6. William FARROW b. 17 Nov 1677, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 23 Dec 1702, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
7. Percilla FARROW b. Bef 4 Apr 1680, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 26 Aug 1712, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; bur. Cohasset, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Central Cemetery).
8. Remember FARROW b. 3 Feb 1682/1683, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; d. 1718/1719, Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts (probably).
9. Sarah FARROW b. 29 Aug 1685, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.