BETSEY FARRINGTON, Canton, Norfolk, MA, 1825
“Wrought by Betsey Farrington. aged 13 years. Canton Sept. 23rd 1825.”
“How blest the maid whose circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hours successive as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide / Who sees her parents heart in raptures rise / And the fond tear stand sparkling in their eyes.”
Worked in 6 colors of silk thread on a linen ground. Betsey included an upper band of geometric motifs and botanicals, followed by 1 register of uppercase cursive, 1 lowercase, and 1 uppercase.
Betsey E. Farrington
Birth: 20 Dec 1811, Canton, Norfolk, MA
Father: Abel Farrington, 4 May 1771 - 4 Sep 1852, #43385613
Mother: Sarah Withington, 10 Sep 1785 - 1885, #43385231
Spouse: Mace Gay, 11 Nov 1810 - 19 Apr 1887, #106192117
Marriage: 24 Sep 1834, Stoughton, Norfolk, MA
Death: 21 Jul 1902, Stoughton, Norfolk, MA
Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Stoughton, Norfolk, MA
Memorial ID: 106192135
Children:
Sarah E. Gay Porter: 19 Dec 1835 - 5 May 1930
Betsey Electa Gay Wenzell: 25 Sep 1837 -
Elisa Johnson Gay: 12 Mar 1845 - 11 Feb 1917
Mace Gay Jr: 28 Apr 1855 - 15 Mar 1935
1850: Abel Farrington, listed as a bootmaker
186): Mace Gay listed as a farmer,
1870: Mace Gay listed as a warden, and Mace Gay Jr. as an apprentice to wheelwright
Sarah Withington, d. of Henry Bailey Withington & Sarah Bent . Married at Canton, MA, Jan. 22, 1811, as Abel Farrington's second wife. They had 8 children. She died about age 100.
DATE:
1825
SIZE:
Frame: 14.75" x 16" x 1"
Sight: 11.25" x 12.75"
CONDITION:
No ground or stitch loss. Darkening to ground with a few subtle spots. Original period molded frame has loss at corners.