The major source for the following information is a document provided to Eva Farrington Cary in July of 1938 by Colonel Robert Arthur titled Farrington Genealogy.
As a name, Farrington dates far back in English history, appearing first among the Saxons as Ferndon, signifying Fern Hill. There is an ancient town called Farringdon in county Berks, a township called Farrington in county Lancaster, and a parish called Farrington in another part of England. John de ffarington, whose will was dated 1549 and whose family motto was Domat Omnia Virtus, was the ancestor of ffarington of Warden and ffarington of Woodvale.
In the list of passengers on the Hopewell of London, which sailed for New England on April 1, 1635, appeared Edmund Farrington, of Buckinghamshire, aged 47, and his wife Elizabeth, 49, with their children, Sarah, 14, Matthew, 12, John, 11, and Eliza, 8. They came from a town called Olney and settled at Lynn, Mass., where Edmund died Jan. 2, 1671. Matthew had children, born at Lynn: Sarah, b. Feb 13, 1658, d. Jan 6, 1659; William, b. May 6, 1660; Sarah, b. June 15, 1663; and Theophilus, b. Aug 13, 1666. John had children, also born at Lynn: Edward, b. Jul. 5, 1662; John, b. Mar. 7, 1664; and Jacob, b. Jul. 22, 1666. Edward and Jacob removed to Andover, Me. where Jacob died in 1667.
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