John FARROW

                   Windham in the Past by Samuel Thomas Dole 1974 pg 35
John Farrow settled in Windham, ME in 1738 and settled on home lot 31: but the Proprietors committe located him on lot no. 29 with 12 acres cleard.    The report also states that his house was "Rotten down." and gives the date of his settlement as 1740, which is doubtless correct.  His wife was Persisi ( maiden name unknown) and they had at least three children, who came with them to the new home:  John Jr.  Bethia, and Grace.But little is known of this early settler; but, from what we are able to learn, he appears to haveen a quiet, peaceable, well-disposed man, and but poortly fitted to cope with the difficulties of a new settlement in the dense wilderness he found here.  He seems to have been homesick and discouraged, and is said to have lived in mortal fear of the Indians.