R E C O R D O F T HE FA R G O FAM I LY COMPI LE D FOR JAM ES F RAN CI S FARGO JO HN J . GI BLI N WAY NEW Y ORK N . Y . 65 B ROA D , . F A R G O F A M I L Y OSE S FA RGO‘ , with his wife Sarah , emigrated 1680 from Wales about the year , an d settled in New London , Conn . The histo ry of New London s 1872 by Frances M anwaring Caulkins , publi he d in , h a s the followin g statement Wi t h o t h e r n e w i n h a b i t a n t s t h a t a p p e a r 1670 1680 between the years an d , and to who m M OSES house lots were granted , is FARGO in the year 1690 He remained in N ew Lo n d o n until about , when he we nt to No rwich , returning again to the v n o rth p a ri s h o f N e w L o n d o n (n ow M o n t il l e ) , whe re he died about the yea r 1 726 . H e had nine child ren born in the orde r name d below z SAR H 1 A 680 . , born in 2 1 1 1 68 . MARY , born January , 2 1 4 2 68 . ANN , bo rn March , ” 9 1688 . PATI ENC E , born May , z M O S ES 9 1691 , bo rn Ap ril , . 2 RALPH 1 1 8 693 . , born August , 2 B 30 6 169 . RO ERT born S eptembe r , 9 16 99 . THOMAS , born Novemb er , AARONz 1 9 702 . , born Decembe r , ( 1 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y On e of the sons named on p rece ding page was the p rogenitor of the secon d gene ration , of the line of p o ste rity describ ed he rewith . Nothing at present is known o f him except that he had a son name d 3 1 730 1 740 WILLIAM , wh o was bo rn b etwee n and in New Lon don , Conn . The records in and ab o ut New Lo ndon show that MOSES 2 had th re e sons JAB E" 3 SAMUEL3 3 M os rss ROBE RT’z had two sons ROB ERT3 3 MOSE 5 z— l T H O M A S (M o s e s ) went to Vermont or Massachusetts an d no on e kn ows what b ecame of him . AARON z had on e son AARON3 ’l As none o f the ab ove fou r so ns o f M o s es had a William , it is p robable that z RALPH may have b een the father o f a WI LLIAM . , born at New London , Co nn , 40 b etween the years 1 730 and 1 7 . ( 2 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y 35— 2 ‘ ARGO Ra l WILLIAM F ( p h , M o ses ) had six childre n as n o ted b elow “ 1757 WILLIAM , born in New Londo n ab o ut , 1801 died in Montville , . “ SAMUEL , live d at Lyme , C o nn . 4 SALLY , married J o hn Ames . They went Y 1 Co . 80 7 . to Plymouth , Chenango . , N . , in “ ANNI E , married James Cha ppel ; die d in N Y P o m p e y , . H e r d a u g h t e r m a r r i e d a M r . Stro ng and their daughte r Tacy married “ WILLIAM C . FARGO . “ " B E L I A E T H , marrie d Rufus Chapman in Lyme , Conn . , and died the re . “ HANNAH , never marrie d ; died at Lyme , Co nn . (3 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y 4 — 3 ” W I L L I A M FA R G O (Wi l l i a m , R a l p h , 1 5 was bo rn about the year 7 7 . At the age of sevente en he was among the first to enlist in the Revolutionary War , and he se rve d faithfully during the whole of that memorable struggle fo r i n d e p e n dence . The following copy of his military se rvice was obtaine d from the D epartment of the I nte rio r : 2 1 ’ 777 . On January , , e nliste d in Capt Hyde s ’ Company , Col . John Du rkee s Regiment , for du ring 1 1 0 5 78 . t h e wa r ; a p p o i n ted C o r p o ra l , F e b r u a ry , H e a l s o s e rv e d a s a S e r g e a n t i n C a p t . J o n a th a n ’ Heart s Connecticut Company un de r La Fayette , 1 78 1 from Feb ruary to Novembe r , , and was p resent ” at the siege of Yorktown . At the close of the war he e ngaged in comme r c ia l pursuits with Daniel Douglas , their p rincipal business b eing the shipping of cattle and horses to the West I ndies . For a time this ente rp rise p roved successful ; but the loss of two ships du ring a sto rmy voyage b rought a reve rse from which he n ever recove red financially . ( 4 ) F A R G O F A M I L Y Co n d ell He married Mary g at Lyme , C o nn . , in 1 4 78 . S e p t e m b e r , T h e y r e m ov e d t o Mo n tvi l l e , 14 1 01 8 . wh e r e h e d i e d O c t o b e r th , Hi s wi d ow 1813 remained in Montville until , when she removed Co to East Sp ringfield , Otsego . , N . Y . Six child ren we re bo rn to them , namely s G I DEON , date of b irth unknown ; left Mont i n 1809 ville with his b ro the r John , and went to Co Y . Pomp ey , Onon daga . , N . , where he mar M n li N . a u s . rie d Betsey Reels He died at , Y , 5 SALLY , did n o t marry ; died at East Sp ring field , N . Y . C 5 20 h . t 1 91 WILLIAM , born March , 7 . 5 B E T S E Y , wh o wa s m a r ri e d t o S a m u e l 1 . 809 Mosher at Montville , C o nn , about , and Y moved at once to East Sp ringfield , N . , where they both died . 5 P O L L Y , wh o wa s m a r ri e d a t Mo n tvil l e 1806 to Samuel L . Wheele r about , and m oved to the town of Bolton , near Hartford , C o nn . , where 1 she die d ab out the year 845 . 5 1809 JOHN , who left Montville about , going Y first to Pompey and afterwards to Manlius , N . , whe re he died when about twe nty years old . He neve r marrie d . F A R G O F A M I L Y 5 ‘ WILLIAM C . FARGO William , ” Ralph , was born in New Lo n do n , Co nn . , 2 h 1 9 1 0t 7 . March , His fathe r die d whe n he was but ten years old , and he was thus thrown up o n his own resources . In those days fo rtune was to be sought in the West ; so having learned the trade of distille r , 23 r d r 1807 o n the o f Janua y , , he left Connecticut with his un cle , J ohn Ames , husband of his aunt , SALLY “ FARGO , go ing to Plymouth , Chenango County , New Yo rk , thence to Jamesville , On o ndaga County , whe re he foun d employm ent in the distille r y o f Benjamin San dfo rd . He remained in this p osition for ab o ut two years , when he made his first visit to his U ncle Chapp el , ’ “ who married his fathe r s siste r , ANNIE , and resided in Pomp ey , N . Y . His visit over , he c o ntinued his j ourney westward until he reache d Buffalo in 1 1 8 0 . S eptemb e r , Here he remained until May , 1812 v . , when he ente re d the se r ice o f the U S Army in the p ending war with Great B ritain . The follow ing is a histo ry o f his military se rvice , obtained fro m the Department of the I nte rio r William C . Fargo was enlisted by Lieut . J ohn ’ En fla l Y th 1812 c o . 7 O onn o r , at , N , May , , and in June following went to C anandaigua and j oined the M c K eo n company comman ded by Capt . James , from (6) F A R G O F A M I L Y which place he went to Fo rt Niagara , then un der the 12 h .