William Farnsworth
February 8, 1807 - December 17, 1888
Parents: Daniel (1782 - 1864)
and Patty (1785
- 1875)
Brothers: Simeon, Daniel, Joel, Cyrus, John
William Farnsworth (1807-1888), was reputed to be "the first SDA," that is, the
first of the Adventists who kept the seventh-day Sabbath. He accepted the
Adventist (Millerite)
doctrine about 1840 and in 1844 declared himself a Sabbath-keeper, among the first
of a small group from among the members of the Washington, New Hampshire,
Christian church who became the first Adventists to observe the seventh day as
the Sabbath (see Washington,
New Hampshire Church).
From
the Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Volume 10, page 454, 1976. Review and
Herald Publishing Association.