Family:William Farrar and Cicely Unknown (1)

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Parents: Nicholas Ferris and Mary Woodnoth
William Farrar
b. Abt 1590 London, England
d. Abt 1637 Virginia
 
Cicely _____
b. Abt 1600
 
m. Bef 2 May 1625 Virginia, United States
Facts and Events
Marriage[2] Bef 2 May 1625 Virginia, United States
Children
BirthDeath
1.
William Farrar, Burgess
Abt 1630
 
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References
  1.   Family Recorded, in McIlhany, Hugh Milton. Some Virginia families: being genealogies of the Kinney, Stribling, Trout, McIlhanny, Milton, Rogers, Tate, Snikckers, Taylor, McCormick and other families of Virginia. (Staunton, Va.: Stoneburner & Prufer, 1903)
    p 31.
  2. ↑ Jester, Annie Lash, and Martha Woodruff Hiden. Adventurers of purse and person: Virginia, 1607-1625. (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1956)
    p. 168-69.

    '... the pursuit of the widow [Mrs. Sisley Jordan] by two prominent colonial gentlemen resulted in the first breach of promise suit of record in America.'
    After one gentleman withdrew his suit 'Farrar and Mrs. Sisley Jordan were wed for, at a Court held 2 May 1625, Farrar's born was ordered cancelled.'

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