Person:Samuel Farrar (5)
Samuel Farrar
b.13 Dec 1773 Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.13 May 1864 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 Feb 1772
  1. Samuel Farrar1773 - 1864
  2. James Farrar1776 -
  3. John Farrar, LL.D.1779 - 1853
  4. Rebecca Farrar1782 - 1784
  5. Rebecca Farrar1785 - 1869
Spouse and Children
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m. 8 Oct 1814
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Facts and Events
Name[2] Samuel Farrar
Gender Male
Birth[1] 13 Dec 1773 Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 8 Oct 1814 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Phebe Edwards
Death[3] 13 May 1864 Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908)
    33.

    FARRAR, Samuel, s. Samuel Jr. and Marcy, [born] Dec. 13, 1773. [Samuell, s. Samu[ue]ll Jr. and Mercy, CR1]

  2. ↑ "Memoir of the Farrar Family", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    6:327.

    Children of Samuel Farrar and Mercy Hoar: 1) Samuel, b. 13 Dec 1773, m. 30 Oct 1814 Phebe (Edwards) Hooker, widow of Rev. Asahel Hooker. Graduated Harvard 1797, Treasurer of Theological Institution, President of Bank at Andover.

  3. ↑ "DEATHS registered in the Town of Andover; County of Essex for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-four", in Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (New England Historic and Genealogical Society)
    174:158.

    No.: 36
    Date of Death: May 13
    Name: Samuel Farrar Esq
    Sex and Condition: Male Widower
    Age: 90 [Birth about 1774]
    Cause: Old Age
    Residence/Place of Death: [Andover]
    Occupation: [blank]
    Place of Birth: Lincoln
    Name and Birthplace of Parents: Samuel & Mary Farrar/Lincoln/Harvard

  4.   INSTRUCTORS, in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
    13.

    1797 Samuel Farrar 1798

    Son of Dea. Samuel Farrar and Mercy Hoar;
    born, Lincoln, Dec. 13, 1773;
    New Ipswich (N.H.) Academy ;
    Harvard College, 1797;
    studied law with Hon. George Bliss, Springfield;
    tutor, Harvard College, 1800-01;
    settled in Andover, as lawyer, 1801 ;
    trustee of Phillips Academy, 1802-46;
    treasurer, 1803-40;
    librarian of Seminary, thirty-three years ;
    trustee of Abbot Academy, 1828-51;
    first president of Andover Bank, 1826-56;
    deacon of Seminary church from 1816;
    constantly and thoroughly identified with the interests of the Academy and Seminary, and
    a liberal benefactor to both ;
    superintended all the buildings for the Institutions in his time;
    conceived the plan of the "Teachers' Seminary ";
    died May 13, 1864.

    "Where is the patriarch time could hardly tire —
    The good old, wrinkled, immemorial 'squire'?
    An honest treasurer, like a black-plumed swan,
    Not every day our eyes may look upon."

    Holmes's Centennial Poem, 1878.

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