Person:Thomas Farrar (1)

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Thomas Farrar
chr.29 Jan 1614/15 Burnley, Lancashire, England
d.23 Feb 1693/94 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1612
  1. Elizabeth Farrar1612 -
  2. Thomas Farrar1614/15 - 1693/94
  3. Anne Farrar1616 - 1649/50
  4. Henry Farrar1621 -
  5. John Farrar1630/31 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1646
  1. Hannah FarrarEst 1646 - Aft 1720
  2. Sarah FarrarCal 1648 - 1712
  3. Elizabeth FarrarEst 1653 - 1677
  4. Thomas FarrarEst 1657 - 1733
  5. Susanna Farrar1659 - Aft 1733
  6. Mehitable Farrar1660 - 1660
  7. Peleg Farrar1660 - 1660
Spouse and Children
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m. 3 Mar 1680/81
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Thomas Farrar
Gender Male
Christening[1][3] 29 Jan 1614/15 Burnley, Lancashire, England
Marriage Bef 1646 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Elizabeth Unknown
Marriage 3 Mar 1680/81 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Johnson
Will[1] 22 Jun 1693
Death[1] 23 Feb 1693/94 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Flagg, Ernest. Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England: My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. (Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1926)
    253.

    Thomas Farrar1 of Lynn, Mass, b. Jan. 29, 1614-15 [sic, Flagg reports this as date of birth, but he cites the parish register, which gives 29 January 1614/15 as the date of Thomas's baptism]; son of Thomas and Athelreda (-----) Farrara of Burnley, Lancaster, England. (Parish Register.) m. Elizabeth1 d. Feb. 23, 1693-4; will dated June 22, 1693, aged 77. (Essex Probate, Salem, Mass.) Fined for assaulting Henry Jackson and again for assaulting his brother Henry in 1640; emigrated before 1645. As son of Thos. Farrar of Burnley, sent a power of atty. to his brother Henry, Jan. 2. 1645-6. Lived in Nahant Street and was made Freeman after 1690. In 1692, the town voted that he and seven others should "set" in the pulpit. This was probably on account of their age and consequent difficulty in hearing. In this same year, and when his son Thomas was one of the Selectmen of the town, he was accused of witchcraft; for the testimony against him see page 73. Savage makes him m. (2), Mar. 3, 1681, Abigail Collins, but she was the wife of his son Thomas. He bequeathed his dau. Hannah Berry2, one cow. "Thomas Farrar was brought before the Court at Salem May 8, 1692 and sent to prison at Boston, where he was kept until Nov. 2, more than five months." (History of Lynn.)
    [Note: this source is wrong in refuting Savage, first and foremost, because this Thomas did m. (2) Abigail Collins, and secondarily, because Savage never said that (rather, Savage agreed with most sources of that time in saying the son married Abigail Collins, albeit misreporting the date, e.g., History of Lynn, p. 110 and the NEHGR article Savage cites, Vol. 6, p. 317). However, the facts are that the will of the son names wife Elizabeth, presumably the Elizabeth he married as "Thomas jr." in 1682, while the father's will (which Flagg appears to cite while mentioning Hannah Berry?) clearly names the father's wife in 1693 as Abigail, presumably the Abigail Collins that Thomas (i.e., no "Jr." specified) married on 3 Mar 1680-1 per Lynn VRs.]

  2. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:145.

    THOMAS, Lynn 1639, whose w. Eliz. d. 8 Jan. 1681, had Thomas; Sarah; Hannah; Susanna, b. 26 Mar. 1659; Peleg, and Mehitable, tw. 6 Oct. 1660, d. soon; and Eliz. wh. d. young; was freem. 1690, and d. 23 Feb. 1694. He was less than two yrs. bef. accus. of witchcraft, and some of the evid. (of wh. the most significant was, that "people used to call him old f. Pharaoh") may be read in Geneal. Reg. VI. 317. Sarah m. 20 May 1667, Meletiah Lothrop.

  3. ↑ Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project
    Accessed 7 December 2011.
  4.   Massachusetts. Probate Court (Essex County), and Massachusetts. Court of Insolvency (Essex County). Essex County, Massachusetts, probate records and indexes 1638-1916. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, 2000, 2001)
    Case 9263: Farrar, Thomas, Sen'r. 1694, Apr. 3.

    Will of "Thomas ffarrar Sen'r of Lyn", dated 22 Jun 1693, proved 3 Apr 1694, names wife Abegirll ffarrar (£5 a year), whole estate to "My sone Thomas ffarrar", daughtor Hanah Berry, Daughtor Sarah Lathorrp [?], Daughtor Susanah Newhall, Daughtor Elizabeth [youngest Daughtor]. Son Thomas to be executor.
    29 Mar 1694: Inventory of ye Estate of Thomas ffarrar Sen'r deses'd

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