Jeremiah
Farmer
Born about in Richmond County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Lodowick Ledwich Farmer
and Sarah (Cheatham) Farmer
Brother of
James Farmer, John Farmer, Thomas Farmer, Elijah Farmer, Henry Farmer, Julaney (Farmer) Eastman, Benjamin Farmer, Lodowick Farmer and Sarah Cheatham (Farmer) Pittman
Husband of
Polly (Knight) Farmer
— married
Aug 1758 in Lunenburg County, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Keziah (Farmer) Bell, Barnett Farmer, Martha Polly (Farmer) Ratliff, Nancy (Farmer) Cornett and Thompson Farmer
Died
at about age 57
in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Aug 2011
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Contents |
Biography
Jeremiah Farmer was born in 1735.[1] He was the son of Lodowick Farmer and Sarah Cheatham.[2]
Siblings
His siblings included:[3]
- Benjamin Farmer, b. abt. 1735, d. 1829
- James Farmer, b. abt. 1742, d. 1809
- John Farmer, b. abt. 1743
- Sarah Farmer, b. abt. 1748
- Thomas Farmer, b. abt. 1750, d. 1818
- Lodowick Farmer II, b. abt. 1757, d. 1816
- Julaney (Judy Ann) Farmer, b. abt. 1760, d. 1816
- Elijah Farmer
Marriage
Jeremiah married Polly Knight after 16 August 1788 in Lunenburg County, Virginia. A marriage bond was obtained on this date. Thier marriage date was 23 August 1788. [4]
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| Jeremiah Farmer and Polly Knight Marriage |
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| Lodowick Farmer and Sarah Cheatham Children |
Children
- Barnett Farmer, b. 1763, d. aft. 1820
Death
He passed away in 1792.[1]
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| An Inventory and Appraisement of The Estate of Jeremiah Farmer |
Research Notes
Marriage
- An alternate marriage bond date:
- 1788 - Aug 16 – VA Lunenburg – Mar - Jeremiah Farmer & Mary “Polly” Knight - Sur. John Knight. (Bell 1930, p. 208; Matheny & Yates 1967, p. 43); 1788 - Aug 16 – VA Lunenburg – Mar - Jeremiah Farmer & Mary “Polly” Knight - Sur. John Knight. (Bell 1930, p. 208; Matheny & Yates 1967, p. 43)[7]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Find A Grave: Memorial #74239846 for Jeremiah Farmer (memorial only, no headstone photo).
- ↑ Farmer, Ellery, b. 1879. Descendants of Thomas Farmer Who Came to Virginia In 1616: a Genealogy. [Asheville? N.C., 1956.
- ↑ Descendants of Thomas Farmer who came to Virginia in 1616, Collected and Compiled by Ellery Farmer, Col. U.S.Army, Retired; (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89065905861).
- ↑ Landon C. Bell, Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia 1746–1818, Vestry Book 1747–1816, (Richmond, Virginia: The William Byrd Press, Inc., 1930), p208; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/220258).
- ↑ Jeremiah Farmer in the Lunenburg County, Virginia, Marriage Bonds Index, 1763-1839.
- ↑ Polly Knight in Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 Name: Polly Knight Spouse: Jeremiah Farmer Marriage Date: 23 Aug 1758 Marriage Location: Lunenburg County, Virginia Source Information Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
- ↑ https://laura-knight-jadczyk.com/genealogy/knight-records-1780-1789.html
See also:
- Genealogy of the Farmer, Cox, and Hopkins families of Fayette County, Illinois, compiled by Mrs. Frederick Charles Harrington. by Harrington, Estelle Messenger, "Mrs. Frederick C. Harrington", 1878-1949; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffarme00harr/page/8/mode/2up).
Acknowledgments
- Thanks to Charles Walter for starting this profile.
- WikiTree profile Farmer-511 created through the import of ancestors.ged on Aug 19, 2011.
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