Josiah Farrar (1722 - 1808)

Born 1 Sep 1722 in Lincolntown, Sudbury, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Taylor) Farrar — married 24 May 1744 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 24 Nov 1808 at age 86 in Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire

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Biography

Josiah was born in 1722. He passed away in 1808.

"Josiah, the eldest son of Daniel, b. Sept., 1722; m., 1745 Hannah, dau. of John Taylor, of Northborough, a man of considerable note... . Josiah Farrar d. in Marl., Nov 24, 1808, having come here to reside with his son Phinehas. His wife d. Feb. 10, 1810." ^[1]

Hannah Taylor married Josiah Farrar in Sudbury, Massachusetts on May 24, 1744. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "History of the Town of Marlborough - Cheshire County, New Hampshire" by Charles A. Bemis, originally printed in 1881 by the Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, Ma., new edition printed by The Frost Free Library, produced by the New England History Press, Somersworth, NH. Copyright 1974 (p.473) Online here: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofm00bemi
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-P5Y : 10 November 2020), Hannah Taylor in entry for Josiah Farrar, 24 May 1744; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.

• Josiah Farrar 1722..1808 Marlborough, Cheshire, New Hampshire

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• Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Genealogy and History, Marlborough Death Records
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• "Memoir of the Farrar family."

Daniel Farrar, 4 the second son of George 3 born Nov. 30, 1696, married Hannah Fletcher, and settled on the south- westerly part of his father's farm, which fell in Sudbury. His will is dated April 2, 1755, proved Sept. 22, 1755, and mentions his wife and two sons; 1. Josiah 6 born Sept. 1722, married Hannah Taylor : 2. Daniel,* born 1724, married Mary .

Josiah Farrar, 5 the eldest son of Daniel, 4 born Sept. 1722, married 1745, Hannah, daughter of John Taylor of North- borough, a man of considerable note, and a Tory of the Rev- olution, whose name was borne by the former Governor of New Hampshire, John Taylor Gilman. He died Nov. 24, 1808, ae. 86, and she died Feb. 10, 1810, at the same age, both at Marlborough, N. H. Their children were born at Sudbury: 1. Mary, born 1746; married 1st, Graves, 2d, Wheeler, and died at Worcester, a?, over 90 years ;

2. Phinehas, 6 born Aug. 20, 1747, married Lovina Warren, of Marlborough. He made a journey to New Ipswich, and vis- ited his kinsman there, when they were both over 93 years of age ;

3. Daniel, who died at 16 years of age ;

4. Josiah, who died in infancy ;

5. Josiah, who died at seven years of age;

6. Bridget, who married Wilkins, and went to Maine ;

7. Elizabeth, who married Billings and settled in Maine.