Samuel Farrar (1733 - abt. 1798)

Born 25 Sep 1733 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Brown) Farrar — married 15 Nov 1764 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about Apr 1798 at about age 64 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Samuel Farrar was born about 25 Sep 1733 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel Farrar appears to have been named John at birth by his parents John Farrar and his wife Mary. However, John's cousin Samuel Merriam died 10 March 1735/6. So it is believed that Samuel was renamed in his honor. Facts that support this: (1) John Farrar and his wife Mary had another son named John in 1741, but there is no death record for the first John Farrar and (2) this same couple appears to have renamed their second child from Mary to Mercy, although the namesake of Mercy is unclear. However the children of John Farrar as appeared in Deacon Samuel Merriam's will are Samuel, John, Mercy Burrows, Mary Stearns, and Joseph.

Samuel married Sarah Brown (1746 - ~1822) on 15 Nov 1764 in Acton, Middlesex. Their daughter was Martha (Farrar) White (1784 - 1863). ^[1].

Samuel died about Apr 1798 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts aged ~61 of dropsy. ^[2]

Alternative name

Born John, renamed Samuel.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Daphne Maddox for an illuminating response on G2G.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QY-HSVR?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-K6D%3A353350601%2C353362601%2C353362602 : 21 October 2020), Middlesex > County records > Births, marriages, deaths 1651-1793 > image 516 of 652; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988> Cambridge > Vital Record Transcripts image 1480 of 1738

• Dieterich, Harriet H. "The Other Samuel Farrar." The Essex Genealogist. Lynnfied, Mass.: Essex Society of Genealogists, 1988, 8:189-97 (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/essex-genealogist-the/image?pageName=189&volumeId=12593).
• Fiske, William W. "William Burroughs of New Ipswich, New Hampshire." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The Society, 2000, 154:293-6 (https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image?volumeId=11634&pageName=293&rId=23548052)
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 09 April 2021, 02:09), entry for Samuel Farrar (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCM8-V7L ); contributed by various users.