George Farrar Sr (1670 - 1760)

Born 16 Aug 1670 in Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Howe) Farrar — married 9 Sep 1692 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 May 1760 at age 89 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Birth
"George Farrar, son of Jacob and Ann Farrar was born 7 October 1671, Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts." ^{[1] [2]}

Marriage and Children
George married Mary Howe of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts on September 9, 1692 at Concord ^[1] and they had the following known children:

1. Joseph Farrar, ^[1]b. 28 Feb 1692/3 ; m. Mary Unknown ; he d. 1733, Concord ; father left provisions in Will for Joseph & Mary's children
2. Daniel Farrar, ^[1] b. 30 Nov 1696
3. George Farrar, Jr., b. 16 Feb 1705 ^[1] ; became a Reverend
4. Mary Farrar, b. 12 Oct 1706, Concord^[3] ; m. Nathan Brown ; d. 13 Oct 1759, Lincoln, Middlesex, MA. ; both Mary & Nathan mentioned in father's Will
5. Samuel Farrar, b. 28 Sep 1708 ^[4]

Death & Probated Will
At the age of eighty-nine years he died on May 15, 1760, in Lincoln, Middlesex, Massachusetts and was buried there. ^[5]

In order of their mention his signed Will, dated 1749, bequeaths wife Mary, son Daniel Farrar, son-in-law Nathan Brown and daughter Mary Brown, grandson Benjamin Farrar, [end p.1]. grandsons Joseph Farrar and Isaac Farrar, granddaughter Mary Newton, granddaughter Ruth Farrar, sons George Farrar, again wife (Mary Farrar), sons George Farrar and Samuel Farrar, wife Mary and sons George and Samuel are appointed as Joint Executors [end p.2]. ^[6]

Research Notes
Notes from the late Millicent Ann Helm ; He became a large landowner in that part of Concord, which is now Lincoln, his land being possessed by successive generations of his descendants. He was urged to settle farther in the interior of the country, and is said to have been offered one-half of the township of Southboro, Mass., for "two coppers per acre," and to have journeyed thither and examined the proposed purchase, but on his return to have declared that "it was so far off that it never could be worth anything," a remark which now seems worthy of utterance by his great-great -great-great-grandson, Artemus Ward. He was a selectman of Concord for several years. Descendants of two of his sons settled in New Ipswich." [Sources: Stearns ; Richardson ; Farrar Memorial]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Rev. Joseph Farrar, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1849) Vol. 3: 212, https://archive.org/details/newenglandhistor001wate/page/212/mode/1up
2. ↑ Nourse, Henry S., A.M., editor "The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records & Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts 1643-1850" Middlesex Registers; Lancaster. p.13 [See 9th record up from page bottom.] Clinton, Mass., USA: W.J. Coulter, Printer, 1890. Reprinted ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 20 Dec 2022. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/779858?mark=afadd9e2494bf5b4560eb6d8a09611a5de5f4881428dc280e74f5e3ba2b2a407
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6W-Z9S : 5 January 2021), Mary Farrar, b. 12 Oct 1706 ; parents George & Mary Farrar.
4. ↑ Vital Records of Concord MA, http://ma-vitalrecords.org
5. ↑ U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37380722&ref=acom
6. ↑ "Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1924" Probate Papers 7234-7353: Case 7286. Reprinted ($ online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 20 Dec 2022.

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• Farrar, Timothy “Memoir of the Farrar Family” Boston, Mass., USA: Press of T. Prince, 1853. p.8. Accessed 20 Dec 2022. https://archive.org/details/memoiroffarrarfa00farr/mode/2up
• Richardson, Henry Jackson "Historical Manual of the Church of Christ in Lincoln, Massachusetts" p.89. Accessed 20 Dec 2022. https://books.google.com/books?id=uq3RAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89&dq=Captain+Samuel+Dakin+French+and+Indian+Wars&source=bl&ots=jhuOi_sdJ1&sig=-kWwQDHMwUKq5n_2GiuCiXGF9uI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aIhrVajpAsHVggSP74HACQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=Captain%20Samuel%20Dakin%20French%20and%20Indian%20Wars&f=false
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) https://books.google.com/books?id=cfoI0UIOCKQC&pg=PA592#v=onepage&q&f=true Vol. 2, Page 592
• Forbes and Forbush Genealogy: The Descendants of Daniel Forbush, Who Came From Scotland [1]
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [2]