Mary (Royall) Farrar (1704 - bef. 1757)

Born 1704 in Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Woodson — married before 1726 in Goochland, Virginia

Wife of Joseph Farrar — married about 1736 in Virginia

Descendants

Died before 20 Sep 1757 before age 53 in Goochland, Virginia

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Biography

Mary was born about 1705. She passed away about 1755. ^[1] She was the daughter of Joseph Royall.^[2]

Birth: 1704, Conjurers Neck, Henrico, Virginia, United States ^[3]

Death: 20 SEP 1757, Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States ^[3]

Research Notes

The will of Josiah Woodson, dated February 1735/6 and proved November 1736, names wife Mary and children John, Joseph, and Elizabeth (see his profile).

Based on the wills of Joseph Royall (her father) and Joseph Farrar (her husband),

• she was married to a Farrar by 1747 (her father's will);
• a Mary, wife of Joseph Farrar is found in the records for Goochland County (DB 5, p. 126) as of 17 June 1746^[4]
• John and Joseph Woodson were born before 1728, as they are named executors of Joseph Farrar's 1749 will (Joseph Woodson is named "son-in-law" in that will)
• Joseph Royall Farrar must have been born after 1728, as he was not named as executor.
• Daughters named in Farrar's 1749 will were Judith [no last name], Mary Farrar, and Elizabeth Farrar
• Mary's will, dated February 1757 (proved September 1757), names sons John Woodson and Joseph Woodson (also the executors of the will), son Joseph Royall Farrar, and daughters Elizabeth Sallee, Lucy Farrar, and Mary Farrar. ^[5] Which pushes the birth of Joseph Royall Farrar to after 1736.^[6]

Note: Looking at the wills of both Mary (1757) and her husband Joseph Farrar (1749),^[6] either "Judith" named in his will was going by Lucy by 1757 or some other scenario explains daughters Judith, Mary and Elizabeth in his will and Elizabeth, Lucy, and Mary in hers. The order changed probably because it seems daughter Elizabeth had married a "Sallee" by 1757 (Lucy & Mary are still Farrars).

Her husband, Joseph Ferrar, died in 1749 (will proved in Goochland County on 21 November), naming his wife Mary and sons-in-law John and Joseph Woodson as executors.^[7]

Children named in her husband's will:

• Son Joseph Royal Farrar^[7]
• Daughters Judith [no last name], Mary Farrar, and Elizabeth Farrar^[7]

From Josiah Woodson's profile: "His will was proved on 16 Nov 1736."

The Woodson "sons-in-law" named in her husband's will were probably step-sons, Mary's children from a previous marriage (Royall-5 is attached to Josiah Woodson's profile).

Among the witnesses of the will were Abel Farrar and Sarah Barrett.^[7]

Joseph Farrar named Woodson "sons-in-law" as executors of his 1749 will, which implies his son Joseph Royall Farrar was not yet 21 but Mary's sons from a previous marriage were. This puts John and Joseph Woodson's birth as 1728 or earlier and Joseph Royall Farrar's as after 1728.

This webpage notes that "Joseph Royall Farrar (c.1740) was a tithable in the household of Joseph Woodson in 1759. He took the oath of militia captain 17 June 1766."^[8] I think that some have assumed the Joseph Woodson to be a later husband of Mary, while he is more likely the "son-in-law" named in Joseph Farrar's 1749 will.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by William Farrar, Friday, October 4, 2013.
2. ↑ Will of Joseph Royall of Dale Parish in the County of Henrico. Henrico Co., VA, DB/WB 1744-1748, pp. 376- (3 pages), w. 26 Feb 1747 (1748 new style), p. first Monday in April 1748. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://ancstry.me/2Ij2GWQ
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ancestry Family Trees (Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members).
4. ↑ "Joseph m. Mary Farrar to John Bibb": https://liveasfreepeople.com/2020/02/18/farrars-of-early-virginia-and-beyond/ (accessed 17 August 2021)
5. ↑ Will of Mary Farrar of St. Jame’s (sic) Northam Parish in the County of Goochland. Goochland Co., VA, DB/WB 7, pp. 186-187, written 1 Feb MDCCLV(II ?), proved 20 Sep 1757. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/62347/images/007645026_00359?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} https://liveasfreepeople.com/2020/02/18/farrars-of-early-virginia-and-beyond/ (accessed 27 August 2021).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Goochland County DB 6, pp. 28-30, abstract posted by https://liveasfreepeople.com/2020/02/18/farrars-of-early-virginia-and-beyond/ (accessed 17 August 2021).
8. ↑ http://home.insightbb.com/~jecrouch9/joseph_royal_farrar.htm (accessed 17 August 2021), posted by Joe Crouch, included the following additional details
   • Joseph Royall Farrar married Phoebe Harris in Cumberland County 3 August 1762.
   • he moved to Fayette, Kentucky [c1785], where he died
   • He married second Mary Gaines 26 September (bond) 1774 and third, about 1783, Jane Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford.
   • information about five youngest children from the Douglass Register (including Lucy who married John Crouch in Goochland County on 20 October 1787).

• William & Mary Quarterly
• Will of Joseph Royall of Dale Parish in the County of Henrico. Henrico Co., VA, DB/WB 1744-1748, pp. 376- (3 pages), w. 26 Feb 1747 (1748 new style - in today’s calendar), p. first Monday in April 1748. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://ancstry.me/2Ij2GWQ
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34PJ-JNM : accessed 2015-11-15), entry for Mary /Royal/.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created on 31 October 2010 through the import of Pioneer Stock.GED.
• WikiTree profile Royall-17 created through the import of MOORMAN FAMILY.GED on May 31, 2011 by Mary Elizabeth Stewart. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mary Elizabeth and others.
• Duane Hearrell for created WikiTree profile Royall-103 through the import of 103.GED on May 26, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Duane and others.