Martha (Woodward) Farrar (abt. 1604 - bef. 1640)

Died before 4 Sep 1640 before about age 36 in Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

According to the Visitation of Hertfordshire in 1634^[1], Martha was the daughter of John Woodward and the sister of Sir John Woodward. She married Henry Farrar of Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England and, at the time of the Visitation, their children included:

• John Farrar, eldest son
• Henry Farrar, second son
• Catherine Farrar, daughter
• Cicely Farrar, daughter

She died in 1640 when she visited her son, Henry's house at Great Amwell from Hoddesdon and was buried on 4 September 1640 in St John the Baptist Churchyard, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England.^[2]

Research Notes

The date of birth is an estimate based on the fact that four children had been born before 1634.

Information from Foster's pedigrees,^[3] which states that
......, dau. of ...... Woodward, of London, died 26 Sept. 1670, aged 72, bd. with her husband at Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely. Martha didn't die on 26 Sept 1670 as it is misinformation. "her husband at Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely" is a Henry Ferrour (abt.1590-bef.1672).

Sources

1. ↑ Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1886) The Visitations of Hertfordshire, made by Robert Cooke, Esq., Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, Kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire Pedigrees from Harleian mss. 6147 and 1546. Publications of the Harleian Society, volume XXII. https://archive.org/details/visitationsofher222732cook/page/n69
2. ↑ Burial: Hertfordshire Burials, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire, England. FindMyPast Image
3. ↑ Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire by Foster, Joseph, 1874, Publication date 1874 Publisher London: Printed and published by the compiler by W. Wilfred Head. Pedigree of Farrer

Acknowledgments

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