Samuel Farrar (1708 - 1783)

Born 28 Sep 1708 in Concord, MIddlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Barrett) Farrar — married 12 Jan 1732 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1783 at age 74 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA

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Biography

When Samuel Farrar was born on September 28, 1708, in Concord, Massachusetts, his father, George, was 38 and his mother, Mary, was 34. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} He married Lydia Barrett on January 13, 1732, in his hometown. ^{[5] [6] [7]} They had ten children in 24 years. He died on April 17, 1783, in Concord, New Hampshire, at the age of 74, and was buried in the Town Hill Cemetery, Lincoln, Massachusetts. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Notes from the late Millicent Ann Helm: His home was near the home of his boyhood, and he was one of the most influential townsmen, being at different times selectman, town clerk, and representative, and also chairman of the Committee of Correspondence, member of the Middlesex Convention of August, 1774, which at so early a date clearly declared the purpose of Revolution. And also of the first Provincial Congress a few weeks later; and despite his age had a part in the practical support of his belief in the "Concord Fight" the next year. He was a deacon of the church in whose building the Provincial Congress met. He owned land in New Ipswich, and four of his children settled in this town."

Sources

1. ↑ Concord, Massachusetts Births, Mariages, and Deaths 1635-1850 (Published by the Town)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 71
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
3. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
4. ↑ Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. [1]
5. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution;Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913. page 90
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution;Lineage Book Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol. 015, page 54.
8. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
9. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution;Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913. page 90
10. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution;Lineage Book Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol. 015, page 54.
11. ↑ Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. [2]

See Also:

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Volume 50, page 167 (Child: Stephen)
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. Volume 145, page 434 (Child: Humphrey)
• Historical Manual of the Church of Christ in Lincoln, Mass by...[3]
• Gould, Augustus Addison. The History of New Ipswich, From Its First Grant in MDCCXXXVI (Gould and Lincoln, Boston, 1852) Page 358.