John Ansley Farmer (abt. 1610 - abt. 1658)

Born about 1610 in Ansley Hall, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Isabel (Barbage) Wiswall — married 13 Aug 1633 in Arley, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died about Aug 1658 at about age 48 in Ansley Hall, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England

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[Note: See :] Genealogist John Farmer Discovers His Ancestry: The Warwickshire Family of Edward 1 Farmer, Isabel 1 (Farmer) (Wyman) (Blood) Green, and Thomas 1 Pollard in Part I: NEHGR: Volume 160: p. 261; Continuations in: NEHGR: Volume 161: p. 72: p. 155: p. 222: p. 272.

Biography

John Farmer was born c1610, son of John (alias Johnson, in his will) and Elizabeth (unk) Farmer of Ansley. ^[1]

He married Isabel Burbage at Arley, Warwickshire on August 13, 1633. Isabel was baptized at Great Packingham, Warwickshire on November 10, 1611, daughter of Thomas and Ann (___ ) Burbage. ^[1]

John wrote his will on August 18, 1658 and was buried four days later on August 22. The will was not proved at the Prerogative Court at Canterbury until August 20, 1659. ^[1]

In about 1671, widow Isabel emigrated to Massachusetts in New England with her sons Edward and Thomas and daughter Isabel. She married Elder Thomas Wiswall of Newton, Massachusetts, about 1674, as his second wife. ^[1]

Following Thomas' death, Isabel contested with Wiswall's children to receive dower from his estate. By the winter of 1684 she had moved to her son Edward Farmer's house in Billerica. On April 7, 1685, Edward was appointed her guardian; after 17 months as an invalid, she died at his house on May 21, 1686, and was buried in Billerica the next day. ^[2]

Genealogist John Farmer called her "a woman of masculine courage and spirit."

Children

1. John born about 1634-6; married Elizabeth Ford. ^[1]
2. Anne baptized on November 5, 1637; she was still living in Warwickshire in 1675.
3. Mary baptized on September 13, 1640: married William Pollard. ^[1]
4. Richard baptized on April 30, 1643. ^[1]
5. Edward baptized on May 22, 1645: married Mary Moore in April/May, 1668; died at the age of 87 in Billerica, Massachusetts on May 27, 1727.
6. Elizabeth baptized on July 1, 1648; married Henry Whyte at Ansley on September 9, 1681. ^[1]
7. Sarah baptized on June 3, 1650. ^[1]
8. Isabel baptized on August 11, 1652; married first David Wyman at Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 27, 1674/5; married second, James Blood at Concord, Massachusetts on November 19, 1679, as his second wife; married third William Green of Malden, Massachusetts on February 6, 1694/5; she died at Malden on March 13, 1736/7. ^[1]
9. Thomas baptized on August 16, 1655. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Taylor, Nathaniel Lane. Genealogist John Farmer Discovers His Ancestry: The Warwickshire Family of Edward 1 Farmer, Isabel 1 (Farmer) (Wyman) (Blood) Green, and Thomas 1 Pollard, of Billerica, Massachusetts (continued) in:The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 161, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007 p. 210-18 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11689/62/23497119
2. ↑ Taylor, Nathaniel Lane. Genealogist John Farmer Discovers His Ancestry: The Warwickshire Family of Edward 1 Farmer, Isabel 1 (Farmer) (Wyman) (Blood) Green, and Thomas 1 Pollard, of Billerica, Massachusetts: (Part 1) in:The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 160, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006 p. 260-4 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11733/264/23516567

See also:

• New England Historical and Genealogical Register]], Vol. 160, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006 p. 268-70
• Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1173; Document Reference: DR 298 File @M9@
• Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol. CXXVI January 1972
• Farmer, John. The Genealogy of the Farmers of Billerica, Mass. by John Farmer, Com. A.D. 1806 - Fin. A.D. 1825. The document is handwritten by John Farmer and is housed at the NEHGS in Boston under SG FAR 2. Unpublished. 74. The Visitations of Warwickshire, 1682-1683. Pedigree of Farmer of Ratcliffe Cuiley - page 950.
• LDS microfilm roll # 0554793, Ansley Register 1637.
• Nichols, John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire (John Nichols, London, 1795–1815) A history of Ratcliffe Curley, pages 938 through 950.
• The Visitations of Warwickshire, 1682-1683. Pedigree of Farmer of Ratcliffe Cuiley - page 950.
• Parish Records from Ansley, Warwickshire, England, including a register of baptisms, marriages, and burials taken from LDS microfilm roll # 05554793 entitled Ansley Register 1637. Church of the Latter Day Saints (LDS).
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812. Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl21173; Document Reference: DR 298.

On www.familyorigins.comusers/s/c/h/John-William-Schulke/FAM01-0001d130.htm is the following:
128. Johannes (John) FARMER was born about 1615 in Ansley, Warwickshire, England. He died on 2 May 1663 in Ansley, Warwickshire, England. He was buried on 15 Aug 1664 in Ansley, Warwickshire, England.( He has reference number 236. John Farmer, the early genealogist provides the following: "John Farmer, of Ansley, in the county of Warwickshire, married Isabel Barbage, of Great Parkington, of the same county, had a considerable number of children, of whom, per several manuscript letters and ancient documents, I have collected the following notices. The said John F. died prior to the year 1669. His wife, after his decease, came to New England, where she married Rev. Thomas Wiswall, of Cambridge village, now Newton, and after his death removed to Billerica, where she died Mat 24, 1686." He was married to Isabella BURBAGE on 13 Aug 1633 in Ansley, England. All of the seven children above named, except Richard and Sarah, are included in a listing of the children of John farmer of Ansley by Drake. Sarah, however, may well be the unnamed daughter who married John Hall of Warwick. Drake also lists a son John Jr. of Ansley and a daughter Ann, who were perhaps baptized before the perior covered.