Samuel Moses Farquhar (1745 - 1838)

Born 8 May 1745 in Frederick, Maryland,

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Yarnall) Farquhar — married 15 Apr 1773 in Goshen Monthly Meeting, Chester, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1838 at about age 92 in Knox, Ohio, USA

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Biography

He was born in 1745 and passed away in 1838.

On Aug. 7, 1747, a tract of land called " Forest in Need," containing one hundred and twenty acres, was granted to William Farquhar, in which is included all that part of the town of Union Bridge south of Elgar Street. That portion of the town west of Main Street and north of a line struck from the intersection of Elgar Street with Main Street to the intersection of Broadway and Canary Streets was Moses Farquhar's. All that part south of the above line belonged to Samuel Farquhar. The portion east of Main Street and north of Elgar Street was Allen Farquhar's. The dividing line between the property of Samuel and William Farquhar became a road, which was subsequently placed on the county, and eventually became " Main" Street in the town of Union Bridge. During the Revolution and for some time afterwards the neighborhood was known as the "Pipe Creek Settlement," the word Pipe Creek being a translation into English of the Indian name "Apoochken." The inhabitants at that time were mainly Quakers, whose tenets were opposed to war; but their enthusiasm in many cases prevailed over their peaceful principles, and they contributed largely of their means in aid of the patriot cause, and not a few officers.

Sources

• Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol· VI[://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3753/images/quakergenvolvi-006134?pId=333174]

• History of western Maryland : being a history of Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties from the earliest, etc. by Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 Published in 1882. Page 214. [1]

Acknowledgments

Thank you to John Martin for creating WikiTree profile Farquhar-217 through the import of Harter-Martin-Tammany Family Tree_2013-11-10.ged on Nov 10, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by John and others.