Miles Farr (abt. 1788 - 1866)

Born about 1788 in Massachusetts or Vermont [uncertain]

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Died 2 Jul 1866 at about age 78 in New Haven, Addison County, VT

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Miles was born about 1788 to Simeon (Simon) Farr, in either Hampshire County, MA., (possibly near Cummington or Worthington where his parents were married in 1771); or near Middlebury, VT. where his father shows up in 1790 as a Charter Member of the Congregational Church. I have found no birth record for him , but he appears in the Will of Simon Farr as his son, and his death record in Vermont Vital Records shows he was born in Ferrisburgh, VT. (just north of Middlebury) where we know Simon and his first wife Mary Bates settled when they first came to VT.

Miles married Pamelia FERRIS in Middlebury, VT. on 8 Feb. 1810. After she died on 21 Dec. 1853, he married again (I've never found the marriage record) to a woman who appears as Sarah J. Farr in his will. I believe he had his 11 or 12 children with Pamelia, since thy are all born before she died: 1) Alfred A. Farr, Rev. (bn: 29 Aug. 1810), 2) William A. Farr (bn: 1812), 3) Sarah A. (Farr) Wright (bn: 1814), 4) Marilla (Farr) Sumner (bn: 10 May 1817), 5) FREEMAN H. (bn: 24 Nov. 1818), 6) Mary Ann Farr (bn: 1820), 7) Lyman B. Farr (bn: 15 March 1823), 8) Samuel Farr (bn: 1824), 9) Charles W. (bn: 1828), 10) Harriett Haight (bn: 3 Oct. 1829), and possibly 11?) Francis J. Farr (b: 1841), and possibly 12?) A 10 month old child named Alice appears in the 1850 census living in Miles's house, but many family members live there at that time & Alice is not identified as Mile's child.

(Regarding the above potential child of Miles & Pamelia: Francis J. Farr - born in 1841. In the 1850 census of Miles's household there are 2 9 year old boys (Franklin & Francis) who are noted as twins, but according to Vermont Vital Records, Francis was born to Miles on 13 Nov. 1841, & Franklin I. Farr was born to Miles's son William A. on 22 Nov. 1841. Ten years later in the 1860 Census both Francis & Franklin are 19 & living with William A. Farr in a separate household where they show as "Laborers," not as sons. Another confusing point (& one that makes me question whether Francis IS the child of Miles & Pamelia, is that he is the ONLY child who Miles does not mention in his will. This seems very peculiar, so perhaps those boys were twins & both boys of William?)

Miles died in New Haven, VT. in 1866.

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• Miles Farr's Will was signed on 26 Jan. 1865 in Probate Court (New Haven District); Probate Place: Addison, Vermont, Probate Records, Farr, Samuel A, File No 3193-3205, 1853-1915. Accessed from online source on 15 Nov. 2018: Ancestry.com. Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Vermont County, District and Probate Courts.

• 1850; Census Place: New Haven, Addison, Vermont; Roll: M432_920; Page: 176A; Image: 352. 1850 United States Federal Census. Accessed via Family Search and Ancestry.com online sources dated 15 Nov. 2018: Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

• Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records, 1871–1908. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

• History of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, Vt. : 1790-1913. Some interesting facts relating to town and church. Page 15. [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: History of the Congregational Church of Middlebury, Vt. : 1790-1913.. Boston: Pilgrim Press, 1913?. Also can be accessed [1]