John
Farrar
Born about in Christ Church, Yorkshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Oldfield) Farrar
— married
6 Oct 1600 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Farrar
Died about
at about age 50
in Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Profile last modified
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Biography
John was born about 1578. He passed away in 1628.
Marriage of John Farrar of Midgley and Mary Oldfield 6 October 1600 at Halifax, Yorkshire.[1][2]
Research Notes
No burial found in the Halifax register on or around 27 October 1628. Ancestry trees which give this date say burial at Hartshead, but no entry found in the register, link attached for searching.[3] The source given on some of these trees for the Hartshead burial is a probate 28 May 1628, several months before the death. The probate is for John Ferrar husband of Cecily Kelke, who is shown as the father of this John Farrar in many of the trees. John Farrar and Cecily Keke did have a son John, who has an existing profile at John Ferrar. He is said to be of Brearley in Midgley. His first marriage is shown as 1611 to Dorothy Hanson, following the pedigree in Foster.[4]
There was another John Farrer of Midgley at this time, son of Henry, who had land transactions with a Robert Farrer of Thornton, Bradford.[5] His father Henry had died in 1605 leaving a will which mentions his eldest son John, and a Thomas Oldfield was a supervisor and witness, perhaps a relation of Mary.[6] Henry Farrer has an existing profile at Henry Farrer but a different son John appears to be attached at the moment.
Sources
- ↑ "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68ZH-XBB4 : 4 August 2022), John Farrar, 1600.
- ↑ John Farrar in the West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/8906144:2256
- ↑ The parish register of Hartshead, in the county of York, 1612-1812, page 13, https://archive.org/details/parishregisterof17hart/page/12/mode/2up
- ↑ Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire, Foster, Joseph, 1874, Pedigree of Farrer, https://archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount01fost/page/n119
- ↑ FER/A/52 Bradford, West Yorkshire Archive Service, Title Feoffment Description 1. Robert Farrer of Blackcarre in the township of Thornton, yeoman, 2. John Farrer of Le Acker in Midgley, yeoman, son and heir of Henry Farrer, late of the same, deceased, Property: of a messuage and tenement, and five closes in the township of Thornton, Date 10 Jun 1616 https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/
- ↑ Farrer (and some variants) wills and administrations, Farrer, T C H ,1936, page 89, https://archive.org/details/farrerandsomevar00farr/page/88/mode/2up
- John Drake Farrar
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Kind regards
Alan Farrar
Was in a hurry I guess, didn't catch that wikitree had inserted Barbados, when I typed in Christ Church. I don't think there is a town in Yorkshire called Christ Church, and that was probably where he was baptized.
Anyway corrected. Thanks