FOURTEENTH GENERATION
-- Charity c/o http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FARNSWORTH/2002-09/1032742392
"(9333iv_a) Thomas Farr was of Lynn and Boston, and thought to be the brother [others say nephew, see below] of (4666) George Farr of Lynn, the shipwright. He [i.e. George] married [4667] Elizabeth ___________."
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=steinman230052&id=I01786 c/o Ronald Robinson steinman230052@cs.com "(4640) Thomas Farr ...was a nephew of (4666) George Farr..."
-- http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?burnley::farr::665.html c/o Fred Gerhauser gybe@earthlink.net
As noted, all the above is speculation. Nobody really knows who George Farr's parents were, nor whence he came. A great deal could be learned, however, from the names of his children: John, Lazarus, Benjamin, Joseph, Mary, Martha, Elizabeth, and Sarah. A search of the LDS records shows that all these (as well as George and Thomas) appear together in the Farr family in the late 1500s and early 1600s only in Bedfordshire. The names George, Sara, Thomas, John, Joseph, Benjamin and Mary, in fact, occur in two generations of the Roger Farre family alone. By simply noting the death years of (9332) William and his wife Margery, and considering their ages, it is easy to see that not only (4666) George, but also the mysterious (9333iv_a) Thomas and his father (9333iv) Robert fit easily into this family.
A Thomas and Eleanor Farr were in America, according to the following:
"Middlesex County Records, Vol. III (compiled by John Cordy Jeaffreson, Middlesex County Records Society at the Clerwell Sessions House, 1888). For the year of 1656(/57):
"List of Capital Felons, pardoned on condition of transportation:-- Elianor wife of Thomas Farre, Thomas Snell, Abraham Staple, James Mason, Elizabeth Smith and Thomas Haughton were conditionally pardoned to be Transported etc."
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=srp1947&id=I6568 c/o Susan sueprideaux@earthlink.net
Tim Farr disputes that this Thomas came here, though (which might explain why different sites give different death dates):
"I now have proof that Thomas Farr and E. Creed did not have any issue and that Thomas Farr died in England. E. Creed did go to PA as an endentured servant for adultery. I know that this Thomas Farr was not the father of (9280) Stephen Farr of Concord/Billerica MA."
-- http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?creed::farr::1746.html, Posted by: Tim Farr (ID *****7195) Date: July 13, 2007 at 16:16:28
There was also a Thomas Farr in Boston on 2 Feb. 1645, the son of one Thomas Farrer of Burnley, Lancashire and the brother of Henry Farr, a mariner. On the above date, the younger Thomas executed a power of attorney, according to. Note that this Thomas was a Farrer, a family unrelated to (though often confused with) the Farrs.
REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=steinman230052&id=I01786 c/o Ronald Robinson steinman230052@cs.com .
"STOWERS, or STOWER, ...(9334[2]a) JOSEPH, Charlestown, s. of (9334) Nicholas, a householder 1658, had Mary, bapt. 1 July 1677; but no other, bef. or aft. is found in the ch. rec. and we learn, that she on same day renew the covenant, bec. her f. d. in her infancy, perhaps she was the only ch. He d. 29 Dec. 1672. Perhaps Mary m. 4 Aug. 1687, Matthew Castle."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"STOWERS, or STOWER, (9334) NICHOLAS, Charlestown 1629, one of the eleven earliest sett. in that penins. came prob. in the fleet with Higginson to Salem, and went with the Spragues, as the compilat. of the rec. of C. made in 1664 calls the date 1628, but clearly meaning 1629; in 1630 he was on the inq. 28 Sept. on the body of Austen Bratcher, that charg. Walter Palmer with the manslaught. of wh. he was acquit. by the jury;
"freem. 18 May next, stands NO. 70 on the list of Boston ch. and with w. was among found. of that in C. 35 in all, 2 Nov. 1632, and had, by w. (9334[2]) Amy, (9334[2]a) Joseph, b. 21, bapt. 23 Feb. 1633; (9334[2]b) Abigail, 27, bapt. 28 June 1636; and (9334[2]c) John, wh. d. 15 Aug. 1638, perhaps few hours old. But he had other ch. (9335iii) Richard, (9335iv) Jane, and a (4665) d. m. Starr, as Frothingham reads the will, but (4666) Farr, acc. Geneal. Reg. III. 180, perhaps all three, certain. the first and last b. in Eng. Unless the orig. will can be seen, that is not likely, we must decide by our [[vol. 4, p. 220]] contemp. rec. in wh. Farr is plain; but I have gr. delight in find. that George F. of Lynn was a passeng. from Eng. at the same time with S. and it is quite prob. they were in the same ship, and their ch wd. thus bec. acquaint. besides that the fathers, six yrs. aft. arr. were made freem. on the same day;
"was appoint. constable 1639, and d. 17 May 1646. His will was made the day bef. His wid. d. soon, at least her inv. was of 1 July aft. Yet in the list of inhabs. wh. drew sh. in wood and commons on Mystick side, 1658, her name is ent. but prob. this was only as the mo. of heirs entitled.
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"STOWERS, or STOWER, ...(9335iii) RICHARD, Charlestown, s. of the preced. (Nicholas) b. in Eng. join. the ch. 12 Apr. 1650, and was made freem. next mo. and Mar. foll. (9335iii[2]) Joanna, perhaps his w. join. had Samuel, b. 12 July 1647; Mary, 9 Feb. 1654; and Sarah, 21 Mar. 1656, and perhaps others b. bef. or aft. or both, certain. Hannah, wh. m. Oct. 1666, Abraham Hills. He d. 8 July 1693, says Frothingham; and his w. Hannah d. 3 Feb. 1698-9 aged 81, says the gr. stone. His d. Mary, unless it was the d. of Joseph, bef. ment. m. 4 Aug. 1687, Matthew Castle."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
18669. unknown (F)
"HOYT, ...(18669ii[1]) SIMON, or SIMEON, Dorchester, had been at Charlestown 1629, freem. 18 May 1631, rem. a. 1639 to Windsor (but he had first been at Scituate 1633-6), there with his w. of the earliest mem. of the ch. had Benjamin, 2 Feb. 1645, prob. his youngest ch. as he brot. sev. from Eng. at W. but prob. rem. 1650 to Fairfield, soon after rem. again, to Stamford, and d. 1659."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
"HOYT, ...(18669ii_a) NICHOLAS, Windsor, may have been br. of the preced. m. 2 June, or 12 July 1646, (18669ii_a[1]) Susanna Joyce, had Samuel, b. 1 May 1647; Jonathan, 7 June 1649; David, 22 Apr. 1651; Daniel, 10 Apr. 1653, wh. d. 1655, as did both his f. and mo.; Samuel [[vol. 2, p. 482]] d. young, unm. and of this stock Jonathan and David alone surv."
-- James Savage, op. cit.
“Place: Charlestown, MA; Primary Immigrant: Nicholas Stower; Accompanying family members: Daughters Elizabeth, Sarah, Joanna and Son Richard. Permanent Entry Number: 3066059 (Same number included all 5 people.). Nicholas sister Deborah with her husband, Simon Hoyt and two sons, Walter and Nicholas; Ralph Sprague, with his wife, and three children; Ralph’s brothers William and Richard; all came to New England on board the "Lyon’s Whelp", John Gibbs, Master, companion ship of the "Talbot". They sailed from Gravesend April 25, 1629, with about forty planters out of the counties of Dorset and Somerset, and arrived at Salem June 29, 1629. She brought 6 fishermen from Dorchester.”
-- From information compiled by George P. Stowers
"Book: Banks Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England 1620-1650 to Charlestown, Mass. 1629: Stower: Upway Parish, Dorsetshire England 1629 AD. Ship: "Lyons Whelp", William Peirce, Master...
REF: http://users.adelphia.net/~cousin.wes3/stower_stowers_history.htm
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