George Farrar1 
b. 16 August 1670, d. 15 May 1760
George Farrar|b. 16 Aug 1670\nd. 15 May 1760|p1294.htm|Jacob Farrer|b. 3 Sep 1641\nd. 22 Aug 1675|p1296.htm|Hannah Hayward|b. 20 Apr 1647|p1297.htm|Jacob Farrer|b. 21 Aug 1614\nd. 14 Aug 1677|p1298.htm|Grace Deane||p1299.htm|George Hayward|d. 29 Mar 1671|p1534.htm|Mary (—?—) (Hayward)|d. 1693|p1535.htm|
5th great-grandfather of Louise Underwood.
7th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
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- Pedigree for Louise Underwood
George Farrar was born on 16 August 1670 in Lancaster, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1,3,4 He was the son of Jacob Farrer and Hannah Hayward.2 He married Mary Howe on 9 September 1692 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1,5,6 He died on 15 May 1760 at age 89.5
After his father was killed in 1675, five year old George went with his mother to Concord where he was "brought up a farmer in the south part of the town, now Lincoln, by a Mr. Goble."7
He and his brothers Jacob, John, and Henry, were mentioned in the distribution of their grandfather Jacob Farrer's estate in 1677. After all were of age, they united in a deed of all the real estate in Lancaster inherited from their grandfather, to their uncle John Houghton.8
"When he arrived at 21 years of age, he had but a quarter of a dollar in his pocket. He called together his associates and told them he would treat them with all he had, and begin the world square. He married Mary Howe, who had been brought up with him in the same family, and with whom he lived, including their apprenticeship, more than eighty years."1 About 1692, George Farrar built in that part of Concord, now Lincoln, a clapboard timber-frame house which was still standing in 1941, and to that date had always been in the possession and occupation of the family.5 He was for several years a Selectman of Concord.1
His will dated 17 March 1749, was proved 9 June 1760. He mentions his wife Mary and four surviving children (Daniel, George, Mary, Samuel), and the five children of his deceased son Joseph (Joseph, Isaac, Mary, Ruth, Benjamin), and gives land in Townsend to Benjamin. He had previously settled his three surviving sons on different portions of his homestead farm.1
After his father was killed in 1675, five year old George went with his mother to Concord where he was "brought up a farmer in the south part of the town, now Lincoln, by a Mr. Goble."7
He and his brothers Jacob, John, and Henry, were mentioned in the distribution of their grandfather Jacob Farrer's estate in 1677. After all were of age, they united in a deed of all the real estate in Lancaster inherited from their grandfather, to their uncle John Houghton.8
"When he arrived at 21 years of age, he had but a quarter of a dollar in his pocket. He called together his associates and told them he would treat them with all he had, and begin the world square. He married Mary Howe, who had been brought up with him in the same family, and with whom he lived, including their apprenticeship, more than eighty years."1 About 1692, George Farrar built in that part of Concord, now Lincoln, a clapboard timber-frame house which was still standing in 1941, and to that date had always been in the possession and occupation of the family.5 He was for several years a Selectman of Concord.1
His will dated 17 March 1749, was proved 9 June 1760. He mentions his wife Mary and four surviving children (Daniel, George, Mary, Samuel), and the five children of his deceased son Joseph (Joseph, Isaac, Mary, Ruth, Benjamin), and gives land in Townsend to Benjamin. He had previously settled his three surviving sons on different portions of his homestead farm.1
Children of George Farrar and Mary Howe
- Joseph Farrar+ 1 b. 28 Feb 1692/93, d. b 1733
- Daniel Farrar+5 b. 30 Nov 1696
- George Farrar+5 b. 16 Feb 1704/5, d. 28 May 1777
- Mary Farrar5 b. 12 Oct 1706
- Samuel Farrar+5 b. 28 Sep 1708, d. 17 Apr 1783
Citations
- [S204] Member of NEHGS, "Memoir of the Farrar Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6 (October 1852): 322.
- [S204] Member of NEHGS, "Memoir of the Farrar Family", 321.
- [S202] Andrew H. Ward Esq., "Lancaster Records", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 16 (October 1862): 358.
- [S203] Lilian K.P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 95 (January 1941): 12.
- [S203] Lilian K.P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass.", 13.
- [S161] Town of Concord, Concord Registers, Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635 - 1850 (Concord: Printed by the Town, 1891), p. 37; ("George ffarrar & Mary How were Marryed together Septembr ye 9th. 1692").
- [S204] Member of NEHGS, "Memoir of the Farrar Family", 321, 322.
- [S203] Lilian K.P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass.", 10.
