John Farrer1

d. circa 1611
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9th great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
11th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     John Farrer was the son of Henry Ferror.1 The name of his wife was Susanna.1 He died circa 1611.
     
     On 15 April 1586, it was recorded on a Court Roll that "John Ferrow, son and heir of Henry Ferror, late of Hollinhey, deceased, came to Court and gave fine to the lord of 20s. 6d. for heriot of a messuage called Symhouse and a close called Hollinhey, in the graveship of Sowerby, late in the several tenures of Henry Ferror and John Kempe."2 As elder son and heir, John Farrer was admitted to the messuage called Symhouse and lands at Hollinhey, at a Court of the Manor of Wakefield, 15 April 1586.1 His will dated 27 October 1610, was proved 3 October 1611.1

Citations

  1. [S203] Lilian K.P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 95 (January 1941): 9.
  2. [S203] Lilian K.P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass.", 6, citing "Hollinhey in Sowerby," Hugh P. Kendall, printed in the Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1920, pp. 2-6.