Elizabeth Merriam1
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Elizabeth Merriam married Ensign John Farrar, son of Jacob Farrer and Hannah Hayward, on 6 December 1699.1,2
Her husband was killed in a battle with the Indians in Queen Anne's War, and she was appointed to administer his estate on 23 September 1707.3 On 16 June 1708, the government allowed her £1 10, for the loss of her husband's gun.3
Her husband was killed in a battle with the Indians in Queen Anne's War, and she was appointed to administer his estate on 23 September 1707.3 On 16 June 1708, the government allowed her £1 10, for the loss of her husband's gun.3
Children of Elizabeth Merriam and Ensign John Farrar
- John Farrar4 b. 22 Sep 1700
- Elizabeth Farrar5 b. 25 Jun 1702
Citations
- [S203] Lilian K.P. Farrar, "The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer of Lancaster, Mass.", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 95 (January 1941): 13.
- [S161] Town of Concord, Concord Registers, Concord, Massachusetts, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635 - 1850 (Concord: Printed by the Town, 1891), p. 48.
- [S204] Member of NEHGS, "Memoir of the Farrar Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 6 (October 1852): 323.
- [S161] Concord VR (published), p. 49.
- [S161] Concord VR (published), p. 53.