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Thomas Farrar | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
Baptized: 29 Jan 1614 Burnley, Lancaster, England |
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Married: Bef. 1645 Elizabeth Married: 3 Mar 1681 Abigail Collins |
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Died: 23 Feb 1693/4 Lynn, Essex. MA |
FATHER
MOTHER
Athelred
WIVES
Abigail Collins
CHILDREN
1. Hannah Farrar
b. Abt. 1646
m.
Feb 1665 Thaddeus Berry
d. 5 Jun 1721
2. Sarah Farrar
b. Abt. 1648
m. 20 May 1667
Melatiah Lothrop
d. 23 May 1712
3. Thomas Farrar
b. Abt.1655
m.
6 Dec 1682 Elizabeth Hood
d. 29 Dec 1733
4. Susanna Farrar
b. 26 Jan 1658/9
m. 1 Jun 1679 Joseph Newhall
m. Abt. 1713 Benjamin Simonds
d. 1 Feb 1733
6. Mehitable Farrar
b. 06 Aug 1660
Oct. 1660
7. Peleg Farrar b. 06 Aug 1660
d. 1660
8. Elizabeth Farrar
youngest daughter according to will
and obviously still alive in 1693
a daughter named
Elizabeth died 25 Oct 1677
Thomas Farrar
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2023
Thomas Farrar was baptized 29 Jan 1614/5 in Burnley, Lancashire, England. (1)
He married his first wife, Elizabeth about 1644, possibly in England or in the
Colonies as he came to Lynn MA sometime before 1645. (2)
As
son of Thos. Farrar of Burnley, he sent a power of attorney to his brother Henry
Farra on 2 Jan 1645/6. (3) He was a farmer and lived on
Nahant Street in Lynn, MA. He had 8 children with Elizabeth and then she
died on 8 Jan 1680. (4) He remarried to Abigail Collins on 3 Mar 1681.
(5) He was made a freeman in 1689 and in 1692 it was voted that he
should be set in the pulpit probably because of his age and loss of hearing.
(2) That same year, on 8 May 1692, when he was 77 years old, he was accused of
witchcraft by a 12 year old girl and sent to prison for 5-7 months. (2)
Thomas Farrar wrote his will on 25 Jun 1693 and died on 23 Feb 1693/4. (6)
Sources
(1) Baptism
Thomas Farrar
Christening Date: 29 Jan 1614
St. Peter's Church, Burnley,
Lancashire, England
Father: Thomas Farrar
(2) New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1852
Thomas came to Lynn MA in 1640.
He lived in Nahant Street. He was sworn as a
freeman in 1689. In 1692 the town "voted that Thomas Farrar, Sen. (and seven
others) should be set in the pulpit" most likely due to their age and difficulty
in hearing. That same year he, and six others, were accused and imprisoned for
witchcraft in Lynn. MA (Thomas was 75.) He was brought before the court in Salem
on 18 May, despite fact that son Thomas was a selectmen of Lynn that year.
Deposition before the court was by Ann Putnam. "on 8th May 1692 there appeared
before me the apperishion of an old gray headed man with a great nose, which
tortured me and almost choked me and urged me to writ in his book, and I asked
him his name and from whence he came for I would complain of him, and the people
used to call him old father pharaoh; and he said he was my grandfather, for my
father used to call him father; but I told him I would not call him grandfather
for he was a wizard and I would complain of him, and ever since he hath
afflicted me by times, beating me and pinching me and almost choking me and
urging me to writ in his book." He was sent to prison in Boston and kept for 5
to 7 months. Thomas died two years later.
"Ann Putnam was a standing witness in witchcraft cases, and the above is a fair
representation of the testimony on which persons were accused and convicted, and
sometimes executed."
The Register of the Lynn Historical Society Issues 19-22 page 15
In the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692, Thomas Farra was among those "cries out" against by Ann Putnam, the twelve year old girl of Danvers who was one of the so-called afflicted children, and the affidavit from the records was read.
(3) Magazine of History with Notes & Queries, 1905 page 118
(4)
North American Family Histories
The Clapp memorial Record of the Clapp
family in America page 9
"Thomas Farrar for a second wife married Abigail
Collins March 3, 1681; his first wife, Elizabeth, died January 8, 1680. He
died February 23, 1694; he was a farmer and lived on Nahant street, in Lynn,
Mass. He was accused of witchcraft on 1692."
(5)
Lynn Town Records
Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Farrar Died the 25 of
October 1677
Elizabeth the wiff of Thomas Farrar Died the 8 of January 1680
Thomas Farrar and Abigail Collins were married the 3 Mar 1680-81
Thomas
Farrar Sen'r departed this life the 23 Day of February 1693-94
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Thomas Farrar Junior and Elizabeth Hood was married the 6 of
November 1682
(6)
Will of Thomas Farrar
FHL Film # 860485 image 477
Book 3 pages
200-201
will written 25 Jun 1693
£5 a year to "beloved wife Abigail" so long as she remain a widow.
Whole
estate of housing and lands to son Thomas Farrar
Daughter Hanah Berry one cow
Daughter Sarah Lauthrop £20
Daughter Susanah Newhall one cow
Youngest Daughter Elizabeth £50
Son Thomas Farrar executor
signed in presence of William Basset and Richard Hood