De Ferreres, Henry 1a 2 3a 4a 5a

Birth Name De Ferreres, Henry
Gender male
Age at Death 59 years, 11 months, 27 days

Narrative

FGRA sheet of parents (see notes of father). This sheet had his birth "abt. 1440 of Hambleton, Rutlds" and had the name of his wife, Margaret Heckstall. "Anc of Jeremy Clarke of R. I...." by A. R. Justice, gives no birth information, no marriage date, just name of wife, but gives a death date, probably from the Inquisition Post Mortem (see below). Children named in Burke's "Landed Gentry", Sir Henry's will and "Visitation of Warwick, Harleian V. 62 pg 166, 1911". LDS proxy temple ordinances are from the FGRA sheet, proxy sealing of marriage from the LDS IGI. "Anc. of Jeremy Clarke..." says he was Knt. of Hambleton County, Rutland, will dated 22 Dec 1499, 15th of King Henry VII., pr. 20 Aug 1501, (P.C.C. 4 Moorce) "requests to be buried in the parish church of Peckham, beside his wife. Mentions daughter Elizabeth, unmarried, and son Edward. It says further "Writ of Mandamus of Sept. 28, 1504 and Inquisition Oct. 17, 1504. 'The same Henry Ferrers and Margaret, his wife, long before his decease were seized of the under mentioned manor in fee. (Manor of Hameldon, worth 30 pounds,held of the King by fealty only for all service) tothem and the heirs of their bodies tailed, by virtue of a grant of King Edward IV by his letters patent, Nov. 14, 8th of Edward IV, to them made. They had issue Edward Ferrers, who survives. They being so seized, afterwards the said Margaret died and the said Henry was solely seized thereof by survivorship in fee tailed as aforesaid. And being so seized, he suffered a recovery thereof in Michaelmas term, 13 Henry VII., to Edward Belknap, John Smyth, Richard Cotes and Robert Bromely, as appears by the record thereof among the Communa Placita de Banco of the said term, ro. CCCLVII. They were seized thereof according in fee at the time of his death and are still so seized. The said recovery was had upon a treaty of marriage between the said Edward Ferrers, the son, and Constance, Daughter of Nicholas Brome, of Baddesley County, Warwick, esquire, by covenantbetween the said Henry and Nicholas, to secure her jointure of that manor inter alia and to the use of the said Constance and Edward, for the term of their life in survivorship, with remainder to the said Edward and the heirs of his body begotten. The said Edward married the said Constance who survives, and the said Edward Belknap and the others are still seized of the said manor to the use aforesaid...." (Inquisition P.M. Chan Series II, Vol. 17, p. 437 of the printed volume No. 681)

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father De Ferreres, Thomas1394-05-001459-01-06
Mother Freville, Elizabethabout 13941468-08-22
    Brother     De Ferreres, Thomas 1438 1499-08-22
         De Ferreres, Henry 1440 1499-12-28
    Brother     De Ferreres, John 1442
    Sister     De Ferreres, Elizabeth 1445

Families

Family of De Ferreres, Henry and Hexstall, Margaret
Married Wife Hexstall, Margaret ( * 1442 + 1486 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1460 Chillesmore, Warwickshire, England Religious Marriage  
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Farrar, Henry14501549
de Ferrers, Matilda of Groby1462
Farrar, Agnesabout 1466
De Ferreres, Edward14681535-08-29
de Ferrers, Egenulphabout 1468
Ferrers, Richardafter 14691535-11-28
Ferrers, Katherine Cotton1470
De Ferreres, Elizabeth14801558-10-16
De Ferreres, Richard1484

Source References

  1. Sherry Huggins: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2531483&id=I531667317 Spreading Like Kudzu
      • Source text:

        # ID: I531667317
        # Name: Henry DE FERRERES
        # Given Name: Henry
        # Surname: De Ferreres
        # Sex: M
        # Birth: 16 Feb 1354/55 in Groby, Warwickshire, England
        # Death: 1388 in England
        # Title: 4th Lord Ferreres

         

         

        Father: William VI DE FERRERES b: 28 Feb 1331/32 in Neebold Verdun, Leicestershire, England
        Mother: Margaret DE UFFORD b: Abt. 1330 in England

        Marriage 1 Jane HOO b: 1358 in Lutton Hoo, Defordshire, England

        Children

        1. Has Children William VII DE FERRERES b: 25 Apr 1372 in Groby, Warwickshire, England
        2. Has Children Edmund DE FERRERES b: Abt. 1386

      • Citation:

        e-mail: slh831@aol.com

  2. LHTW-V1F FamilySearch.org
  3. Henry Ferrers, "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963"
      • Source text:

        Name Henry Ferrers
        Sex Male
        Father's Name Thomas
        Father's Sex Male
        Spouse's Name Marguarett Beckstell
        Event Type Burial
        Event Date Dec 1500
        Event Place Baddesley-Clinton, Warwickshire, England
        Event Place (Original) Baddesley-Clinton, Warwickshire, England
        Henry Ferrers's Parents and Siblings

        Thomas
        Father
        M

        Name Thomas
        Sex M
        Henry Ferrers's Spouses and Children

        Marguarett Beckstell
        Spouse

        Name Marguarett Beckstell
        Sex U

      • Citation:

        "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6N-FDK : 21 September 2022), Henry Ferrers, Dec 1500; Burial; citing , p. , Warwick County Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 229,122.

  4. Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins - Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park
      • Source text:

        Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park1,2,3
        Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
        M, #48322, d. 28 December 1499
        Father Thomas Ferrers, Esq.1,4,5 b. bt 1392 - 1402, d. 6 Jan 1459
        Mother Elizabeth Freville1,4,5 b. c 1394, d. a 1450
        Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park married Margaret Hexstall, daughter of Sir William Hexstall and Margaret Bromley, before 30 September 1471; They had 4 sons (including Sir Edward & Richard) & 5 daughters (including Margaret & Elizabeth, wife of James Clark, Esq.)1,2 Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park left a will on 22 December 1499.2,3 He died on 28 December 1499; Requesting burial in the parish church at Peckham, Kent, beside his wife.1,2,3 His estate was probated on 20 August 1500.2,3
        Family
        Margaret Hexstall b. c 1445, d. b 22 Dec 1499
        Children
        Richard Ferrers+6 b. c 1473
        Sir Edward Ferrers+7 b. c 1474, d. c 1535
        Elizabeth Ferrers+1,2,3 b. c 1480
        Sir Henry Farrar+8 b. c 1485, d. 26 Nov 1549
        Citations
        [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 210.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 481.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 213.
        [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 480-481.
        [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 212.
        [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
        [S11571] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. III, by John Burke, Esq., p. 129.
        [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by csonmez.

      • Citation:

        https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1608.htm#i48322

  5. GENi - Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent
      • Source text:

        Sir Henry Ferrers, Knight
        Also Known As: "Henry Ferrars", "Henry Farrar", "Henry Ferror", "Henry Ferrer", "Sir Henry Ferrers", "Henry de Ferrers"
        Birthdate: circa 1443
        Birthplace: Chillesmore, Warwickshire, England
        Death: December 28, 1500 (52-61)
        Chillesmore, Warwickshire, England
        Place of Burial: Baddesley-Clinton, Warwickshire, England
        Immediate Family:
        Son of Thomas Ferrers, Esq. and Elizabeth Ferrers
        Husband of Margaret Ferrers
        Father of Henrie Farrar, II; Richard Ferrers; Sir Edward Ferrers, Kt., MP; Jane de Ferrers and Elizabeth Clerke
        Brother of Mabel Longford; Thomas Ferrers; Sir John Ferrers, Kt. and Catherine Ferrers

         

        Occupation: Knight, Sheriff of Kent
        Managed by: Private User
        Last Updated: April 26, 2022
        View Complete Profile

      • Citation:

        https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Henry-Ferrers-Sheriff-of-Kent/5167626693580067656

      • Source text:

        November 18, 2019
        June 17, 2018
        March 17, 2016
        GENERATIONS
        (More Farrar’s before 1400)

        1. Sir Henry Ferrers 1435-1500 \\
        1.a. Lady Margaret Hexstall 1442-1486

        1.a. Sir William Hexstall 1400-1449 \\
        Margaret Bromley 1413-1460 \\

        2. Henry (Henrie) De Ferrers II 1480-1549
        2.a. Agnes Barcroft Horsefalls 1498-1549

        2.a. John Hugh Horsfall 1462-1483
        2.a.1. Agnes Saville 1468-1553

        2.a. John Frank Horsfield Horsfall 1441-1547
        Agnes Barcroft 1444-1480 \\

        2.a. Sir Thomas Horsefalls 1420-1480 \\
        Janett Dryver 1420-1490 \\

        2.a.1. Nicholas De Saville 1440-1481 \\
        2.a.1.a. Ann Stansfield 1450-1540

        2.a.1.a. Thomas Stansfield 1400- \\
        Alice De Saville 1405-1451 \\

        3. Henry Farrar III 1525-1565
        3.a. Isabella Thompson 1526- \\

        4. William (Wyllyam) Farrar (Ferror) 1552-1605
        4.a. Margaret Bannister 1552-1624

        4.a. George Bannister II 1530-1572
        4.a.1. Margaret Crowther 1535-1587

        4.a. George Bannister 1505-1538 \\
        Unknown \\

        4.a.1. Thomas Crowther 1509-
        Margaret Elizabeth Baldwin 1513-1571 \\

        4.a.1. George Crowther 1490- \\
        Unknown 1494- \\

        5. Jacob Farrar I 1584-1639
        5.a. Mary L. Haughton 1588-1639

        5.a. Henry Houghton 1553- \\
        5.a.1. Isabell Shakelton 1555-1596

        5.a.1. Johannes Shakelton 1528-1585
        Anges Roberts 1532- \\

        5.a.1. John Shackylton 1500-1545 \\
        Unknown -1587 \\

        6. Jacob Farrar II 1614-1677 NE 1652
        6.a. Ann Whitmore 1620-1680 NE 1652 See WHITMORE

        7. Justice John Houghton IV 1650-1737 NE 1650 SEE HOUGHTON
        7.a. Mary Farrar 1648-1724 NE 1653

        8. Henry Houghton 1675-1756
        8.a. Abigail Barron 1680-1711

        9. Henry Houghton 1704-1777
        9.a. Elizabeth Randall 1705-1797

        10. Nathaniel Marble I 1722-1802
        10.a. Abigail Houghton 1733-1825

        11. Nathaniel Marble II 1767-108
        11.a. Mary Faunce 1770-1864

        12. Nathaniel Marble I 1800-1845
        12.a. Mary "Polly" King 1802-1881

        13. Hyrum Austin Marble 1841-1912
        13.a. Melinda Andersen 1851-1930

        14. Silas Andrew Marble 1883-1961
        14.a. Mary Evaline Burbank 1881-1970

        15. Merlin Junius Romer 1914-1974
        15.a. Emma Margrette Marble 1918-2004
        +
        FARRAR FAMILY

        1. SIR KNIGHT HENRY DE FERRERS (1435-1500)
        1.a. LADY MARGARET HEXSTALL (1442-1486)

         

        SIR KNIGHT HENRY DE FERRERS (FERROR; FERROUR) was born about 1435 of Chillesmore, Warwickshire, England, to Thomas De Ferrars (1395-1459) and Elizabeth Freville (1393-1468.) He married Lady Margaret Hexstall about 1479 of Kent, England.

        Henry De Ferrers died 28 December 1500, Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England, age 65.

        Sir Henry Ferrers was the Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park. He left a will on 22 December 1499 and died on 28 December 1499, age 56. In his will Henry requested burial in the parish church at Peckham, Kent eside his wife. His estate was probated on 20 August 1500.

        Henry was a wealthy farmer and wooler during the reign of Henry VII. He bought the land and built Elwood Hall in Midgley/Myholmroyd, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

        Wikitree:

        Title and Occupation
        Sir Henry Ferrers, Knt.[1][2]
        Knight of the Kings Bodygaurd[1]
        Sheriff of Kent 1487-8[1]
        Knight of the Shire for Kent[1]
        Keeper of the Chaylesmore Park[1]
        Marriage
        Wife: Margaet Heckstall, widow of William Whetnal, daughter and co-heiress of William Heckstall, Esq., of Heckstall, co. Stafford, and Peckham, Kent.[1][2]
        Date: Before 13 September 1481 ([date of grant by Henry Ferrers, knight of the King's body-guard, and Margaret his wife, daughter and heiress of William Hextall, Esq., deceased, to Robert Weston, and two others, Citizens of London, of lands & c. in the parichs of Halstow and St. Mary's in the hundred of Hoo in Kent)[3][1]
        Children
        Henry and Margaret had 4 sons and 5 daughters, including:[1][2]
        1. Edward, Knt.
        2. Richard
        3. Margaret
        4. Elizabeth
        Death
        He left a will on 22 December 1499.[4][5] He died on 28 December 1499; Requesting burial in the parish church at Peckham, Kent, beside his wife.[4][5][6] His estate was probated on 20 August 1500.

         

        St Thomas Becket and Thomas the Apostle Churchyard
        Heptonstall, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

        LADY MARGARET HEXSTALL was born about 1442 of Peckham, Kent, England, to William Heckstall (1400-1449) and Margaret Bromley (1413-1460.) She married (1) William Whetenhall, Esq.; (2) *Henry Ferrers about 1479 of Kent England.
        Margaret was heir of Hextall’s court, East Peckham, Kent, England.
        Margaret Heckstall passed away about 1486 of Hextall Court, Kent, England, age 56.
        Wikitree:

        Margaret Hexstall was born circa 1445 at Heckstall, Staffordshire, England.[1]
        Marriage & Children
        She married, firstly, William Whetenhall, Gent., son of William Whetenhall, circa 1464.[2][3][4][5]
        She married, secondly, Sir Henry Ferrers, Sheriff of Kent, Keeper of Chaylesmore Park, son of Thomas Ferrers, Esq. and Elizabeth Freville, before 30 September 1471. They had 4 sons & 5 daughters, including:[1][2]
        1. Sir Edward
        2. Richard
        3. Margaret
        4. Elizabeth, wife of James Clark, Esq.
        Death
        Margaret Hexstall died before 22 December 1499; Buried in the parish church at Peckham, Kent.[4]

        Children of Henry Ferrers and Margaret Heckstall:

        1. *HENRY FARRAR II (1480-1549)
        2. Jane de Ferrers (1483-1546)
        3. Richard Ferrers (1484-1535)
        4. Elizabeth “Isabel” de Ferrers (1486-1558)
        5. Elizabeth De Ferrers (1486-1558)
        6. Katherine Cotton Ferrers (1488-)
        +

         

        1.a. SIR KNIGHT WILLIAM HECKSTALL (HEXSTALL) (1400-1449) \\
        MARGARET BROMLEY (1413-1460) \\

        SIR KNIGHT WILLIAM HECKSTALL (HEXSTALL) was born about 1400 of Hexstall’s Court, East Peckham, Kent, England, to Richard Hexstall (1382-1410) and Anne Grovehurst (1380-1434.) He married Margaret Bromley about 1425 of Kent,

        William Hexstall died about 1449 of East Peckham, Kent, England, age 49.

        He was the eldest son and heir of Richard Hexstall, Hextall’s Court, East Peckham, Kent, Grovehurst, Horsemonden, Kent. Purchased 4 eastates called Hoth, Smeethe, Capells, and August Pitt’s, Kent. 1430 purchased Eastmere manor, Kent Houghham Court, (alia North Court) Kent.

        Wikitree:

        Sir William Hexstall was born circa 1405 at Heckstall, Staffordshire, England.[1]
        He married Margaret Bromley, daughter of William Bromley, Lord Bodington and Margery Manwaring, circa 1423.
        Sir William Hexstall died after 1449.

        MARGARET BROMLEY was born about 1413 of London, England, to William Bromley (1392-1430) and Margaret Mainwaring (1392-1432.) She married (1) *William Hexstall about 1425 of Kent, England; (2) William Whetenhall; (3) William Audley.

        Margaret passed away about 1460 of Cheshire, England, age 47.

        Children of William Hexstall and Margaret Bromley:

        1. Joane Hextall (1425-1445)
        2. Joane Hextall (1428-1469)
        2. *LADY MARGARET HEXSTALL (1442-1486)
        +

         

        2. HENRY FARRAR II (De FERRERS) (1480-1549)
        2.a. AGNES BARCROFT HORSFALL (1498-1549)

        HENRY FARRAR II (De FERRERS) was born about 1480 of Elwood Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England to Sir Henry Ferrers (1443-1500) and Margaret Heckstall (1442-1486.) He married Agnes Anne Barcroft Horsfall about 1513 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Henry Farrar died 6 November 1549, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, age 69. He was buried at Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.

        Wikitree:

        Taken from: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/y/Lyndall-J-Mayes/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1209.html[1]
        Henrie Ferror (son of John Ferror) was born Abt. 1494 in Ewood, Halifax Parish, Yorkshire, England, and died November 06, 1549 in York, North Yorkshire, England. He married Agnes Horsfall on Abt. 1513 in Yorkshire, England.
        Notes for Henrie Ferror: Henrie Ferror was the the third owner of Ewood Hall, passed to him after the death of his father John. Henrie Ferror's will was dated June 25, 1548. In it he leaves Ewood to his son William, other properties to daughter and other sons as well as his wife Agnes. His will was probated November 25, 1549, and he had 15 children. Buried at Heptonstall, a chapelry of Tormoden, 8 1/4 miles from Halifax. The chapel is dedicated to Sir Thomas a' Bekett.
        Notes1536 Supporter of the Pilgrimage of Grace, page 98, Story of Old Halifax http://archive.org/stream/storyofoldhalifa00hans/storyofoldhalifa00hans_djvu.txt
        Will of Henry Ferror of Ewewood
        WILL OF HENRY FERROR
        1548 June 25 "In die noie amen vicesimo quinto die mensis Junij ano dni millimo quingentestimo quadragesimop octavo. I Henry Ferror of Ewewood (Yorks) of hool mynde and pfete memorie thanks be to God make and ordene this my last will and testamente as hereafter followithe firste and principally I bequeath my sould unto Almighty God my maker and Redemer and my bodie to be buried within the churche of Heptonstalle and my mortuarie to the Vicare thereof accordinge to the Kings Statuts ordeind for that purpose also I ordaine and make Agnes Ferror my wif and Agnes Ferror my youngest daughter myne executices unto whom I give and bequeathe all my hool goods and cattelles and detts in whose hands soever they bee also I will and give unto the said Agnes my wife and Agnes my daughter myne executrices and to their assignes all those my messuages lands tents meadowes woods pastures rents revisions and vices with thappuirteunces in Midgeelane in the countie of York called Overrwheyeteleyghe nowe in the tenues of me the said Henrie Ferror, Robte Helywell, John Hyen, Thomas Helywell, Chrofer Helywell, and Henry Gawinforthe because they are holden by sokeaige tenue unto thend and terme of xi yeres be fullye complete and ended nexte immediately after my decease to the use prefaremente and marriage of the saide Agnes my daughter and towards the painge of my debts also I orden and make John Ferror of Elffaburghe, John Horsfall of Stoythlaye, Willm Ferror and Henrie Ferror my sones the Supervisors of this my present will and testament to see it fulfilled and executed in all things. Thies witnes John Feror of Averods, Henrie Gawinforthe (Bomforthe), Robert Bentlie Clerke and others.
        The twenty sixth day of November 1549 the will of Henrie Ferror late of Ewewood Chapelrie of Heptonstall in the Diocese of York deceased was proved in the Exchequer Court of York by Agnes Ferror relict if the deceased the Executrixes in the said Will named.
        York 13/597
        Farrar Wills and Administrations, p. 33)[2]

        More About Henrie Ferror: Burial: Heptonstall, Chapelry of Tormoden, near Halifax, England. Will: June 25, 1548, Ewewood Co. York, England. Will proved: November 26, 1549
        More About Henrie Ferror and Agnes Horsfall: Marriage: Abt. 1513, Yorkshire, England.
        Children of Henrie Ferror and Agnes Horsfall are: +William Farrar, b. Abt. 1515, Ewood, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, d. 1571, York, England. [3]
        Notes1536 Supporter of the Pilgrimage of Grace, page 98, Story of Old Halifax http://archive.org/stream/storyofoldhalifa00hans/storyofoldhalifa00hans_djvu.txt
        Pilgrimage of Grace under Henry VIII
        From Page 98 Story of Old Halifax
        The following scene was witnessed in the streets of Halifax. A group of men were standing talking together, when up came John Lacy, son-in-law^ and bailiff of Sir Richard Tempest, and spoke to Henry Farrer of Ewood Hall, who w^as one of the group. Lacy " commanded Farrer and the rest that they should prepare themselves in harness, and go to the church and take the cross, march with it into Lancashire and raise the commons there." Farrer asked "Who shall go with us into Lancashire with the cross T' Lacy replied "Marry! your ownself shall go and your company." Farrar again asked "Why will not Sir Kichard Tempest go with us \ " Lacy said " No marry! but yourself."

        The Farrars were Parliamentarians in the English Civil War. Ewood was occupied and sacked by Royalist Forces, and a Captain Farrar led a forelorn charge on Hebden Bridge, West Riding Yorkshire, captured by the Royalists.
        There is a distinct cultural difference between the north and south of England, as well as the east and west.
        The heritage of the northern counties was Danish, they lived under the Danelaw, while the southern counties were Angle and Saxon.
        The northern counties were prone to resent and rebel against the crown, whose seat of power and occupancy was in the south.
        The pilgrimage of grace was a rebellion against Henry VIII's, overthrow of the Catholic bishops and monasteries. And the English Civil war was a rebellion against the crown.
        This rebellion against authority made itself known in America when the descendants of the migrants from the North and East of England (New Englanders) rebelled against the crown and started the American Revolution.
        Death:
        Cause: buried in the Church at Heptonstall
        Date: 6 Nov 1549
        Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

         

         

         

         

        Ewood Hall, side view
        Ewood Hall,Farrar ancestral manor

         

         

         

        St. Thomas Churchyard, part of Heptonstall grounds
        Burial site of Henri and Agnes Ferrer

         

        St Thomas A Beckett Churchyard
        Halifax, Yorkshire, England

        Burial place of Henry and Agnes Ferrers.

         

         

         

        St. Thomas a Beckett Graveyard

         

        St. Thomas a Becket(a.k.a.St. Thomas the Apostle) Churchyard,Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, England
        circa 2012
        Churchyard site
        Beautiful photos from Find A Grave,this one taken by Dana, described the Churchyard as being in process of restoration. Here, some of the markers are laid on side to continue the work. The three Farrar's listed as being buried here on Find a Grave are:William, his father, Henri, and his mother Agnes Horsfall Farrar. In addition, the fourth Farrar buried here is Edith Farrar Hughes. Edith was the mother-in-law of poet, Sylvia Plath, who is also buried here.

         

         

        VIRGINIA CONNECTION:

        Henry's Brother John and nephew William

        Henrie Jr.'s brother John Farrar SR. was born 1524 in Ewood, Yorkshire, England, and died April 3, 1573. He married Margaret Lacy (b. abt 1520 in Bancroft, England) They had 7 children: (1) John, b. abt 1543 Ewood, d. 1628 Eyeland, England; (2) Henry, b. abt 1546 Ewood; (3) Hugh, b. abt 1550 Ewood; (4) Mary, b. abt 1554 Ewood; (5) Margaret, b. abt 1556 England; (6) Agnes, b. 1556 Ewood; AND (7) Elline, b. abt 1558 Ewood.
        William Farrar (son of John Jr) was born 1594 in Croxton, Lincolnshire, England, and died June 11, 1637 at Farrar's Island, Charles City, Henrico Co., VA. He married Cecily Reynolds on May 2, 1625 in Charles City, VA. She was born abt 1594 in England ,and died abt 1662 at Farrar's Island, VA.
        This William Farrar was known as Councillor William Farrar. He came to Virginia at age 24 on the ship Neptune in August, 1618, becoming the founder of the American Farrar family. (See Photo of Historical Marker above.) He was the 3rd husband of Cicely Reynolds. He was a subscriber to the Third Charter of the Virginia Company and served as an appraiser, executer of estates, member of the King's Council, and justice of two counties, establishing a plantation of 2,000 acres - very large for its day - for the transportation of forty settlers. His plantation was known as Farrar's Island, was located about twelve miles south of present-day Richmond, VA, and was on the site of the first settlement of Henrico, VA. Farrar's Island has also been called "The Great Bent" because of its location on the James River. The Indians around the area thought of the "white man's" settlements as a threat, and on March 22, 1622, in what was known as "The Great Indian Massacre", they attacked and burned houses and settlements throughout the colony of Henrico. Many survivors relocated to Jamestown, and the former city of Henrico was abandoned, thus giving way to the land grant that was made to William Farrar.

        (Sample of time) AGNES BARCROFT HORSEFALLS was born about 1498 of Barcroft, Yorkshire, England, to John Hugh Horsfall (1462-1483) and Agnes Saville (1464-1553.) She married Henry Ferrers II 28 January 1513, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Agnes Barcroft Horsefalls passed away 26 November 1549, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, age 51.

        Wikitree:
        Agnes was born in 1498 at Stothlay, Barcroft, Yorkshire, England.
        Agnes married Henry Farrar 1513 at Hollinby, Sowerby, Lancanshire, England.
        She passed away in 1549 Midgely, Halifax, Yorkshire, England

         

        St. Thomas a Becket(a.k.a.St. Thomas the Apostle) Churchyard,Heptonstall, West Yorkshire, England (Burial place of Henry and Agnes Ferrers.)

         

         

         

         

        Barcroft

         

         

         

         

         

         

        YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

         

        Agnes may have looked like this in her day.

         

        St Thomas A Beckett Churchyard
        Halifax, Yorkshire, England
        Burial place of Henry and Agnes Ferrers.

        Children of Henry Farrar and Agnes Barcroft Horsefalls:

        1. William Ferrer (1514-1574)
        2. Edward Farrar (1516-1575)
        3. *HENRY FARRAR (1525-1586)
        4. Thomas Farrar (1527-)
        5. Agnes Farrar (1533-)
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        2.a. JOHN HUGH HORSFALL (WILLIAM JOHN HUGH ROBERT HORSFALL)
        (1462-1483)
        2.a.1. AGNES SAVILLE (1468-1553)

        JOHN HUGH HORSFALL was born about 1462 of Stocklay, Barcroft, Yorkshire, England, to John Frank Horsfall (1441-1547) and Agnes Barcroft (1444-1480.) He married Agnes Saville about 1480, England.

        John Horsfall died 26 November 1483, Barcroft, Yorkshire, England, age 21.
        The name Horsfall is an old Anglo-Saxon name, originating in the settlement of Horsfall in Tormorden in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Name is derived from the Old English "hors" (horse) and "falod" (enclosure or field). Variations of the name include Horsefall, Horsfal, Horesfall. Name first found in Yorkshire.

        AGNES SAVILLE was born about 1464 of New Hall, Yorkshire England, to Nicholas De Saville (1440-1481) and Ann Stansfield (1450-1540.) She married William Horsfalls.

        Agnes Saville passed away 26 November 1549, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, age 85.

         

         

        Agness Savile (1496)
        Picture of New Hall, Yorkshire, England. Agnes Savile was born in New Hall.

         

        St Mary the Virgin Elland

        Child of William Horsefalls and Agnes Saville:

        1. *AGNES BARCROFT HORSEFALLS (1498-1549)
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        2.a. JOHN FRANK HORSFIELD HORSFALL (1441-1547)
        AGNES BARCROFT (1444-1480) \\

        JOHN FRANK HORSFIELD HORSFALL was born about 1441 of Yorkshire, England, to Sir Thomas Horsefalls (1420-1480) and Janett Dryver (1420-1490.) He married Agnes Barcroft about 1480 of England.

        John Horsfall died about 1547 of Yorkshire, England, age 106?

        AGNES BARCROFT was born about 1444 of Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. She married John Horsfall about 1480, England.

        Agnes Barcroft died about 1462? of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, ?married 1480.

        Child of John Horsfield and Agnes Barcroft:

        1. *WILLIAM JOHN HUGH ROBERT HORSFALL (1462-1483)
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        2.a. SIR THOMAS HORSEFALLS (1420-1480) \\
        JANETT DRYVER (1420-1490) \\

        SIR THOMAS HORSEFALLS was born about 1420 of Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. He married Janett Dryver.

        Thomas Horsefalls died about 1480 of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England, age 60.

        JANETT DRYVER was born about 1420 of Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. She married Sir Thomas Horsefalls.

        Jane Dryver passed away about 1490 of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England, age 70.

        Child of Thomas Horsefalls and Janette Dryver:

        1. *JOHN FRANK HORSFIELD HORSFALL (1441-1547)
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        2.a.1. NICHOLAS DE SAVILLE (1440-1481) \\
        2.a.1.a. ANN STANSFIELD (1450-1540)

        NICHOLAS DE SAVILLE was born about 1440 of Newhall, Yorkshire, England, to Henry Saville, Esq. (1382-) and Lady Ellen Copley (1402-1490.) he married Ann Stanfield about 1470.

        Nicholas De Saville died about 1481 of Newhall, Derbyshire, England, age 41.

         

        Yorkshire Derbyshire
        Wikitree:

        Nicholas was the fourth and youngest son of Thomas Savile and Anne Stansfield. He married Margaret/Margery/Marjery, daughter of William Wilkinson.[1][2][3][4]
        Children:[1][2][4]
        • John, m. Margery Gledhill
        • Thomas = Savile of Welburn
        • Henry = Savile of Wath
        • Edward = Savile of Aneley
        • Nicholas
        • Alice, m. Arthur Pilkington
        • Agnes, m. Hugh Lacy
        • Isabel, m. Richard Waterhouse
        • Jennet, m. John Thornhill
        After the death of Robert Pilkington/Pylkington (whose son Arthur was married to his daughter Alice), "One Nicholas Sayvill had the custody of all the said manors &c. and took the issues and profits thereof from the said 31 January until 10 February, 17 Henry VII [1501/2], and beyond."[5]
        Pedigree
        The pedigree of this family was established in the autobiography by John Savile of Methley (1546-1607):[6]
        His father, Henry, was the second son of John Savile of Newhall, near Elande, in the county aforesaid, the first-born son of Nicholas Savile, of Newhall aforesaid, who built the same hall, and who was the younger son of T[homas] S[avile], of Hollingedge who was the second son of H[enry] S[avile], of Copley, esq., and of Helen, daughter and heiress of T[homas] de Copley. And Henry Savile was the younger son of Henry Savile, of Thornhill, brother of John Savile, knight, and cousin and heir of Isabel Savile, the sister and heiress of John Savile, who was the son and heir of the aforesaid John Savile, knight, who was the son of John Savile, knight, who was the son of John Savile and of Margaret, his wife, the daughter of Henry de Ryshworth.[7]
        Outline View:
        John Savile m. Margaret Ryshworth
        John Savile, knight
        John Savile, knight
        1. John Savile
        1. John Savile
        2. Isabel Savile, heiress
        2. Henry Savile of Thornhill
        Henry Savile of Copley, m. "Helen" Copley
        Thomas Savile of Hollingedge
        Nicholas Savile of Newhall
        John Savile of Newhall
        Henry Savile
        John Savile of Methley, knight

        Yorkshire, England Derbyshire, England

        New Hall Elland, ancestral home of Nicholas Saville
        Elland, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England

         

        New Hall

         

        Castle in Copely England

        ANN STANSFIELD was born about 1450 of England, to Thomas Stansfield (1400-) and Alice De Saville (1405-1451.) She married Nicholas De Saville about 1470.

        Ann Stansfield was buried 6 December 1540, St. Mary Magdalen, Richmond, Yorkshire, England, age 90.

        Children of Nicholas De Saville and Ann Stansfield:

        1. Agnes Saville (1464-1549)
        2. *NICHOLAS DE SAVILLE (1465-1545)
        3. Robert Savill (1470-1545)
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        2.a.1.a. THOMAS STANSFIELD (1400-) \\
        ALICE DE SAVILLE (1405-1451) \\

        THOMAS STANSFIELD was born about 1400 of Stansfield, Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. He married Alice De Saville about 1422 of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.

        Thomas Stansfield died in England at unknown date.

         

        Posted 01 Mar 2015 by
        ALICE DE SAVILLE was born about 1405 of Thornhill, Yorkshire, England, to John De Saville IV (1390-1459) and Maud De Trafford (1386-1450.) She married Thomas Sanfield about 1422 of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England.

        Alice De Saville passed away 17 December 1451, Suffolk, England, age 46.

         

         

        TAPESTRY

        Child of Thomas Stansfield and Alice De Saville:

        1. *ANN STANSFIELD (1450-1540)
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        3. HENRY FARRAR III (1525-1565)
        3.a. ISABELLA THOMPSON (1526-) \\

        HENRY FARRAR III was born 25 January 1525, Halifax, Yorkshire,England, to Henry Farrar II (1480-1549) and Lady Agnes Anne Barcroft Horsfall (1480-1549.) He married Isabella Thompson about 1545 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Henry Farrar died 15 March 1565, Halifax, York, England, at about age 40.

        ISABELLA THOMPSON was born about 1526 of Barcroft, Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. She married Henry Farrar about 1545 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        We don’t know when or where Isabella Died.

        Children of Henry Farrar and Isabella Thompson:

        1. John Farrar, b. 1548; d. 1611
        2. Mary Farrer (1552-1571).
        3. WILLIAM FARRAR (1552-1605)
        4. Charles Farrar (1554-)
        5. Michael Farrar (1558-1595
        6. Henry Farrar (1563-1633)
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        4. WILLIAM (WYLLYAM) FARRAR (1552-1605)
        4.a. MARGARET BANNISTER (1552-1624)
        (Note: Parents to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!)

        WILLIAM FARRAR was born in October 1552, of Erringden, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. to Henry Farrar III (1520-1586) and Isabella Thompson (1516-.) He married Margaret Bannister 12 December 1575, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England.

        William Farrar died 2 October 1605, Heptonstall, Calderdale, Yorkshire, England, age 53. Will 11 June 1606.

        William Farrer was a clothier. On 6 December 1575 Henry Ferror of Hollinhey, in performance of certain indentures, between himself and Margaret Bannester, late wife of George Bannester of Haddershelf, granted and confirmed to his younger son William Farrer, and to Margaret, daughter of George Bannester, deceased, the two Symhouses, the close called Syming, and the south part of the Hallfield, as a settlement on their marriage. The will of William Farrer dated 1 October 1603, was proved 11 June 1606. He bequeathed to his wife Margaret and sons Jacob, Abraham, and Isaac.

        Wikireww:
        Birth:
        Date: 1552
        Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England
        Source: #S-1988981437
        Page: Source number: 772.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAB.
        Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=399745&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
        Note:
        Data:
        Text: Birth date: 1552Birth place: EnMarriage date: 1575Marriage place:
        APID: 7836::399745

        Death
        Death:
        Cause: Buried in the church of Heptonstall
        Date: 11 Jun 1606
        Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England

        Marriage
        Marriage:
        Date: 1575
        Source: #S-1988981437
        Page: Source number: 772.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAB.
        Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=399745&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
        Note:
        Data:
        Text: Birth date: 1552Birth place: EnMarriage date: 1575Marriage place:

         

        ewood hall

        William Farrar died 11 June 1606, Heptonstall, Halifax, York, England, at the age of 54.

         

        Heptonstall "Old Church"
        Heptonstall "Old Church" of St Thomas a Beckett. Here amongst the ruins is the grave of Wyllyam Farrar and his wife Margaret Bannyster.

         

         

         

         

        MARGARET BANNISTER was christened 6 November 1552, in Sowerby, Halifax, York, England. Her parents were George Bannister (1530-1572) and Margaret Crowther (1535-1587.) She married (1) William Mitchel; (2) *William Farrar 12 December 1575, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England.

        Margaret Farrer was mentioned in her husband William Farrer’s will dated 16 October 1603.

        Margaret Bannister passed away 2 September 1624, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, at about age 70. Her will was dated 19 May 1624, and was proved 2 September 1624 by Isaac Farrer, one of the executors. She divided her estate equally between her three sons, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Farrer, and appointed them joint executors.

        Wikitree:

        Name: Margaret /BANNISTER/[1][2]
        Birth
        Date: 1554
        Place: Hathershelf, Sowerby Halifax, Yorkshire, England[3]
        Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1554
        Death
        Death:
        Date: 02 SEP 1624
        Place: Halifax, Yorkshire, England[4]
        Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 02 SEP 1624Array
        Marriage
        Husband: William Farrar
        Wife: Margaret Bannister
        Child: Jacob Farrar
        Relationship to Father: Natural
        Relationship to Mother: Natural
        Child: Abraham Farrar
        Relationship to Father: Natural
        Relationship to Mother: Natural
        Child: Isaac Farrar
        Relationship to Father: Natural
        Relationship to Mother: Natural
        Marriage:
        Date: 12 DEC 1575
        Place: Hallifax, Yorkshire, England[5]
        Children of William Farrar and Margaret Bannister:

        1. Abraham Farrar, b. 1576; d. 1624.
        2. Susan Farrar, b. 7 Aug 1579.
        3. Isaac Farrar, b. 27 Nov 1580; d. 2 Sep 1624.
        4. *JACOB FARRAR was born about 1584 of Halifax, Lancashire, England, to William Farrar (1552-1606) and Margaret Bannister (1552-1624.) He married Mary Houghton, 21 April 1609, in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, at age 19. Jacob Farrar died 2 May 1639, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, at age 55.
        5. James Farrar, b. 27 June 1585.
        6. Alice Anne Farrers; b. 1586; md. John Halliday, 27 Nov 1607; d. 3 Oct 1661.
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        4.a. GEORGE BANNISTER II (1530-1572)
        4.a.1. MARGARET CROWTHER (1535-1587)

        GEORGE BANNISTER was born about 1530 of Hathershelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to George Bannister (1505-1538) and Unknown (1509-.) He married Margaret Crowther 8 October 1572, Sowerby, Halifax, England.

        George Bannister Died 13 August 1572, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, age 42. He was buried at Hathershelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        MARGARET CROWTHER was born about 1535 of Hathershelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Thomas Crowther (1509-) and Margaret Elizabeth Baldwin (1513-1571.) She married George Bannister 8 October 1572, Sowerby, Halifax, England.

        Margaret passed away about 1587 of Hathershelf, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, age 55.

        On 6 December 1575, Henry Ferror of Hollinhey, in performance of certain Indenture, between himself and Margaret Bannester, late wife of George Bannester, of Haddershelf, granted and confirmed to his younger won William Farrer, and to Margaret, daughter of George Gannester, deceased, the two Symhouses, the close called Syming, and the outh part of the Hallfield, as a settlement on their marriage.

        Child of George Bannister and Margaret Crowther:

        1. *MARGARET BANNISTER (1552-1624)
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        4.a. GEORGE BANNISTER (1505-1538) \\
        UNKNOWN \\

        GEORGE BANNISTER was born about 1505 of Hathershelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. He married Unknown about 1529 of Hathershelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

        George Bannister died 9 July 1538, Hathershelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, age 33.

        Child of Mr. and Mrs. George Bannister:

        1. *GEORGE BANNISTER (1530-1572)
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        4.a.1. THOMAS CROWTHER (1509-)
        MARGARET ELIZABETH BALDWIN (1513-1571) \\

        THOMAS CROWTHER was born about 1509 of Middleton, Shropshire, England, to George Crowther (1490-) Unknown (1494-.) He married Margaret Elizabeth Baldwin about 1533 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Thomas Crowther died at unknown date of Hathershelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.

        MARGARET ELIZABETH BALDWIN was born about 1513 of Middleton, Shropshire, England, to unknown parents. She married Thomas Crowther about 1533 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Margaret passed away 1 July 1571, Sowerby, West Yorkshire, England, age 68

        Children of Thomas Crowther and Margaret Elizabeth Baldwin:

        1. Edward Crowther Sr. (1534-1591)
        2. *MARGARET CROWTHER (1535-1587)
        3. Arthur Crowther (1546-)
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        4.a.1. GEORGE CROWTHER (1490-) \\
        UNKNOWN (1494-) \\

        GEORGE CROWTHER was born about 1490 of Ludlow, Shropshire, England, to unknown parents. He married unknown about 1509 of Middleton, Shropshire, England.

        We don’t know when George Crowther died of Middleton, Shropshire, England.

        Child of Mr. and Mrs. George Crowther:

        1. THOMAS CROWTHER (1509-)
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        5. JACOB FARRAR I (1584-1639)
        5.a. MARY L. HAUGHTON (1588-1639)

        JACOB FARRAR I was born about 1584 of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England, to William Farrar (1552-1606) and Margaret Bannister (1552-1624.) He married Mary Houghton, 21 April 1609, in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Jacob Farrar died 2 May 1639, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England and was buried 5 May 1639 Halifax, Calderdale, Yorkshire, England, age 55.

        Jacob Farrar was called “my youngest son” in William Farrer’s will dated 16 October 1603. He and his brothers Abraham and Isaac Farrer were named executors of their mother, Margaret Farrer’s will, dated 19 May 1634. His will dated 31 March 1639, was proved 2 May 1639. He bequeathed to “Marie his wife,” John Farrer “his elder sonne,” and Jacob Farrer “his younger sonne.”
        Jacob Farrar died 2 May 1639, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, at age 55.

         

        SOWERBY

        Wikitree:
        Birth:
        Date: 1584
        Place: Sowerby, Yorks, England
        Death
        Death:
        Date: 2 May 1639
        Place: Sowerby, Yorks, England
        p.107 Lancaster March 11, 1675/6 - Letter to the Governor and Counsell -"A humble Petition of the poor distressed people of Lancaster (excerpt) "...many of us heare in this prison, have not bread to last us one month & our other provisions spent & gon, for the genrallyty, our Town is drawn into two garisons - sixteen soulders....we areseartaynly a bayt (bait) for the enemy. We are sorrowful to leave the place but hoplesse to keep it unlesse mayntayed by the Cuntrey....our women cris dus daily...which dus not only fill our ears but our hearts full of Greefe and makes us humbly Request yo'r Hon'rs to send a Gard of men & that if you please so comand we may have Carts about fourteen will re-move the whool eight of which has presed long at Sudbury but never came for want of a small gard of men, the whooll that is, all that are in the Garison, Kept in Major Willards house which is all from y're Hon'rs most humble servants & suplyants -
        Lancast'r March 11, 1675/6
        Jacob FFarrar
        John Houghton Sen'r
        John Moore
        John Whittcomb
        Job Whittcomb
        Jonathan Whittcomb
        John Houghton Jun'r
        Cyprian Steevens

         

         

         

        MARY L. HAUGHTON was born 25 August 1588, Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England, to Henry Houghton (1533-) and Isabell Shakelton (1555-1596.) She married Jacob Farrar, 21 April 1609, in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire England.

         

        Halifax of old

        Mary Houghton passed away after 31 March 1639, the date of her husband’s will, in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England. She was called “Marie” in her husband Jacob Farrer’s will dated 31 March 1639.
        Wikitree:
        Ann Whitmore was the daughter of John Whitmore and Joanna Jessup Whitmore. She was born July 30th, 1611 in Albury, Surrey, England. [3]
        Died 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, MA, USA. 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [4] 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [5] Found multiple copies of death date. Using 13 NOV 1687

        She was married to George Farrar on February 16, 1644.[6]
        Buried NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, MA, USA. NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [7] 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

        Children of Jacob Farrar and Mary Haughton:

        1. . John Farrer, born 28 July 1611; d. 11 July 1690.
        2. *JACOB FARRAR II was born 21 August 1614 in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Jacob Farrar (1584-1639) and Mary Houghton (1588-1639.) He was baptized there 21 August 1614. Jacob Farrar married (1) Grace Deane, 28 November 1640 at Halifax, York, England. On 28 November 1640, in Yorkshire, England, Jacob Farrar, age 26, married, (2) *Ann Whitmore, about age 20. Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, at age 63, in Woburn, Massachusetts, after the massacre of Lancaster.
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        5.a. HENRY HOUGHTON (1553-) \\
        5.a.1. ISABELL SHAKELTON (1555 1596)

        HENRY HOUGHTON was born about 1553 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. He married Isabell Shakelton 1 March 1578, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Henry Houghton died at unknown time in England.

        ISABELL SHAKELTON was christened 19 November 1555, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Her parents were Johannes Shakelton (1528-1585) and Agnes Roberts (1532-.) She married Henry Houghton 1 March 1578, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Isabell Shakelton passed away about 1596, England, age 41.

         

        Painting of Hoghton Tower by Arthur Devis (1712–1787)

         

        HOUGHTON TOWER

         

        Heptonstall 2 churches

        Children of Henry Houghton and Isabell Shakelton:

        1. Charles Richard Hoghton (1578-1636)
        2. Brygit or Bridget Haughton (1581-)
        3. Isabell Haughton (1585-)
        4. *MARY L. HAUGHTON (1588-1639)
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        5.a.1. JOHANNES SHAKELTON (1528-1585)
        AGNES ROBERTS (1532-) \\

        JOHANNES SHAKELTON was born about 1528 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to John Shackylton (1500-1547) and Unknown. He married Agnes Roberts 24 April 1553, Halifax, York, England.

        Johannes Shakelton died 1 April 1585, England, age 58

        AGNES ROBERTS was born about 1532 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to unknown parents. She married Johannes Shakelton 24 April 1553, Halifax, York, England.

        We do not know when Agnes passed away.

        Children of Johannes Shakelton and Agnes Roberts:

        1. James Shakelton (1553-)
        2. *ISABELL SHAKELTON (1555-)
        3. Michall Shakelton (1560-)
        4. Johes Schakyllton (1563-)
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        5.a.1. JOHN SHACKYLTON (1500-1545) \\
        UNKNOWN (-1587) \\

        JOHN SHACKYLTON was born about 1500 of Halifax, York, England, to unknown parents. He married Unknown.

        John Shacklyton died 19 March 1545, England, age 45.

        Child of Mr. and Mrs. John Shackylton:

        1. *JOHANNES SHAKELTON (1528-1585)
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        6. JACOB FARRAR II (1614-1677)
        6.a. ANN WHITMORE (1620-1680)
        [1652] JACOB FARRAR II was born in August 1614 in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Jacob Farrar (1584-1639) and Mary Houghton (1588-1639.) He was baptized there 21 August 1614.

        Jacob Farrar married (1) Grace Deane, 28 November 1640 at Halifax, York England; (2) *Ann Whitmore, about 1643, of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England. Jacob and Ann had four children: Jacob Jr. (1642), John (1644), Henry (1646) and Mary (1648.) The birth years of John and Henry are estimated, but are believed to have been between the birth years of Jacob and Mary.

        Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, age 63. He is buried at First Burial Ground, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

        Wikitree:
        An incorporater of the town of Lancaster, Mass signed a covenant on Sep 24, 1653
        Jacob Farrar Sr... Jacob Farrar purchased land in Lancaster MA from his brother Joh n Farrar. "The Farrar brothers were from Lancashire.John after a brief stay here, went to Woburn, where he was admitted an inhabitant in 1656 and there died 'very old' in 1690.John Houghton and wife Mary [Farrar} transferred the above house lot toGeorge Glazier in Marc h 1706." Annals of Lancaster page 257.+++++++"After the massacre, Jacob Farrar, with his wife and daughter Mary, whohad married John Hough ton, Junior, in 1672, fled to his relatives inWoburn, where he died Aug 14, 1677." Annals o fLancaster Page 282.+++++++++Jacob Sr and Ann Farrar's son, Henry Farrar was also killed in an IndianRaid in Lancaster M A February 10, 1676.
        The History of the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts<i> [1] says: Jacob Farrar was killed, in August 1675 by the Indians. His son Jacob was probably born in England. He left children here [Lancaster]. Some of his descendants through his son George, became distinguished. Note: This seems like the same person, but the death dates and places do not match.

        Name
        Jacob Farrar
        Jacob Farrar, II
        Text: Arrival date: 1652Arrival place: Massachusetts
        Birth
        21 AUG 1614 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
        21 AUG 1614 Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
        Immigration
        1653 From Lancashire, England
        One of the incorporators of Lancaster, Massachusetts
        Marriage
        28 NOV 1640 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
        Jacob Farrar
        Grace Deane
        Child
        Jacob Farrar
        Death
        14 AUG 1677 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

        Heptonstall View

         

        Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, after the massacre of Lancaster.

         

        Woburn First House

        Jacob Farrar was called “younger sonne” in his father Jacob Farrar’s will dated 31 March 1639. Early in 1649 Jacob Farrar was residing at his grandmother’s former home, for Edward Bannister, in his will dated 10 Feb 1648/9, bequeathed “to John Lacie…one messuage, called Over Hathershelfe, and its lands, in the occupation of Jacob Farrar.” Hathershelf was on the very top of the moors above Eastwood Hall.

        He and his brother John (b. 1611) immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony without their respective families in about 1652 (the precise date or even year is unknown.) Jacob did not bring his wife with him, but she followed him after a few years with their four children. He wanted to set up their new home before they came.

        They settled first in Dedham, where on 18 January 1653, the Selectmen of Dedham entered in an agreement with Jacob Farrar to keep school, beginning January 28, 1653, at £20 a year “to teach to read English and the Accidence & rules & practice thereof…” About six months later, “upon the Request and motion of Jacob Farrow it is consented unto that himselr or his brother shall attend the keeping the Schoole…” However, the two brothers soon moved to Lancaster, a town that was incorporated 18 May 1653. They were among the original proprietors. All who became inhabitants signed a “Covenant” to better preserve “the purity of religion and ourselves from the infection of error, not to distribute allotments or receive into the plantation as inhabitants, any excommunicant or otherwise profane and scandalous (known so to be) or any one notoriously erring against the doctrine and discipline of the churches, and the state and government of this Commonwealth.” Both signed the covenant on 24 September 1653, and subsequently all who were permitted to settle there.

        In addition to signing the Lancaster Town Covenant, Jacob Farrar was one of the 13 inhabitants who signed an agreement with John Prescott for the building of the first corn mill. After the original division of land in Lancaster, further divisions were contingent on estate size. In 1654, estates were valued and Jacob’s at about £107, was in the middle of those of the 30 eligible inhabitants. He was given about six acres of meadow in 1654. At a town meeting on 1 July 1654, it was agreed to limit the town to 35 families and 25 men were listed as townsman, one of whom was Jacob.

        After Jacob Farrar had established a home for his family, he sent for his wife, Ann, and his four children. They arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1658. From town records, “The estates of several entered since 1655, among these is Jacob Farrar added when his wife came £158.7.” In 1659, Lancaster town records also state that “Young Jacob Farrar was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town.” Also in 1659, Jacob was granted the 20th lot in the second division of meadow.

        The territory around Lancaster was in subjection to the Indian Sholan or Shaumey of the Nashaways. Shalon recommended the place called “Nashawogg” to Thomas King as a place well suited for a plantation, and invited the English to come and dwell near him. Accordingly King united with a number of others, purchased the land of Sholan, and procured a deed for 10 miles in length and 8 in breadth, stipulating that the English should not molest the Indians in their hunting, fishing, or planting places. This deed was confirmed by the general court. Lancaster was incorporated as a town 18 May 1653.

        The affairs of Lancaster appear to have proceeded in tolerable quiet for more than 20 years from the first settlement, till 1674. The Indians were inclined to peace, and in various ways were of service to the inhabitants. But this happy state of things was not destined to continue. The day of deep and long-continued distress was at hand. The natives, with whom they had lived on terms of mutual good will, became their bitter enemies; desolation was to spread over the fair inheritance; fire and the tomahawk, torture and death were soon to be busy in destroying all the comforts of domestic life.

        In 1675, King Philip’s War broke out in the New England colonies. During this war Lancaster’s inhabitants suffered greatly. The first Indian attack on Lancaster occurred on 22 August 1675, with eight persons killed, one of them being Jacob Farrar, Jr., Jacob’s and Ann’s eldest son. (Jacob Farrar Sr. possessed a “Culliver Gun” at this time.) (Henry Farrar, another son of Jacob Farrar, was killed 10 February 1676 in that massacre.)

        Six months later, on 10 February 1676, early in the morning came the massacre. The Wampanoags, led by Philip, accompanied by the Narragansetts, his allies, and also by the Nipmucks and the Nashaways, whom his artful eloquence has persuaded to join with him, made a desperate attack upon Lancaster. His forces consisted of 1,500 men, who assaulted the town in five distinct bodies and places. There were at that time more than fifty families in Lancaster. After killing a number of persons in different parts of the town, and burning a number of houses, they directed their course to the house of Mr. Rowlandson, the minister of the place. This house at the time was occupied by soldiers and inhabitants to the number of 42, and was defended with determined bravery for upwards of two hours. The enemy, after a number of unsuccessful attempts to set fire to the building, succeeded by pushing a cart filled with combustible materials against it in the rear. In this way the house was soon enveloped in flame, and to avoid perishing in the ruins, the inhabitants were compelled to surrender. Only one man escaped. The rest, twelve in number, were either killed on the spot or reserved for torture. The survivors congregated in two of the remaining garrison houses, including Jacob and Ann Farrar, son John Farrar, and daughter Mary Farrar Houghton and her family.

        Different accounts vary in the number of slain and captives. At least there were 50 persons, and one account says 55. Nearly half of these suffered death. No less than 17 of Rev. Mr. Rowlandson’s family and connections were put to death or taken prisoner. Mr. Rowlandson, with Capt. Kerley, was at Boston, soliciting military aid from Gov. Leverett and the council. The anguish they felt at their return is not to be described.

        The Indians made great plunder in various parts of the town. They were forced, however, to retreat on the appearance of Capt. Wadsworth, who, hearing of the distressed situation of the people, immediately marched from Marlborough, where he was stationed, with 40 men. He quartered his soldiers in various parts of the town, and remained there some time; but before his departure one of his men was killed by the Indians. The alarm of the inhabitants was so great, and such was the general insecurity of the border towns, that when the troops withdrew, about six weeks afterwards, the rest of the inhabitants left, under their protection. Immediately after this desertion of the place all the buildings were reduced to ashes but two. For more than three years after this, Lancaster remained without an inhabitant. During this time Mr. Rowlandson preached in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and there he died before the resettlement of the town. His wife and two of his children were restored to him after three month’s captivity. Most of the women and children taken at this incursion of the Indians were returned.

        A petition was immediately sent to Boston requesting carts to remove the people to a place of safety. Every white person left, and when they did the Indians finished the job and burned all the remaining houses except for the meeting house and one dwelling. Later that spring, most of the captives, including Mrs. Rowlandson, were ransomed. But the town of Lancaster was gone, completely empty for a year or two. The return of settlers happened slowly, until 17 or 18 families had returned by 1681. Lancaster was attacked by Indians one more time in its history, during Queen Ann’s War in 1704.

        Following the massacre and abandonment of Lancaster, Jacob Farrar and his family moved to Woburn. There on 14 August 1677, Jacob Farrar, at age 63, died. Jacob’s third son, John, had died at age 25 on 3 November 1669 (by some accounts John had married a woman named Mary Hilliard, but Mary’s husband is believed to have been John Farrow, not “Farrar.”)

        From the several public offices and agencies in which Jacob Farrar was employed in Lancaster and in the county, it may be inferred that Jacob Farrar was a respectable and useful man. The “Humble Petition of the distressed people of Lancaster” to the government for assistance after the destruction of their property, as above mentioned, dated March, 1676, is now on record in the secretary’s office. It is signed by Jacob Farrar, John Houghton Sr., John Moor, John Whitcomb, John Prescott, John Houghton Jr., Thomas Sawyer, Thomas Wilder, and others, nineteen in all.

        Following Jacob’s death, his widow, Ann, and John Houghton were appointed Administrators of his estate. The estate was divided among Ann and their daughter, Mary Farrar Houghton. She was probably the only child left alive.

        On 2 November 1680, in Woburn, Ann Farrar, Jacob’s widow, married John Sears, becoming John Sears’ third wife. It is not recorded when Ann died although some account give an unattributed date of 7 March 1701.

        Jacob Farrar’s older brother, John, remained in Woburn following the burning of Lancaster, and died at age 79 in 1690.
        • Notes Jacob Farrar
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        Came from Lancashire, one of the incorporators of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1653. He had four children whom he left in England with their mother until he had made a home for them in Lancaster.
        During King Philip's War 1675-76 two of his sons were killed and after the massacre by the Indians in the latter year, he, with his wife, son and daughter and her husband went to Woburn where he passed the brief remainder of his life.
        Jacob was an original proprietor of Lancaster when it was incorporated on 18 May 1653. [Ref] He was one of the original inhabitants who signed a covenant on 24 Sep 1653. [Ref][Ref] He was one of the 13 inhabitants of Lancaster who signed an agreement with John Prescott for the building of the first corn mill in Lancaster. [Ref] After the original division of land in Lancaster, further divisions were contingent on estate size. In 1654 estates were valued and Jacob's - at about £107 - was in the middle of those of the 30 eligible inhabitants. [Ref] He was given about six acres of meadow in 1654. [Ref] At a town meeting on 1 (9) 1654 it was agreed to limit the town to 35 families and 25 men were listed as townsman, one of whom was Jacob. [Ref]
        Jacob came to New England before his family and sent for them in 1658. [Ref] When they arrived, his estate was assessed at £168.70. [Ref][Ref]
        Jacob was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town of Lancaster in 1659. [Ref] He received the 20th lot in the second division of meadow on 5 Feb 1659. [Ref]
        Two of his sons were killed in King Philip's War in 1675. [Ref] After the Indian attack on Lancaster on 10 Feb 1675/6, Jacob, Ann, his remaining son Joseph, his daughter Mary and her husband John Houghton went to Woburn. [Ref]
        On Mar 1675/6, Jacob was one of the inhabitants of Lancaster who petitioned the government for assistance.
        • Farrar Family Background --
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        from "Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation" 1908
        The name Ferrar, as a family name, was first known in England from Gualkeline or Walkeline de Ferrariis, a Norman of distinction, attached to William, Duke of Normandy, before the invasion of 1066. From him all of the name in England and America have descended.

        Henry de Ferras, his son, is on the on the Roll of Battle Abbey, a list of the principal commanders and companions in arms of William the Conqueror, and was the first of the family who settled in England. In the fourteenth year of his reign, William I ordered a general survey of the lands of his relam which was recorded in the Domesday Book, and this Henry de Ferrars was one of the commissioners appointed to perform the service. "That he was a person of much eminency, both for knowledge and integrity, there is no doubt, otherwise it is not likely he would have been entrusted in so high and weighty an employment." He bore for his arms, Argent, six horsehoes pierced, Sable. The arms were probalby suggested by the name. Like Marshal which designated "any attendant on horses," and finally became a distinguished title, so Ferrar, from Old French ferreor, ferrier, "a horse-shoer" finally became a title and a family name.
        The name has been spelled in many different ways, both in this country and in England, by different branches of the family, and often by individuals of the same branch, and not infrequently at different times, by the same individual. But in all these and other varieties of spelling, the Horse Shoe, as the predominating emblem in the coat-of-arms, evinces the identity of the race. In this country, at the present time, the name is most commonly spelt as at the head of this article. The several immigrants to this country during the early part of the seventeenth century do not appear to have recognized any relationship, and it is not known that any two of them came from the same county in England, except those next mentioned.
        There are several distinct families of Farrar in New England, descending fromJohn and Frances Farrar, of Hingham; Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar, of Lynn; George adn Ann (Whitmore) Farrar, of Ipswich (generally written Farrow; Jacob and Hannah (Haywood) Farrar, of Lancaster and Concord; and John and Joanna Farrar of Woburn. The last two of these immigrant ancestors are supposed to be brothers and descendants of both aoppear in this article.
        (1) Jacob Farrar, with his elder brother John, according to family tradition, came to America from Lancashire, England. The only known facts rendering the truth of this tradition probably are that others, with whom they are found associated, Massachusetts, originated in that county, and that members of this family were early in Lancashire, and still continue there.
        Among the original proprietors of Lancaster, which was incorporated May 15, 1653, were the two brothers John and Jacob Farrar. Their names appear again on the covenant which they signe September 24, 1653, and which was signed by all who became inhabitants of the town. Jacob Farrar was probably about thirty years old when he came to this country. His wife Ann, whom he married about the year 1640, with four children born there, and about half the property, were left in England till their new residence was prepared in Lancaster, when they were sent for, and arrived there in 1658. The town records state that "Young Jacob Farrar was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town" in 1659. A valuation of the estates was made in 1654, for the purpose of regulating the proportion of the inhabitants in subsequent divisions of the common land. To thsi the following note succeeds. "The eatate of several entered since 1655," among them is "Jacob Farrar added whn his wife came L 168 7 0.
        During King Philip's War, in the year 1675, he had two sons killed. The town was taken Februaty 10, 1676, and most of the property destroyed by the Indians, and he with his wife, his remaining son Joseph, and his daughter with her her husband, John Houghton, went to Woburn, where he died August 14, 1677.
        From the several public offices and agencies in which he was employed in Lancaster and in the county, it may be inferred that Jacob Farrar was a respectable and useful man. The "Humble Petition of the distresse people of Lancaster" to the government for assistance, after the destruction of the property, as above mentioned, dated March 11, 16776, is now on record in the secretary's office. It is signed by Jacob Farrar, John Houghton, Sr, John Moor, John Whitcomb, John Prescott, John Houghton Jr, Thomas Sawyer, John Thomas Wilder, and others, nineteen in all.
        The Children of Jacob and Ann Farrar were:
        Jacob,
        John,
        Henry,, killed by Indians, Februarry 10, 1676
        Mary, who married John Houghton, Jr -- all born in England
        Joseph, born at Lancaster
        Widow Ann Farrar married, November 2, 1680, John Sears, of Woburn, whose third wife she was.

        • Founding of Lancaster, Mass
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        This story is from a Comment added to the photo "Burning of Lancaster" by belladoli on 17 Apr 2012: -- belladoli story found: The settlement of this town goes far back into the early history of Massachusetts. According to Winthrop, the plantation of Nashaway was undertaken in 1643. The whole territory around was in subjection to Sholan or Shaumey, sachem of the Nashaways, and whose residence was at Waushacurn, now Sterling. Sholan occasionally visited Watertown for the purpose of trading with Mr. Thomas King, who resided there. He recommended Nashawogg to King as a place well suited for a plantation, and invited the English to come and dwell near him. Accordingly King, united with a number of others, purchased the land of Sholan, and procured a deed for 10 miles in length and 8 in breadth, stipulating that the English should not molest the Indians in their hunting, fishing, or planting places. This deed was confirmed by the general court.
        The precise time of the removal to Lancaster is not known. The first building was a "trucking house," erected by Symonds and King, about a mile south-west of the church. Mr. King sold all his interest in this grant to his associates, who, having given lots of land to Richard Linton, Lawrence Waters and John Ball, sent them up to make preparation for the general coming of the proprietors, and these were the first inhabitants. Others by the name of Prescott, Atherton, and Sawyer, soon followed. For the space of seven years little was done to forward the settlement of the plantation; nevertheless, there being nine families in the place, they petitioned the general court to be incorporated as a town, which was granted on the 18th of May, 1653, (0. S.) by the name of Lancaster.
        The first town meeting on record was held in the summer of 1654, probably soon after the petition just mentioned was granted. At the next meeting it was voted not to take into the town above 35 families, and the names of 25 individuals are signed who are to be considered as townsmen. They are as follows, viz. Edward Breek, Mr. Jos. Rowlandson, John Prescott, William Kerley, sen. Ralph Houghton, Thomas Sawyer, John Whitcomb, John Whitcomb, jr. Richard Linton, John Johnson, John Moore, Wm. and John Lewis, Thomas James, Edmund Parker, James Atherton, Henry Kerley, Richard Smith, William Kerley, jr. John Smith, Lawrence Waters, John White, John Farrar, Jacob Farrar, John Rugg. Many of these names still abound in Lancaster and the vicinity. In 1659 the town repealed the impolitic order limiting the settlers to 35, and after this the population rapidly increased.
        The affairs of the town appear to have proceeded in tolerable quiet for more than 20 years from the first settlement, till 1674. The Indians were inclined to peace, and in various ways were of service to the inhabitants. But this happy state of things was not destined to continue. The day of deep and long-continued distress was at hand. The natives, with whom they had lived on terms of mutual good will, became their bitter enemies: desolation was to spread over the fair inheritance; fire and the tomahawk, torture and, death, were soon to be busy in destroying all the comforts of domestic life. On the 22d of August, 1675, eight persons were killed in different parts of Lancaster.
        On the 10th (0. S.) of February following, early in the morning, the Wampanoags, led by Philip, accompanied by the Narragansetts, his allies, and also by the Nipmucks and the Nashaways, whom his artful eloquence had persuaded to join with him, made a desperate attack upon Lancaster. His forces consisted of 1,500 men, who assaulted the town in five distinct bodies and places. There were at that time more than fifty families in Lancaster. After killing a number of persons in different parts of the town, and burning a number of houses, they directed their course to the house of Mr. Rowlandson, the minister of the place. This house at the time was occupied by soldiers and inhabitants to the number of 42, and was defended with determined bravery for upwards of two hours. The enemy, after a number of unsuccessful attempts to set fire to the building, succeeded by pushing a cart filled with combustible materials against it in the rear. In this way the house was soon enveloped in flame, and to avoid perishing in the ruins the inhabitants were compelled to surrender. Only one man escaped. The rest, twelve in number, were either killed on the spot or reserved for torture. Different accounts vary in the number of the slain and captives. At least here were fifty persons, and one account says fifty five. Nearly half of these suffered death. No less than seventeen of Rev. Mr. Rowlandson's family and connexions were put to death or taken prisoners. ["Flight of the Sparrow by Amy Belding Brown tells the story of daughter mary Rowlandson, one of those captured -- added by b moynihan 20 Sep 2014]. He at the time, with Capt. Kerley, was at Boston, soliciting military aid from Gov. Leverett and the council. The anguish they felt at their return is not to be described.
        The Indians made great plunder in various parts of the town. They were forced, however, to retreat on the appearance of Capt. Wadsworth, who, hearing of the distressed situation of the people, immediately marched from Marlborough, where he was stationed, with forty men. He quartered his soldiers in various parts of the town, and remained there some time; but before his departure one of his men was killed by the Indians. But the alarm of the inhabitants was so great, and such was the general insecurity of the border towns, that when the troops withdrew, about six weeks afterwards, the rest of the inhabitants left, under their protection. Immediately after this desertion of the place all the buildings were reduced to ashes but two. For more than three years after this, Lancaster remained without an inhabitant. During this time Mr. Rowlandson preached in Weihersfield, Conn., and there he died before the resettlement of the town. His wile and two of his children were restored to him after three months' captivity. Most of the women and children taken at this incursion of the Indians returned.
        From 1680 to 1692 the inhabitants were not molested in the resettlement of the town. But upon the breaking out of King William's war, the colonies were again involved in a war with the Canadians, both French and Indians, in the calamities of which this town had a large share. On the 18th of July, (0. S.) 1692, a party of the Indians attacked the house of Peter Joslyn, and murdered his wife and three children. and a widow Whitcomb. Elizabeth How. his wife's sister, was taken captive, hut afterwards returned. Another child of his was killed by the enemy in the wilderness. At the time of the assault, Joslyn was at work in the field. In 1695, on a Sunday morning, Mr. Abraham Wheeler was shot by the enemy lying in ambush. No further injury was done till 1697, when they entered the town under five leaders, with an intention to commence their attack upon Thomas Sawyer's garrison. It was by the merest accident that they were deterred from their plan. The gates of Sawyer's garrison were open. A Mr. Jacob Fairbanks, who lived at half a mile's distance, mounted his horse, which came running to hint much frightened, and rode rapidly to the garrison, though without suspicion, for the purpose of taking his son who was there. The enemy, supposing they were discovered, being just ready to rush into the garrison, relinquished their design, and on retreating fired upon the inhabitants at work in the fields.
        At no time, however, excepting when the town was destroyed, was there so much injury done, or so many lives lost. They met the minister, Rev. John Whiting, at a distance from his garrison, and offered him quarter, which he rejected with boldness, and fought to the last against the cruel foe. After this they killed twenty others, wounded two, who afterwards recovered, and took six captives, five of whom in the end returned to Lancaster. The restoration of peace in Europe brought a short season of repose. In 1702, war between England and France was renewed, and again reached the colonies. In 1701, 700 French and Indians proceeded against Northampton, but finding the inhabitants prepared for an attack, they turned their course toward Lancaster, except 200 of them, who for some reason returned. On the 31st of July they commenced a sudden and violent attack in the morning, in the west part of the town, and killed Lieut. Nathaniel Wilder near the gate of his own garrison. Near the same place in the course of the day they killed three other persons. The inhabitants were much inferior to the French and Indians in number. Capt. Tyng at this time happened to be in Lancaster with a party of soldiers; and Capt. How gathered in haste what men he was able, and marched with them from Marlborough to the relief of the town. They fought with bravery, but the large number of the enemy forced the inhabitants to retreat into the garrison. Upon this the enemy burnt the meeting-house and six other buildings, and destroyed much of the live stock of the town. Before night such numbers came to the relief of the town, that the enemy retreated, and with such success that they were not overtaken by our soldiers. What number of the enemy was killed at this time is uncertain, but it was supposed to be considerable. A French officer of some distinction was mortally wounded, which greatly exasperated them.
        "On the 26th of October, the same year, 1704, a party of the enemy having been discovered at Still river, the soldiers and inhabitants belonging to Mr. Gardiner's garrison, with divers others, went in quest of them, and returned in the evening, much fatigued with the service of the day. Mr. Gardiner, (who had been preaching several years with the people of Lancaster, and was now their pastor elect,) in compassion to the soldiary, took the watch that night upon himself; and coming out of the box late in the night, upon some occasion, was heard by one Samuel Prescott in the house, between sleeping and waking, who, supposing him an enemy, seized the first gun which came to hand, and shot him through the body in the . . .

         

         

        • Info Jacob Farrar, the First
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        Jacob Farrar, the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was with his older brother John one of the original proprietors of Lancaster, Massachusetts, incorporated May 18, 1653, and they signed the covenant, September 24, 1653... Jacob Farrar was very likely about thirty years old when he came to this country.
        In 1659 "young Jacob Farrar was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town". In 1675 during King Philip's war, two of his sons [Jacob and Henry] were killed, and on February 10, 1675-76, the town was taken by the Indians and most of the property destroyed. He went with his family at that time to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he died August 14, 1677.
        Jacob married Ann ________ in 1640 in England. She came to Lancaster in 1658, after her husband had prepared a home for his family. After his death, she married John Sears of Woburn on November 2, 1680. She was Sears' third wife.
        Source: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. II by William Richard Cutter, 1913
        • Notes Jacob Farrar
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        Came from Lancashire, one of the incorporators of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1653. He had four children whom he left in England with their mother until he had made a home for them in Lancaster.
        During King Philip's War 1675-76 two of his sons were killed and after the massacre by the Indians in the latter year, he, with his wife, son and daughter and her husband went to Woburn where he passed the brief remainder of his life.
        Jacob was an original proprietor of Lancaster when it was incorporated on 18 May 1653. [Ref] He was one of the original inhabitants who signed a covenant on 24 Sep 1653. [Ref][Ref] He was one of the 13 inhabitants of Lancaster who signed an agreement with John Prescott for the building of the first corn mill in Lancaster. [Ref] After the original division of land in Lancaster, further divisions were contingent on estate size. In 1654 estates were valued and Jacob's - at about £107 - was in the middle of those of the 30 eligible inhabitants. [Ref] He was given about six acres of meadow in 1654. [Ref] At a town meeting on 1 (9) 1654 it was agreed to limit the town to 35 families and 25 men were listed as townsman, one of whom was Jacob. [Ref]
        Jacob came to New England before his family and sent for them in 1658. [Ref] When they arrived, his estate was assessed at £168.70. [Ref][Ref]
        Jacob was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town of Lancaster in 1659. [Ref] He received the 20th lot in the second division of meadow on 5 Feb 1659. [Ref]
        Two of his sons were killed in King Philip's War in 1675. [Ref] After the Indian attack on Lancaster on 10 Feb 1675/6, Jacob, Ann, his remaining son Joseph, his daughter Mary and her husband John Houghton went to Woburn. [Ref]
        On Mar 1675/6, Jacob was one of the inhabitants of Lancaster who petitioned the government for assistance.
        • Farrar Family Background --
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        from "Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation" 1908
        The name Ferrar, as a family name, was first known in England from Gualkeline or Walkeline de Ferrariis, a Norman of distinction, attached to William, Duke of Normandy, before the invasion of 1066. From him all of the name in England and America have descended.

        Henry de Ferras, his son, is on the on the Roll of Battle Abbey, a list of the principal commanders and companions in arms of William the Conqueror, and was the first of the family who settled in England. In the fourteenth year of his reign, William I ordered a general survey of the lands of his relam which was recorded in the Domesday Book, and this Henry de Ferrars was one of the commissioners appointed to perform the service. "That he was a person of much eminency, both for knowledge and integrity, there is no doubt, otherwise it is not likely he would have been entrusted in so high and weighty an employment." He bore for his arms, Argent, six horsehoes pierced, Sable. The arms were probalby suggested by the name. Like Marshal which designated "any attendant on horses," and finally became a distinguished title, so Ferrar, from Old French ferreor, ferrier, "a horse-shoer" finally became a title and a family name.
        The name has been spelled in many different ways, both in this country and in England, by different branches of the family, and often by individuals of the same branch, and not infrequently at different times, by the same individual. But in all these and other varieties of spelling, the Horse Shoe, as the predominating emblem in the coat-of-arms, evinces the identity of the race. In this country, at the present time, the name is most commonly spelt as at the head of this article. The several immigrants to this country during the early part of the seventeenth century do not appear to have recognized any relationship, and it is not known that any two of them came from the same county in England, except those next mentioned.
        There are several distinct families of Farrar in New England, descending fromJohn and Frances Farrar, of Hingham; Thomas and Elizabeth Farrar, of Lynn; George adn Ann (Whitmore) Farrar, of Ipswich (generally written Farrow; Jacob and Hannah (Haywood) Farrar, of Lancaster and Concord; and John and Joanna Farrar of Woburn. The last two of these immigrant ancestors are supposed to be brothers and descendants of both aoppear in this article.
        (1) Jacob Farrar, with his elder brother John, according to family tradition, came to America from Lancashire, England. The only known facts rendering the truth of this tradition probably are that others, with whom they are found associated, Massachusetts, originated in that county, and that members of this family were early in Lancashire, and still continue there.
        Among the original proprietors of Lancaster, which was incorporated May 15, 1653, were the two brothers John and Jacob Farrar. Their names appear again on the covenant which they signe September 24, 1653, and which was signed by all who became inhabitants of the town. Jacob Farrar was probably about thirty years old when he came to this country. His wife Ann, whom he married about the year 1640, with four children born there, and about half the property, were left in England till their new residence was prepared in Lancaster, when they were sent for, and arrived there in 1658. The town records state that "Young Jacob Farrar was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town" in 1659. A valuation of the estates was made in 1654, for the purpose of regulating the proportion of the inhabitants in subsequent divisions of the common land. To thsi the following note succeeds. "The eatate of several entered since 1655," among them is "Jacob Farrar added whn his wife came L 168 7 0.
        During King Philip's War, in the year 1675, he had two sons killed. The town was taken Februaty 10, 1676, and most of the property destroyed by the Indians, and he with his wife, his remaining son Joseph, and his daughter with her her husband, John Houghton, went to Woburn, where he died August 14, 1677.
        From the several public offices and agencies in which he was employed in Lancaster and in the county, it may be inferred that Jacob Farrar was a respectable and useful man. The "Humble Petition of the distresse people of Lancaster" to the government for assistance, after the destruction of the property, as above mentioned, dated March 11, 16776, is now on record in the secretary's office. It is signed by Jacob Farrar, John Houghton, Sr, John Moor, John Whitcomb, John Prescott, John Houghton Jr, Thomas Sawyer, John Thomas Wilder, and others, nineteen in all.
        The Children of Jacob and Ann Farrar were:
        Jacob,
        John,
        Henry,, killed by Indians, Februarry 10, 1676
        Mary, who married John Houghton, Jr -- all born in England
        Joseph, born at Lancaster

         

        First Home in Woburn.
        Widow Ann Farrar married, November 2, 1680, John Sears, of Woburn, whose third wife she was.

        Info Jacob Farrar, the First
        Posted 20 Sep 2014 by bmoynihan44
        Jacob Farrar, the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, was with his older brother John one of the original proprietors of Lancaster, Massachusetts, incorporated May 18, 1653, and they signed the covenant, September 24, 1653... Jacob Farrar was very likely about thirty years old when he came to this country.
        In 1659 "young Jacob Farrar was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town". In 1675 during King Philip's war, two of his sons [Jacob and Henry] were killed, and on February 10, 1675-76, the town was taken by the Indians and most of the property destroyed. He went with his family at that time to Woburn, Massachusetts, where he died August 14, 1677.
        Jacob married Ann ________ in 1640 in England. She came to Lancaster in 1658, after her husband had prepared a home for his family. After his death, she married John Sears of Woburn on November 2, 1680. She was Sears' third wife.
        Source: New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, Vol. II by William Richard Cutter, 1913

        Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, Woburn, Massachusetts, at age 63, leaving only his wife Ann, daughter Mary Houghton, and possibly son Joseph.
        [1652] ANN WHITMORE was born about 1620 of Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to John Whitmore (1589-1648) and Unknown. She married (1) *Jacob Farrar as his second wife about 1642 of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England; after his death she married (2) John Sears of Woburn, Massachusetts. Ann and Jacob’s first child, John, was born in about 1644.

         

         

        Ann Whitmore passed away about 1680 of Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, age 60.

        Wikitree:
        (Joanna Jessup is not her mother.)
        Ann Whitmore was the daughter of John Whitmore and Joanna Jessup Whitmore. She was born July 30th, 1611 in Albury, Surrey, England. [3]
        Died 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, MA, USA. 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [4] 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [5] Found multiple copies of death date. Using 13 NOV 1687

        She was married to George Farrar on February 16, 1644.[6]
        Buried NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, MA, USA. NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [7] 13 NOV 1687. Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

        Child of Jacob Farrar and Grace Deane (1618-1642 England):
        1. Jacob Farrar, b. 3 Sep 1641; d. 22 Aug 1675. (Killed by Indians.) Married Hannah Hayward (1647-1732) and lived most of his adult life in Lancaster, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Following Jacob’s death in an Indian raid, Hannah married Adam Holloway and lived out her life in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
        Children of Jacob Farrar and Ann Whitmore:
        1. Mary Farrar (1642-)
        2. John Farrar, b. c. 1644 of England, never married and lived most of his adult life in Lancaster in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 3 Nov 1669, at age 25 before the Indian Wars.
        3. *MARY FARRAR was born about 1648 to Jacob Farrar (1614-1677) and Ann (1620-1701.) She married John Houghton (1650-1737) 22 January 1671/72 in Lancaster, and lived most of her adult life in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She died 9 April 1724.
        4. William Farrar (1649-1658)
        5. Henry Farrar, b. c. 1651 never married and lived most of his life in Lancaster in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Like his older brother, Jacob, Henry was killed in an Indian raid on Lancaster during King Philip’s War; d. 10 Feb 1675/76, at age 29.
        6. Joseph Farrar, b. 6 June 1660, Lancaster, Massachusetts.
        (Lancaster Records and Annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts, by Henry Nourse; The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer, NEHGR, Vol. XCV, p. 10; Ancestry.com.)
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        6.a. JOHN WHITMORE (1589-1648) \\
        (Killed by Indian named Taphance)
        UNKNOWN \\

        [1639] JOHN WHITMORE was born about 1589 of England, to unknown parents. He married (1) *Unknown; (2) Joanna Kerrich ,1639, Weathersfield, Connecticut.

        John Whitmore died in October 1648 of Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, age 59

        Wikitree:
        Immigration 1639
        John Whitmore (aka Wetmore) came to New England in 1639,[1] with his children (port of origin and birth place unknown) . He resided temporarily in Watertown, Massachusetts before taking a lot in Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1639. The lot was located east of the River Landing, later called Rocky Hill.
        Among Original Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut 1641
        John Whitmore sold his Wethersfield land in 1640. He joined the company led by Pastor Richard Denton that settled Stamford, Connecticut, a town situated on Long Island Sound.[2] The town of New Haven had purchased the land encompassing Rippowam, (later named Stamford) and they offered it to the men of Wethersfield for a price equal to 100 bushels of corn.[2] John Whitfield is listed on the register of men who contributed to the price of the town, as giving 3.1 bushels.[2] In the 1641 land didstribution, John Whitmore is listed receiving ten acres of marsh and upland.[2] Like the bushels of corn list, his name is near but not in the top of the list - others gave more corn, received more land, but many more gave less corn, received less land. John Whitmore was number nine on the 1641 list of the first twenty-eight settlers of Stamford.[2] In November of 1641, John Whitmore was one of seven men elected to be "Townsmen" of Stamford.[2] Their work was to "order town occasions".
        He was a freeman in 1642, elected to the Assembly in 1647. He was murdered by Mohegan Indians in 1648.[3]
        Marriages
        There is a widespread but mistaken internet rumor that Joanna Jessup was the mother of John Whitmore's children who accompanied him from England to Massachusetts. However, it is well-established that Joanna Kerrich (widow Jessup) was John Wetmore's second wife, whom he married after moving to Connecticut in the 1630s.[4][5]
        Children
        According to the New England Historical Genealogical Society "Reference #35, the five children of John and his first wife[2] (whose name was not Joanna Jessup) were:
        1. Thomas Wetmore/Whitmore (this line used mostly the spelling Wetmore, , b. c1615, Eng., md. (1) Sarah Hall; (2) Mary Platte, widow of Luke Atkinson; (3) Catherine (?Leete), widow of ?Samuel Robards/Roberts.
        2. Ann Whitmore, b. c1618, md. George Farrar/Farough.
        3. Mary Whitmore, b. c1623, Eng., md John Brewer.
        4. Francis Whitmore, (this line used Whitmore), b. c1625, md. (1) Isabel Parke; (2) Margaret Harty.
        5. John Whitmore, b. c1627, Eng., d. 1650.
        Death
        The story of John Whitmore's murder and the resulting trial of an Indian named Taphance can be found at History of Stamford, Connecticut, pp 108. [3]
        John Whitmore disappeared in October,[3] and inventory of his estate was taken 8 Dec 1648, by "Robert Hustes and Jefery Ferreye", from page 59 of the town records for Stamford.[6]

        Children of Mr. and Mrs. John Whitmore:

        1. *ANNE WHITMORE (1620-1680)
        2. Thomas Wetmore
        3. Francis Whitmore
        4. Mary Whitmore md. Brewer
        5. John Whitmore
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        7. JUSTICE JOHN HOUGHTON IV (1650-1737)
        7.a. MARY FARRAR (1648-1724)

        [1650] JUSTICE JOHN HOUGHTON was born 26 April 1650, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, to John Houghton (1624-1684) and Beatrix Walker (1622-1712.) Tradition says he came with his parents to America as a baby in 1650.

        He married (1) *Mary Farrar 22 Jan 1671, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She died 7 April 1724 in Lancaster; (2) married Hannah Atherton Wilder, 27 January 1725.

        John Houghton died 3 February 1737, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, age 87. He was buried 4 February 1737 at the Old Common Burying Ground, Lancaster, Massachusetts.
        d 28 Oct 2012 by Ava Marshall
        GENERATION II

        (1) Ch. of JOHN HOUGHTON and wife, Beatrix.

        2 i • John Houghton, Jr., according to tradition, born in England in 1650 and
        came to America with his parents the same year. A later report says that he
        was born in Dedham, Mass., which for many reasons seems more probable.
        He married 1, 22, 1671, Mary Farrar, b. in England in 1648, dau. of Jacob
        and Ann Farrar, who died 4, 7, 1724. John died 2, 8, 1787, aged 86 years.

        "After the massacre of 1675, they, with wife's parents, fled to Woburn,
        Mass., where Jacob d. 8, 14, 1677. In the year 1700 John bought the lands
        formerly owned by his father-in-law. On the division of his father's estate, he
        retained the homestead on the Common and gave the land for a meeting
        house there, and be was leader of the movement which took the place of
        meeting from the spot where the first and second churches stood, to the
        common"

        "The important petitions to the legislature sent from the town in the time of
        Queen Ann's war were signed by him and his brother, Jonas. He was an
        expert penman and during nearly a generation was a leading man in
        Lancaster and vicinity. Between the years 1693 and 1724 be was delegate to
        the general court for fourteen years, and seems to have been the only magis-
        trate in town for many years after the rebuilding. He was commonly called
        Justice Houghton. He was quite celebrated as a man of weight and influence
        and was a very skillful conveyancer and writer of legal papers. At the age of
        seventy-five he married, 2nd, Hannah Wilder, who was then seventy-two years
        old. In 1704 he had command of a garrison house on the east side of the river Nashua
        in Lancaster. He was blind the last twelve years of his life."

        "The epitaphs on his wife's and his own tombstones, which still stand in the cemetery,
        read as follows: `Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Houghton, ye wife of John Houghton
        Esquire, who died April the 7th, Ano dm 1724 and in the 76th year of her age' `Here
        lies the body of John Houghton Esquire, As you are now so were we, as we are now so
        you will be Who died February 3d. anno doming 1737, and in the 86th year of his age"'

        "Many of his descendants are still living in the vicinity of Lancaster. We may add in
        passing that the oldest date (1684) now to be found, is that over the grave of the first
        John Houghton of Lancaster. The practice of marking graves by inscribed headstones
        probably did not begin until after the massacre in 1676, and resettlement thereof."

        page 265

        DEED FROM INDIANS TO INCORPORATORS OF LANCASTER
        Monument with Inscription of the Deed given by the Indians to John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass.

        John Houghton, Jr. petitions for help after raid
        Posted 28 Oct 2012 by Ava Marshall
        Taken from the Houghton Family Genealogy (see other story):
        This garrison was on the north side of the Old
        Common, near the center of the Industrial School buildings. The family suffered a
        great deal from the Indian raid, July 31, 1704. John Houghton made the report of the
        losses. His (John's) son, John, lost three swine, one large dwelling house with three firs,
        belonging to him and Phillip Ross, and about £16 of personal estate. Brother Jonas lost
        one ox. A petition signed by John and Jonas Houghton, bearing date November 13,
        1704, was presented to the General Court, which " Showeth that, the distressed
        inhabitants of Lancaster, being under the awful rebuke of God's hand in the manifest
        tokens of his displeasure towards us," etc., stating in particular that many had sustained
        losses and some were almost ruined as to their estate and that their meeting house was
        destroyed by fire. They continue in these words, "The late awful stroke of God's hand
        in the last week, in the loss of our revered minister who was very worthy and desirable
        (Rev. Mr. Gardner) whose loss is ready to sink our spirits and having formerly one
        minister slain by Indians, and another taken away by a more awful stroke; the poor
        people felt the need of help" The petition asks that the tax of £86 be remitted.

        John Houghton died, 3 February 1736, at Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, at age 86. He is buried in the Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster.

        John Houghton, IV

        Birth: Apr. 26, 1650
        Death: Feb. 3, 1737

        John was the son of John Houghton III and Beatrix ___.

        He married:

        1) at Lancaster, MA on Jan 22, 1671/2, Mary Farrar.
        2) at Lancaster on Jan 27, 1723/4, Hannah (Atherton) Wilder.

        Children (by first marriage):
        John Houghton V,
        Jacob Houghton (husband of Rebecca Whitcomb Houghton),
        Henry Houghton (whose first wife was Abigail Barron Houghton and whose second wife was Anna Houghton),
        Joseph Houghton,
        Benjamin Houghton,
        Mary Houghton Sawyer (wife of William Sawyer),
        Mercy Houghton Wilder,
        Anna Houghton Priest,
        Jonathan Houghton,
        Hepzibah Houghton Brabrook,
        and William Houghton.

        ______________________________________________________

         

        Family links:
        Parents:
        John Houghton (____ - 1684)

        Spouses:
        Mary Farrar Houghton (1648 - 1724)
        Hannah Atherton Wilder Houghton (1658 - 1738)

        Children:
        Hepsibeth Houghton Brabrook*
        John Houghton (1673 - 1724)*
        Jacob Houghton (1674 - 1750)*
        Henry Houghton (1675 - 1756)*
        Mercy Houghton Wilder (1682 - 1734)*
        Anna Houghton Priest (1684 - 1751)*
        William Houghton (1696 - 1743)*

        Siblings:
        John Houghton (1650 - 1737)
        Robert Houghton (1659 - 1723)*
        Jonas Houghton (1663 - 1723)*
        Sarah Houghton Goble (1672 - 1716)*

        *Calculated relationship

        Inscription:

        Here Lies Buried
        Ye Body of
        John Houghton, Esquir,
        As You Are So Ware We.
        As We Are So you Will be.
        Who Died February ye
        3d Anno Domini - 1736/7
        and in ye 87th Year of his Age.

         

        Burial:
        Old Common Burial Ground
        Lancaster
        Worcester County
        Massachusetts, USA

        His headstone inscription reads:

        Here Lies Buried
        Ye Body of
        John Houghton, Esquire.
        As you Are So Ware We.
        As We Are So You Will be.
        Who Died February ye 3d Anno Domini-
        1736/7 and in ye 87th Year of his age.
        (Burial Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.)

         

         

        Old Common Burying Ground

        [1652] MARY FARRAR was born about 1648, Lancaster, Halifax, England, to Jacob Farrar (1614-1677) and Ann Whitmore (1620-1701.) She immigrated in 1652 to Dedham, Massachusetts, with her parents. She married John Houghton, 22 January 1671, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.

         

         

        Mary Farrar passed away, 7 April 1724, in Lancaster, at about 76 years old. She is buried in the Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster.

         

         

         

         

         

        Her headstone inscription reads:

        Here Lies Buried
        Ye Body of
        Mrs. Mary Houghton
        Ye Wife of John Houghton Esq’re.
        Who Died Apriel ye 7th Ano DM, 1724,
        & In ye 76 Year of her Age.
        (Burial Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.)

        Children of John Houghton and Mary Farrar:

        1. Lieutenant John Houghton, b. 13 Dec 1673, Lancaster; md. (1) Sara Guliver, (2) Mary Goss; d. 5 Apr 1724.
        2. Jacob Houghton, b. 17 Feb 1674, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; md. Rebecca Whitcomb 16 Dec 1704; d. 1752. First town clerk of Bolton.
        3. *HENRY HOUGHTON was born 23 February 1675, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, to John Houghton (1650-1737) and Mary Farrar (1648-1724.) He married Abigail Barron, 2 January 1699, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died 17 December 1756, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at the age of 81.
        4. Israel Houghton, b. 23 Feb 1676, Woburn; md. Martha Wheelock.
        5. Joseph Houghton, b. 26 Feb 1678, Woburn, md. Isarella; d. 1746. (Twin.)
        6. Benjamin Houghton, b. 26 Feb 1678, Lancaster; md. 1703 Mrs. Isabelle Houghton; d. before 1714. (Twin.)
        7. Mary Houghton, b. 7 Feb 1679, Woburn; md. William Sawyer 1700; d. 1 Apr 1754, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
        8. Mercy Houghton, b. 15 Mar 1682, Lancaster; md. Ebenezer Wilder; d. 7 Jan 1733.
        9. Anna Houghton, b. 8 May 1684, Lancaster, md. John Priest III, 1700; d. 3 Apr 1751, Lancaster.
        10. Jonathan Houghton, b. 20 Feb 1685, Lancaster; md. Thankful White, 6 Nov 1712; d. 3 Apr 1737. First County Treasurer of Worcester.
        11. Hepsibeth Houghton, b. 1687, Lancaster; md. Joseph Brabrook 1715; d. 1770, Lancaster.
        12. Rebecca Houghton, b, 1689, Lancaster; md. Joseph Moore 17 Nov 1726.
        13. Beatrix Houghton, 1692, Lancaster; md. Elias Sawyer, 1710, div. 1715; d. 21 Apr 1772, Lancaster.
        14. William Houghton, b. 1695, Woburn; md. Experience 4 June 1724; d. 15 Jul 1737.

        (The Houghton Genealogy: The Descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts: with an introduction giving the Houghton Families in England from the time of William the Conqueror, 1065, to Lord Henry Bold Houghton, 1848, by John W. Houghton, A. M., M. D. Wellington, Ohio, 1912; plus other references.)
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        1.HENRY FARRAR (1524-1586)
        UNKNOWN (1532- )

        HENRY FARRAR III was born in about 1524, of Hollinbey, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England, to unknown parents. He married in 1545, York, England.

        Henry Farrar died 15 April 1586, in Heptonstall, York, England, at about age 62.

        Children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farrar:

        1.John Farrar, b. 1548; d. 1611.
        2.William Farrar was born in about 1552, of Farengden, Halifax, York, England, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farrar (1524-1586.) He married Margaret Bannister, 12 December 1575, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England. William Farrar died at Heptonstall, Halifax, York, England, 11 June 1606, about age 54.
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        2. WILLIAM FARRAR (1552-1606)
        MARGARET BANNISTER (1552-1624)
        (Note: Parents to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!)

        WILLIAM FARRAR was born about 1552, of Farengden, Halifax, York, England, to Henry Farrar III (1524-1586,) and unknown mother. He married Margaret Bannister 12 December 1575, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England.

        William Farrar died 11 June 1606, Heptonstall, Halifax, York, England, at the age of 54.

        MARGARET BANNISTER was christened 6 November 1552, in Sowerby, Halifax, York, England. Her parents were George Bannister (1530-1572) and Margaret Crowther (1535-1624.) She married William Farrar 12 December 1575, Sowerby, Halifax, York, England.

        Margaret Bannister passed away 2 September 1624, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, at about age 70.

        Children of William Farrar and Margaret Bannister:

        1.Abraham Farrar, b. 1576; d. 1624.
        2.Susan Farrar, b. 7 Aug 1579.
        3.Isaac Farrar, b. 27 Nov 1580; d. 2 Sep 1624.
        4.Jacob Farrar was born about 1584 of Halifax, Lancashire, England, to William Farrar (1552-1606) and Margaret Bannister (1552-1624.) He married Mary Houghton, 21 April 1609, in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, at age 19. Jacob Farrar died 2 May 1639, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, at age 55.
        5.James Farrar, b. 27 June 1585.
        6.Alice Anne Farrers; b. 1586; md. John Halliday, 27 Nov 1607; d. 3 Oct 1661.
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        3. JACOB FARRAR I (1584-1639)
        MARY HOUGHTON (1588-1639)

        JACOB FARRAR I was born about 1584 of Halifax, Lancashire, England, to William Farrar (1552-1606) and Margaret Bannister (1552-1624.) He married Mary Houghton, 21 April 1609, in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

        Jacob Farrar died 2 May 1639, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England, at age 55.

        MARY HOUGHTON was born about 1588, of Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England, to Henry Houghton and Agnete Coggreve. She married Jacob Farrar, 21 April 1609, in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire England.

        Mary Houghton passed away 31 March 1639, in Sowersby, Yorkshire, England.

        Children of Jacob Farrar and Mary Houghton:

        1.John Farrar, b. 28 July 1611; md. Joanna Unknown, 29 June 1657, Mass.; d. 11 July 1690.
        2.Jacob Farrar II was born in August 1614 in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Jacob Farrar (1584-1639) and Mary Houghton (1588-1639.) He was baptized there 21 August 1614. Jacob Farrar married (1) Grace Deane, 28 November 1640 at Halifax, York England. On 28 November 1640, in Yorkshire, England, Jacob Farrar, age 26, married, (2) *Ann Whitmore, about age 20. Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, at age 63, in Woburn, Massachusetts, after the massacre of Lancaster.
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        4. JACOB FARRAR II (1614-1677)
        ANN WHITMORE (1620-1701)
        JACOB FARRAR II was born in August 1614 in Heptonstall, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Jacob Farrar (1584-1639) and Mary Houghton (1588-1639.) He was baptized there 21 August 1614.

        Jacob Farrar married (1) Grace Deane, 28 November 1640 at Halifax, York England; (2) *Ann Whitmore, about 1643. In England Jacob and Ann had four children: Jacob Jr. (1642), John (1644), Henry (1646) and Mary (1648.) The birth years of John and Henry are estimated, but are believed to have been between the birth years of Jacob and Mary.

        Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, at Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

        Jacob Farrar was called “younger sonne” in his father Jacob Farrar’s will dated 31 March 1639. Early in 1649 Jacob Farrar was residing at his grandmother’s former home, for Edward Bannister, in his will dated 10 Feb 1648/9, bequeathed “to John Lacie…one messuage, called Over Hathershelfe, and its lands, in the occupation of Jacob Farrar.” Hathershelf was on the very top of the moors above Eastwood Hall.

        He and his brother John (b. 1611) immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony without their respective families in about 1652 (the precise date or even year is unknown.) Jacob did not bring his wife with him, but she followed him after a few years with their four children. He wanted to set up their new home before they came.

        They settled first in Dedham, where on 18 January 1653, the Selectmen of Dedham entered in an agreement with Jacob Farrar to keep school, beginning January 28, 1653, at £20 a year “to teach to read English and the Accidence & rules & practice thereof…” About six months later, “upon the Request and motion of Jacob Farrow it is consented unto that himselr or his brother shall attend the keeping the Schoole…” However, the two brothers soon moved to Lancaster, a town that was incorporated 18 May 1653. They were among the original proprietors. All who became inhabitants signed a “Covenant” to better preserve “the purity of religion and ourselves from the infection of error, not to distribute allotments or receive into the plantation as inhabitants, any excommunicant or otherwise profane and scandalous (known so to be) or any one notoriously erring against the doctrine and discipline of the churches, and the state and government of this Commonwealth.” Both signed the covenant on 24 September 1653, and subsequently all who were permitted to settle there.

        In addition to signing the Lancaster Town Covenant, Jacob Farrar was one of the 13 inhabitants who signed an agreement with John Prescott for the building of the first corn mill. After the original division of land in Lancaster, further divisions were contingent on estate size. In 1654, estates were valued and Jacob’s at about £107, was in the middle of those of the 30 eligible inhabitants. He was given about six acres of meadow in 1654. At a town meeting on 1 July 1654, it was agreed to limit the town to 35 families and 25 men were listed as townsman, one of whom was Jacob.

        After Jacob Farrar had established a home for his family, he sent for his wife, Ann, and his four children. They arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1658. From town records, “The estates of several entered since 1655, among these is Jacob Farrar added when his wife came £158.7.” In 1659, Lancaster town records also state that “Young Jacob Farrar was appointed to assist in marking the bounds of the town.” Also in 1659, Jacob was granted the 20th lot in the second division of meadow.

        The territory around Lancaster was in subjection to the Indian Sholan or Shaumey of the Nashaways. Shalon recommended the place called “Nashawogg” to Thomas King as a place well suited for a plantation, and invited the English to come and dwell near him. Accordingly King united with a number of others, purchased the land of Sholan, and procured a deed for 10 miles in length and 8 in breadth, stipulating that the English should not molest the Indians in their hunting, fishing, or planting places. This deed was confirmed by the general court. Lancaster was incorporated as a town 18 May 1653.

        The affairs of Lancaster appear to have proceeded in tolerable quiet for more than 20 years from the first settlement, till 1674. The Indians were inclined to peace, and in various ways were of service to the inhabitants. But this happy state of things was not destined to continue. The day of deep and long-continued distress was at hand. The natives, with whom they had lived on terms of mutual good will, became their bitter enemies; desolation was to spread over the fair inheritance; fire and the tomahawk, torture and death were soon to be busy in destroying all the comforts of domestic life.

        In 1675, King Philip’s War broke out in the New England colonies. During this war Lancaster’s inhabitants suffered greatly. The first Indian attack on Lancaster occurred on 22 August 1675, with eight persons killed, one of them being Jacob Farrar, Jr., Jacob’s and Ann’s eldest son. (Jacob Farrar Sr. possessed a “Culliver Gun” at this time.) (Henry Farrar, another son of Jacob Farrar, was killed 10 February 1676 in that massacre.)

        Six months later, on 10 February 1676, early in the morning came the massacre. The Wampanoags, led by Philip, accompanied by the Narragansetts, his allies, and also by the Nipmucks and the Nashaways, whom his artful eloquence has persuaded to join with him, made a desperate attack upon Lancaster. His forces consisted of 1,500 men, who assaulted the town in five distinct bodies and places. There were at that time more than fifty families in Lancaster. After killing a number of persons in different parts of the town, and burning a number of houses, they directed their course to the house of Mr. Rowlandson, the minister of the place. This house at the time was occupied by soldiers and inhabitants to the number of 42, and was defended with determined bravery for upwards of two hours. The enemy, after a number of unsuccessful attempts to set fire to the building, succeeded by pushing a cart filled with combustible materials against it in the rear. In this way the house was soon enveloped in flame, and to avoid perishing in the ruins, the inhabitants were compelled to surrender. Only one man escaped. The rest, twelve in number, were either killed on the spot or reserved for torture. The survivors congregated in two of the remaining garrison houses, including Jacob and Ann Farrar, son John Farrar, and daughter Mary Farrar Houghton and her family.

        Different accounts vary in the number of slain and captives. At least there were 50 persons, and one account says 55. Nearly half of these suffered death. No less than 17 of Rev. Mr. Rowlandson’s family and connections were put to death or taken prisoner. Mr. Rowlandson, with Capt. Kerley, was at Boston, soliciting military aid from Gov. Leverett and the council. The anguish they felt at their return is not to be described.

        The Indians made great plunder in various parts of the town. They were forced, however, to retreat on the appearance of Capt. Wadsworth, who, hearing of the distressed situation of the people, immediately marched from Marlborough, where he was stationed, with 40 men. He quartered his soldiers in various parts of the town, and remained there some time; but before his departure one of his men was killed by the Indians. The alarm of the inhabitants was so great, and such was the general insecurity of the border towns, that when the troops withdrew, about six weeks afterwards, the rest of the inhabitants left, under their protection. Immediately after this desertion of the place all the buildings were reduced to ashes but two. For more than three years after this, Lancaster remained without an inhabitant. During this time Mr. Rowlandson preached in Wethersfield, Connecticut, and there he died before the resettlement of the town. His wife and two of his children were restored to him after three month’s captivity. Most of the women and children taken at this incursion of the Indians were returned.

        A petition was immediately sent to Boston requesting carts to remove the people to a place of safety. Every white person left, and when they did the Indians finished the job and burned all the remaining houses except for the meeting house and one dwelling. Later that spring, most of the captives, including Mrs. Rowlandson, were ransomed. But the town of Lancaster was gone, completely empty for a year or two. The return of settlers happened slowly, until 17 or 18 families had returned by 1681. Lancaster was attacked by Indians one more time in its history, during Queen Ann’s War in 1704.

        Following the massacre and abandonment of Lancaster, Jacob Farrar and his family moved to Woburn. There on 14 August 1677, Jacob Farrar, at age 63, died. Jacob’s third son, John, had died at age 25 on 3 November 1669 (by some accounts John had married a woman named Mary Hilliard, but Mary’s husband is believed to have been John Farrow, not “Farrar.”)

        From the several public offices and agencies in which Jacob Farrar was employed in Lancaster and in the county, it may be inferred that Jacob Farrar was a respectable and useful man. The “Humble Petition of the distressed people of Lancaster” to the government for assistance after the destruction of their property, as above mentioned, dated March, 1676, is now on record in the secretary’s office. It is signed by Jacob Farrar, John Houghton Sr., John Moor, John Whitcomb, John Prescott, John Houghton Jr., Thomas Sawyer, Thomas Wilder, and others, nineteen in all.

        Following Jacob’s death, his widow, Ann, and John Houghton were appointed Administrators of his estate. The estate was divided among Ann and their daughter, Mary Farrar Houghton. She was probably the only child left alive.

        On 2 November 1680, in Woburn, Ann Farrar, Jacob’s widow, married John Sears, becoming John Sears’ third wife. It is not recorded when Ann died although some account give an unattributed date of 7 March 1701.

        Jacob Farrar’s older brother, John, remained in Woburn following the burning of Lancaster, and died at age 79 in 1690.

        Jacob Farrar died 14 August 1677, Woburn, Massachusetts, at age 63, leaving only his wife Ann, daughter Mary Houghton, and possibly son Joseph.
        ANN WHITMORE was born in England in about 1620, to unknown parents. She married (1) *Jacob Farrar as his second wife; after his death she married (2) John Sears of Woburn, Massachusetts. Ann and Jacob’s first child, John, was born in about 1644.

        Ann Whitmore passed away in about 1701, possibly in Woburn, Massachusetts, at about 80 years old.

        Child of Jacob Farrar and Grace Deane (1618-1642 England):
        1.Jacob Farrar, b. 3 Sep 1641; d. 22 Aug 1675. (Killed by Indians.) Married Hannah Hayward (1647-1732) and lived most of his adult life in Lancaster, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Following Jacob’s death in an Indian raid, Hannah married Adam Holloway and lived out her life in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
        Children of Jacob and Ann Whitmore:
        1.John Farrar, b. c. 1644 never married and lived most of his adult life in Lancaster in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; d. 3 Nov 1669, at age 25 before the Indian Wars.
        2.Henry Farrar, b. c. 1646 never married and lived most of his life in Lancaster in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Like his older brother, Jacob, Henry was killed in an Indian raid on Lancaster during King Philip’s War; d. 10 Feb 1675/76, at age 29.
        3.Mary Farrar was born about 1649 to Jacob Farrar (1614-1677) and Ann (1620-1701.) She married John Houghton (1650-1737) 22 January 1671/72 in Lancaster, and lived most of her adult life in Lancaster, Massachusetts. She died 9 April 1724.
        4.William Farrar, b. 1649; d. 1658.
        5.Joseph Farrar, b. 6 June 1660, Lancaster, Massachusetts.
        (Lancaster Records and Annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts, by Henry Nourse; The English Ancestry of Jacob Farrer, NEHGR, Vol. XCV, p. 10; Ancestry.com.)
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        JOHN HOUGHTON (1650-1736)
        5. MARY FARRAR (1648-1724)

        JUSTICE JOHN HOUGHTON was born 26 April 1650, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, to John Houghton (1624-1684) and Beatrix Walker (1622-1712.) Tradition says he came with his parents to America as a baby in 1650.

        He married (1) *Mary Farrar 22 Jan 1671, in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. She died 7 April 1724 in Lancaster; (2) married Hannah Atherton Wilder, 27 January 1725.

        John Houghton died, 3 February 1736, at Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, at age 86. He is buried in the Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster.

        His headstone inscription reads:

        Here Lies Buried
        Ye Body of
        John Houghton, Esquire.
        As you Are So Ware We.
        As We Are So You Will be.
        Who Died February ye 3d Anno Domini-
        1736/7 and in ye 87th Year of his age.
        (Burial Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.)
        MARY FARRAR was born about 1648, Lancaster, Halifax, England, to Jacob Farrar (1614-1677) and Ann Whitmore (1620-1701.) She immigrated in 1652 to Dedham, Massachusetts. She married John Houghton, 22 January 1671, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts.

        Mary Farrar passed away, 7 April 1724, in Lancaster, at about 76 years old. She is buried in the Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster.

        Her headstone inscription reads:

        Here Lies Buried
        Ye Body of
        Mrs. Mary Houghton
        Ye Wife of John Houghton Esq’re.
        Who Died Apriel ye 7th Ano DM, 1724,
        & In ye 76 Year of her Age.
        (Burial Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts.)

        Children of John Houghton and Mary Farrar:

        1.Lieutenant John Houghton, b. 13 Dec 1673, Lancaster; md. (1) Sara Guliver, (2) Mary Goss; d. 5 Apr 1724.
        2.Jacob Houghton, b. 17 Feb 1674, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; md. Rebecca Whitcomb 16 Dec 1704; d. 1752. First town clerk of Bolton.
        3.Henry Houghton was born 23 February 1675, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, to John Houghton (1650-1737) and Mary Farrar (1648-1724.) He married Abigail Barron, 2 January 1699, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He died 17 December 1756, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at the age of 81.
        4.Israel Houghton, b. 23 Feb 1676, Woburn; md. Martha Wheelock.
        5.Joseph Houghton, b. 26 Feb 1678, Woburn, md. Isarella; d. 1746. (Twin.)
        6.Benjamin Houghton, b. 26 Feb 1678, Lancaster; md. 1703 Mrs. Isabelle Houghton; d. before 1714. (Twin.)
        7.Mary Houghton, b. 7 Feb 1679, Woburn; md. William Sawyer 1700; d. 1 Apr 1754, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts.
        8.Mercy Houghton, b. 15 Mar 1682, Lancaster; md. Ebenezer Wilder; d. 7 Jan 1733.
        9.Anna Houghton, b. 8 May 1684, Lancaster, md. John Priest III, 1700; d. 3 Apr 1751, Lancaster.
        10.Jonathan Houghton, b. 20 Feb 1685, Lancaster; md. Thankful White, 6 Nov 1712; d. 3 Apr 1737. First County Treasurer of Worcester.
        11.Hepsibeth Houghton, b. 1687, Lancaster; md. Joseph Brabrook 1715; d. 1770, Lancaster.
        12.Rebecca Houghton, b, 1689, Lancaster; md. Joseph Moore 17 Nov 1726.
        13.Beatrix Houghton, 1692, Lancaster; md. Elias Sawyer, 1710, div. 1715; d. 21 Apr 1772, Lancaster.
        14.William Houghton, b. 1695, Woburn; md. Experience 4 June 1724; d. 15 Jul 1737.

        (The Houghton Genealogy: The Descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, Massachusetts: with an introduction giving the Houghton Families in England from the time of William the Conqueror, 1065, to Lord Henry Bold Houghton, 1848, by John W. Houghton, A. M., M. D. Wellington, Ohio, 1912; plus other references.)

      • Citation:

        https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/24774643?cid=mem_copy

  6. Henry Ferrers, "Find A Grave Index"
      • Source text:

        Name Henry Ferrers
        Death Date 28 Dec 1499
        Birth Date 1438
        Event Type Burial
        Event Place East Peckham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
        Cemetery St. Michael's Churchyard
        Photograph Included N
        Note Contains Biography

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        Knight of East Peckham, Kent, and Hambleton, Rutland. Knight of the King's Bodyguard. Sheriff and Knight of the Shire for Kent.

        Died testate with will dated December 22, 1499, which was proved August 20, 1500.

        Biography:
        Fought with the Yorkists and was knighted at the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471.
        Contributor: Eileen Cunningham (47612450)

      • Citation:

        "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DM3B-HS3Z : 20 October 2022), Henry Ferrers, ; Burial, East Peckham, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England, St. Michael's Churchyard; citing record ID 211516154, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.