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    Farrar, Henry

    Male Abt 1575 - 1645  (~ 70 years)


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    • Name Farrar, Henry 
      Born Abt 1575  Of Croxton, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Male 
      Died 1645  Of Hoddeston, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Person ID I09213  My Genealogy
      Last Modified 16 May 2015 

      Family Woodward, Martha,   c. 10 Oct 1585, St Dionis Backchurch, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1615-1645, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
      Married 20 May 1605  All Saints, Edmonton, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Children 
       1. Farrar, John,   c. 22 Mar 1606/07, St Dionis Backchurch, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1645  (Age ~ 38 years)
       2. Farrar, Catherine,   c. 12 May 1608, St Dionis Backchurch, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1659  (Age ~ 51 years)
       3. Farrar, Cicely,   b. Abt 1610, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1645  (Age ~ 36 years)
       4. Farrar, Martha,   c. 30 Aug 1612, St Dionis Backchurch, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
       5. Farrar, Henry,   c. 3 Dec 1615, St Mary Aldermanbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1660-1662, Of Hoddeston, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years)
      Family ID F02845  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Notes 
      • May have died 1645.
        Residing in Berkshire at one stage.

        Brother?
        WILLIAM FARRAR was born 25 April 1583(1593?), in Lincolnshire, England, son of John and Cicely (Kelke) Farrar, and died 11 June 1637, on Farrar's Island, in Henrico Co., Virginia. He arrived in Virginia with Lord De La Warr, in August 1618, aboard the ship- "Neptune". ... His older brother, HENRY FARRAR, married MARTHA WOODWARD, daughter of Sir JOHN WOODWARD. Much of the FARRAR ancestry has been traced back to Yorkshire, England, where his father, John, was born in 1548, but HENRY FARRAR (born ca. 1575) died in Great Amwell, Co. Hertford, in 1645. In 1631, WILLIAM FARRAR inherited his father's lands in Hertfordshire, England and conveyed all of it to his brother- JOHN FARRAR. He also had another younger brother named HUMPHREY FARRAR. [Family Tree Maker. CD 162. Family History Genealogies #1, page 771.

        Will of Henry Farrar Gentleman Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire 20 May 1660 Proved 5 February 1662 mentions wife Joan, sons Marmaduke, Benjamin and Henry, father Henry, lands bought of Sir John Woodward in Western Under Edge, Gloucestershire, and at Croxton Lincolnshire, wife's children Lidia Freeman and Robert Warner.

        Will of John Farrar:
        John Farrar the elder of London, Esquier, will 14 April, 1627, proved 28 May, 1628. To Henry Farrar my oldest son my messuages, lands etc. called Great Ewood, Little Ewood, upper Whitelee, and Stonyroyd, and Ye Yate in parish of Halifax County York to him and his heirs forever. To my son John, "carefully settled already, 20 nobles." To his wife Susan 10 pounds. To my son William Farrar "all my messuages, lands, etc. in Hoddesdon, Bloxeborne and Amwell or elsewhere in the countie of Hertford heretofore . . . conveyed to Henry and John Farrar my sons to my use. "To my son William and his heirs....To my son Humphrey Farrar and heirs ... To Cicely Farrar daughter of my son John 40 pounds. To seven children of my son John 4 pounds each. ...In a codicil to the will dated 24 April 1628, "John Farrar of London, Esquire make this addition --200 pounds was delivered to my son John Farrar of Fena County York to ...


        Notes for HENRY FARRAR:
        Following the purchase of the Hertfordshire property, Henry returned to Great Amwell and was living there at the "Visitation of Hertfordshire in 1634" when he applied to the college of Arms for use of his father's "coat", thus preserving a record of John and Cecily (Kelke) Farrar's family.


        September 6, 1631, indenture between William Farrar of London gent of the one part and Henry Farrer of Reading, Berkshire, Esquire, of the other part. Whereas John Farrer the elder of London Esquire, deceased, bequeathed to William Farrar and Cecily his wife and Cicely and William his children one annuitie or yearly rent of 20 pounds from the lands of the said John Farrer called Great Ewood and Little Ewood in the parish of Halifax, Yorks....

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        Name: Grace Farrar Gender: Female Spouse's Name: George Perry Marriage Date: 6 Sep 1642 Marriage Place: Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England