Ancestry of
William Farrar

(1583–a1637)

William Farrar

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Farrar 
  • Mother:
  • Cecily Kelke   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 28 Apr 1583 
  • Christening Location:
  • Croxton, Lincolnshire, England 
  • Death Date:
  • BY 11 Jun 1637 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Farrar's Island, Henrico, Virginia 
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  • Notes: 

  • Many early sources state that William Farrar was the son of Nicholas Farrar of London. It has since been proven that William Farrar's father was actually John Farrar of London.

• Marriages for William Farrar

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  • Spouse:
  • Cecily - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 2 May 1626

• Sources for William Farrar

  • ¹ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia Historical Society, 1942, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 350-359.
  • ² Bannerman, W. Bruce, ed., The Visitations of the County of Surrey Made and Taken in the Years 1530, 1572 and 1623, London: The Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol. 43 (1899), 158.
  • ³ Bruce, Philip A., ed., The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 03, Richmond, Virginia: William Ellis Jones, Printer (1896), 360.
  • ⁴ Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2004), 926-929.
  • ⁵ Farrar, William Baker, The Farrars, St. Petersburg, Florida: St. Petersburg Printing Company (1964), 6-8, 14.
  • ⁶ Grubbs, Lillie Martin, Martin and Allied Families, Columbus, Georgia: (1946), 202, 205.
  • ⁷ McCartney, Martha W., Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2007), 290-291.
  • ⁸ Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2013), Vol. II, pp. 546-547.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 159.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 316.