Immigrant - William Farrar

[Leo van de Pas via]

William Farrar was born before 28 Aprilk 1583 in Croxton, Leicestershire, about 1637 he died in Virginia. Apparently he was his wife's third husband. Her first name was Cecily and her surname (possibly) Reynolds. I know only of three children, Cecily, William and John.

William Farrar has in Genealogics 4,656 ancestors and of these 377 are flagged as interesting, such as

Charles Martel - Garcia I Iniguez king of Pamplona - Alpin king of Kintyre - Egbert of Wessex - Charlemagne - Arpad of Hungary - Alfred the Great - Otto the Great Holy Roman Emperor - Konstantinos IX Monomakhos emperor of the East - Brian Boruma king of Ireland - Rollo of Normandy - Harold II King of England - Hugues Capet king of France - Alexios I Komnenos emperor of the East - Alexios III Komnenos Angelos emperor of the East - William the Conqueror - Isaakios II Angelos emperor of the East - St.Louis IX king of France - Edward III king of England

I found only two interesting descendants
John Ravilious
Steve Riggan

With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

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[John P. Ravilious]

Dear Leo,

Thanks for your message from last week. William Farrar does (did?) indeed have some interesting ancestors.

Among his descendants there a few notable individuals, including the following three:

A. John Anderson Brayton, the genealogist (this on good assurance, although I've not see documentation of the descent myself)


B. John Thruston Farrar, M.D. (1920-2012), a pioneer in gastroenterology.

1. William Farrar = Cecily ____
2. Col. William Farrar = Mary ___
3. Thomas Farrar (2nd son) = (2) Katherine Perrin
4. Joseph Farrar = Mary Royall
5. Joseph Royall Farrar = (3) Jane Ford
6. Bernard Gaines Farrar, M.D., d. 1849 = (2) Ann Clark Thruston
7. John O'Fallon Farrar, M.D., d. 1877 = (2) Sarah Morgan Christy
8. Charles Thruston Farrar, d. 1947 = Nancy Gorman
9. Benedict Farrar, architect and genealogist, d. 1978 = 1) Ruth E. Gregg
10. John Thruston Farrar, M.D.


C. Nell Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird. The descent, as published by John Anderson Brayton:

1. William Farrar = Cecily ___
2. William Farrar = Mary ____
3. William Farrar (III) (eldest son) = Priscilla Baugh
4. George Farrar = Judith Jefferson, aunt of Thomas Jefferson
5. John Farrar = Rebecca Puryear
6. Elizabeth Farrar = John Finch
7. John Farrar Finch = Frances Smith
8. Robert Finch = Frances Cunningham
9. James Cunningham Finch = Ellen Rivers Williams
10. Frances Cunningham Finch = Amasa Coleman Lee
11. Nelle Harper Lee

I will provide further details on the last two directly for your review for possible inclusion in Genealogics.

Cheers,

John