Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

John Farr

Male Bef 1718 - 1770  (> 52 years)


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  • Name John Farr 
    Birth Bef 1718 
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Oct 1770  William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland - Inventory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10498  Tree1
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

    Father William Farr,   b. Bef 1680 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F7287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susannah Thomas,   b. Bef 1722, William & Mary Parish, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1738  Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Susannah Farr,   b. 1744, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1820, Fauquier County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 77 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Samuel Farr,   b. Bef 1748, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1771, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 23 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. William Farr,   b. Bef 1748, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Mar 1795, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 47 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. George Thomas Farr,   b. Bef 1751, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1771, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 20 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. John Farr,   b. Bef 1751, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1792, Charles County, Maryland - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 41 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Thomas Farr,   b. Bef 1751, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1771, Charles County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 20 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F7283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      Capt. John Farr 106.82 CH £379.17.4 Oct 10 1770 Jan 25 1771
      Appraisers: Samuel Love, John Marshall.
      Creditors: John Corry, Samuel Jones.
      Next of kin: John Farr, Samuel Farr.
      Mentions: William Farr dec 'd father of John Farr
      Mentions: William Farr executor of Thomas Farr (executor of John Farr above)).
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      John Farr 6.100 D CH £63.3.5 Jan 10 1772
      Sureties: John Farr, Joseph Simpson.
      Distribution to: 5 children (unnamed).
      Administrator (de bonis non): William Farr.
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      Robert Mastin 94.54 CH £583.10.8 Aug 18 1767
      Appraisers: John Farr, John Douglass, Sr.
      Creditors: T. Mastin James Tapping,
      Next of kin: Thomas Mastin, Robert Mastin.
      Executor: Huse Mastin.
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      George Thomas Farr 108.48 CH £9.13.0 May 14 1771 May 18 1771
      Appraisers: Samuel Love, John Marshall.
      Creditors: John Laidler, James Jones.
      Next of kin: Samuel Farr, John Farr.
      Executor: William (?).

      FARR, Samuel, Charles Co. 10 Nov, 1771 2 Dec, 1771
      Wife Ann.
      Mentions possible unborn child.
      Brothers and sisters unnamed.
      Wit: George Steel, John Kenneman, 38, 449
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      Contributed by: James Hughes

      URL: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00000 1/000028/html/am28--546.html
      URL title: Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1732:1753Volume 28, Page 546
      Note:
      Schedule No 2.
      Charles County.
      At a Meeting of the Vestry of William and Mary Parish in the County aforesaid on the 8th Day of June 1752 at the said Parish Church were present - Page 483

      The Reverend
      Vestrymen: Mr Saml Clagett, Mr Thomas Cottrell, Mr Richard Smith, Mr Edward Ford, Mr Nathan Harris, Mr Charles Bruce
      Church warden:Mr John Marshall

      Who unanimously proceeded to regulate and assign the Pews in the sd Parish Church to the several Persons hereafter put down in the following Manner, the Numbers of the Pews to the respective Names put down, having Relation to the Numbers in the Platt hereunto annexed Viz.
      Pew
      To the honourable Richard Lee Esqr 1
      Mr Benjamin Fendall & his Son John 2
      Mr Wm Courts, Elizabeth Courts & Wm Penn 3
      Col George Dent and his Son George 4
      Richard Smith his Sons, and Thomas Cottrell 5
      Barton Warren and Edward Ford 6
      Charles Yates John Wilder & his Son John 7
      The Ministers Family for the time being 8
      James Latimore, Philip Jenkins, Jno Jenkins & Benj. Douglass. 9
      Atwick Fearson, Jno Farr, Geo. Scroggin & Benjn Thomas. 10

      Notley Maddox, Sarah Maddox, Anne Smoot & Edwd Smoot 14
      Joseph Joy, Judith Penn, and Notley Dutton 15
      Thomas Bates, John Douglass, John Hamil & Jane Penn 16

      Francis Posey, Harrison Musgrove, Charles John & Benj. Philpot. 18

      Authur Lee, Rebecca Howard, Jno Marshall & Richd Marshall 23
      Joseph Douglass, Nathan Harris, Mary Brandt 24
      Joseph Gwynn and Benjamin 25
      Mary Marshall, Henry Thompson, Posthumus Groves & Jas Plant. 26
      William Dent & Walter Hanson for their Tenants 27
      Moses Hubbart, John Cavin, Jno Wakefield & Saml Chunn 28
      Robert Yates, Charles Bruce & Robert Yates junr 29
      Barton Hungerford & his Sons 30
      Robt Mastin, Tyre Thomas, Widow Thomas & Richard Ratcliff. 31

      Thomas Hatton, William Cage Samuel Gody and John Chun 32
      Geo: Elgin Patience Posey, Jacob Andrew Minitree Wm Guy & Sarah Martin. 33

      No 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22 left in common for Tenants
      Others not being Freeholders.

      No 17 .....for such young Persons that may sing.
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      Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 97.
      At the request of John Farr, the following deed was recorded on May 2, 1746-Apr 28, 1746 from Benjamin Thomas of CC, planter, to John Farr, mariner of CC, for 10 £sterling, and for divers other good causes, part of that tract of land in CC called Thomas' Maggott, & lying on the north side Potomack River, bounded by the north side of Hampton Cr, containing about 50 acres. Signed - Benjamin Thomas. Wit - George Dent, Robert Burges.
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      Charles County Land Record Book G#3, 1756-1761; Page 155. Bill of Sale. St. Mary's County, Maryland. Know that I, Samuel Theobald of St. Mary's County, planter, for 30 pistoles, sell to Mr. John Farr of CC, a Negro woman, Lucie. Signed Dec 12, 1757 - Sam. Theobalds. Wit - John Smith, Brittingham Dickerson. Recorded Dec 22, 1757.
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      Charles County Land Record Book L#3, 1761-1765; Page 451. Bond. I, Laidler of a CC give bond to Farr of CC, planter, in the sum of_ sterling, to be paid unto
      John Farr .. dated this 23rd day of December 1763. whereas there is a dispute between the parties aforesaid relating to the property of a certain tract or part of a tract of land lying in William and Mary Parish and County aforesaid, which is claimed by sd Laidler as part of a tract called Stripp sd Farr as part of a tract called Tho , and the sd Laidler and Farr being willing and desirous that their disputes should be amicably settled, have agreed to leave it to the determination of Messieurs George Dent and Samuel Love Jr. of the County .. , Gentlemen, and if they cannot agree or do not determine the .. are to make choice of a third person or umpire to settle the same, and if the property of the land aforesaid is found to be .. then and in such case the aforesaid Dent and Love or the umpire to be .. are to set a value on the sd land, and upon the sd Laidler's paying to the sd Farr the value to be set on the land aforesaid within 10 days after the determination of the referee or umpire aforesaid, the sd Farr obliges is himself to make over the sd land to the sd Laidler by a deed. Now the condition of the above obligation is such that if the above bound John Laidler abides by the award and judgment of the aforesaid George Dent and Samuel Love Jr., arbitrators [then this bond becomes void]. Signed - John Laidler. Wit - _ndall, tes.
      On the back of the foregoing bond was thus endorsed, viz, we, George Dent and Samuel Love, arbitrators, having fully examined and considered the proofs of the contending parties, we are of the opinion that .. being part of
      Signed - Geo Dent*, Saml Love*. Recorded Apr 12, 1764.
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      1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Chicamuxen: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 414-257: THOMAS MAGGOTT: 78 acres; Possession of - 78 Acres - Thomas, George: Surveyed for George Thomas 23 April 1719, lying on the North side of Potomac River, Patented for said Thomas, 3 Aug 1732: {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.

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