Colonel William Farrar, II
1626 - 1678 (51 years)-
Name Colonel William Farrar [1] Suffix II Birth Aug 1626 Henrico County, Virginia, USA [1] - Farrar's Island
Gender Male Death 1 Feb 1678 Henrico County, Virginia, USA [1] Person ID I7306 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father William Farrar, I, b. 25 Apr 1583, Croxton, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Jun 1637, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years) Relationship natural Mother Cecily Reynolds, b. 21 Jan 1600, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England d. 1677, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Marriage 2 May 1625 Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA - After Samuel Jordan’s death, Reverend Grivell Pooley claimed to have proposed marriage to Cecily. Cecily instead chose William Farrar. Pooley initiated the first first breach of promise suit in America. After two years of litigation, she won.
Family ID F1915 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Williams, b. 1627, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 1682, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years) Marriage 1656 [1] Children 1. Major William Farrar, III, b. 1657, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Apr 1721, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years) [natural] 2. Thomas Farrar, b. 1665, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jun 1742, Goochland County, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) [natural] Family ID F2422 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Sources - [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
- [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).