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Book Title: History Of Durham, Maine

FARRAR.

   John Farrar of Royalsborough was the descendant of John Farrar who in 1635
came from Hingham, Eng., with his wife Frances and settled in Hingham, Mass. The
family is said to be of Norman origin, dating back to the time of William the
Conqueror. The emigrant, John Farrar, died in 1678 at a great age. He had four
daughters and two sons, one of whom, Nathan, b. 17 Sept. 1654, m. 5 Dec. 1683
Mary Garnett, and had five children. Of these Jonathan, b. 20 June 1789, m.
Johannah ____ and had sons Jonathan, David and John. David settled in Buckfield,
Me., and John, b. 1724, settled in N. Yarmouth, marrying 21 June 1747 Jael, dau.
of Richard Stubbs. She was born 26 Dec. 1724 and died 9 Oct. 1809. John Farrar
of N. Yarmouth died 25 May 1803. They had Rachel, Hannah, JOHN bap. 17 Nov.
1754, Nathan, bap. 25 Nov. 1759, Huldah and Sarah.

   John Farrar married in N. Yarmouth 9 April 1776 Mary Vining, probably sister
of Benjamin Vining afterward of Durham. She lived but a little while and had no
children. He married 20 Sept. 1781 Hannah Shaw of Woolwich, whose ancestors are
said to have come from the Isle of Guernsey. His farm in Durham is shown on the
surveyor's map, near Methodist Corner A deed shows that he was living in Durham
in 1780. He was road surveyor in 1784 and on the training band in 1787. He moved
to what is now Webster in 1793. He died in the fall of 1828. His wife died
several years later. Their first five children were born in Durham.

   MARY b. 20 Sept. 1782; m. Joshua Haley; lived in Lisbon.

   NATHAN b. 16 Dec. 1784; m Esther Garcelon of Lewiston.

   BENJAMIN b. 5 Nov. 1786; lost at sea.

   REUBEN b. 8 Jan. 1789; m. (1) ___ Carville; (2) Jane Small.

   JOHN b. 29 Dec. 1792; m. 1815 Martha Ham.

   JAMES b. 21 Aug. 1794; m. (1) 21 April 1819 Emily Hamilton; (2) Desdemona
Wilson.

   JOSIAH b. 6 Aug.  1796; m.  Mary Ann Handy.

   SUSANNA b. 6 Aug. 1799; m. ____ Clifford.

   DAVID b. 30 May 1802; m. (1) Abbie Atwood; (2) Phoebe Flint; (3) ____

   HANNAH b. 6 Jan.  1806.

   IRA b. 29 June 1809 m. ____ Hinkley.


Additional Comments:
Part of Chapter XII.
GENEALOGICAL NOTES

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF DURHAM, MAINE
WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES.

BY EVERETT S. STACKPOLE.

PUBLISHED BY VOTE OF TOWN.

LEWISTON: PRESS OF LEWISTON JOURNAL COMPANY. 
1899.


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