Ancestors of Tim Farr and Descendants of Stephen Farr Sr. of Concord, Massachusetts and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England


Job WINSLOW [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1641 in of Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He died 3 on 14 Jul 1719 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Job married 4 Ruth in BY 1674 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

JOB, b. say 1641; m. by 1674 Ruth _____ (eldest known child b. Swansea 16 November 1674 [SwVR 21]).  (In 1914 Richard Henry Greene rejected the claim that Ruth was daughter of Daniel Cole; he examined several other possibilities, including a placement in the family of STEPHEN HOPKINS, but came to no firm conclusion [NYGBR 45:2-8; see also MF 6:7, 11].)

Ruth was born on 15 Apr 1651 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. She died after 14 Jul 1720 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Ruth married 1 Job WINSLOW in BY 1674 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

The Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, p. 2036
iv JOB, b. say 1641; m. by 1674 Ruth - (eldest known child b. Swansea 16 November 1674 [SwVR 21]). (In 1914 Richard Henry Greene rejected the claim that Ruth was daughter of Daniel Cole; he examined several other possibilities, including a placement in the family of STEPHEN HOPKINS, but came to no firm conclusion [NYGBR 45:2-8; see also MF 6:7, 11].)


Peter WORDEN [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1569 in Clayton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died 3 on 9 Mar 1638 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Peter married Margaret GRICE WALL.

First of the English to die at Yarmouth.

[WILLAM TWINING ET AL. TO PETER WARDEN]

[3: 334] On 5 April, 1669, "Willam Twinning of Eastham ....husbandman", for £8 lawfull money, sold to "Peter Warden of the Towne of Yarmouth .... husbandman". "the said Willam

Twinning . . . for himselfe and Merriam Dean his sister and for Sussanna Snow sister to his wife; which three are the proper and Joynt heires of theire father Steven Deane his land" "all the lands that belonges unto and Were the purchase lands of Stephen Dean Deceased; and now lawfully heired by Elizabeth the wife of the said Willam Twinning, Merriam Dean and Sussanna the wife of Stephen Snow; all these the Daughters of Stephen Deane Deceased, of the Towne of Plymouth in New England ... both uplands and meddowing Containing the Eleventh prte of the whole tract of lands between the two brookes ... Comonly Called and knowne by the Names of bound brook and stony brook; and Now within the the liberties of the Township of yarmouth aforsaid"

The deed was signed by William Twining, Elizabeth Twining, Stephen Snow, Susanna Snow and Meriam Dean, the last by a mark; was acknowledged 5 April, 1669, by the five grantors, before John Freeman, Assistant; and was witnessed by Josias Cooke and Nicholas Snow.

On 5 April, 1669, Peter Warden transferred the property to "his sonne Kanelme Winslow" The deed was acknowledged the same day, and the witnesses were the same as in the preceding deed.

[foL 33] The last will and Testament of Peter Worden of Yarmouth the elder Deceased proved at the genrall Court held at Plymouth the fift day of March in the xiiijth yeare of the Raigne of our Souraigne Lord Charles King of England &c 1638 by the oathes of mr Nicholas Sympkins Heugh Tillie & Giles Hopkins. as followeth vizt

Be it knowne unto all men to whom this doth or may conceme That I Peter Worden of Yarmouth in New England in Plymouth Patten being very sick in this yeare of our Lord 1638 and on the ninth day of ffebruary do make my last will to testyty unto all that I Peter Worden doe give and bequeath unto Peter Worden my onely sonne & sonn & heire and in the presence of Nicholas Sympkins Hugh Tillie & Giles Hopkins I do make him my whole Executr to whom I doe give all my lands Leases Tennements wth goods moveable and unmoveable in the Towne of Clayton in the County of Lankester likewise I doe give unto Peter my sonne all my goods wch I have at this prsent in New England My will is my sonne is to give John Lewis one Nate Goate also my will is my sonn is to give my Grandchild such money as is due for the keepeing of Goates and Calves untill this day and that my sonn is wth the money to buy John a Kid or dispose it otherwaies for his use also one bed or boulster three blanketts also my sonn is to have the tuition of my grandchild untill he be at the age of one and twenty yeares of age also my will is he shall fynd him with meate drinke and cloathes and at the three last yeares of the xxjftie years also to have fourty shillings the year after & above for to add to his stock wth a sowe pigg when the sowe piggs

In witnesse we present set our hands

Peter        (his seale) Worden
Nicholas Simpkins
Hugh Tilly H
marke Giles
Hopkins G

mr Nicholas Sympkins Heugh Tilly and Giles Hopkins weer all deposed (in open Court) to this will the fift day of march 1638 xiiijto Caroli Rs See Court ordrs P 194
Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories pages 75-76

Peter was listed as "Gentleman" in several documents and he was a member of the Town Council of Preston, Lancashire, England, which is located about 5 miles from Clayton. He leased a shop in the Guild Hall, located next to the Preston Market Place, on 1 Oct 1617. He was last recorded in Preston on 21 Jan 1629, when, according to the early archives of Preston Borough, he loaned 8 shillings to the Borough for a project concerned with common lands. In 1630 the Plague, which had already ravaged London, struck Preston, and 1,069 people out of a population of 3000 died within the year. Peter and his son, Peter, and their families probably left Preston because of the plague, as did many of the other survivors, because he next appears in the American Colonies in the mid 1630s. It is believed that he first settled in Lynn, MA before moving to Yarmouth in 1639. In "The History of Old Yarmouth", by Charles F. Swift, the following: "At the extreme easterly part of the Town, Peter Worden the elder and younger have established themselves, in spite of the opposition of some of their associates, and here the former died the first year of settlement." His will was probated on 5 Mar 1639. It is the first will printed in the Plymouth Court Records. In his will he left most of his real and personal property in both England and America to his son, Peter Worden. Both he and his son are buried in the Worden Cemetery, overlooking Cape Cod Bay, south side of Route 6A in the town of Dennis near the border of the town of Brewster.

Peter's will was made on 9 Feb 1639 and proved 9 Mar 1639. It is believed that he was about 70 at the time of his death.

Margaret GRICE WALL 1. Margaret married Peter WORDEN.

They had the following children.

  F i
Bridget WORDEN.
  F ii
Elizabeth WORDEN.
  M iii Peter WORDEN was born in 1609. He died on 11 Jan 1680.

Charles Thomas POULTER [Parents] 1 was born on 20 Nov 1825 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He was christened 2 on 19 Mar 1826 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. He died 3 on 26 Nov 1879 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. Charles married 4 Elizabeth Rebecca BETTS on 8 Nov 1851 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Elizabeth Rebecca BETTS was born 1 on 12 May 1831 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. She was christened 2 on 27 May 1831 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. She died 3 on 5 Jul 1870 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. Elizabeth married 4 Charles Thomas POULTER 5 on 8 Nov 1851 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Given name may be Elizabeth


Joseph SEAVERNS. Joseph married Martha WORDEN.

Surname from mother-in-laws will

Martha WORDEN [Parents] was born about 1639 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She died in 1725 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Martha married Joseph SEAVERNS.


John BURGE. John married 1 Mary WORDEN on 8 Sep 1657 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Surname from mother-in-laws will

Mary WORDEN [Parents] was born on 10 Feb 1639 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 25 Mar 1697 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Mary married 1 John BURGE on 8 Sep 1657 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Marriage from the Sandwich, Massachusetts Vital Records p. 167


Joseph William HARRIS was born 1 on 3 Jan 1818 in Southgate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. He was christened 2 on 2 Feb 1823 in Southgate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. Joseph married 3 Jane POULTER on 5 Jun 1856 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

Jane POULTER [Parents] was born 1 on 30 Jan 1822 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She was christened 2 on 22 Apr 1827 in Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Jane married 3 Joseph William HARRIS on 5 Jun 1856 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

Other marriages:
CRAWSHAW, William


William Henry LEE. William married 1 Ann POULTER on 25 Dec 1843 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.

Ann POULTER [Parents] was born 1 on 22 Feb 1824 in Esher, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She was christened 2 on 29 Aug 1824. Ann married 3 William Henry LEE on 25 Dec 1843 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.


Dr Samuel WORDEN [Parents] was born in 1645/1646 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. He died 1 on 26 Aug 1716 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States. He was buried on 27 Aug 1716. Samuel married Hopestill HOLLY in 1665 in Massachusetts, United States.

Samuel worked 2 as Physician.

In 1672 Samuel Werden was proposed for a freeman. In New England, a man attained the status of freeman either as the eldest son or by owning a freehold estate; and in every town there was a commission appointed to examine that freehold estate and make sure its title was clear.

Sometime before 1693, Dr. Samuel bought land in Rhode Island, because in a deed registered there on 19 September 1693, Werden's Pond is called by his name. (Old N.K. Land Evidences, Volume 1, Page 223 in S.K. Townhouse.)

On 8 July 1695, he bought land consisting of 250 acres from Benedict Arnold, one of the original purchasers of a tract of land in this "collony comonly called Pitticomcott." This was originally purchased by Benedict Arnold in 1658 and comprises the present towns of South Kingston and Narragansett.

In 1696, Dr. Samuel sold his farm in the town of Yarmouth, Mass. to Isaac Chapman "except one half aker of land which I Samuel Werden except and reserve to myself and to my fathers posterity forever, lying square about the place where my father Werden was buried, out of the aforementioned farm, notwithstanding whatever is said above to the contrary, with free liberty of ingress and egress with horse or cart or foot from the common highway to same to have and to hold forever." He therefore preserved this land to all Wordens forever.

In the Norwich town clerk's office, Oliver Newton Worden found this precious record of conjugal and filial affection: "September 13, 1715, it was to me that woeful day in which my dear and tender and loving wife departed this life and was buried on ye 27th." "8 November 1752, then ye above written was entered from an ancient writing, at ye desire of Mr. Thomas Werden Jr. by me - Isaac Huntington, T.C." A few months after Hopestill died, Dr. Samuel married Francis West. In Stonington, Connecticut 18 September 1716, "Francis Werden, widow and relique of Samuel Werden late of Stonington dec. refuseth to administer upon ye estate of her late husband, Samuel Werden dec. and desireth that adm. may be granted to Isaac Werden. Isaac Werden died in 1718 and his wife Rebekah became administer for both estates.

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SOURCE: Obtained at Worden Hall in East Dennis, Cape Cod, Mass.

Hopestill HOLLY was born in 1647 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Hopestill married Dr Samuel WORDEN in 1665 in Massachusetts, United States.


Thomas EWER 1 was christened 2, 3 on 10 Mar 1592/1593 in Strood, Kent, England, United Kingdom. He died 4 in 1638 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas married 5, 6, 7, 8 Sarah LEARNED on 13 Jan 1623/1624 in St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Other marriages:
HIPSLEY, Bridget

Came on the ship "James" w/Sarah and two children, Elizabeth age 4 and Thomas age 1 1/2 on 20 May, 1635.
Source: Library of Congress "Larned or Larnitt Genealogy" page 78-79.

This name on the early Barnstable records is written Eure, on the Colony records it is written Ure, Eue, Ewe, and Ewer. A Henry Eue was one of the first settlers in Sandwich. Dcc. 4, 1638, a warrant was directed to James Skiff, ordering him, to re-carry Henry Eue and his wife and their goods, to the place where he brought them. This warrant does not appear to have been executed, for in 1640 he was an inhabitant of Sandwich and had a share assigned to him in the division of the common meadows. Mr. Freeman's statement that he was the ancestor of the ,Ewer family of Sandwich, requires confirmation; because after 1640 his name disappears on the records. In 1643, there was a John Eue at Hartford; but it does not appear that he was connected with the Ewers of Massachusetts and plymouth.

"Thomas Ewer, aged 40, a tailor, embarked aboard the ship James, Jo. May, at London, June 19, 1635, for New England, with his wife Sarah, aged 28, and two children, Elizabeth, aged 4 years, and Thomas, aged 1 1/2 years. He had at least two older children, not named in the Custom House records, who came over subsequently, perhaps with their grandfather in 1638.

1. Thomas Ewer married Sarah, daughter of Mr. Robert Linnell, probably in London where he resided. It does not appear that he had any children born in this country. his children were
2. I. Sarah, born April 16-27, married, June 18, 1645, Thomas Blossom, of Barnstable.
3. II. Henry, born April 1629, married Mary  , he died in 1652, and it is not known that he left issue. His widow became the second wife of John Jenkins 2d Feb. 1652-3.
4. III. Elizabeth, born 1631, died in Barnstable, and was buried 9th April 1641.
5. IV. Thomas, born 1633, married Hannah,  , and died in Barnstable in 1667, aged 34.
Thomas Ewer settled in Charlestown, where he acquired some notoriety as a politician. In 1637 Lord Ley brought a

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES.         361

charge against him for using language disrespectful to the King, and afterwards he was prosecuted as one of the friends and supporters of Wheelwright; but he recanted his opinions, proving himself not to be so firm a man as his son Thomas. He died in Charleston in 1638, and his widow Sarah married, Dee. 11, 1639, Thomas Lothrop. Her family removed with her to Barnstable.
Source: "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families"  vol. 1, by C.F. Swift

Sarah LEARNED [Parents] 1 was christened on 30 Sep 1607 in St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She died in 1652 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah married 2, 3, 4, 5 Thomas EWER on 13 Jan 1623/1624 in St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Other marriages:
LATHROP, Thomas

Only had two children with Thomas Ewer. The other children were with Thomas Lathrop. Source: Library of Congress "Larned or Larnitt Genealogy" page 78.

SARAH, b. about 1607 (aged 28 in 1635 [Hotten 88]); m. (1) Bermondsey, Surrey, 13 January 1623/4 Thomas Ewer; m. (2) 11 December 1639 Thomas Lathrop, son of Rev. John Lathrop ("My son Tho[mas] and Brother Larnett's daughter, widow Ewer, in the Bay" [NEHGR 9:286]).

They had the following children.

  M i John EWER was christened on 14 Jan 1627. He died in 1652.
  F ii Sarah EWER was christened on 10 May 1629.
  F iii
Elizabeth EWER was christened 1 on 2 Oct 1631 in Strood, Kent, England, United Kingdom. She was buried 2, 3 on 9 Apr 1641 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Source: "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families"  vol. 1, by C.F. Swift
  M iv Thomas EWER was christened on 6 Feb 1633. He died in 1667.

Robert LOVELL 1, 2 was born in 1595 in England, United Kingdom. He died 3 on 25 Jun 1672 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Robert married Elizabeth 4, 5 in England, United Kingdom.

Robert had a will 6, 7 on 3 Apr 1651 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. His will was probated 8, 9 on 25 Jun 1672 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

ROBERT LOVELL
ORIGIN: Unknown.
MIGRATION: 1635 on the Marygould (on 20 March 1634/5, "Robert Lovell, husbandman, aged 40," "Elizabeth Lovell, his wife, aged 35," "Zacheus Lovell, his son, 15," "Anne Lovell, his daughter, aged 16," "John Lovell, his son, aged 8," "Ellyn, his daughter, aged 1," "James, his son, aged 1," and "Joseph Chickin, his servant, 16," were enrolled at Weymouth as passengers for New England on the Marygould [Hotten 285; GMN 7:9].
FIRST RESIDENCE: Weymouth.
OCCUPATION: Husbandman [Hotten 285].
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admission to Weymouth church prior to 2 September 1635 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN: 2 September 1635 (fifth in a sequence of six Weymouth men [MBCR 1:371]).
ESTATE: In the Weymouth land inventory of about 1642, "Robert Lovell" held four parcels: "one acre and a quarter in the West Field first given to him"; "six acres and half in King Oak Hill first given to himself"; "fifteen acres near the mill"; and "thirty acres in the Great Lots" [Weymouth Hist 1:196].
In his will, dated 3 April 1651 and proved 25 June 1672, "Robert Lovell of Weymouth" bequeathed "my dwelling house & the land adjoining to it to my loving wife to possess & enjoy all the time of her widowhood," and "my dwelling house & land before mentioned unto my son John after my wife's widowhood"; to "my son John four acres of land that was of Carpenter's & three acres of land bought of Hart & … half half the meadow that I bought of Smith & half the meadow that I bought of Holebrooke & … my lot by the mill which is eighteen acres"; to "my son James my Great Lot which is thirty-six acres & … the other half of the meadow before mentioned that was bought of Smith & likewise that of Holebrooke's"; to "my son-in-law Andrew Forde one of my heifers"; to "Andrew Ford's eldest son one of my heifers"; to "Andrew Ford's youngest son " a calf; to "John Lovell's son my yearling bull"; "my loving wife to be my sole executrix" [SPR 7:217].
BIRTH: About 1595 (aged 40 on 20 March 1634/5 [Hotten 285]).
DEATH: After 3 April 1651 (date of will) and before 6 November 1658 (when a deed refers to “land of the widow Lovell” [SLR 11:179]).
MARRIAGE: By about 1619 Elizabeth _____. She was born about 1600 (aged 35 on 20 March 1634/5 [Hotten 285]) and perhaps died not long before 25 June 1672 (when her husband's will was proved, at least fourteen years after he died).
CHILDREN:

i ANNE LOVELL, b. about 1619 (aged 16 on 20 March 1634/5 [Hotten 285]); sailed to New England with family in 1635; no further record.
ii ZACHEUS LOVELL, b. about 1620 (aged 15 on 20 March 1634/5 [Hotten 285]; sailed to New England with family in 1635; no further record.
iii JOHN LOVELL, b. about 1627 (aged 8 on 20 March 1634/5 [Hotten 285]); m. by 1651 Jane Hatch, daughter of WILLIAM HATCH  [GM 2:3:241-44].
iv ELLEN LOVELL, b. about 1629 (deposed on 24 May 1667 "aged about 38 years" [Weymouth Hist 3:226, citing SJC Case #815, paper 35]); m. by about 1649 Andrew Ford.
v JAMES LOVELL, b. about 1634 (aged 1 on 20 March 1634/5 [Hotten 285]); m. (1) by 1664 Jane _____ (eldest known child b. Weymouth 8 January 1664[/5]); m. (2) by 1697 Anna _____ (only known child b. Weymouth 20 November 1697).
COMMENTS: The passenger list of the Marygould gives the ages in early 1635 of the two youngest children as one, clearly implying that they were twins. The next eldest child was born about 1627, further implying a gap of about seven years between this child and the two youngest. The age given by Ellen in a deposition, and the likely date of her marriage, indicate that she was a few years older than stated on the passenger list. She was not, then, a twin of Lovell, and her more likely date of birth partially fills the gap between John and James. Pope states that Robert Lovell "received arms from Pynchon in 1636" [Pope 203]. On 2 June 1640, "Elizabeth Lovell was admonished [by the Massachusetts Bay General Court] for her immodest expressions, enjoined to pay the witnesses, & so was dismissed" [MBCR 1:297]. (This woman is not explicitly stated to be of Weymouth or to be wife of Robert Lovell, but she seems to be the only woman of the name in Massachusetts Bay at the time.)
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1923 George Walter Chamberlain published a concise account of this immigrant and his agnate descendants for several generation [Weymouth Hist 3:392-410]
Source: Great Migration Online Newsletter, Edited by Robert Charles Anderson, FASG

Elizabeth 1, 2 was born about 1601 in England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth married Robert LOVELL 3, 4 in England, United Kingdom.

They had the following children.

  F i
Anne LOVELL 1 was born 2 about 1618 in England, United Kingdom.
  M ii
Zaccheus LOVELL 1 was born 2 about 1619 in England, United Kingdom.
  F iii Eleanor LOVELL was born about 1633. She died in 1693.
  M iv John LOVELL was born in 1627.
  M v James LOVELL was born about 1635. He died before 30 Aug 1706.

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