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An American Family History

Elizabeth Powers Farr

Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first settled in 1686 by English settlers and was the the location of the Native American village called Nashoba Plantation

Elizabeth Powers Farr was born about 1696 in Littleton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Powers.

She married Thomas Farr on March 16, 1713/14 in Littleton. Thomas was born in 1688/89. His parents were Stephen Farr and Mary Taylor.

Thomas and Elizabeth's children were Elizabeth Farr (June 24, 1715), Abigail Farr (December 26, 1716), Thomas Farr (November 1, 1719), Joanna Farr (May 22, 1722), Jonathan Farr (February 4, 1724), Mary Farr (March 12, 1727/28), and Keziah Farr (June 12, 1730).

They relocated to Hardwick, Worcester County, Massachusetts about 1719. Thomas owned land there and Elizabeth was admitted to the church in 1719.

Elizabeth died 1766 and Thomas died on January 11, 1772 in Hardwick.
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.
Children of Thomas Powers
and Elizabeth
  • Joseph Powers
  • Elizabeth Powers Farr
    • and Mary Harwood
  • Phineas Powers
  • Ephraim Powers
  • Jane Powers Davis
  • James Powers
  • Jeremiah Powers
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    (from Genealogical and Personal Memoirs edited by William Richard Cutter and William Frederick Adams)

    Thomas Farr, of Hardwick, Massachusetts, with whom our narrative begins, is supposed to have removed there from Stow or Littleton sometime previous to 1742, for his name appears as the owner of land there in 1719. In the year first mentioned his wife Elizabeth was admitted member of the church in Hardwick, but no further mention of the family is found in the records there, and it is presumed that he sold his lands and removed to some other town. The Hardwick records mention two sons of Thomas, Thomas, Jr., and Jonathan.

    (from Volume 4)
    Stephen Farr, believed to be a son of Thomas Farr, of Lynn, first appears on the records at Concord, Massachusetts, where he married, May 25, 1674, Mary, daughter of William and Mary Taylor, born March 19, 1649. He served in King Philip's war from Concord in 1675-76, as a member of Captain Davenport's company, and resided in the district now constituting the town of Stow, which lay between the towns of Concord and Lancaster. Two of his children were recorded at Concord but no record can be found of others, of whom there were probably several. Those recorded were: Ebenezer, born November 10, 1676, and Stephen

    		  
     

    History of Littleton, New Hampshire compiled by George C. Furber

    Stephen Farr, son of Thomas, was a soldier in King Philip's War, and was present when his commander, Capt. Nathaniel Davenport, was slain, April 21, 1676. He m. at Concord, Mass., May 25, 1674, Mary Taylor, b. Feb. 19, 1649, dau. of William and Mary (Merriam) Taylor of Concord. His sons, Ebenezer and Stephen, were b. in Concord. His other children, John, Samuel, Mary, and Thomas, were probably b. in Stow, Mass. The children and grandchildren were distributed in Stow, Littleton, and Acton.
    King Philip’s war was a bloody and costly series of raids and skirmishes in 1675 and 1676 between the Native American people and the colonials. King Philip was the Native American leader Metacom.

     

         

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