The Farr Family of Merriott
Earliest Mention
The earliest mention of the surname FARR in the Merriott records is in 1770, with the baptism of children of James & Mary FARR:
11 March 1770 James
17 September 1775 John
There were also three marriages:
11 May 1784 Ann Farr m Thomas Hooper
5 July 1785 Elizabeth Farr m John Baily
26 December 1796 John Farr m Edith Pattemore
As these were the days when information given in the marriage records is minimal, it is not known who these two women were. They may have been sisters of James; or possibly older daughters of James & Mary.
This couple began their family in the late 18th century in Merriott:
| John & Edith (nee Pattemore) FARR | 17 April 1797 Jenny 23 November 1800 Mary 23 May 1803 James 22 December 1805 Robert |
1 January 1809 Hannah 26 May 1811 John |
19th Century FARRs in Merriott
As the 19th century progressed, the FARR family increased at great rates.
MARRIAGES pre 1837
| MALES – 4 | FEMALES – 4 |
| 5 September 1803 James Farr m Hannah Mitchell 8 March 1827 James Farr m Sarah Hawkins 23 October 1825 Robert Farr m Christiana Lawrence 21 September 1835 Robert Farr m Emily Gibbons |
1 May 1825 Mary Farr m Roger Parker 1 March 1835 Hannah Farr m James Greenham 19 January 1836 Mary Farr m John French 17 May 1836 Hannah Farr m Joseph Marks |
MARRIAGES post 1837 (extra detail)
|
Date |
Year |
Forename |
Surname |
Spouse |
Age |
Condition |
Signed? |
Abode |
Occupation |
Father |
Father’s Occ |
Witness |
|
2-Apr |
1839 |
Eliza |
Osborne |
James Farr |
30 |
Spinster |
No |
Lower St |
John Osborne |
Labourer |
Ann Osborne |
|
|
2-Apr |
1839 |
James |
Farr |
Eliza Osborne |
35 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Lower St |
Gardener |
James Farr |
Gardener |
David Rogers |
|
23-Feb |
1841 |
Susan |
Farr |
James Mitchell |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Church Road |
not given |
John Farr |
Yeoman |
Ann Lawrence |
|
23-Feb |
1841 |
James |
Mitchell |
Susan Farr |
29 |
Bachelor |
No |
Higher Street |
Farm Gardener |
John Mitchell, |
Farm Gardener |
John Farr |
|
1-Oct |
1846 |
Sarah |
Cridge |
John Farr |
of age |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
not given |
Richard Cridge |
Gardener |
Sarah Marks |
|
1-Oct |
1846 |
John |
Farr |
Sarah Cridge |
of age |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Gardener |
John Farr |
Gardener |
Samuel Cridge |
|
23-Oct |
1849 |
Emma |
Farr |
William Wills |
22 |
Spinster |
No |
Church Rd |
Field Gardener |
Robert Farr |
Butcher |
Robert England |
|
23-Oct |
1849 |
William |
Wills |
Emma Farr |
22 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Green Nap |
Field Gardener |
Samuel Wills |
Carpenter |
Joseph Eason |
|
19-Oct |
1852 |
Jane |
Farr |
John Mitchell |
22 |
Spinster |
No |
Higher St |
Domestic |
Robert Farr |
Butcher |
Robert Sweet |
|
19-Oct |
1852 |
John |
Mitchell |
Jane Farr |
28 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Higher St |
Gardener |
John Mitchell |
Gardener |
William Wills |
|
7-Apr |
1857 |
William |
Higgins |
Anna Farr |
23 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Trantor? |
John Higgins |
Gardener |
John Higgins |
|
7-Apr |
1857 |
Anna |
Farr |
William Higgins |
19 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
James Farr |
Gardener |
Samuel Wills |
|
13-Jun |
1857 |
Elizabeth |
Farr |
Thomas Sweet |
full |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
James Farr |
Labourer |
Ann Sweet |
|
|
13-Jun |
1857 |
Thomas |
Sweet |
Elizabeth Farr |
full |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
John Sweet |
Labourer |
George Sweet |
|
16-Feb |
1861 |
Alfred |
Farr |
Jane Wills |
24 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
James Farr |
illegible |
Anthony Wills |
|
16-Feb |
1861 |
Jane |
Wills |
Alfred Farr |
27 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
Anthony Wills |
Carpenter |
Jane Wills |
|
25-May |
1862 |
Oliver |
Farr |
Ann Pattemore |
22 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
James Farr |
Gardener |
Josias Lawrence |
|
25-May |
1862 |
Ann |
Pattemore |
Oliver Farr |
24 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
John Pattemore |
Carpenter |
Maria Hutchings |
|
|
25-Dec |
1868 |
Solomon |
Farr |
Ellen Osborne |
21 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
James Farr |
Gardener |
Oliver |
|
25-Dec |
1868 |
Ellen |
Osborne |
Solomon Farr |
23 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
|
George Osborne |
Labourer |
Louisa Osborne |
|
23-Apr |
1869 |
William |
Farr |
Louisa Osborne |
20 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Labourer |
James Farr |
Gardener |
Samuel Farr |
|
23-Apr |
1869 |
Louisa |
Osborne |
William Farr |
18 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Job Osborne |
Gardener |
Mary Eliz. Drayton |
|
|
13-Nov |
1869 |
Henry |
Farr |
Mary Lacey |
30 |
Bachelor |
No |
Merriott |
Weaver |
James Farr |
Brewer’s Man |
Thomas Wecch? |
|
13-Nov |
1869 |
Mary |
Lacey |
Henry Farr |
34 |
Widow |
No |
Merriott |
|
Samuel Pattemore |
Labourer |
Louisa Paull |
|
12-Aug |
1873 |
Jane |
Eason |
Joseph Farr |
21 |
Spinster |
No |
Merriott |
George Eason |
Tranter |
Ann Osborne |
|
|
12-Aug |
1873 |
Joseph |
Farr |
Jane Eason |
19 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
James Farr |
Gardener |
George Eason |
|
7-Dec |
1883 |
George |
Hooper |
Louisa Farr |
30 |
Bachelor |
No |
Broadway |
Hawker |
Robert Trask |
Labourer |
Joseph Rousell |
|
7-Dec |
1883 |
Louisa |
Farr |
George Hooper |
31 |
Widow |
Yes |
Broadway |
|
Job Osborne |
Farmer |
Ann Rousell |
|
30-Dec |
1890 |
James Anthony |
Farr |
Jane Smith |
28 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Carpenter |
Alfred Farr |
Labourer |
George Smith |
|
30-Dec |
1890 |
Jane |
Smith |
James Anthony Farr |
25 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Hinton St George |
George Smith |
Gardener |
Eliza Smith |
|
|
23-Sep |
1893 |
Joseph |
Farr |
Mary Ann Lawrence |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Market Gardener |
William Farr (deceased) |
Market Gardener |
Albert Lawrence |
|
23-Sep |
1893 |
Mary Ann |
Lawrence |
Joseph Farr |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
not given |
not given |
Eliza Lawrence |
|
26-May |
1896 |
Henry |
Farr |
Emma Lawrence |
23 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Weaver |
Henry Farr (deceased) |
Weaver |
Edwin Raindle |
|
26-May |
1896 |
Emma |
Lawrence |
Henry Farr |
20 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Samuel Lawrence |
Labourer |
Susan Lawrence |
|
|
25-Mar |
1897 |
William |
Mitchell |
Emma Farr |
27 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Market Gardener |
William Mitchell (deceased) |
Market Gardener |
Henry Farr |
|
25-Mar |
1897 |
Emma |
Farr |
William Mitchell |
23 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
|
Joseph Farr |
Labourer |
Sarah Osborne |
|
16-Oct |
1897 |
Henry |
Farr |
Fanny Rousell |
21 |
Bachelor |
Yes |
Merriott |
Labourer |
Joseph Farr |
Labourer |
William Wines |
|
16-Oct |
1897 |
Fanny |
Rousell |
Henry Farr |
22 |
Spinster |
Yes |
Merriott |
Reuben Rousell |
Carpenter |
Annie Rousell |
|
BAPTISMS to early 1876
| James & Hannah (nee Mitchell) FARR | 14 May 1804 James | 17 May 1807 John |
| Robert & Elizabeth FARR | 8 January 1808 James 8 January 1808 Anna |
26 May 1811 Robert 8 May 1815 Mary |
| Hannah FARR (a Labourer) | 16 August 1829 Henry, B. B. | |
| James (a Labourer/ Brewer) & Sarah (nee Hawkins) FARR |
20 September 1829 John 17 June 1832 Jane 17 August 1834 Elizabeth |
7 May 1837 Alfred 2 February 1840 Henry |
| Robert (a Gardener) & Emily (nee Gibbons) FARR |
17 September 1837 Thomas 10 March 1840 William |
27 March 1842 Louisa |
| James (a Farm Gardener) & Eliza (nee Osborne) FARR See also: Farms – Market Gardeners |
7 July 1839 Hannah 16 March 1841 Oliver 8 January 1843 Solomon 11 September 1845 Samuel |
25 December 1848 William 2 March 1851 Henry 5 November 1853 Joseph |
| John (a Gardener) & Ann FARR | 18 May 1839 John 3 November 1839 Jane 10 July 1840 John |
24 October 1841 Henry 17 March 1845 Henry 19 June 1847 Mary |
| Sarah (a Glove Sewer) FARR | 2 June 1844 Jane, Base Born | |
| John (a Gardener) & Sarah (nee Cridge) FARR | 12 May 1847 Edith 11 May 1850 Mary |
19 January 1852 John |
| Alfred (a Labourer) & Jane (nee Wills) FARR | 15 June 1862 James Antony 10 April 1864 George 13 August 1865 Sarah Jane 5 June 1867 Sarah Jane |
10 October 1869 Annie 13 December 1871 Bessy 8 November 1874 Samuel |
| Oliver (a Labourer) & Ann (nee Pattemore) FARR |
14 December 1862 James 10 April 1864 Sarah Ann 13 September 1868 Emma |
29 March 1870 Elizabeth 10 December 1871 Richard |
| Edward (a Labourer) & Emma FARR | 8 October 1871 Samuel | |
| Henry (a Weaver) & Mary (nee Pattemore) FARR | 9 January 1870 Albert James 13 July 1873 Henry |
12 March 1876 William |
| Joseph (a Labourer) & Jane (nee Eason) FARR | 14 December 1873 Emma | 9 April 1876 Henry |
| William (a Tranter /Gardener /Labourer) & Louisa (nee Osborne) FARR |
29 September 1869 Emma 18 December 1870 Joseph |
13 October 1872 Hilda Olivia |
BURIALS (in alphabetical order by First Name)
| MALES | FEMALES |
| 7 June 1827 Edward Farr 1 w 18 November 1842 Henry Farr 1 10 September 1872 Henry Farr 3 mo 2 December 1893 Henry Farr 52 6 April 1804 James Farr 16 February 1821 James Farr 18 21 March 1845 James Farr 76 30 March 1858 James Farr 21 26 August 1882 James Farr 84 22 October 1805 John Farr 12 September 1826 John Farr 6 mo 25 August 1834 John Farr 5 18 October 1839 John Farr 6 mo 12 August 1846 John Farr 71 12 February 1852 John Farr 2 w 10 April 1865 John Farr 54 5 March 1816 Reginald Farr 6w 1 June 1852 Richard Farr 34 25 October 1846 Robert Farr 69 14 January 1875 Samuel Farr 4 mo 24 April 1884 Samuel Farr 4 y 9 mo 22 July 1879 Solomon Farr 38 16 October 1875 William Farr 26 6 September 1897 William Farr 1 mo |
26 July 1870 Annie Farr 10mo 1 June 1872 Bessie Farr 7 mo 24 November 1831 Christiana Farr 27 24 March 1855 Edith Farr 79 19 June 1869 Edith Farr 21 13 January 1894 Eliza Farr 86 9 January 1852 Elizabeth Farr 81 12 February 1869 Ellen Farr 23 19 December 1834 Emma Farr 4 16 August 1900 Ethel Farr 18 mo 16 March 1836 Hannah Farr 61 20 June 1874 Hilda Olivia Farr 2 y 10 April 1821 Jane Farr 21 27 September 1828 Jane Farr 1 mo 22 August 1834 Jane Farr 2 9 January 1845 Jane Farr 1 3 December 1885 Jane Farr 34 26 February 1898 Jane Farr 65 25 December 1828 Joan Farr 85 1 November 1801 Mary Farr 30 July 1809 Mary Farr 21 May 1850 Mary Farr 3 days 11 May 1905 Mary Farr 69 8 August 1867 Sarah Farr 57 7 July 1866 Sarah Jane Farr 1 |
Estate Duty Wills at the Somerset Record Office
FARR John 1847 Merriott
CENSUS DATA for FARRS in Merriott
Excluding 1881 1841 1851 1861 1871 1891 1901 1911
1911 Census:
Ref No of Rooms Abode Persons
30 4 Lower Street FARR Henry Head 35 M Farm Labourer Worker born Merriott
FARR Fanny Wife 34 Married 13 years 6 children born alive 5 still living; born Crewkerne SOM
FARR Harry Son 13 born Merriott
FARR Blanche Dau 11 born Merriott
FARR Samuel James Son 10 born Merriott
FARR Oliver Cecil Son 7 born Merriott
FARR Hilda Minnie Dau 9m born Merriott
40 3 Lower Street FARR William Head 32 M Shepherd Worker born Merriott
FARR Isabella Wife 35 Married 11 years 3 children born alive 3 still living; born Crewkerne SOM
FARR Lily Dau 11 School born Merriott
FARR Jane Dau 3 born Merriott
FARR May Dau 8m born Merriott
82 4 Lower Street FARR William Head 34 M Blacksmith Shoeing Worker born Merriott
FARR Minnie Alice Wife 32 Married 6 years 3 children born alive 3 still living; born Combe Farm Crewkerne SOM
FARR Violet Hilda Dau 5 School born Hinton St George SOM
FARR Roy Clifford Son 4 born Merriott
FARR Ralph William Son 2 born Merriott
HARVEY James Lodger 82 W born Kingsbury nr Langport SOM
75 4 Lower Street FARR Samuel Head 65 S Farmer Own Account At Home born Merriott
FARR John Nephew 26 S Helping on Farm Worker born Merriott
122 4 Shiremoor Hill FARR Henry Head 37 M Weaver Sail Cloth Factory Worker born Merriott
FARR Emma Wife 34 Married 15 years 4 children born alive 3 still living, Reeler Sail Cloth Factory Worker born Merriott
FARR Lily Dau 14 Machinist Sail Cloth Factory Worker born Merriott
FARR Beatrice Dau 12 School born Merriott
FARR Mildred Dau 7 School born Merriott
211 4 Church Street FARR Joseph Head 57 M Farm Labourer Worker born Merriott
FARR Louisa Wife 62 Married 20 years no children; born Merriott
FARR Lydia Maud Dau 30 S Machine Hand Shirt Factory Worker born Merriott
FARR Edith Maud Granddau 14 born Aberdare SOUTH WALES
1873 Returns of Owners of Land of more than one acre
FARR, James of Merriott; over 7 acres of land.
Immigration to Wales
The 1881 census shows the Oliver Farr – Anne Pattemore family in Monmouth, Wales, with Oliver recently deceased. Nr Glanynant Farm, Llanvihangel Llantarnam, Monmouth, Wales
| Ann | 41 | Widow | Charwoman | Born Merriott |
| Jas | 18 | Unmarried | Lab Brick Yard (Brick Maker) | Born Merriott |
| Emma | 13 | Scholar | Born Merriott | |
| Richard | 9 | Scholar | Born Merriott | |
| Rosina | 8 | Scholar | Born Llantarnam | |
| Oliver | 5 | Scholar | Born Llantarnam | |
| Wm | 1 | Scholar | Born Llantarnam |
20th Century Records of FARRs in Merriott
There were still a few instances of the surname FARR in All Saints Parish Registers in the early 20th Century.
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