Judith Jefferson (daughter of Thomas Jefferson II and Mary Field) was born August 30, 1698 in Osbornes, Henrico Co. Virginia, and died November 1786 in St. James Parish, Mecklenburg Co Virginia. She married George Farrar on Abt. 1717 in Henrico Co. Virginia, son of William Farrar and Priscilla Baugh.

Notes for Judith Jefferson:

Judith Jefferson, the eldest child of Thomas Jefferson II and Mary Field, was born at the family plantation at Jefferson's Landing, later known as Osborne's. Judith was named after her maternal grandmother Judith Soane, the daughter of Judith Fuller. Judith's mother, Mary Field Jefferson, died two weeks before Judith's 17th birthday.

Only Judith's brother, Thomas Jefferson III, the eldest son in the family, was given a quality education. Younger brother, Peter Jefferson, eager to learn, was self taught. Years later his son, President Thomas Jefferson, wrote that his father's education had been neglected. Education for the Jefferson daughters is not mentioned in family biographies.

Judith Jefferson married George Farrar about 1717, son of William Farrar and Priscilla Baugh, and they lived at his family estate, Farrar's Island on the James River in Henrico County, which had been one of the first land patents granted in the Virginia colony to his ancestor William Farrar posthumously in 1637. There were many dealings between the Jeffersons and Farrars in Virginia records. Judith and George Farrar had nine children born between 1718 to 1738, most of them born at Farrar's Island. Judith's eldest brother, Thomas Jefferson III, died at sea in 1723, when Judith was 24. George Farrar's brothers sold their shares of the Farrar's Island property in 1727-28 to the Randolphs.

On March 15, 1725 Judith's father Thomas Jefferson II wrote his will in Henrico County. In it he made several bequests to Judith Farrar, among them a share in the proceeds from the sale of his "half of Gilly's Mill, the land mortgaged by (Mr. Richard) Grill," etc. Later on November 4, 1728 (the year following the sale of Farrar's Island to the Randolphs) Thomas Jefferson II won a law suit against Matthew Ligon for rightful possession of this land, being 150 acres the upper half of a tract taken up by Richard Grills in 1710 and deeded to Thomas Jefferson September 12, 1717. Mathew Ligon was then ordered to turn the property over to "George Farrar and his heirs forever." This transfer recorded at Varina Court, 1st Monday in April 1729. Already having willed part of this property to Judith Farrar, Thomas Jefferson II, after winning the suit, decided to give her the whole plantation in his lifetime and thus deeded it to her in the name of husband George Farrar.

George and Judith occupied this land for about thirty years. The deed describes the plantation as being in Henrico County Southside (which later became Chesterfield County), south side of Swift Creek, both sides of Reedy Run, near Curles, "all houses, gardens, orchards, fences, woods, underwoods, waters and watercourses, profits, commodities and hereditaments to the said plantation." Described as on John and Frederick Baugh's line, it was also in the neighborhood of the Jefferson Plantation, Branch and Batte families and near where Judith's grandparents Major Peter and Judith (Soane) Field had lived.

Judith's father died February 18, 1731 Judith, named as Judith Farrar, in the will written in 1725, received the following bequests:

WILL OF THOMAS JEFFERSON II, March 15, 1725. Recorded April 1731

"ITEM. I give unto my son PETER JEFFERSON and to his Heirs forever all my land on Fine Creek and on Manakin Creek, but if my said Son should die before he be Twenty One Years of Age, then I give my Land aforesaid to be equally divided between my Three Daughters JUDITH, MARY, and MARTHA and their heirs forever...

ITEM. I will and direct that my one half Part of Gilly's Mill, the Land I lately bought of George Carter, the Land mortgaged by Grill and all the remaining part of my Estate (except my Two Negros Jenny and Nanny) be sold by Major William Kennon and Henry Wood and that Ten Pounds of the Money (after my just Debts are first paid and discharged) be given unto my Daughter JUDITH FARRAR and the remaining Part be equally divided between my Two Daughters MARY and MARTHA.

ITEM. I give unto my Daughter JUDITH FARRAR my Black Walnut Safe and Silver Tumbler and Three Silver Spoons.

ITEM. My will is that if my Daughter MARY or MARTHA die before they are of Age or married that then the several legacies hereby bequeathed be and remain to the Survivour of them. If they both die then that every Thing given them in this Will be equally divided between my Son PETER and my Daughter JUDITH FARRAR and their Heirs.

Proved in Henrico County Court, First Monday in April 1731 by PETER JEFFERSON."

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During the time they he lived at Gilly's Mill, George Farrar was active in the community, serving on the jury, acting as appraiser and processionar of land in 1736. In 1759-61 George Farrar sold his land. He and Judith moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia (formerly Lunenburg County) to be near her brother, Field Jefferson. Judith's brother, had established a large estate on the north side of the Roanoke River near the Howards, where he operated a ferry for years (shown on Peter Jefferson's Map of Virginia).

The will of George Farrar, written March 16, 1772, does not name his wife, but researchers have proven she was Judith Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson II, and aunt of President Thomas Jefferson. Judith is mentioned in her husband's will as follows:

WILL OF GEORGE FARRAR OF MECKLENBURG CO & PARISH OF SAINT JAMES, VIRGINIA PROVED OCTOBER 12, 1772:

"I give to my WIFE the right to the full use of the remaining part of my estate, both Negroes and movables, during her life.

I desire that at the death of my loving WIFE my Negro fellow Dick may choose which he please for his master of those of my sons, THOMAS FARRAR, WILLIAM FARRAR or JOHN FARRAR.

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Judith was likely a red head like her brother Peter Jefferson, but I have found no evidence saying so. Her red haired descendants, trace their red hair to the Jefferson line, of whom Judith's nephew, President Thomas Jefferson, was the most famous red haired member.

The 1782 Census of Heads Of Families in Virginia lists Judith Farrar in Mecklenburg County. Judith Jefferson Farrar, at the age of 84, is listed as the Head of her household and the only white person. She had four slaves. Her son William Farrar and his family lived on the neighboring property, and sons Thomas and John also lived closeby in Mecklenburg County.

Judith Jefferson, born 1698, lived long enough to see her nephew, Thomas Jefferson, write the Declaration of Independence and to see the newborn United States win the Revolutionary War gaining independence from England. But she died about 1786 before seeing her nephew elected third President of the United States.

Source: Alvahn Holmes book "Some Farrar's Island Descendants"

Alvahn Holmes "George Farrar and Judith Jefferson and Their Colonial Ancestors" in Stripes, Vol. XXVI, March 1986.

Early Virginia censuses, wills.

More About Judith Jefferson and George Farrar:

Marriage: Abt. 1717, Henrico Co. Virginia.

Children of Judith Jefferson and George Farrar are:

William Farrar, b. Abt. 1718, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. 1788, Granville Co. North Carolina.

+George Farrar, Jr., b. Abt. 1720, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. 1761, Mecklenburg Co. Virginia.

Mary Farrar, b. Abt. 1722, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. 1792, Henrico Co. Virginia.

Field Farrar, b. Abt. 1724, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. Aft. 1772, Tennessee.

+Thomas Farrar, b. August 10, 1726, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. August 20, 1809, Carnesville, Franklin Co. Georgia.

John Farrar, b. 1728, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. February 11, 1808, Wake Co. North Carolina.

Priscilla Farrar, b. June 09, 1729, Farrar's Island, Chesterfield Co. Virginia, d. November 08, 1808, Franklin Co. Georgia.

Peter Farrar, b. June 06, 1730, Gilly's Mill, Henrico Co. Virginia, d. 1816, Edgefield Co. South Carolina.

Abel Farrar, b. Abt. 1731, Gilly's Mill, Henrico Co. Virginia, d. 1765.

Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/a/y/Lyndall-J-Mayes/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0065.html

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Judith was born: August 30, 1698, Monticello, Osbornes, Henrico County, Virginia. Judith Jefferson was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary Field. Judith was the sister of Peter Jefferson and the aunt of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States of America.

JUDITH JEFFERSON,

was born August 30, 1698 in Osbornes, Henrico Co., Virginia and died November 1786 in St. James Parish, Mecklenburg, Virginia. She married George Farrar, Sr. Abt. 1716 in Henrico, Virginia. George Farrar Sr. was the son of William Farrar and Priscilla Baugh. Judith Jefferson was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Jr. and his wife, Mary Field.

Judith Jefferson, aunt of the President Thomas Jefferson, had a much finer heritage than political propaganda about her illustrious nephew would indicate. Through her grandmother Mary Branch her descent has been professionally traced to royalty; her mother's father Major Peter Field was a leading citizen of Henrico County who had held a number of important offices, among them High Sheriff in 1683 and that of justice for 24 years until his retirement. Judith Jefferson's grandfather Henry Soane was Speaker of the House of Burgesses.

George and his siblings were among the last to be born and raised on Farrar's Island. The Farrar's, along with many other families who played prominent roles in the 1600's, were being supplanted by more politically powerful and wealthy families, like the Randolph family. From 1627-28, George's older brothers (William IV, Thomas, and John) sold their shares of the Farrar's Island estate to the Randolph's. George lived on his share of the estate until about 1760, when he sold it and moved to a part of Lunenburg County which was later added to Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

Captain John Farrar, George's son, fought in the Revolutionary War as an officer in the Virginia Militia. As documented on the "Order Books of the Revolutionary War Records of Mecklenburg County," John was took the oath as a Second Lieutenant on Feb 8, 1778, and took the oath for promotion to Captain on June 9, 1783.

George Farrar, a son of Major William Farrar III and Priscilla Baugh, was born about 1695 at his father's plantation on Farrar's Island; his will dated 12 October 1772, Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It was once-thought William Farrar IV, older brother of George and the last Farrar to own Farrar's Island was the husband of Judith Jefferson but a thorough study of records was made by descendant, James Walter Allen, Historian, National Society Sons of the American Revolution (Tyler's Quarterly Magazine XIII, pages 58-60); by Landon C. Bell in "Judith Jefferson's Husband" (11 E [2] 3 July 1931) and by the late Herbert Hutchinson, Clerk of Mecklenburg County, Virginia Court, also a descendant. This research shows clearly Judith Jefferson married George Farrar, and finally in invaluable proof came to light in the obituary of George Farrar's son Thomas in Franklin County, Georgia, stating he was a cousin of President Jefferson (Warren, M. B.: Marriages and Deaths in Extant Georgia Newspapers, 1763-1831, page 35; Athens, Georgia Express 9 September 1809; Augusta, Georgia Chronicle 10 September 1809).

This obituary substantiates the statement of the late Judge F. H. Farrar, quoted in the Farrar Excursions (9 V 326). Judge Farrar was a grandson of Thomas Farrar and Elizabeth Howard and great grandson of Thomas's older brother George Jr. who married Elizabeth Howard's mother, Mrs. Diana Howard. As they were doubly descended from the Howards as well as the Farrars, tradition in this brilliant branch of the family was strong.

(9 V 324): "Judge Farrar, a gentleman of the highest standing, wrote in a letter dated Bayou Sara, Louisiana, 26 June 1894, he was paternally a grandson of two brothers; his uncle (his father's brother) when 83 years old told him Judge Farrar's great grandfather (and grandfather of the uncle referred to) owned Farrar's Island on the James River in Virginia, he married Judith Jefferson, a sister of President Jefferson's father (Peter Jefferson) and his (his uncle's) father was born on Farrar's Island and removed first to Mecklenburg County, and afterwards to Georgia."

Thomas Jefferson II in his will, dated 15 March 1725 (Henrico County, Deed Book 1735-37, page 293) made several bequests to his daughter "Judith Farrar" among them a share in the proceeds from the sale of his "half of Grill's Mill, the land mortgaged by Grill."

Later, on 4 November 1728 (the year following the sale of Farrar's Island to Thomas Randolph), Thomas Jefferson II won a lawsuit against Mathew Ligon (Henrico County, Deed Book 1725-37: No. 1, Part 2, pages 226-7) for rightful possession of land. Mathew Ligon was then ordered to turn over the property to "George Farrar and his heirs forever". This transfer recorded at Varina Court, first Monday in April 1729 (Deeds and Wills, No. 1 Part 2, pages 226-7; The Ligon Family, pages 375-6; Tyler's Quarterly Magazine, Vol. XIII pages 59-61).

Having willed part of the property to Judith Jefferson Farrar, it is evident her father decided to give her the whole plantation in his lifetime and deeded it to George Farrar because he was her husband. The obituary of their son Thomas Farrar, who was co-executor of George Farrar's will, also verifies this marriage and relationship.

The plantation was in Henrico Southside (the area became Chesterfield County 1749), on the south side of Swift Creek near Curlews, on John and Frederick Baugh's line. It was also in the neighborhood of the Jefferson, Branch and Batte families and near where Judith's grandparents (Chesterfield County Deed Book 3, 1725-29, pages 329-31), Major Peter and Judith Soane Randolph Field had lived.

George and Judith Jefferson Farrar occupied this land for about 30 years during which he was active in the life of the colony, serving on the jury and acting as an appraiser and processioner of land in 1736 (Fleet: Abstracts of Henrico Southside, Henrico Deed Book 1737-47). He witnessed the will of Henry Clay in Chesterfield County (4 W [2] 129).

In 1759 and 1761 George Farrar sold his property and moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, where Field Jefferson, Judith's brother, had established a large estate on the north side of the Roanoke River near the Howards, where he operated a ferry for years (shown on Peter Jefferson's Map of Virginia). His nephew George Farrar was taxed with him in 1748. Other nephews soon followed and patented a good deal of land. There are many court records in Mecklenburg County showing the relationship of the two families.

In 1729, Thomas Jefferson deeded to son-in-law George Farrar the plantation "Gilly's Mill," which George and his wife Judith occupied for the next thirty years. Miss Alvahn Holmes wrote in "Some Farrar's Island Descendants" that "the deed describes the plantation as being in Henrico County Southside (which later became Chesterfield County), south side of Swift Creek, both sides of Reedy Run, near Curles... Described as on John and Frederick Baugh's line, it was also in the neighborhood of the Jefferson Plantation." During the time he lived at Gilly's Mill, George Farrar was active in the community, serving on the jury, acting as appraiser and processionar of land in 1736.

More About George Farrar , Sr.:

Dwelling: Grill's Mill, willed to Judith Jefferson Will Probated: 12 Oct, 1772, Mecklenburg Co., Virginia Will Written: 16 Mar, 1772 Captain in Revolutionary Army

Source: http://www.poetsvisions.com/genealogy/judith_j.htm

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Judith Jefferson Farrar

From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

Judith Jefferson Farrar (August 30, 1698 - 1786+) was Thomas Jefferson's paternal aunt, the oldest child of Thomas and Mary Field Jefferson. She was born on August 30, 1698 in Henrico Southside, married sometime before 1725,[1] and lived a large part of her life on the land deeded to her by her father in Henrico Southside (later part of Chesterfield County, Virginia). At some point, perhaps in the late 1750s or early 1760s, she and her husband moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia; the exact date of her death is not known, but she no longer appears in county records after 1786.

Although they were near relatives, we have no evidence of contact between Judith Farrar and Thomas Jefferson.

http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Judith_Jefferson_Farrar