Elizabeth Farrar

Biography

Elizabeth Farrar was born circa 1682 in Henrico County, Virginia. Her parents were Robert Hancock, I and Johane Ligon Hancock.

Elizabeth married John Farrar. Together they had the following children:

Temperance Leprade;

John Sutton Farrar.

She died in Henrico,, VA, USA.

April 1740 Court

Temperance Farrar chooses Samuel Hancock to be her guardian; John Hancock security (Court Orders 1737-1746, p. 102)

Dec 1742 Court

Case of Temperance Farrar by her guardian Samuel Hancock v. Richard Leven, administrator of the estate of John Sutton Farrar, decd., sets forth that Joan Hancock, grandmother of the plaintiff, in her will dated 22 Sep 1726 gave her daughter Elizabeth Hancock the slave Matt and also made her executor of her estate. Said Elizabeth later intermarried with John Sutton Farrar, and Temperance was their only child. John Sutton Farrar died intestate about 1730, and Richard Leven was granted administration by a court of Goochland County and kept Matt and her increase for his personal use (Court Orders 1737-1748, p. 200) Well documented family- The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume. 9 William Glover Standard. The Society, 1901 John Sutton married twice, first wife unknown; but the other was Elizabeth (Farrar) Hancock. There in Henrico County in December 1742 a suit by Temperance Farrar, by Samuel Hancock her guardian, reciting that her grandmother Joanne Hancock, a negro to her daughter, Elizabeth Hancock who married John Sutton Farrar, died about 1731, possessed a very comfortable real and personal estate and was intestate and that Goochland Court had granted administration on the estate to Richard Levens, and that Temperance Farrar was the only child of Mrs. Elizabeth Farrar (Hancock).

In 1739 Henry Cary was the guardian of John Sutton Farrar, son of John Sutton Farrar, deceased.

In 1771, there was a suit by John Sutton Farrar and his wife Susanna, daughter of William Patman, of Henrico County.

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 29 2019, 9:59:19 UTC