John Farrar

1548 - 1629  (80 years)

• Name	John Farrar  [1]
  Birth	2 Dec 1548	Halifax, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Feb 1629	Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Halifax, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  	St John the Baptist Minster Churchyard
  Person ID	I5196	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Farrar,   b. 1522, Halifax, Yorkshire, England d. 1571, England (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Lacy,   b. 1530   d. 28 Dec 1571 (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cicely Kelke,   b. 1550, Puddletown, Dorset, England d. 28 May 1628, Barnetby le Wold, Lincolnshire, England (Age 78 years)
  Children	1. William Farrar, I,   b. 25 Apr 1583, Croxton, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Jun 1637, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1505	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Dec 1548 - Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death - 18 Feb 1629 - Lincolnshire, England Burial - - Halifax, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-FARRAR Farrar Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, John “The Elder” Ferrar 1548-1628. John Ferrar, the elder of London, Esq., of Croxton, Co., Lincolnshire, and St. Mary, Aldermanbury, London, was the younger son of William Ferrar of Ewood in Midgley Township, Parish of Halifax Co., Yorkshire, by Margaret, daughter of Hugh Lacey, Esq., of Brearley Hall, Halifax Co., Yorkshire. They had four sons, John, Henry, William and Humfrey. John Ferrar, Esq., married Cecily (Sissely) Kelke at St. Sepulchre's without Newgate (see attached photo), London by license dated 26 Aug 1574. She was born before 1552 and was a daughter and co-heiress of William Kelke. Her mother was Thomasine Skerne, co-heiress of Percival Skerne, a fishmonger, and his wife, Joan. NOTE: St. Sepulchre's without Newgate, in medieval times stood just outside ("without") the now-demolished old city wall, near the Newgate. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110467913/john-ferrar