Colonel William Farrar, II

1626 - 1678  (51 years)

• Name	Colonel William Farrar  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	Aug 1626	Henrico County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	Farrar's Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Feb 1678	Henrico County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I7094	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Farrar, I,   b. 25 Apr 1583, Croxton, Lincolnshire, England d. 11 Jun 1637, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Cecily Reynolds,   b. 21 Jan 1600, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England d. 1677, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	2 May 1625	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
  	After Samuel Jordan’s death, Reverend Grivell Pooley claimed to have proposed marriage to Cecily. Cecily instead chose William Farrar. Pooley initiated the first first breach of promise suit in America. After two years of litigation, she won.
  Family ID	F1894	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Williams,   b. 1627, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 1682, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1656  [1]
  Children	1. Major William Farrar, III,   b. 1657, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 3 Apr 1721, Henrico County, Virginia, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thomas Farrar,   b. 1665, Henrico County, Virginia, USA d. 15 Jun 1742, Goochland County, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Aug 1626 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA Death - 1 Feb 1678 - Henrico County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• People

  FARRAR-William Colonel William Farrar

  
  

• Sources

  [S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave.