Ancestors of Tim Farr and Descendants of Stephen Farr Sr. of Concord, Massachusetts and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, England


John BULL [Parents] was born in 1677 in England, United Kingdom. John married Mary CLOSSON in 1707 in Rhode Island, United States.

Other marriages:
, Mary

1707, Jul. 15. He desired liberty to live in town, if he could get a house. His request was granted, if he be no way troublesome to the town. The births of his children, Isaac and John were recorded at Jamestown

John Bull, eldest child and only son, of Isaac Bull and his 1st wife, Mary, was born in 1677 in England. He was married in 1707, in Rhode Island, to Mary Closson, 4th child of Josiah Closson and Mary Williamson. Mary Closson was born 08 january 1687 at Little Compton, R.I.

John Bull was called a miller in North Kingston, Rhode Island. He and Mary had ten children, of whom one, Ruth, may have died young as no further record of her has been found. They were:

1. Isaac born 22 July 1708 Jamestown, R.I. Married Rebecca Browning 2. John 08 June 1710 S. Kingston, R.I Lydia Closson 3. Hannah 1712 Eben Harrington 4. Josiah 1714 S. Kingston, R.I Ruth Tripp
5. Nathan 1715 S. Kingston, R.I Abigail Inman(n)
6. Ruth 1717 S. Kingston, R.I
7. Timothy 1720 S. Kingston, R.I Patience Page
8. Jeremiah 1722  S. Kingston, R.I 1)Abigail Man(n)  2)Ruth Closson 9. Jacob 1725 S. Kingston, R.I Rebecca Gamage
10.Abigail 1727 Abraham Palmer

Six of their sons, (all excepting John), moved into New York Colony about the same time, some settling in Dutchess County.....some went to Vermont, the southern part of which was New York at that time....During, and following, the Revolutionary War, some of their descendants went into Quebec and some eventually migrated across Canada.

The dates of death for John Bull and his wife have not been located.

All the Bull families who descended from Isaac Bull were Quakers, at least for one or two more generations..."

Mary CLOSSON was born on 8 Jan 1687 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Mary married John BULL in 1707 in Rhode Island, United States.


Robert BERNARD.

Elizabeth FISKE [Parents] was born in Laxfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth married Robert BERNARD.

ELIZABETH FFISKE - Born at Laxfield, married Robert Bernard or Barnard, a farmer of the estate at Custrick (Custrich) Hall at Weeley in Essex. Their daughter Elizabeth, married a Mr Locke, and was the mother of John Locke, the notable philosopher born at Wrington, Somerset in 1632.


Andrew HALLETT Jr. 1 was born 2 in 1615 in Symondsbury, Dorset, England. He was christened on 19 May 1607 in Symondsbury, Dorsetshire, England. He died 3 on 16 Mar 1683 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. He was buried 4 on 19 Mar 1684 in Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America. Andrew married 5, 6 Ann BESSE in 1662 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

Ann BESSE [Parents] 1 was born 2 about 1641 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. She died 3, 4 on 6 Apr 1694 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Ann married 5, 6 Andrew HALLETT Jr. in 1662 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

Mentioned in Anthony Bessey's will.
Source: Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories

ANN BESSEY was born say 1641 to Andrew & Jane Bessey.
Andrew Hallett married (2) by 1663 Ann Bessey, daughter of ANTHONY BESSEY .
They had one child: Mehitable (Hallett) Dexter.
In 1950 Florence Barclay published a compelling arguments on the chronology of the wives of this immigrant.
Source: Great Migration Study Project


Benjamin POULTER [Parents] was born in 1753. He was buried 1 on 11 Oct 1829 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Benjamin married 2 Elizabeth TURNER on 26 Dec 1782 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Elizabeth TURNER was born about 1761 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Elizabeth married 1 Benjamin POULTER on 26 Dec 1782 in East Molesey, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.


Robert BROWNE 1. Robert married Isabel SHARPE.

Isabel SHARPE [Parents] 1. Isabel married Robert BROWNE.

They had the following children.

  F i Olive BROWNE died about 1546.

Guthlake OVERTON [Parents] 1 was born 2 about 1478. He died 3 on 20 Apr 1536. Guthlake married 4 Olive BROWNE 5 about 1510.

An Esquire

Olive BROWNE [Parents] 1 died about 1546 in Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. Olive married 2 Guthlake OVERTON 3 about 1510.

They had the following children.

  M i
Edward OVERTON 1.
  M ii
Richard OVERTON 1.
  M iii
John OVERTON 1.
  M iv
Anthony OVERTON 1.
  M v
William OVERTON 1.
  F vi Isabel OVERTON.
  F vii Rose OVERTON was born in 1526. She died on 17 Jun 1579.
  F viii
Katherine OVERTON 1.
  F ix Martha OVERTON.
  F x
Mary OVERTON 1.

A nun

Hugh BULKELEY [Parents] [scrapbook] 1, 2 was born in 1450 in Woore, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. Hugh married Helen WILBRAHAM 3.

Helen WILBRAHAM [Parents] [scrapbook] 1. Helen married Hugh BULKELEY 2, 3.

They had the following children.

  M i Humphrey BULKELEY was born in 1472.

John ALDOUS [Parents] was christened on 9 Apr 1710 in Fressingfield, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. He was buried on 6 May 1767. John married Mary BURLEIGH on 21 May 1761.

Mary BURLEIGH. Mary married John ALDOUS on 21 May 1761.


John KING. John married 1, 2 Abigail HEWES on 14 Oct 1658 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Abigail HEWES 1 was born in 1628 in of Wye, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Abigail married 2, 3 John KING on 14 Oct 1658 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Other marriages:
HATCHE, William

ABIGAIL, b. say 1633; m. (1) by 1653 William Hatch ("Phebe the daughter of William Hatch" was bp. Scituate 19 March 1653/4 [NEHGR 57:84; Joseph Neal Anc 118]); m. (2) Weymouth 14 October 1658 John King (the bride's surname in the published version of this marriage record is given as "Haty," presumably a simple misreading of the terminal "ch").


Thomas GROSVENOR [Parents] was born 1 in 1377. He died in 1429. Thomas married Joan VENABLES.

Joan VENABLES [Parents] was born 1 in 1383. Joan married Thomas GROSVENOR.

They had the following children.

  M i Thomas GROSVENOR was born about 1410.

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