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AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT
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WIFE Elizabeth Hood b. Abt 1620 d. 08/Jan/1681
CHILDREN 1. Elizabeth Farrar 2. Hannah Farrar b. Abt 1645 3. Sarah Farrar b. Abt 1648 4. Thomas Farrar b. Abt 1657 5. Susanna Farrar b. 26/Jan/1658 6. Mehitable Farrar b. 06/Aug/1660 7. Peleg Farrar b. 06/Aug/1660
Thomas came to Lynn MA in 1640. He lived in Nahent Street. He was sworn as a
freeman in 1689. In 1692 the town "voted that Thomas Farrar, Sen. (and seven
others) should be set in the pulpit" most likely due to their age and difficulty
in hearing. That same year he, and six others, were accused and imprisoned for
witchcraft in Lynn. MA (Thomas was 75.) He was brought before the court in Salem
on 18 May, despite fact that son Thomas was a selectmen of Lynn that year.
Deposition before the court was by Ann Putnam. "on 8th May 1692 there appeared
before me the apperishion of an old gray headed man with a great nose, which
tortured me and almost choked me and urged me to writ in his book, and I asked
him his name and from whence he came for I would complain of him, and the people
used to call him old father pharaoh; and he said he was my grandfather, for my
father used to call him father; but I told him I would not call him grandfather
for he was a wizard and I would complain of him, and ever since he hath
afflicted me by times, beating me and pinching me and almost choking me and
urging me to writ in his book." He was sent to prison in Boston and kept for 5
to 7 months. Thomas died two years later.
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