August-September 2025

I have submitted 10 ordinances to the temple system. Many of the submissions go back to 2015. I have either assigned the oldest ones to other members of the family or I've done them myself. At this point I have 55 reservations in my name and 424 shared with the temple system. When family members ask for names I just unreserve them from the Temple system and reshare them with family. I have many endowments that need to be done before we can do the sealing and many sealings, mostly male but some female. There are some that need everything and have been in the system for a number of years. 

Vanessa and I have come up with some new Farrs in our research that are not connected to our tree as of yet. Below is a biography of Shubael Farr that we can't connect to our tree. Shubael has a son, George Farr, Farr who married Augusta Lovell Farr whom we can't connect to our tree either. If anyone would like to try and make connections with the above persons, feel free to do so and contact me if you make any progress on it.

We also found another Jonathan Farr that turns out to be the son of Dr. William Farr. There were so many Jonathan Farrs back in that day that it is hard to keep them straight. This Jonathan, I believe, was married to Persilla Smith but I'm not sure and am hoping that the Price Genealogy Group can figure that one out(It's listed below).  

I have completed the bottom half of the chart but I'm still working on some of the families that go beyond the boundaries of the chart. Blower, Vincent etc. are names that I'm working on. Many families were put together with little or no valid sources. I have made many changes in our file and on FS. 

The biggest find during the last two months was another son of our direct line ancestor Thomas Farr Sr. His name is Joshua Farr. The following is an email from Vanessa:

Mr. Farr,
I checked the History of Hardwick MA by Lucius R Paige (1883) for Farr information. Pages 369-370 has the family. They were there by 1742, when Thomas Sr's first wife Elizabeth was admitted to the church. They include in his family most known children, and one who has been previously unknown, Joshua Farr. Joshua was also on page 265, in a list of Hardwick men who were in the French and Indian War. His age was listed as 21 years, born about 1735, in Littleton MA. He died 2 Oct 1756 in the mission to relieve Ft. William Henry.

I then checked the French and Indian War soldier index cards, and found there was a Joshua Farr, age 21, residence Hardwick, born in Littleton. The card shows his father was Thomas Farr. So, I made a profile for him as a son of Thomas and attached the relevant soldier cards

Vanessa

I checked all the records that Vanessa mentioned plus found a couple of other records.  This also means that since Joshua wasn't in the vital records for his birth, then maybe Jacob Farr Sr. could be part of Thomas Farr's family also and would be just a couple years older that Joshua making his birthdate about 1733.

Biography of Shubael Farr (1791–1880)
Identity
The individual is recorded under several variations of his name, including Shubael Farr, Shubb Farr, and Shuble Farr.
Birth
Shubael Farr was born on 14 November 1791 in Massachusetts, United States.
Residences
Shubael Farr’s life is documented across multiple states through census and residence records:

• In 1814, he resided in Vienna, Oneida County, New York, United States.
• By 1820, he was living in Jefferson Township, Wayne County, Indiana, United States.
• In 1825, he was recorded as a resident of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
• In 1830, he lived in Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States, where he also appeared on the tax assessment rolls that year.
• He continued in Goshen Township, Clermont County, Ohio, as reflected in the 1840 residence record.
• By 1850, he had moved westward to Stark, Stark County, Illinois, United States.
• In 1870, he was residing in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States.
• In 1880, shortly before his death, he was recorded in Washington Township, Clarke County, Iowa, United States.

​Marriage
Around 1816, in New York, United States, Shubael Farr married Hannah Holmes (1791–1870).
Children
Shubael Farr and Hannah Holmes had at least two known children:

• Elizabeth Hannah Farr (1817–1895)
• George Farr (born 1824) Mar. Augusta Lovell Farr

Death and Burial
Shubael Farr died on 14 March 1880 in Osceola, Clarke County, Iowa, United States, at the age of 88. He was buried the same day in Cox Cemetery, located in Clarke County, Iowa, United States.

I have submitted the following for the Price Genealogy group to work on if approved by the board:

1. Jonathan Farr (RIN 17524) born 1739 and married to Persilla/Priscilla Smith 1770 in Shirley, Middlesex, Mass. It is believed that he was the son of Dr. William Farr and Jamima Farr. If Jonathan was born in 1739 as indicated, then he must be the son of Dr. William Farr and Jamima.  Jamima Farr died 18 Nov 1739 in Stow, Middlesex, Mass.  [Perhaps she died in childbirth or shortly after the birth of Jonathan].  It needs to be proven or disproven that Jonathan was the son of Dr. William Farr and his wife Jamima.
2. Maurice Xavier’s (15795) son Capt. Francis Xavier (15799) tested DNA, and it matches yours (I assume this is YDNA). Maurice was the 3rd great-grandson of Jacob Farr Sr. Jacob Farr Sr. is proven by this YDNA match to be a descendant of the immigrant Stephen Farr (RIN 134). It is believed Jacob Farr Sr. must be a son or grandson of one of Stephen’s sons; Thomas (141) or Samuel (139). It needs to be discovered how Jacob Farr Sr. descends from the immigrant Stephen Farr (134). Jacob’s sources in the military and other records mention Jacob Farr. It needs to be determined which of these sources refer to Jacob Farr Jr. and Jacob Farr Sr.
3. Ephraim Farr Sr. (15818) was born about 1735. It needs to be determined how he ties into the Farr family. He bought land from Samuel Farr Sr. for 20 shillings. Then he turns around and sold it to his son Ephraim Farr Jr. for 150 pounds. Was the Samuel Farr Sr. who sold him the land RIN 139 who married Hannah Whitney, or was it Samuel Farr “the First” who married Rebecca? Was one of these men his father or uncle, hence they sold him the land so inexpensively? Why did he then sell it to his son Ephraim for such an expensive price (150 pound instead of 20 shillings)?  He appears to have not had the same type of charity that Samuel Sr. had when he sold Ephraim Sr, the land.