Individual Details

Thomas Farrar

(24 Jan 1613/14 - 23 Feb 1693/94)

Thomas Farrar was accused of witchcraft in 1692 and spent five months in prison before he was released.
From Witches of Massachusetts:
Familiarly called "Old Pharoah," Thomas was allowed to sit in the pulpit at church, probably because he was hard of hearing. He was accused of witchcraft by Ann Putnam, Jr., who said that he was pinching her in her dreams. Despite the fact that his son, Thomas Farrar, Jr., was a selectman in Lynn, the elder Thomas was brought before the court in Salem on May 18, 1692. Ann Putnam, Jr. would testify that Farrar "appeared before me in the apparition of an old gray headed man with a great nose, which tortured me and almost choked me and urged me to write in his book." Farrar was then imprisoned and kept there until November 2, 1692.
Link to his Witches page: http://www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-witches-f-g.html
Link to the depositions:
http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/n50.html

More information here: https://www.abbottgenealogy.com/single-post/from-accuser-to-accused

Events

Birth24 Jan 1613/14Burnley, Lancaster, England
Baptism29 Jan 1613/14Burnley, St Peter, Lancashire, England
ImmigrationAbt 1640Lynn, Massachusetts Bay
MarriageAbt 1645Massachusetts Bay - Elizabeth Farrar mnu
Marriage3 Mar 1680/81Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts - Abigail Collins
Death23 Feb 1693/94Lynn, Essex, Province of Massachusetts
Probate3 Apr 1694Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseElizabeth Farrar mnu ( - 1680)
ChildHannah Farrar (1645 - )
ChildSarah Farrar (1646 - )
ChildThomas Farrar (1650 - )
ChildElizabeth Farrar (1655 - 1677)
ChildSusanna Farrar (1659 - 1733)
ChildPeleg Farrar (1660 - 1660)
ChildMehitable Farrar (1660 - 1660)
SpouseAbigail Collins ( - )
ChildElizabeth Farrar (1681 - 1702)
FatherThomas Farrar ( - )
MotherAthelred Farrar mnu ( - )

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