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
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
Families
Spouse | Elizabeth Farrar mnu ( - 1680) |
Child | Hannah Farrar (1645 - ) |
Child | Sarah Farrar (1646 - ) |
Child | Thomas Farrar (1650 - ) |
Child | Elizabeth Farrar (1655 - 1677) |
Child | Susanna Farrar (1659 - 1733) |
Child | Peleg Farrar (1660 - 1660) |
Child | Mehitable Farrar (1660 - 1660) |
Spouse | Abigail Collins ( - ) |
Child | Elizabeth Farrar (1681 - 1702) |
Father | Thomas Farrar ( - ) |
Mother | Athelred Farrar mnu ( - ) |
Notes
Death
His will was probated in 1694. Thomas's will makes reference to his daughter Susannah Newhall.Probate
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. Case 9263Estate includes housing and orchard with 32 acres of land valued at 225 pounds
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Lancashire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
2. , , , ; accessed through NEHGS, . (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
3. , For , , Massachusetts Vital Records Project; http://ma-vitalrecords.org/. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.), death record, Essex County, Lynn.