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| Birth: | 1625 in Henrico County, VA 1 |
| Death: | 1 Feb 1702/03 in Henrico County, VA 2 |
| Sex: | F |
| Father: | William Farrar b. 25 Apr 1583 in Croxton, Lincolnshire, England |
| Mother: | Cicely Reynolds b. About 1600 in Dorset, England |
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| Also Known As: Cecillia Farrar |
| Changed: 12 Feb 2004 |
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In Adventures of Purse and Person , a foot note for Cicely Farrar, born 1625, reads: 16. Holmes, The Farrar Island Family , p.123, speculates that she might have been the wife of Peter Montague. It is also possible Cicely Farrar married (1) Isaac Hutchins and (2) Henry Sherman
In the Sherman Family Genealogy Forum, there are several messages indicating Cecillia s maiden name was Farrar. Nearly all references in RootsWeb Family Trees show her as a Farrar. That said, it is still not proof.
John W. Pritchett states that Cecily was the sister of John Knowles. In 1685 William Giles and Bethania, his wife, only daughter and heiress of Capt. John Knowles, sold 125 acres to John Crowley for 2,200 pounds of tobacco. Then a minor, Bethania appointed loving friend Henry Sherman her attorney to relinquish her dower right in the land. Henry Sherman and John Sherman witnessed the deed. John Crowley was then Henry Sherman s son-in-law, the husband of Ann Sherman.
The phrase loving friend then suggested a non-blood relation. The most likely connection would be for Henry Sherman to be Bethania s uncle, the husband of John Knowles sister. Since we know Henry Sherman was married to Cecily, she would then have been Cecily Knowles, or Nowell as the name sometimes appeared.
This is indeed the case. Among the legatees of the will of Cecily Sherman was her granddaughter Susannah Trent. Susannah married second Daniel Nunnally and was the mother of not only Sherman Nunnally but also Nowell Nunnally.
Another posited Knowles daughter is Mary Knowles, who is said to be the wife of Robert Burton of Longfield. Among their children was Nowell Burton.
We do not know the name of the father of John, Mary, and Cecily Knowles, although it may have been John, as Henry Sherman and Robert Burton both had a son of that name.
While John Pritchett has some conviencing arguments for Cicely being a Knowles, I m going to leave her as a Farrar pending further evidence. This might be wishful thinking on my part since the Farrar line can be traced back to England and Knowles appears to be a dead end.
Elizabeth Trent, born about 1657, wife of Henry Trent, was before her marriage Elizabeth Sherman, daughter of Henry and Cisly Sherman. And Cisly Sherman before her marriage to Henry Sherman was the wife of Isaac Hutchins, whose will made in Henrico County, Feb. 23, 1656, named his heirs, his minor son, Robert Hutchins, and his wife Sisely. page 275
From Hutchins Family History, Surry County, NC: April Court, 1714, Henrico Co., VA, We the jurors...do find for the Plt. Imprintis that the said Isaac Hutchins died seized in fee of the land in question. Secondly we find the last will of the aforesd Lsaac dated the 23 of Feb. 1656 hereunto affixed. Thirdly we find that the aforesd Isaac left only one son named Robert who dyed under age and without issue. Fourthly, we find that Cicely the widow of the aforesaid Isaac was possessed of the lands in question. Fifthly we find that the aforesaid Cicely left one daughter named Elizabeth who is now the lawful wife of Henry Gee one of the Plts...For the Defendants we find that one Henry Sherman had issue by his wife Cicely the defedt Anne, whch said Anne did inter-marry with John Crowley and is now the wife of the Deft. Christopher Branch. We find a Deed from the said Cicely Sherman to the said Anne their daughter dated the 29th Dec. 1685 hereto annexed, etc...
Otis Anderson shows the following:
WILL OF CISLY SHERMAN
Henrico Co VA Deeds & Wills 1697-1704 p 364, 1 Feb 1703
In the name of God, Amen, 1, Cisly Sherman, of ye parish of Varina in the county of
Henrico, being brought to the of my mortality and the fraility of this temporall life by the
gracious hand of Almighty God visiting me with a grevious sickness, yet of sound
and perfect memory, praise be to God, therefore, I make and ordain this my last will and
testament in manner following, viz:
I assign my soul to God that gave it in the hopes of His acceptance and through the Merit of His beloved love, my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and my body to the earth to be interred in such place and deasent manner as my hereafter named executor shall think fit.
Item. -1 give and bequeath to my daughter, Elizabeth Trent, my feather-bed and furniture whereon I lye to her and her heirs forever.
Item -I give and bequeath to Rebecca Trent half of my wareing apparrell and five pounds sterling.
Item -I give and bequeath to Susanna Trent the other half of my wareing apparrell and five pounds sterling when she comes to seventeen years of age.
Item -I give and bequeath to my daughter, Anne Branch, wife of Christopher Branch, twenty shillings.
Item -I give and bequeath unto Anne Branch, the daughter of Christopher Branch and Anne his wife, one cow by the name of Brindy and her increase to her and her heirs forever.
Item -I give and bequeath to Mary Branch, the daughter of Christopher Branch and Anne, his wife, one cow by the name of Flora and her increase to her and her heirs forever.
Item -I give and bequeath to Cisly Branch one heifer two years old and her increase to her and her heirs forever.
Item -I give and bequeath unto my beloved grandson, Henry Trent, all of the rest of my goods and chattels, cattle, negroes, household goods, money, debts owed to me and whatsoever and appoint him to be my executor.
CISLY SHERMAN
Witnesses: Henry Gee
John Blackman
Will Blackman
February 14, 1703
Emory Aikins Proved in open court by oaths of Henry Gee and Will Blackman.
Marriage:
Cicel s first husband died about April 1756.
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- Type: Web Site
Title: Farrar, Cicely, Henrico County, VA
Author: Ralph J. Turner, message #148
Date: November 15, 1998
- Text: LDS Ancesteral File
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