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| Nancy Anna Whitlow (Wife) b. 1705 in Henrico County, VA
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| Marriage: | 1723 in Henrico County, VA |
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 John Farley b. 1728 in CHESTERFIELD County, VA
- Thomas Farley b. 27 Oct 1730 in VA
- BOOKER Farley b. 1733 in HENRICO County, VA
 ADAM Farley b. 1735 in HENRICO County, VA
- Francis Marion Farley, Jr. b. 1736 in Chesterfield County, VA
- Mary Farley b. 1737 in Montgomery County, VA
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| Elizabeth CROSTIC (Wife) b. 19 Apr 1718 in NORTH CAROLINA
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| Marriage: | 1754 in CHESTERFIELD County, VA |
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- James PARKE Farley b. 1755 in NORTH CAROLINA
- Matthew Farley b. 29 Oct 1759 in BLACKWATER REGION OF Virginia
- Mary Farley b. 1763 in HENRICO County, VA
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Individual:
Source: A. A. Hopkins
Francis Farley Sr, son of John Jr and Elizabeth, grew to manhood at the beginning of the western expansion. He was young, free, and unencumbered by entailed estates. His career and fortune lay before him in the wilderness. Doubtless, he cared little for career or fortune. He was far more interested in satisfying his craving to be out on the frontier, fighting Indians and appeasing his fearless unconquerable spirit.
Surveying parties were bringing back such glowing accounts of the land of the source of the western waters that the imagination of settlers were stung to the deaths, and the rush was on for the frontier. Surveying parties were daily formed and disappeard in the forset to the westward.
In some of these parties was enlisted Francis Farley Sr, the grandfather of Drury Farly. They advanced to the survey that had been made in what is now BEDFORD County, Virginia, near the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where they made their entry in a broad, fertile valley. They named the stream that drained the valley Blackwater after the old water cource of Charles City and Henrico Counties. Then they returned for their families. The elders walked with their trusty flitlock rifles over their shoulders, and as to their fortunes, they consisted of a few pots, frying pans, axes, seeds for planting and other articles of absolute necessity, all thrown over a pack saddle. In this paradise of natrual splendor, in this broad sequested valley, Francis Farley Sr, and some of his neighbors claimed their entries and began the work of erecting cabins for their families.
Francis Farley Sr died Oct 22, 1791 at the age of 88. He and his wife are buried one mile below the mouth of Indian Creek on the James Dickison farm, then in the county of Greenbrier, later in Monroe County, and still later in Summers County, WEST Virginia.
His first wife, whose name is unknown, who he married about 1720, died before middle age, leaving Francis, a widower. Later he married Elizabeth Crostic, who was born April 19, 1718 in North Carolina and died October 29, 1797. She is buried at the side of her husband on the James Dickinson farm.
Francis Farley Sr and his first wife were the parnets of at least 4 sons and probably one or more daughters as follows: Francis Jr, Thomas, John and Booker. Francis Sr and his wife, Elizabeth Crostic had one son, Matthew.
FRANCIS Farley - 376 ACRES - HENRICO CO., VA - 1749
"George the second by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; To all to whom these presents shall come -- Greetings: Know ye that for diverse good causes and considerations but more especially for and in consideration of the sum of forty shillings of good lawful money for our use, paid to our Receiver General of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia. We have given, granted, and confirmed and by these presents for us, our heirs and successors do give, grant and confirm unto FRANCIS Farley one certain tract or parcel of land containing three hundred seventy six acres lying and being in the county of Henrico and bounded as followeth to wit: Beginning at a corner gum in Parish's Branch, thence South eighty and a half degrees East one hundred and sixty poles to Henry HUDSON's corner pine thence North fifteen degrees WEST
one hundred and twenty six poles to a corner black oak on SEPRAID's line on the Piney Fork of the Parish's branch thence North seventy degrees WEST on SEPRAID's line fifty eight poles to a corner black oak thence North seventy four degrees WEST one hundred eighty poles to four saplings cornered between the said Farley, SEPRAID and PETER HUDSON thence South forty two degrees WEST two hundred and fourteen poles to HUDSON's corner white oak and black oak thence South forty three degrees East one hundred and eighty poles to HUDSON's corner white oak and thence on HUDSON's line North forty four degrees East one hundred and eighty poles to the place began at. With all woods, underwoods, swamps, marshes, long grounds, meadows, fieldings and his due revenue of all veins, mines, and quarries as well discovered as not discovered within the bounds aforesaid and being part of the said quantity of three hundred seventy six acres of land and the rivers, waters and water causes therein contained together with the privileges of hunting, hawking, fishing, fowling and all other profits and commodities and hereditaments amends whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in anywise appertaining. To have and to hold, possess and enjoy the said tract or parcel of land and all other the before granted premises and every part thereof with their and every of their appurtenances with the said FRANCIS Farley and to his heirs and assignees forever. To the only use and behoof of him the said FRANCIS Farley his heirs and assignees forever. To be held of these heirs and successors use of our Mannor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and common (?)and not in capites or Knight's Service. Yielding and paying unto our heirs and successors for every fifty acres of land and so proportionably for a lessor or greator quantity than fifty acres the fee rent of One Shilling yearly to be paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angel and also cultivating and improving thence acres
part of every fifty of the tract above mentioned within three years after the date of these presents provided always that if three years of the said free rent shall at anytime be in arrears and unpaid or if the said FRANCIS Farley his heirs or assignees are not within the space of three years next coming
after the date of these presents cultivate and improve three acres part of every fifty of the tract above mentioned then the estate whereby granted shall cease and be utterly determined and thereafter it shall and may be lawful to and for us our heirs and successors to grant the same lands and premises with the appurtenances unto such other commoner persons as we our heirs and successors shall think fit. In witness whereof we have caused these our letters patent to be made. Witness our trusty and well beloved Thomas Lee, Esquire, President of our Council and Commander in Chief of our said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburgh under the seal of our said Colony the fifth day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and Forty Nine. In the twenty third year of our reign.
"/s/ Thomas Lee." Source: Crown Land Grant to Francis Farley, Henrico county, Virginia, Patent Book No. 27, (1748-1749), Pages 389-390, from the Library of Virginia's electronic card index, via e-mail from Carol Pack Urban , 26 Jan 1999.
Francis Farley is listed as Godfather to a child baptized May 1753.
Source: Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol IV, (June 1897), 363.
"I give and bequeath to my son Francis Farley my Negro wench named Lucy and all her increase." John Farley, Jr. will, (April 6, 1754) Chesterfield County Will Book 1: 200, County Clerk's Office, Chesterfield County, Virginia.
Lord Dunmores War by Thwaites and Kellogg 1905
Page 397 in Muster Rolls
Francis and Thomas Farl(or)
John Farl(or)
Samuel Pack
George Pack
Chesterfield County Deed Book 4 page 450
April 1, 1763
Francis Farley sold to John Moseley of Cumberland County a negra woman by the name of Lucy.
Direct quotation from "One Ladd's Family" by Ruth Kline Ladd: "Francis Farley, the second son of John, Jr. and Elizabeth Farley, was born 25 October 1703 in Henrico County (later Chesterfield County), Virginia, and died 22 October 1791 at the age of 88 years in Greenbrier County (later Monroe County and still later Summers County), Virginia (now WEST Virginia). He was married twice, the first time about 1725. The name of his first wife is unknown.
Later in Chesterfield County, he married Elizabeth Crostic, who was born 19 April 1718 in lower North Carolina, and died 29 October 1797. Francis and Elizabeth (Crostic) Farley were buried about one mile below the mouth of Indian Creek, on the land then occupied by their only son, Matthew Farley, but later known as the James Dickinson Farm. The old cemetery is now covered by the back flow of the New River from the Bluestone Dam.
It has been suggested that perhaps Francis Farley returned to his old home after the death of his father in 1754, and that he met and married his second wife there. The Crostic's were natives of Chesterfield County, and Elizabeth Crostic may have been there a visitor from North Carolina at the time. If this trip did occur, very likely he did not go alone as it may be noted that his son, Thomas Farley, was married in Chesterfield County in 1754 to Judith Clay.
In the early 1700s the tide of emigration was to the west and the English Crown began granting land in Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains for immediate settlement. Indian traders and surveying parties brought back glowing accounts of the WEST and made its settlement attractive to anyone free to join in the expansion. Francis Farley was young and free of encumbrances. In 1740 he enlisted in a surveying party along with some of his friends and neighbors and advanced to the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains where the party entered their claims. This was first in Lunenburg County, then in BEDFORD County, and now Franklin County, Virginia. They named the river that drained this chosen land Blackwater after the river in Charles City County and Henrico County where they were raised. They went back east to fetch their families, and returned to settle on their new lands. Shortly after 1775, Francis Farley followed his sons to the New River settlement (now WEST Virginia) and died there in 1791.
Other name found: Francis Thomas Farley.
Records copied from family Bible of James Gore by Joseph Elmer Goar (Gore?), Kansas City, MO. The parentage, marriages and children have not been fully confirmed by public record so far available. (page 55)
From
Francis Farley
b. 1703, d. 1791
State Land Office,
Patent Book No. 27,
Pages 389-390
Office of Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Richmond, Virginia Source: Suffolk in Virginia c. 1795-1840,
A Record of Lots, Lives & Likenesses by Fillmore Norfleet (975.5531 N 762a), page 114/5 [106]
Although development for commercial purposes of that "horrible desert", the Dismal Swamp, was foreseen by William Byrd in 1728, the idea seems to have remained dormant until 1753, when "Francis Farley, Edward Hack Moseley, Robert Tucker, Francis Miller, Gentleman and Company" were "granted leave...to take up and survey the large Tract of Waste Land...in the Counties of Norfolk and Nansemond...known by the name of Dismal Swamp." For this elaborate undertaking they were seven years time...to survey and patent the said lands" (Ex. Jour., V, 425). At this time, about 1753, appeared the map of Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson showing Dismal Swamp and the "Lake" therein.
Source: A History of Monroe County, WV by Oren F. Morton, B. Lit.
Chapter - Surveys and Patents Page 84, Farley, Francis - 80 - New, about 3 miles below mouth Indian - 1786
Source: Genealogical History of the Hopkins, Farley, Cook, Keaton and Brown Families by A. A. Hopkins, Bluefield, WV self published about 1966. Buried one mile below the mouth of Indian Creek, on the James Dickinson Farm in Greenbrier now Summers County, WEST Virginia. He lived in Henrico, Chesterfield, Pittsylvania, and BEDFORD Counties, Virginia, and the New River Settlement now in Summers County, WEST Virginia.
Miscellaneous Birth and Death Records of the Tri-State Area of Kentucky, Ohio, and WEST Virginia. By J. Danile 1998
Both birth and death dates given. Named as son of John and Elizabeth Archer Farley, with wife named as Elizabeth Crostic.
Henrico County Virginia Deeds 1677-1750 Benjamin Weisiger
Page 94
September Court for Henrico County 1744
In a deposition at the trial of Daniel Welch, Francis Farley states that his age is 34 years.
My Note: This would place his birth in 1710, not 1703
Henrico County Virginia Patent Book 27 Pages 389-390
5 September 1749
Francis Farley land patent 376 acres...Parishes Branch...Henry Hudson's line...Lepraids line...Peter Hudson's...
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Volume XXIV Page 272
Pittsylvania County, VA Tithables 1767
National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Volume 46 Pages 157 and 179
1779/ 1780 Greenbrier County, Virginia
4200 Virginians turned in paper money to the Virginia Continental loan offices in 1779 and 1780. Entry number 4550:
Francis Farley from Greenbrier County--$ 103.00
Greenbrier County, VA Grant Book G
Page 300
15 October 1786
Francis Farley land grant of 80 acres on New River about 3 miles below mouth of Indian Creek ( where he is now buried.)
Montgomery County, VA Survey Book D
by Nettie Schreiner-Yantis
Page 77
14 October 1787
James Byrnsides 223 acres on Cole River and 470 acres on north fork of Cole River on left hand fork of a creek on which the Toneys had a rooting camp. Plat sent to him by Francis Farley.
Virginia Gadd Personal Records
HC 78- Box 27-G
True, WV 25951
Notes for Francis: Alternate death date: 25 Oct 1703 Henrico Co., VA
Died Intestate in Monroe County, Virginia. Worth 64 lbs and 2 Shillings at the time of death.
"Twelve Generations of Farleys" by Jesse Kelso Farley, Driving Back the Frontiers, Chapter IV, page 36: Francis, son of John and Elizabeth Farley, had come to manhood at the beginning of this western expansion. He was young, free and unencumbered by entailed estates. His career and fortune lay before him in the wilderness. Doubtless he cared little for either career or fortune. He was far more interested in satisfying his craving to be out on the frontier answering the challenge of the savage and appeasing his fearless unconquerable spirit.
Direct quotation from "One Ladd's Family" by Ruth Kline Ladd: "Francis Farley, the second son of John, Jr. and Elizabeth Farley, was born 25 October 1703 in Henrico County (later Chesterfield County), Virginia, and died 22 October 1791 at the age of 88 years in Greenbrier County (later Monroe County and still later Summers County), Virginia (now WEST Virginia). He was married twice, the first time about 1725. The name of his first wife is unknown.
Later in Chesterfield County, he married Elizabeth Crostic, who was born 19 April 1718 in lower North Carolina, and died 29 October 1797. Francis and Elizabeth (Crostic) Farley were buried about one mile below the mouth of Indian Creek, on the land then occupied by their only son, Matthew Farley, but later
known as the James Dickinson Farm. The old cemetery is now covered by the back flow of the New River from the Bluestone Dam.
It has been suggested that perhaps Francis Farley returned to his old home after the death of his father in 1754, and that he met and married his second wife there. The Crostic's were natives of Chesterfield County, and Elizabeth Crostic may have been there a visitor from North Carolina at the time. If this trip did occur, very likely he did not go alone as it may be noted that his son, Thomas Farley, was married in Chesterfield County in 1754 to Judith Clay.
In the early 1700s the tide of emigration was to the west and the English Crown began granting land in Virginia east of the Allegheny Mountains for immediate settlement. Indian traders and surveying parties brought back glowing accounts of the WEST and made its settlement attractive to anyone free to join in the expansion. Francis Farley was young and free of encumbrances. In 1740 he enlisted in a surveying party along with some of his friends and neighbors and advanced to the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains where the party entered their claims. This was first in Lunenburg County, then in BEDFORD County, and now Franklin County, Virginia. They named the river that drained this chosen land Blackwater after the river in Charles City County and Henrico County where they were raised. They went back east to fetch their families, and returned to settle on their new lands. Shortly after 1775, Francis Farley followed his sons to the New River settlement (now WEST Virginia) and died there in 1791.
Other name found: Francis Thomas Farley.
Records copied from family Bible of James Gore by Joseph Elmer Goar (Gore?), Kansas City, MO. The parentage, marriages and children have not been fully confirmed by public record so far available. (page 55)
Source: A History of Monroe County, WV by Oren F. Morton, B. Lit.
Chapter - Surveys and Patents Page
Francis is listed with "1". "Tithables of Pittsylvania County, 1767";
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol XXIV, (Dec 1916), 272.
"Francis Farley Sr, son of John Jr and Elizabeth, grew to manhood at the beginning of the western expansion. He was young, free, and unencumbered by entailed estates. His career and fortune lay before him in the wilderness. Doubtless, he cared little for career or fortune. He was far more interested in satisfying his craving to be out on the frontier, fighting Indians and appeasing his fearless unconquerable spirit.
"Surveying parties were bringing back such glowing accounts of the land of the source of the western waters that the imagination of settlers were stung to the deaths, and the rush was on for the frontier. Surveying parties were daily formed and disappeared in the forest to the westward.
"In some of these parties was enlisted Francis Farley Sr, the grandfather of Drury Farley. They advanced to the survey that had been made in what is now BEDFORD County, Virginia, near the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where they made their entry in a broad, fertile valley. They named the stream that drained the valley Blackwater after the old watercourse of Charles City and Henrico Counties. Then they returned for their families. The elders walked with their trusty flintlock rifles over their shoulders, and as to their fortunes, they consisted of a few pots, frying pans, axes, seeds for planting and other articles of absolute necessity, all thrown over a pack saddle. In this paradise of natural splendor, in this broad sequested valley, Francis Farley Sr, and some of his neighbors claimed their entries and began the work of erecting cabins for their families.
"Francis Farley Sr died Oct 22,1791 at the age of 88. He and his wife are buried one mile below the mouth of Indian Creek on the James Dickison farm, then in the county of Greenbrier, later in Monroe County, and still later in Summers County, WEST Virginia.
"His first wife, whose name is unknown, who he married about 1720, died before middle age, leaving Francis, a widower. Later he married Elizabeth Crostic, who was born April 19, 1718 in North Carolina and died October 29, 1797. She is buried at the side of her husband on the James Dickinson farm.
"Francis Farley Sr and his first wife were the parents of at least 4 sons and probably one or more daughters as follows: Francis Jr, Thomas, John and Booker. Francis Sr and his wife, Elizabeth Crostic had one son, Matthew."
Source: Alonzo Alpheus Hopkins, History of Pipestem Families,
(privately printed: 1964)
Francis' death is listed as October 22, 1791. "He was buried one mile below the mouth of Indian Creek in MonroeCounty."
Source: Copy of Memorandum dictated to Clara White, deceased, by Joseph Goar, October 12,
1887, furnished by Judge Dan V. White, and transcribed on August 9, 1932 by Mrs. Anderson Ross. Transcription part of the papers inherited from the estate of Lewis M. Farley, deceased in 1973, by his daughter, Ruth (Farley) Ramsay, and a copy provided to the author, Adriana Farley, in 1983.
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