Farrar

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Meaning: (British) From Ferrier (Old French), "horse-shoer and iron worker".

The Farrar name has been pronounced several different ways. Some pronounce it as "far' uhr". Some pronounce it as " fuh- rahr' ". This family pronounces it "fairer".

From the beginning, the Farrar family name has had many variations: Ferris, Ferrer, Farrer, Ferrier, Farris, Farrar, and Faries. All these families claim to be from the same family, and therefore must be variations of the same name. All are descended from the deFerriers who came to England with William Conqueror in 1066, and then from the Ferris family of Leicestershire, England, descended from Henri deFerriers, son of Gwalchalme deFerriers, who was Master of Horse to the Duke of Normandy. His name is found "upon the Battle Abbey Roll". We do know that there was a Henry Ferriers who came with William the Conqueror to England from a town named Ferriers or Ferrieres in France. His descendants continue to possess the estate of Baddlesley Clinton, Warwickshire, England. The Ferriers were a distinguished family in England and France. The surname is originally Norman and means "one who works in iron", which could have been in any country.

This line begins with Henrie Farrar, Sr. He was born abt 1480 in Ewood, Halifax Parish, England, and died Nov. 6, 1549 in Yorkshire, England. He married Agnes Barcroft Horsefalls in 1513 in Halifax, England. She was born abt 1480 in Stothlay, Yorkshire, England, and died Nov. 26, 1549 in Yorkshire.

Henrie, Sr. was the second owner of the Ewood Estate in Halifax, England. In his will, he leaves Ewood to his son William and other properties to his wife and other children. He is buried at Heptonstall, a chapelry of Tormoden, near Halifax. The chapel is dedicated to Sir Thomas a'Bekett. (sic)