'Farmer02'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Farmer of Holbech, Farmer of Leicester, Farmer of Ratcliff
[Part of this page was first uploaded to FZmisc05 on 09.05.13 when it was based on the Visitation. It was moved here to facilitate review & expansion using Nichols.]
| Nichols (p941) reports that the orginal arms of this family were "Azure, on a chevron Argent, between three lamps Or, burning with a flame proper, a leopard's head Gules, between two estoiles Azure" but that they were altered in 1663 (by protonotary George, below) to "Sable, a chevron between three lamps Argent enflamed proper". | |||||||||||||||
| Bartholomew Farmer of Ratcliff, Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Margery | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Farmer of Ratcliff Cuiley | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bearde or Borde of Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Bartholomew Farmer of Ratcliff (bpt 1542, d 22.12.1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Mattes (dau of Robert Mattes or Mottes of Whitchurch) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Farmer 'of Ratcliffe' (bpt 21.04.1592, a 1640) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Purefoy (dau of Francis Purefoy of Caldecote) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Farmer (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Burbage (dau of Thomas Burbage of Packington) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Farmer of Chilvers Coton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ford | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Farmer of Nuneaton (bpt 1663, d 23.09.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Davis | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Philips | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | 4 sons (dsp - Philips, John, Richard, James) + 2 daughters (d unm - Anne, Mary) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Richard Farmer of Leicester (b 1698, d 1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.01.1732-3) Hannah Knibb (b 1712, d 14.12.1808, dau of John Knibb) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Farmer of Leicester (a 111, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.10.1770) Elizabeth Andrew (dau of John Andrew of Harleston Park) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Elizabeth Farmer (a 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Decimus Cooke of Leicester (a 1811) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A))+ | issue - Thomas Farmer, Mary Anne | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Mary Farmer (a 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Brushfield Hodges of Leicester (a 1811) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Edward Hodges | ||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Thomas (a 1811, rector of St. Luke), Richard (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sarah Farmer (a 1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Allen Brown | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1811) Richard Jervis (a 1811) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Farmer (d 09.05.1827) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.01.1768) Hon. Rev. Richard Byron (b 28.10.1724, a 1811) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - John (d young), Richard (b 1735, dsp 1797, cleric, master of Emanuel College, Cambridge), John (b 1739, dsp, clerk), Joseph of Leicester (a 1811, d unm?), Mary (b c1737, d 1743), Hannah (a 1811, d unm?) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Francis (b c1616, a 1640), Ralph (b 1618), Edward, Lettice (b c1615) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | George Farmer 'of Seele' of Holbech, Lincolnshire (bpt 23.08.1600, bur 14.12.1670, protonotary, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| Nichols does not follow George's line. The following comes from Visitation (Foster, Middlesex, 1663, 'Farmer of London'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (26.08.1629) Elizabeth Oldfield (dau (sb sister) of John Oldfield of Spalding) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Edward Farmer 'of Canons' of Holbech | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Hewitt (dau of Sir Thomas Hewitt of Pishiobury) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Le Neve's 'Pedigrees of the Knights' (Marshall, 1873, 'Farmer of Holbech'). | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Mico | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - George (d unm), Edward of London (b c1670, a 1700) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Mary Farmer (dsp 02.1663-4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.02.1653-4) Sir John Evelyn of Goodstone, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Elizabeth Farmer (b c1647, d 30.09.1727) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.04.1662) Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Bart of Stoughton Grange (bpt 02.04.1638, d 27.01.1688-9) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Dorothy Farmer (bpt 12.09.1602) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.04.1627) _ Zacharie (rector of Seile) | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue (a 1619) - Edward (bpt 20.01.1593), Thomas (bpt 15.09.1598), William (bpt 20.07.1604), Ralph (bpt 16.11.1606), Elizabeth (bpt 27.03.1589, m/d by 1619?), Mary (bpt 27.02.1590, bur 02.09.1593), Catherine (bpt 17.07.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Ralph Farmer (bur 08.05.1592) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hill (dau of _ Hill of Shinton) named by Visitation but not Nichols | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Margery (bpt 27.11.1585), Elizabeth (bpt 05.04.1588, bur 08.051592), Alice (bpt 22.05.1591, bur 23.06.1592) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Lawrence Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Steines of Huncote | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Bartholomew Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (bur 24.01.1602) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Farmer (bpt 17.10.1591, bur 25.05.1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane (bur 12.10.1658) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Farmer (bpt 29.02.1630, bur 12.09.1673, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.05.1657) Dorcas Johnson (dau of Rev. Richard Johnson of Seckington) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Richard Farmer (bpt 18.01.1659, bur 25.09.1737) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Gaunton of Newton Regis (alias Newton in the Thistles) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Farmer 'of Witherley' (b 02.08.1684, d 17.04.1723) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.03.1711) Rebecca Moore (bpt 19.11.1690, d 14.05.1747, dau of Thomas Moore of Little Appleby) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Farmer (b 23.08.1716, dsp 11.10.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1741) Theodosia Perkins (b 06.09.1712, d 09.04.1768) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Anne Farmer (b 07.07.1714, dsp 15.11.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.08.1743) James Gresley, clerk, son of Thomas of Seile son of Sir William, | Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Rebecc Farmeraa (b 23.10.1717, d 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Mary Farmer (b 22.12.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.07.1754) Job Hunter | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Elizabeth Farmer (b 16.02.1719, d 13.03.1782) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.10.1740) John Perkins (b 09.08.1711, d 21.03.1742-3) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Farmer (b 04.07.1686_ | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wooton | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Farmer of Dosthill in Kingsbury (bur 23.12.1760) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine Biddle of Atherstone (bur 11.07.1750) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Richard Farmer (bpt 20.04.1742, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Brown of Slatetey | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Dorcas Farmer (bpt 12.01.1745-6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Freeman of Tamworth | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 16.10.1740), William (bpt 08.03.1743-4, bur 23.02.1744-5), Samuel (b 25.05.1748, bur 13.02.1772) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Page | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sarah Page | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bray | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Henry Farmer (b 1692) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Vann (dau of William Vann of Evington) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Farmer (d 06.1791, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Rathbone (d 26.10.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Mary Farmer (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.1780) John Smith | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - John, Elizabeth, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Elizabeth (b 26.10.1688), Mary (bpt 10.06.1691, bur 11.09.1691) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Dorcas Farmer (bpt 21.12.1663) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Pearce of Tamworth | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Farmer (b 20.04.1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.05.1691) Thomas Percy | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Daniel Percy (b 1730-1, d 30.07.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Mary Percy (b 1726, d 1733) | ||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - John (bpt 22.02.1664-5), Thomas (bpt 16.04.1668), Robert (bpt 17.04.1672), Thomas (bpt 22.01.1674), Anne (bpt 18.10.1658, bur 08.11.1658), Anne (bpt 01.11.1661) | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - John (bpt 18.12.1625), William (bpt 22.07.1627, bur 19.06.1629), Robert (bpt 03.05.1629), Thomas (bpt 26.04.1635), Mary (bpt 11.08.1633), Jane (bpt 05.10.1637), Elizabeth (bpt 02.09.1640), Margaret (bpt 24.01.1643, d infant), Ann (bpt 24.01.1643, d infant), Margaret (bpt 01.09.1649, bur 04.03.1652) | ||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - William (bpt 10.12.1598, bur 30.05.1612), Agnes (bpt 24.12.1589), Joan (bpt 24.02.1596), Margaret (bpt 13.01.1592, bur 27.10.1592), Margaret (bpt 10.12.1598, bur 13.12.1598) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Ralph Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Humphrey Farmer | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Wikeman | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - John, William | ||||||||||||||
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| Possibly connected to the above was ... | |||||||||||||||
| John Farmer of Leicester (b c1682-3, d 17.01.1737) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Katharine Gee | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Andrewes of Brokesby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Isabella Levinge (d 16.11.1764, dau/coheir ofThomas Levinge of Shepey) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William Farmer (b c1742, d 17.11.1758) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Isabella Farmer (b 1735-6, d 28.06.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter Burrell of Leicester (MD) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. "a gentleman in the West of England" | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): '
(1) For upper section (uploaded
05.01.23) : History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 2, 1811, 'Pedigree of Farmer of Ratcliffe Court', p950+) with some support from Visitation (Leicestershire, 1619, 'Farmer') and some input as reported above
(2)
For lower section (uploaded
07.01.23) : History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 4, part 2, 1811, 'Pedigree of Levinge of Shepey', p952)
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