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Sarah FARLEY, daughter of John B FARLEY Jr and Mary WILLETT, was born in 1675 in Henrico
County, Virginia and died in 1743 in Bertie Precinct, North Carolina. Some records show her surname as FRALEE.
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Second Generation (14)
 John B FARLEY Jr son of Sir Thomas FARLEY and Lady Jane SEFTON MOLYNEUX was born in 1648 in Archer's Hope,
Charles City, Virginia, USA and died in 1732 in Henrico County, Virginia.
Mary WILLETT, daughter of Edward WILLETT and Bridgett CLUTTERBACK, was born on 13 Apr 1651
in Henrico County, Virginia and died in 1732 in
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, USA.
Alt. Birth: Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Mary was born in 1672; Mary married UNKNOWN PARKER.
ii. Samuel
was born in 1673
iii. Sarah
iv. James Sr was born in 1679 and died on 12 Jan 1749
Third Generation
Sir Thomas FARLEY was born in 1600 in Worcestershire or Yorkshire, England and died in Jamestown,
Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA.
Lady Jane SEFTON MOLYNEUX was born in 1602 in Worcester,
Worcestershire, England and died in 1645-1700 in Virginia.
The children from this marriage were:
i. Ann was born
1623
ii. Archer was born 1627
iii. Barbara
was born 1628
iv. George was born 1631
v. Philip
was born 1633
vi. Thomas was born 1636
vii. Virginia was born 1637
viii.
Fabyan was born 1640
ix. Bonnie Bell was born 1642
x. James was born 1643
xi.
Elizabeth was born 1645
xii. Richard was born 1647
xiii. John B was born 1648 and died 1732
xiv. William was born 1648
xv. Thompson was born
1650
(James) Edward WILLETT was born in the 16 Jun 1616 in Cirencester, Glouchestershire, England and died 1671
in Jamestown, Virginia.
Bridgett CLUTTERBACK was born 1620 in Cirencester, Glouchestershire, England.
The Willett and Clutterback ancestry is currently being researched.
Noble Ancestry:
The mother of Thomas Farley is Jane Hungerford, descended
from the Hungerford Family of Fairleigh, Somerset County, England:
Walter Hungerford, the 1st Baron Hungeford, was the son of
Thomas Hungerford and Joan, daughter of Sir Edmund Hussey. He was Speaker of Parliament in 1414, and Sheriff of Somerset and
Dorset. He was a soldier during the Hundred Year’s War, distinguishing himself at Calais in 1406, and fought in the
battle of Agincourt in 1415. For his many services, he was granted lordship and the castle of Hommet in Normandy. He
was installed Knight of the Garter 3 May 1421. The Hungerford barony was created in 1426. He was Steward to the Household
of Henry V and later, to Henry VI. He was an executor of the will of Henry V and was on the Council of Regency 1n 1422
and Lord High Treasurer 1426-1432. He was Constable of Windsor Castle in 1447. He was buried in Salisbury Cathedral.
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More about Sir Thomas FARLEY:
(15, 16)
Thomas FARLEY was one of the earliest immigrants
to settle in Virginia, coming to the colony in 1623. He and his wife, Jane MOLYNEUX SEFTON, a lady of some means and position,
arrived on the ship Anne, along with their newborn daughter, named Ann in honor of the ship.
They were recorded in the musters (censuses)
at Archer's Hope, February 16, 1623 and February 4, 1624. From extant records, it can be found that Thomas was a rather active
and industrious individual. While we do not know the exact acreage, Thomas owned his own plantation and rented adjoining lands
for the production of tobacco for the English market. He kept in touch with his family back in England and his brother, Humphrey,
put some of his servants at Thomas' disposal on the plantation. As with most large plantations of the time, Thomas maintained
a private wharf and there is at least one record of a vessel calling at their plantation for eight tons of tobacco.
The FARLEYs became well established at Archer's
Hope. Thomas was popular among his fellow plantation owners however, he was very much of a freelance and not easily restrained
from his momentary impulses. He and several other residents of Anchor`s Hope were in trouble with the law and the church for
being drunk and disorderly late at night. Anchor`s Hope was a raucous community during the late 1620`s. It was said
Sir Thomas FARLEY feared "neither God nor beast," because he was fined 400 lbs. of tobacco for hunting boar on Sunday. On
a separate occasion Sir Thomas FARLEY was fined 100 lbs. of tobacco for "not coming to church on the Sabbath for three months."
Thomas was a member
of the House of Burgesses, March 1629 to 1630, for the plantations between Harrop, Archer's Hope and Martin's Hundred
and for Archer's Hope at the February 1631 session.
Excerpt from the Farly Genealogical Source:
(17)
"Thomas Farley was born in Liverpool. He married the illegitement daughter of the Baron of Sefton. Jane came
from a family of ten children. Her family goes back to the royal houses of Europe and includes lots of very interesting historical
persons. After the conquest of England by William I, the feudal landholders became responsible for administering justice.
The Sefton, Radclyffe, and Dutton families intermarried and all were sheriffs and members of court. Thomas was a member of
the House of Burgess. He may have been involved in the legal field and had contact with the Molyneux family that way. Both
Thomas and Jane lost all their parents the same year James brother Richard was listed in the 2nd. VA Company Compact. The
colonies were opened in 1622 by the King to families. Jane was pregnant at the time and they brought a servant with them to
Virginia. Townthorpe is the name of a Manor House in the East Riding of Europe."
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Sources
 14. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal
 15. The Hotton Lists of Emigrants to America,John Camden Hotton (Editor); Pg 180-181, 230, 231
16. Journal of the House of Burgesses, 1619 - 1658, Miller, Mary R; VA Biog,
Vol I, Pg 232
17. My Farley Family Genealogy; Urban, Carol Pack
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