Farquhar

The   Farquhar  Family By Muriel M. (Farquhar) Davidson

The FARQUHAR family history seems to wind in many directions, back  to the homeland — Scotland. Many of the early generations were researched by Trish Lewis, using  both IGI and Old Scottish Records. As more is learned, some of the facts may have to be changed — research is ongoing – Muriel M. Davidson
*  *  *  *  * The first known is JAMES FARQUHAR, born ca. 1600 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. His marriage to JEANE GRAY, born ca. 1600, Aberdeen, Scotland, took place before 1634 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. Ref: IGI.

Second Generation:-           Children — surname Farquhar — 11
1. ELSPET FARQUHAR, b. ca. 1634, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland  ref: IGI
Christened 27 Sep 1634, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
2. ALEXANDER FARQUHAR, born September 1636, Aberdeen, Scotland
Christened 29 Sep 1636, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
3. GEORGE FARQUHAR, born ca. 1637, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland  ref: IGI
Christened 5 Dec 1637, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
4. JEANE FARQUHAR, born ca. 1638, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland   ref: IGI
Christened 15 Dec 1638, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
5. ISSOBELL FARQUHAR, born ca. 1640, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland  ref: IGI
Christened 11 June 1640, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
6. ELSPITT FARQUHAR, born ca. 1643, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland    ref: IGI
Christened 12 July 1643, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
7. JAMES FARQUHAR, born ca. 1645, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland    ref: IGI
Christened 3 Oct 1645, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
8. JOHN FARQUHAR, born ca. 1649, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland      ref: IGI
Christened 15 March 1649, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
9. ROBERT FARQUHAR, born ca 1650, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland   ref: IGI
Christened 15 August 1650, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
10. PATRICK FARQUHAR, born ca. 1652, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland  ref: IGI
Christened 19 Oct 1652, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
11. ISSOBELL FARQUHAR, born ca. 1654, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland   ref. IGI
Christened 23 March 1654, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
It can only be assumed Child No. 1 and Child No. 5 died – no records found

Second Generation:–
2. ALEXANDER FARQUHAR born ca. Sept. 1636, Aberdeen, Scotland Christened  29 Sept 1636, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland Married  MARGARET NEILSON 10 Jan 1660 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Third Generation:–          Children – 3 – surname Farquhar
1. JOHN FARQUHAR, born ca. 1668, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Christened 14 April 1668, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   ref: IGI
2. WILLIAM FARQUHAR. Born ca. 1672, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland ref: IGI
Christened 29 Sept 1672, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
3. MARY FARQUHAR, born ca. 1678, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland   ref: IGI
Christened 15 Oct 1678, Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

Third Generation:–
1. JOHN FARQUHAR, born ca. 1668, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Christened 14 April 1668, Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   ref: IGI
Marr. before 1694  ISOBEL ELDER [There are likely more than the single child — will update when found]

Fourth Generation:– 1. WILLIAM FARQUHAR, born 23 Aug 1694, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland Marr. before 1717, MARGARET ANDERSON

Fifth Generation:– 1. WILLIAM FARQUHAR, born Aug 1717, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland Christened 20 Aug 1717, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland [dates could be wrong] Marr. before 1733, JANET BAYERS

Sixth Generation:–        Children – 6 – surname Farquhar
1. MARGARET FARQUHAR, born ca. 1733, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Christened 5 April 1733, Elgin, Moray, Scotland       ref: IGI
2. JAMES FARQUHAR born ca. 1736, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Christened 19 Dec 1736, Elgin, Moray, Scotland        ref: IGI
3. HELEN FARQUHAR born ca. 1740, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Christened 30 Jan 1740, Elgin, Moray, Scotland         ref: IGI
4. ANNE FARQUHAR born ca. 1745, Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Christened 13 Oct 1745, Elgin, Moray, Scotland        ref: IGI
5. ALEXANDER FARQUHAR  born ca. 1748, Elgin, Moray, Scotland Christened 13 Oct 1748, Elgin, Moray, Scotland        ref: IGI
6. JOHN FARQUHAR   born ca. 1754, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
Christened 7 Aug 1754, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland   ref: IGI
Died 26 Oct 1818, Dartmouth (Preston), Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Buried 28 Oct 1818, Woodlawn Cemetery, Dartmouth, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Dates were copied from his tombstone.
Married after 1783 JANE FARQUHARSON born 1771, Dartmouth (Preston)
d.o. John & Isabella (____) Farquharson.
Jane died 22 Nov 1821, Dartmouth (Preston), Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Buried 24 Nov 1821, Woodlawn Cemetery, Dartmouth (Preston), Nova Scotia

NOTE:- It has been learned all land surrounding Woodlawn United Church
and the beautiful old cemetery was once FARQUHARSON land.

Family History Insert:- JOHN FARQUHAR arrived at Shelburne as a Loyalist in November 1783, in company with RICHARD MULHALL, to whom he could have been indentured. He was reported as being single, age 23, did not receive land because of marital status (Shelburne Historical Society). Richard Mulhall received a town lot, but did not stay in Shelburne. I was also told both were “attached” to the 76th Regiment of Foot, but must have been “non-combative”as neither name appears. We do know both had been imprisoned 1781-1783 in Virginia. Both were known for skills in the masonry trade — research continuing.

Sixth Generation:– Research is continuing re the JOHN FARQUHAR and JANE (FARQUHARSON) FARQUHAR  family  but to date some of the information about family members is known.

Seventh Generation:– Children – 5 or more – surname Farquhar
1. ROBERT FARQUHAR, b. after 1783, Dartmouth (Preston was original name of area)
Married Nancy Mallard, Saint John, New Brunswick in 1805.
Robert was Lost At Sea near Saint John in 1807.
2. JAMES FARQUHAR — research continuing
3. JOHN HENRY FARQUHAR  born ca. 1790, Dartmouth (Preston), Nova Scotia
Died 1846, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
Buried Hunt’s Point Burying Ground, Hunt’s Point, Queens County, Nova Scotia
(old cemetery adjacent to present Ocean View Cemetery)
mar: 16 Nov 1817 SUSANNAH JOHANNA HAGEN of Port Mouton, Queens County, Nova Scotia
daughter of Andrew Hagen, U.E.L., Tarleton’s/British Legion and
Catherina Hauptman, d.o. Michael Hauptman and Anna Margaretha (Volcker) (Howe) Hauptman
All burials in Hunt’s Point Burying Ground, formerly Hauptman’s Head land grant.
4. ALEXANDER FARQUHAR born ca. 1799, died 1867, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Married 25 May 1820, CATHERINE ANDERSON, St. Andrew’s Church, Halifax, N.S.
5. ANN FARQUHAR  died 1832, unmarried, Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia

Seventh Generation:–
3  JOHN HENRY FARQUHAR & SUSANNAH JOHANNA HAGEN Married 16 November 1817 — Marriage Bond available

It is believed JOHN HENRY FARQUHAR came to the Liverpool area about 1810 in company with Richard Bartholomew Mulhall, and again, the work was with masonry. Relationship with the two families has not been proven, but naming patterns of children were similar.

One record shows Susannah Johanna Hagen had a son, JOHN FRASER HAGEN, in 1814, who was baptized in 1815 at the Methodist Church, Hunt’s Point, Queens County, Nova Scotia.  It is believed he married MARGARET ____, and they had two daughters. Research continuing. John Fraser Hagen changed his surname to Farquhar at some point. His brother, Andrew Farquhar, admitted him to the present Hillsview Acres, Middlefield, Queens County, Nova Scotia in 1892, where he died 26 Oct 1898. [Place of burial unavailable from D. Fiske, Hillsview Acres]

Eighth Generation:– Children – 8 or more – surname Farquhar
1. WILLIAM HENRY FARQUHAR, born 16 May 1818, Hunt’s Point, Nova Scotia
Christened 7 Oct 1818, Methodist Church, Hunt’s Point, Nova Scotia
Died 21 Nov 1818, Hunt’s Point; burial on private family land.
2. ANDREW FARQUHAR, born ca. 1819, Hunt’s Point, Queens Co., Nova Scotia
Died 13 Jan 1881, Hunt’s Point
bur: 15 Jan 1881, Old Methodist Cemetery, Hunt’s Point.
Married twice – one marriage was to Catherine Elizabeth Smith on 19 Dec 1848,
At Hunt’s Point, Banns, Weslayan Church by John McMurray
3. JAMES ALLAN FARQUHAR, born 11 Dec 1821, Hunt’s Point, Nova Scotia
Died 7 Apr 1914, South Brookfield, Queens County, Nova Scotia
Bur: 9 Apr 1914, South Brookfield Community Cemetery, South Brookfield, N.S.
Marr: 31 Dec 1846, ELIZABETH (Huffman) HUPMAN at Broad River, Queens County, Nova Scotia.
4. SAMUEL FARQUHAR. Born ca. 1822, Hunt’s Point, Queens County, Nova Scotia
Died after 1904, possibly at Westfield, Queens County, Nova Scotia
Married ELIZA/ELIZABETH ________, death at Westfield in 1904
5. WILLIAM RICHARD FARQUHAR born 9 June 1823, Hunt’s Point, Queens Co., N.S.
Christened: 9 Sep 1824, Methodist Church, Hunt’s Point, by R. L. Lusher
Died 1 June 1887,  Summerville Centre, Queens County, Nova Scotia
Buried 3 June 1887, Old Methodist Cemetery, Hunt’s Point, Queens County, Nova Scotia
Married 4 Jan 1852, ISABELLA MARY McINTOSH, at Summerville Centre, Nova Scotia
d.o. Angus & Mary Anne (Collins) McIntosh, Port Joli, Queens Co., Nova Scotia
gr. d.o. Finlay McIntosh, U.E.L., 76th Reg’t of Foot, and Christiana Brown
both originally from Glenelg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
6. JOHN JACOB FARQUHAR, b. 6 Nov 1826, Hunt’s Point, Queen’s Co., Nova Scotia
Christened 5 Feb 1827, Methodist Church, Hunt’s Point, NS by Rev. R. L. Lusher
Died 4 July 1903, Hunt’s Point, Queens Co., Nova Scotia (Vol IV — SSGS Inscriptions)
Buried 6 July 1903, St. James Anglican Church, Hunt’s Point, Queens Co., Nova Scotia
Married 25 Jan 1855, MARY ELIZABETH GERHARDT, at Western Head, Queen’s Co., Nova Scotia, by Rev. E. E. B. Nichols
7. STEPHEN HENRY FARQUHAR, born 8 Jan 1830, Hunt’s Point, Nova Scotia
Christened 12 Sept 1830, Weslayan Church, Hunt’s Point, by Thomas Crosthwaite
Died 11 Nov 1904, Liverpool, Queens County, Nova Scotia
Buried after 11 Nov 1904, Old Baptist Cemetery, Liverpool, Queens Co., Nova Scotia
Married ELIZABETH “ELIZA” FORSYTH, 27 Oct 1854, Liverpool, NS (Bond)
(Has other marriages — family now being completed)
8. DAVID ALFRED FARQUHAR born 24 April 1835, Hunt’s Point, Queens Co., Nova Scotia
Christened 21 Aug 1835, Anglican Church, Hunt’s  Point, Nova Scotia
Died February 1876, Boston, Massachusetts
Married MARGARET ANN (FRALICK) FRELLICK 5 June 1856, Weslayan Mission, Liverpool, Nova Scotia by Rev. I. Sutcliffe.
Margaret was d.o. Jacob Fralick and Nancy Anne Inness, Hunt’s Point, Queens Co., Nova Scotia

[Research continuing on all family members — will be updated Complete data in THE FARQUHAR FAMILY Just sharing part of my family with you — Muriel M. (Farquhar) Davidson