Tarr

• Richard Tarr [Farr] (1690-1724)

Richard Tarr

b.ca.1645/1650 Wales/England; parents ukn
d.June 13, 1732 Rockport, MA
bur.1732 Old First Parish Burying Ground, Beach St., Rockport, MA
m.168_ Elizabeth Dicer
b.July 2, 1667 Salem, MA; d/o William Dicer and Elizabeth Austin
d.17__

CHILDREN included:

1. William Tarr b.abt.1687 m.Dec. 21, 1708 Elizabeth Felt of Lynn, MA d/o Moses Felt and Lydia Mains
2. John Tarr b.abt.1689 m.Elizabeth Haines [Haynes] of Marblehead, MA d/o Francis and Elizabeth (Hooper) Haines of Falmouth
3. Elizabeth Tarr b.Jan. 10/11, 1690-1 d.Dec. 29, 1724 m.Feb. 9, 1714-5 Ebenezer Davis
4. Honour Tarr b.May 10/20, 1693 m.(1)John Wise m.(2)John Wonson
5. Richard Tarr b.Sept. 29, 1695 d.June 22, 1724 m.(1)Sept. 29, 1719 Sarah Beale m.(2)Feb. 20, 1721/22 Grace Hodgkins d/o Christopher and Tabitha (Hayword) Hodgkins
6. Joseph Tarr b.Jan. 10/16, 1697/8 d.bef.Aug. 1, 1769 m.July 28, 1719 Sarah Sargent
7. Benjamin Tarr b.April 9, 1700 d.abt.1783 m.Feb. 4, 1723/24 Rebecca (Wallis) Card; widow of William Card
8. Caleb Tarr b.July 4/6, 1703 d.abt.1752 m.Dec. 5, 1724 Martha Wallis d/o James and Martha Wallis
9. Samuel Tarr b.June 25, 1706 d.June 27, 1739 drowned in Sheepscot River in ME m.Oct. 12, 1726 Elizabeth Williams
10. Abigail Tarr b.June 11, 1709 d.y.
11. Sarah Tarr b.Sept. 11, 1716 Rockport, MA m.Jan. 6, 1733 Haverhill, MA Thomas Dresser
12. Abigail Tarr b.1724 m.James Parsons

NOTES: Richard was a woodsman.

From Directory of the Ancestors of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: RICHARD, at Marblehead, Mass., 1680, removed Gloucester, Mass., 1690.

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