| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Farrand, Harry M. |
| Title: | Farrand Family Genealogical Papers |
| Dates: | 1924-1962 |
| Extent: | 3.20 linear feet (11 containers) |
| Abstract: | The Farrand family traces its connections to Jared Farrand, a Revolutionary War veteran who resided in Norwich, Connecticut, and Bennington, Vermont, before moving to Dover and Middleburgh Township, Ohio. The collection consists of memorabilia, correspondence, notebooks, newspaper clippings, other printed material, photostats, maps, and other illustrations, relating to the history of the Farrand family. |
| MS Number | MS 3010 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English and French |
Jared Farrand was born in November 1758 (although there is some controversy over the exact year of his birth, most estimates cover the period 1756-1760) in Norwich, Connecticut, to Thomas and Marey Hall Farrand. He was a twin. In 1764 or 1765, Thomas Farrand moved the family to the vicinity of Bennington, Vermont. In May 1775, Jared Farrand was involved in the expedition of the "Green Mountain Boys" of the American Army to capture Crown Point near Fort Ticonderoga. Crown Point was taken from the British after the fall of Ticonderoga. Jared Farrand enlisted in the Continental army at Bennington, Vermont in February 1777 for a term of ten months. He reenlisted in April 1778 for a term of eight months, and served his final nine month enlistment in 1778-1779. During the war, he fought at Hubbardton (where he was wounded), Bennington, Stillwater, and Saratoga (where he was again wounded). He took part in the defense of Fort Ticonderoga against British General Burgoyne. Throughout the war, Farrand was an enlisted man.
Jared Farrand married Hannah Evans (born ca. 1869) at Bennington, Vermont, in 1783. the couple settled in Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont, where they had fourteen children and Jared operated a sawmill. In 1785 Jared joined his brother in the purchase of land in the first permanent settlement of St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont, and speculated in real estate there. Farrand again moved his family in 1804, this time to Dunham Township, Lower Quebec, Canada. However, around 1812, Farrand refused to take an oath of allegiance to the British Crown and had to abandon his Canadian land holdings. He moved to Essex Junction, Vermont, and opened a general store and in the boot and shoe making trade.
In 1832, Jared Farrand applied for a pension as a Revolutionary War veteran while residing in Essex. In 1834 he petitioned for the transfer of his pension from Vermont agency to Ohio (Pittsburgh agency) because he had made the decision to join his children who had moved to Ohio. He settled in Dover, Ohio, initially, and moved to Middleburgh Township, Cuyahoga County, in 1841 and became a farmer.
Hannah Evans Farrand died in Middleburgh Township in November 1844, and was buried in Rockport, Ohio. In March 1850 Jared Farrand married Rockport, Ohio, widow Mrs. Amy Gallup, who died in August 1859. In 1855, he applied to the federal government for a bounty land grant as a Revolutionary War veteran. He received a tract in Kansas Territory, which he sold the following year. Jared Farrand died in June 1862 in Middleburgh, Ohio, and was buried in Vairview Village cemetery in Rockport. He was a Jacksonian Democrat who later voted for Abraham Lincoln. He had been a Methodist.
The Farrand Family Genealogical Papers, ca. 1924-1962 and undated, consists of memorabilia, correspondence, notebooks, newspaper clippings, other printed material, photostats, maps, and other illustrations, relating to the history of the Farrand family.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history and genealogy of the Farrand Family, particularly the descendants of Jared Farrand (1758-1862) of Norwich, Connecticut, who lived in Bennington, Vermont, and Dover, Ohio, before settling in Middleburgh Township, Ohio, where he died.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3010 Farrand Family Genealogical Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Harry M. Farrand in 1963.
Processed by John Large, Jr. in 1964.
Farrand Family Genealogical Papers ca. 1924-1962 undated |
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| 1 | 1 | Loose leaf binder containing an index to the correspondence file housed in Containers 2 through 6. The index is arranged by given names, surnames, and locality categories, respectively undated | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Loose leaf notebook containing manuscript, printed and photostatic maps, photographic photostatic genealogical documents (including the Farrand pedigree), and half-tone illustrations dates vary | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Bound, printed volume entitled A Branch of the Jackson and Correlated Families: 1730-1911, printed for private circulation. Contains data on the Farrands. printed under the direction of William H. Jackson by the Bartlett-Orr Press, New York. 1911 | |||||||||
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| 2 | 1 | Correspondence originally labeled as "to be filed" dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence originally labeled "Canada" dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 77-106 | Correspondence files, labeled with original file numbers. Some of the numbered folders in the correspondence files contained in Containers 2 through 6 were discovered to be empty. These have been left in their numerical sequence to eliminate confusion. A few folders bear markings on the outside. It is possible that the donor and/or other family members may be in possession of some of the missing contents dates vary | |||||||||
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| 3 | 107-149 | Correspondence files, labeled with original file numbers. Some of the numbered folders in the correspondence files contained in Containers 2 through 6 were discovered to be empty. These have been left in their numerical sequence to eliminate confusion. A few folders bear markings on the outside. It is possible that the donor and/or other family members may be in possession of some of the missing contents dates vary | |||||||||
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| 4 | 150-189 | Correspondence files, labeled with original file numbers. Some of the numbered folders in the correspondence files contained in Containers 2 through 6 were discovered to be empty. These have been left in their numerical sequence to eliminate confusion. A few folders bear markings on the outside. It is possible that the donor and/or other family members may be in possession of some of the missing contents dates vary | |||||||||
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| 5 | 190-229 | Correspondence files, labeled with original file numbers. Some of the numbered folders in the correspondence files contained in Containers 2 through 6 were discovered to be empty. These have been left in their numerical sequence to eliminate confusion. A few folders bear markings on the outside. It is possible that the donor and/or other family members may be in possession of some of the missing contents dates vary | |||||||||
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| 6 | 230-275 | Correspondence files, labeled with original file numbers. Some of the numbered folders in the correspondence files contained in Containers 2 through 6 were discovered to be empty. These have been left in their numerical sequence to eliminate confusion. A few folders bear markings on the outside. It is possible that the donor and/or other family members may be in possession of some of the missing contents dates vary | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1-13 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. Material is arranged by given name, surname, and then location. these are, in part, an index to the numerical series of loose leaf notebooks located in Containers 9 and 10 dates vary | |||||||||
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| 8 | 1-3 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. Material is arranged by given name, surname, and then location. these are, in part, an index to the numerical series of loose leaf notebooks located in Containers 9 and 10 dates vary | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. Deaths, births, and marriages dates vary | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. Miscellany dates vary | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. "Others," arranged by surname, As through Fu dates vary | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. "Farran-Farren-Farrin-Farron-Ferrand-Feren-Ferrin-Ferron-Forren-McFerren" dates vary | |||||||||
| 8 | 8-10 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. "Others," arranged by surname dates vary | |||||||||
| 8 | 11 | Genealogical "sub-file" folders that contain detailed information on the Farrand and allied families. "Miscellaneous, places, addresses, etc." dates vary | |||||||||
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| 9 | 1-10 | Small, loose leaf notebooks, alphabetical series A - Z dates vary | |||||||||
| 9 | 11-16 | Small, loose leaf notebooks, numerical series 101 - 2150 dates vary | |||||||||
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| 10 | 1-6 | Small, loose leaf notebooks, numerical series 2152 - 4000 dates vary | |||||||||
| 10 | 7-13 | Small, loose leaf notebooks, miscellaneous volumes dates vary | |||||||||
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| 11 | Illustrated French publication entitled Le Mastabat Faraoun by Gustave Jequier, published in Le Caire 1928 | ||||||||||