Re: Absalom Farris - VA to SC - is he a Farrar??
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Absalom Farris - VA to SC - is he a Farrar??
Terri Smith 2/08/05
A common mistake being made because both Farrar and Farris have FARR is that Farris is Farrar, but the names are so dissimilar that even the most profound mispronounciation cannot render Farrar into Farris or vice versa.
In any event, a Farris descendant, who thought they were a Farrar had their DNA tested and discovered that they belonged to haplogroup J, Farrar is haplogroup R1a1a (at least the Farrar's of England and of Virginia), and I suspect the New England Farrar's are as well.
And Old Testament names in that era were quite common, as the immigrants from Virginia fanned out across the south and west, they fell under the spell of Calvinist revivalist preachers such as Baptists, Methodists and with the influx of Scots Irish, Presbyterians, falling away from the Anglican Episcopalian of their forefathers. With the rise of Calvinism there was also a rise in old testament names such as Absalom, Abner, Shadrack, Meschack (never found any Abednego's) Karenhappuck, Keziah, Talitha, Jerusha, Ezekiel, Zacchariah, Zaddock etc such names were not uncommon, in fact they were quite c ommon for that era.