This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pdV.2ACEB/701 Message Board Post: According to Henry Pharr's book of 1955 the earliest Pharr/Farr/Fair he could find in America was around 1748 in Virginia. I have found references to a Edward Farr as early as 1635 coming to America on the ship Amitie and landing in St Christopher. Another Edward Farr is listed among 7 persons transported by Luke Bullington to Virginia for which Luke received 329 acres on Mar 18, 1663. Another Edward Farr was listed among 16 persons transported to Virginia by Paul Woodbridge for which Paul received 800 acres in Rappahannock Co Sept 19, 1664. Mr Pharr also does not mention a marriage between a Edward Far and a Mary Perkins in Louisa Co, Va Nov 14, 1779. Nor does he show a Edward Farr age 18 who came to Virginia on ship Carolina from London in Dec 1774 as indentured servant.