By the time of the hearth taxes between about 1664 and 1674, the name Farrow, Farrowe, Farrow, Farro, Faro, Farrar, Farrer, Ferrer, Phare, Pharo, Pharow, Pharrow, Pharrowe and probably a few other spellings, were all used relatively interchangeably. Given that dictionaries had not been invented at the date, and didn't become reasonably distributed until about 1900, all spellings at this date should be regarded as phonetic and in the local accent. With the result that when someone came from out of the county, they didn't always understand the accent, which would introduce further errors. Examples of these are a spelling of Faragon, Forrow, Fullow and Paroe, or else the constable couldn't read his own writing when making a transcription. And then there are also abbreviations, of which I have picked up two in the hearth tax of Ferr and Frow. Probably when the constable was doing his rounds he wrote down Ferr' or F'row, and forgot to expand it when he wrote down his final list. I could spot few Oxfords in the list, and none that I thought were Farrows. One of the Oxfords, is probably a misrecorded Orford or vice versa. I have put below my sign off the various entries I can spot for Farrow in its various spellings in the Hearth taxes. If you want the full details of the individual entries, how many hearths they paid tax on, which villages they were in, and sometimes their trades or other information then follow the following link http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/suffolk/2007-08/1186937880 and then email me off list. Date of tax, householder/taxpayer 1664 Farrar Grace 1664 Farrar Hen 1673 Farrar Tho 1669 Farrar Tho constable 1674 Farrar Wm 1669 Farrer Jo 1669 Farrer Mr 1669 Farrer Will 1669 Farrer Will 1675 Farrer Wm ?? 1664 Farriar Tho 1664 Farroe Nick 1673 Farrow Edm 1669 Farrow Edw 1666 Farrow Eliz 1673 Farrow Fr 1669 Farrow Fra 1662 Farrow Franc .? 1663 Farrow Grace 1669 Farrow James 1666 Farrow Jo 1673 Farrow Jo 1669 Farrow Jo 1666 Farrow Jo 1669 Farrow Jo jun 1669 Farrow Jo sen 1669 Farrow John 1669 Farrow John 1663 Farrow John mason 1663 Farrow John mason 1669 Farrow Owen 1669 Farrow Ro 1669 Farrow Robt 1669 Farrow Sam 1663 Farrow Samuell 1669 Farrow Tho 1669 Farrow Tho 1669 Farrow Will 1669 Farrow Will 1669 Farrow Will 1669 Farrow Will 1669 Farrow Will 1664 Farrow Willm 1673 Farrow Wm jun 1664 Farrow mising 1663 Farrow wid 1669 Farrow wid 1669 Farrow wid 1669 Farrow wid 1674 Farrowe 1663 Farrowe Edmund 1674 Farrowe Edw 1674 Farrowe Fr 1666 Farrowe Franc 1674 Farrowe Hen 1663 Farrowe Henery 1663 Farrowe Henry 1663 Farrowe Henry 1674 Farrowe Ja 1674 Farrowe James 1674 Farrowe James 1674 Farrowe Jo 1669 Farrowe Jo 1674 Farrowe Jo 1663 Farrowe Jo 1674 Farrowe Jo 1664 Farrowe John 1674 Farrowe Mr 1674 Farrowe Mr 1664 Farrowe Robt 1666 Farrowe Robt 1666 Farrowe Sam 1673 Farrowe Tho 1674 Farrowe Tho 1664 Farrowe Tho 1674 Farrowe Tho 1669 Farrowe Tho 1669 Farrowe Tho 1674 Farrowe Tho 1674 Farrowe Tho 1674 Farrowe Tho 1664 Farrowe Thomas 1664 Farrowe Willm 1674 Farrowe Wm 1674 Farrowe Wm 1673 Farrowe Wm 1674 Farrowe Wm 1674 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1666 Farrowe wid 1663 Farrowe wid 1664 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1674 Farrowe wid 1673 Farrowes Sam 1669 Farrowes Sam 1666 Ferr Robt 1666 Ferr Tho 1666 Ferr Will 1669 Ferrer Will ?. 1669 Ferrer Willm 1674 Ferrer Wm 1669 Forrow wid 1666 Fragon Tho 1669 Frow Fra 1674 Fullow Sam 1669 Paroe William 1674 Phare Wm 1666 Pharo Will 1669 Pharo wid 1674 Pharoe Fr 1669 Pharow Jo 1674 Pharowe 1664 Pharowe Robt 1673 Pharro. Jo 1674 Pharrow Will 1674 Pharrow Wm jun 1673 missing Frances 1674 Oxford Gilbt 1669 Oxford Gilbt 1669 Oxford Rich 1674 Oxford Rich 1674 Oxford Sam 1664 Oxford Tho 1664 Oxford Thomas 1666 Oford Gilbert 1673 Orford Gilbert Wishing you every success in your researches Giles Colchester, Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place And PACKARD in Suffolk Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:53:28 +0100 From: "John E Farrow" <[email protected]> Subject: [SFK-UK] FARROW/FARRAR alias OXFORD(E) To: <[email protected]> <snip> Does anyone know of any other FARRER/OXFORD references in this period ? or why they might have used the dual surnames ? <snip> John E FARROW