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 THE 
 FARLEY, FAIRLIE, FARLO 
 
 FAMILY, 
 
 THEIR ORIGIN. HISTORY AND GENEOLOGICAL RECORD, 
 
 FOR 1300 YEARS FROM A, D. 600 TO 1900 
 
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 HERALDRY AND ARMS, 
 
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 . RANDOLPH W, FARLEY, 
 NASHUA. NEW HAMPSHIRE. U. S. A. 
 
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 FARLEY, FAIRLIE, FARLO FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 After a i)erio(l exteiulinji; over twenty years of ( aicful research 
 aiiil stuil\- of (iM F.ni:lisli ivcorils of llie elevenlli, t w clftli ami lliii'- 
 teeiitli ceiitiirie.-, I lia\e traeetl tlie Farley family hack lliirteeii 
 hundred years lt> A. D. (100 when KiiiL;: Joar N'idfadiiie the ijreat 
 Skaanian kin*; rei,<>ne<l over the land of the midniyht sun, he heinj; 
 our lirst ancestor of the Farley l)Ioo(l ami followintr his succession in 
 an unbroken line down ilnouu'h ^'leveii Xoithmaii or \ ikiiii;' kin<;s 
 to Williajn Lonsj:swoi<l, .larl of Normandy, who reigned in the tenth 
 century. 
 
 The history for this three hundred years is one unhroken 
 record, wild, weird, and bloody, of our ancestors in their vikintr days 
 and of facinatinu; interest wlien they as woi"shi|)))ers of tlie Scandi- 
 navian u'ods, TIku- and Odin, |)erformeil deeds of valor and I'enown 
 uneipialeil in the woi'ld's history of war, love and romance. 
 
 ()ii |ilaiiis l)enealli the midniu'ht sun 
 
 Met martial hosts at ()diirs call, / 
 
 In tierce conflict the X'ikinu's war 
 For oflory in X'alli.illa" hall. 
 
 I fan -y I hear some one ask, "What have these old Vikinti.s to 
 do with the Farleys?" Kind reader, if any one of these whose names 
 I shall give in my history had been killed bef<Me he had ])rovide<l 
 the next in succession, the Farleys today would liave been restless 
 wanderers in the Klysian shades of the undei- world waiting for a 
 rliame to get out. 
 
 To our ancestor of the tenth century, William Longsword, is 
 due the lirst conception of llu- plan w liicli resulted in the con<|uest 
 of Knulaii 1 and placing uj)on the throne, Williatn the Conqueror, 
 havinij; in his veins the original l-'arley blood as imich as any who 
 i>ear our name in the twentieth century. 
 
 This darl or Duke of Normandy had three sons; IJichaid, 
 li,)l»ert, and Walter, all ixun in the tenth century. IJobert lieing 
 his liroiher's vassal succeede<l in removing Kichard and t<iok the 
 
Dukedom when in A. D. 1000 lie enlarged the old Roman tower 
 built at the time of Caesars invasion, on the brink of a deep gloomy 
 precipice, called in Norman French a falaise, situated on the Ante, 
 a tributary of the river Dive, calling it Castle Falaise and placed 
 his youngest brother Walter in charge as Lord of FaLlise. 
 
 Later Duke Robert, surnamed le Diable, had one son, William 
 LongsAvord who became William the Conqueror, and born at this 
 Castle of Falaise. Walter married the heiress of Guitmond and had 
 born at this castle about 1080 a son, William, and later at Castle Moly- 
 neux, Richard, Ahird, (Alfred) and Ameline, which castle Robert 
 built for him on his own son becoming old enough to govern Falaise. 
 
 William was knighted by his cousin and accompanied him to 
 England in 1066 Avhere his name appears on the roll of Battle Abby 
 as Willelmus de Faleife, twenty-seventh knight on the list. On 
 peace being restored he is given by the King, in 107'2, the site on 
 which later stood Farleiffh Castle in Somersetshire but which at this 
 time was occupied by a ruined Roman Villa. 
 
 In 1086 he is named as William de Falaise or P^'alaix, Baron of 
 Dartington, with twenty-nine Lordships in County Devon where he 
 built his castle on the summit of a prehistoric mound in what is now 
 Totnes on the river Dart. 
 
 At this time he was known as William de Molyneux as well as 
 Falaise but in all legal documents he was called the later surname, 
 while towards A. D. 1100 his name was spelt Felles, Falet and 
 Faley which in the Xorman French of the eleventh century wovdd 
 have the sound of Farley. He died in 1100. This William de 
 Falaise or Falaix was the first ancestor of the Farleys of England 
 and America. 
 
 The name of William de Fareley occurs frequently in 1200 
 and William Farley is mentioned as marrying Ellen Dummer, widow 
 of Sir Nicholas Atte JMoore. Old records state the J'arleys were 
 scattered throughout England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries 
 and the family long remained eminent. 
 
 A large amount of history has been collected of the family from 
 1100 to 1650. I have the record of Thomas, George and Michael, 
 going back one hundred years previous to their emigration to 
 America. Thonuis lande<l at Jamestown, ^'a., in 1624 with his 
 wife Jane and one servent, Nicholas Shotter, where he was given 
 nine square miles of land in return for services rendered his king, 
 James I. lie had several children of whom Ann was the first 
 

 
 l)eini>; named fruiii tin.' slii]i that hroiiifht tln'm uver. Tliis was the 
 first Farley born on American soil. 
 
 Geori^e landed at Boston ill i(t4(> and hccaine the ancestor <it' 
 over a tbonsand Farleys in New Enirland, while Michael came over 
 in l()7n, landing at Ipswich, Mass., where he and his two sons, 
 Michael and Mechack started the first Woolen mill in America. 
 His descendents were of a seafaring turn and their deeds ilurin^ the 
 devolution were many and interestin<i. 
 
 The complete history of Farleigh Castle has been obtained 
 carryiuii; tbe record back 1850 yeans to A. D. 50 when it was a 
 Roman camp. No castle in Enijland can show such an uul)r(jken 
 record of owners numbering fifty-two going back to tbe days of 
 King .Vethelrid T, when he gave this site to his cheif huntsman 
 Leofwine, calling it Faernleaga. This name changes live times be- 
 fore reaching Farleigh or Farley. Our family has been connected 
 with this castle three times in its history'. 
 
 Thy moss crowned pile 'mid the waste surveys 
 Thy last lone relics of departed days. 
 
 Thy glory's gone while lingering fragments grace 
 The proud fallen grandeur of thy time worn face, 
 
 And moss clad towers ami nnnddering mounds disclose 
 Where knightly warriors sought repose. 
 
 I iiave also obtained the complete history of the Fairlies of 
 Scotland showing they are our relatives whose ancestor, Hollo, a 
 former Jarl of Normandy reigned previous to William Longsword. 
 l)eing another Farley \'iking whose name was pronounced in French 
 Rous and one of his sons called Roos settled near Caen and was 
 the direct ancestor of Peter de Roos of England in 11 00. His des- 
 cendents went to Scotland where they were known as Roos or Ross 
 of Tarbet and later in 1290 they took Fairlie Castle and its name, 
 •Iropping that of Ross after the death of Hardi Knute, the first 
 occui)ant, who led his thirteen sons into the battle of Largs, 12Go, 
 to repel Ilaco, King of Norway, in one of liis raids. He had one 
 daughter who was the first to bear the Fairlie name. 
 ' Great love thev bore to Fairlie fair, 
 Their sister sweet and dear. 
 
 Her girdle showed her slender waist, 
 And golden glint her hair. 
 
 At West Ski])ton, County Devon lived a manorial lord named 
 I*'arlev, in the twelftli centurw who collected as rent fidin his ten- 
 
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 ants the best beast in each herd, which ])ractice was called a herlot, 
 later when moiiev became more i)lenty he allowed his tenants to pay 
 in j)ence, this was called a farley or farlo, which name was given to 
 his sons who thus became the ancestors of P^'arlo, Farlough family of 
 Lancashire and Scotland. 
 
 TIavino- made arrangements with the Ilollis (N. H.) Times for 
 the j)ublication of the entire P'arley history in the near future, all 
 that remains to assure its appearance in print is for one thousand 
 Farleys to subscribe, one dollar each, for a year's subscription to 
 this paper. As there are five thousand of our name in America I 
 trust I am not asking too much, and after the publication, if I 
 receive sutficient encouragement the Times will reprint it entire in 
 book form with engravings, for general dirtribution at a nominal 
 price. This pa])er is one of the neatest and most progressive of 
 weeklies ])rinted in New England and is issued on a fine quality of 
 book paper suitable for a handsome scrap l)ook for each family, its 
 cheapness should commend it to every Farley in England and 
 America. 
 
 I want the address of every Farley in the country wifh any 
 records they may wish to see in ])rint, for that ]>urpose I desire 
 every one interested to have my circular. Send in your address 
 with one dollar to me to insure you against mistake and soon as the 
 articles appear you will receive the ])aper for a year payable in 
 advance. 
 
 I desire more ])articulaily ail legends, traditions, and anecdotes 
 any one can tell of the members of their family. This is to be no 
 dry record of simply when the Farley was boi-n, married and died, 
 Imt one of thrilling interest. Don't fail to make a scrap book of 
 this record that future generations yet unborn in your family may 
 know all about their ancestors. 
 
 Randolph W. Farley, 
 
 Xashua, N. H., 
 LT. S. A. 
 
FARLEY HERALDRY, ARMS AND CREST. 
 
 'I'lic IiKMlion whert'on William de Falaise started the buildini; 
 of his t-astlo oil iIk' ruins of the IJoiiiaii \'illa in ln7"J ami later known 
 as Farleigh Castle, was a famous huutiiiii" ii;rouml in Saxon times, 
 heino- covered with an undergrowth of ferns, hence the name Faern- 
 laei;a. In this covert were found staus, antelopes, wild boars and 
 other irame wliich tlie expert Inmter killed by throwing a sliort 
 spear uv dart picrciiiu,- the neck. Ilis descendeiits in the twelfth and 
 thirteenth i-enturies when Arms ivachcd their highest state of popular- 
 ity, adopted the antelope with the sliort spear piercing the neck as their 
 Crest in commemoration of the above facts. 
 
 Thor's liammer and Odin's drinking horn are symbols of their 
 earlier religion when they were w()ishi])ers of these Scandinavian 
 gods. 
 
 The Kaxen was worke<l on the bannei' of IJegnor I.odbrcg, 
 another Farley viking, M'hich he carried on his viking raids into 
 England, by his sister Gesla. 
 
 The six Chevronels, one, three, live, Sable; two, four, and.six. 
 Gules, were the Anns of the Devon Farleys who claime<l direct descent 
 from William de Falaise. 
 
 The three Fleur-de-lis indici;les their Norman French origin 
 previous to inUG and were ijoine by the Farleys of Lancshire, Or, 
 three Fleur-de-lis, Sal)le. 
 
 The Pales, Sable and Or was borne Ity the Farlevs of Warwick- 
 shire as an indication of their noble blcod, the Or iteing higher than 
 Argent while the Pales, Sabli- ;ind Ai-gent signified a lower social 
 l)Osition than Sable and Or. 
 
 The Ijoar was the companion ()f the ^Vntelope aiul Pichanl 
 Felleigh of llertsfordshire in 1 ;";(!() took this for his Aims with per 
 Pale, Sable and Argent. Kegiiuild Farley in laC.d had the same 
 Arms. The family as late as 1. ')()(! had these traditions of their 
 earlv ancestry w liitli the choosing of their .\iiiis goes to pro\ e. 
 
 The ihiee sickles entwined were the I lunirerford Arms uf 
 
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 Farleis;!! Castle w liicli Fahyaii Farley received on his wife's side, 
 •lane Ilun^jerford. Aroent, three sickles entwined, Sable, Sinister. 
 
 No Arms beinj? j)erfect without the raotto, that of the Farleys was 
 "Virtute duce coniita fortuna" which originated as follows. Farley 
 Heath in Surry was originally a lioman cam]) and before Ca'sar's 
 invasion a ]>agan altar stoo<l on this Heath. Roman coins in the 
 earlier centuries were frequently duo; up bearing this inscri])tion and 
 the Heath l)eing owned by a Farley in the earliest centuries it Avas 
 proper that they should adopt this motto which translated is "^"ic- 
 tory valors reward," or as some translate it "When honor leads 
 victory attends. 
 
 Randolph W. Far lev. 
 
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