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Ferrar, Nicholas (1593–1637), religious writer and administrator
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- Nicholas Ferrar the Younger
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1593-1637
History
Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.
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Ferrar Family (1544-1805)
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family
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Ferrar, Nicholas (1546-1620), merchant (1546-1620)
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family
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Ferrar, Nicholas (1546-1620), merchant
is the parent of
Ferrar, Nicholas (1593–1637), religious writer and administrator
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1593-1620
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Ferrar, Mary (1552-1635), landowner, wife of Nicholas Ferrar (1552-1635)
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family
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Ferrar, Mary (1552-1635), landowner, wife of Nicholas Ferrar
is the parent of
Ferrar, Nicholas (1593–1637), religious writer and administrator
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1593-1635
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Ferrar, John (1588–1657), merchant and politician (1588-1657)
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family
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Ferrar, John (1588–1657), merchant and politician
is the sibling of
Ferrar, Nicholas (1593–1637), religious writer and administrator
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1593-1637
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Sources
Ransome, Joyce. The Web of Friendship: Nicholas Ferrar and Little Gidding. Cambridge : James Clarke And Co, 2011.