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- . Thomas is the son of Thomas Farmar, Sr. was born in Garranckinnefeake, Co. Cork, Ireland & Ann Billopp in London ca. 1705
. 1749 Oct 5, WILL of Thomas. Thomas had married (1) Eugenia Stelle, born in 1710, died 22 Mar. 1735/6.
Thomas' surname originally was Farmar but later changed to Billopp pursuant to the will of his maternal grandfather in order to inherit the Billopp properties.
. 1749 Apr. 18, Thomas Billopp filed an affidavit that he was unaware that Capt. Samuel Leonard had obtained "a Patent for the erecting & keeping a Ferry over the Rariton River, on the East Side, opposite to New Brunswick.
Codicil 10 Oct. 1749
The administrator of his will was appointed 10 June 1752 in New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., NJ. Ann Billopp was baptized 12 Mar. 1673 in St. Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London.
Will probated 6 Aug. 1750.
. 1881 Sep. Billopp Farm Thrashing Floor
Pencil drawing on greenish-brown paper with highlights colored white. The paper measures 8.75 inches hight x 12 inches wide.
In this drawing, artist Frederick W. Kost contrasted the dim, shaded interior of a barn with the brightly sunlit farmyard outside. The location is the Billopp farm at the southern tip of Staten Island, which was already appreciated as a historic locale in the 1880s & is today known as Conference House Park. The thrashing floor (or threshing floor) was a place where grain was processed to remove the husks so the useful portions could be winnowed out. Large doors were important for ventilation, & the movement of air helped to blow the unwanted chaff away. A board at the bottom of the barn door, called a threshold, kept the grain inside. - - - [1, 2]
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1711 - 1750 (39 years)