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~The Orgins of the Name~
 	The Farley name dates back to the brothers Walter de Falaise (1014) and  William
 De Falaise (William the Conquerer) at the turn of the first millenium AD, in  Normandy,
 France.  William De Falaise, whom we descend from left France to go to  England.  There
 he came to power and both his kingdom and his posterity grew.  The current  spelling of
 the name was adopted around the year 1200 AD.
 ~English Era~
 	The furthest back we can directly trace our ancestors is to John Farley  of Bosbury,
 England.  Little is known of this man, other than his place of residence,  children and the
 date of his birth (1465)  and death (1517).  As one would imagine the records  from that
 time have slowly been distorted and lost.  We do, however know that he had four  children;
 Richard, Elizabeth, William, and John Farley.  All of the American Farley?s  descend from
 Richard and his son Reginald.  It is at Reginald, however that the Farley saga  takes on
 several different routes.  Up until Reginald the Farley clan remained a close  nit family,
 with the children only moving a few miles from their parents, however many of  Reginald?s
 descendants would eventually come to America- George Farley came to  Massachusetts on
 the Lion in the year???????????; Sir Thomas Farley came to America in 1623  aboard the
 Queene Anne, whom we are the posterity of.  Several more of Reginald?s  offspring would
 eventually come to America in the comming centuries in search of wealth,  adventure, and
 freedom.
 	Apparently the English Farley?s were of respectful wealth and stature.   Roger
 Farley, son of Reginald, married Lady Jane Evans, who was a widow to a very  wealthy
 Mr. Adams.  Roger, himself established quite a reputation as being a leading  clothier in
 Townthorpe.  So much so, that at his death, his cloth mark was regarded of such  value
 that it was devised to his eldest son, much as our present day trade marks are  handed
 down in commercial establishments.  In addition to the clothing industry Roger  also
 established several of the leading bussinesses in Worcester. ~Colonial Virginia Era~
 	The death of Roger Farley in 1622 not only marked an end to an era in  the history
 of the Farley?s it also proved to be a beginning.  Much change occured in the  year 1622,
 and many of the events that took place in that time are responsible for making  us who and
 where we are today.  In the beginning of the year Roger?s son Sir Thomas  Farley, took the
 hand of a lady known only as Jane in marraige.  That same year both Thomas and  Jane lost
 each of their parents.  Soon afterward, feeling there was nothing in England  worth staying
 for, the young couple forsook everything they had in the land of their nativity  in hope of a
 newer and better life across a 5,000 mile blanket of ocean.   	Sir Thomas Farley, his wife, and one serveant (Nicholas Shotter) were  carried to
 America by the ship named Anne.  Aboard the