William Farrar arrived in Jamestown aboard the "Neptune" in August 1618. He had a 100-acre patent upon the Appomattox River. He survived the Indian massacre of 1622, and is noted in the Jamestown muster as head of house in the fort of Samuel Jordan, a relatively safe fortified rallying place for the massacre survivors. quoted as follows: After surviving the Indian massacre of 1622, he is found living with Mrs Jordan in 1624 at Jordans Journey.