William Farrie (ca.1745-1805), of Scottish lineage, emigrated in 1772 with his wife, Agnes, and their family from northern Ireland to Rocky Creek, Chester County, South Carolina, served in the Revolutionary War with the colonists, and moved to York County after 1778. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Faris) lived in South Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, South Dakota, Washington, California and elsewhere.