(1)  John Farley, born in Ireland about 1800 or before, died between 1840 and 1848 in Mallorytown Landing, Town of Yonge, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada. Traditional stories passed down two branches of the family tell that John was a coachman for the family of his well-to-do wife, Mary, born about 1801 in Ireland, who belonged to an aristocratic or noble family that did not approve of their marriage.  In Ontario, he was a farmer.

Children:

1. John, born about 1820 in Ireland; supposedly, he got into trouble in Ireland so his parents dressed him up as a girl and smuggled him out of the country.  By 1848, when John was 28, he had married Eliza, born about 1828, and they removed to the United States.
2. Ann, born about 1824 in either Ireland or Canada, died 14 Jun 1885, age 61, buried in Orleans Corners Cemetery, Orleans, Jefferson Co., New York; married Alonzo Cheney, probably a brother of her brother-in-law George.  Alonzo died about 1851 and Ann took her family to the U.S. prior to the 1871 census of Ontario.  Parents of:
1. John Cheney, born about 1845 in Mallorytwon.  In the 1861 census of Mallorytown, he was living with his uncle John Farley, Jr. He is probably the John "Chaney", age 34, born in New York to a father from New York and a mother from Ireland, who was enumerated in the 1880 cenus sof Town of Orleans, with wife Elizabeth, age 42, born in Canada to Canadian parents, with the following children:
   1. Joseph Chaney, born about 1863 in Canada.
   2. Anna Chaney, born about 1865 in New York.
   3. John Chaney, born about 1867 in New York.
   4. George Chaney, born about 1870 in New York.
   5. Julia Chaney, born about 1872 in New York.
   6. Charles Chaney, born about 1875 in New York.
   7. Ida Chaney, born about 1877 in New York.
   8. Rozette, born about 1879 in New York.
2. Margaret Rosetta Cheney, born about 1849 in Mallorytown. In the 1861 census of Mallorytown, she was living with her uncle, John Farley, Jr.  She married second John B. Miller, son of John Miller & Louisa Thibodeau, and resided in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co., New York.  By her first marriage to a Mr. Snell she had one daughter:
1. Hattie Snell; married Charles M. Walter of the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co., New York.  Parents of:
1. Eva S. Walter.
2. Willis Walter.
3. Ann Cheney, born about 1849 in Mallorytown; married Mr. Timmerman, and resided in the Town of Orleans, Jefferson Co., New York.
4. William Cheney, born about 1851 in Mallorytown, died before 14 June 1885.
5. Alonzo E. Cheney, born 1858 in Mallorytown, died 1931 in Theresa, Jefferson Co., New York in 1931, age 73, a resident of the Town of Alexandria, Jefferson Co., New York.  Father of:
1. Howard Alonzo Cheney, a dentist who practised in Yonkers, New York.  Father of:
1. Esther Evelyn Cheney.
3. Mary, born about 1831 in either Ireland or Canada, died 1910; married Uriah Schwerdfeger, born about 1830, died 1903, age 73.  Parents of:
1. John Schwerdfeger, died between 1877 and 1881 in Mallorytown; married Mary Ann Hodge.  Parents of:
1. Dulmer Schwerdfeger, born about 1878 in Mallorytown, died 1891, age 13.
2. James Schwerdfeger, born about 1856 in Mallorytown.
3. Ambrose Schwerdfeger, born in Mallorytown, died in 1943; married Bertha Carroll.  Parents of:
1. Edith Schwerdfeger.
2. Carroll Schwerdfeger.
4. Mary Alice Schwerdfeger, born in Mallorytown, died in 1937; married John W. Brown, born 1867 in Mallorytown, died 1959, age 92.  Parents of:
1. Luella Brown; married Mr. Herbison.
4. Rosetta, born about 1831 or 1836 either in Ireland or Canada; married George Cheney of Mallorytown, born about 1829 in the United States, according to the 1871 Census of Ontario, died about 1891, age was 62.

Turn-of-the-Century Farley Family Gathering

Undated photo, with writing on back: "Taken at Mallorytown Landing, Ontario. Somwhere in picture is George Fraser and his mother, brother and mother of John Fraser. Also Mary Alice Brown, John Brown and their daughter Luella Brown."  As members of Fraser, Cheney, Schwerdfeger and Brown families are present it is likely a gathering of the Farley family, their common familial connection. Photo from Jennie (Fraser) Meeks, daughter of the aforementioned John Fraser.