DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT (by his son)
HIS ANCESTORS.
"On the blank leaf of a Bible in the possession of the family
of Admiral Farragut appears the following record, written in a
bold and legible hand :
" My Son : Your father George Farragut was born in the
island of Minorca in the Mediterranean in 1755 the 29th of
september in Civdadella and came away from that Island the
3rd day of April 1772 and came to America in March 1776.
Your mother Elizabeth Shine was born in North Carolina
Deths Co. near Kingston on the Neuse River in 1765 on the
7th of June. Her father John Shine and mother Ellenor
McIven
This is corroborated by an entry in the books of the ecclesiastical coort of Ciudadella, which, being translated, reads as follows :
"To. 155. George Farragut son of Anthony Farragut
and Joana Mesquida was haptized on the 30th of September
1755. The godfather Don Joseph de Vigo ; godmother the
noble lady Donia -Juana Martorell. The name of the child,
George Anthony Magin. He was born on the 29th of the
aforesaid month and year."
George Farragut was descended from the renowned Don
Pedro Ferragut, who served under James I., King of Aragon,
styled in history El Conquistador, in the campaigns which resulted in the expulsion of the Moors from Majorca in 1229, andfrom Valencia in 1238. In Majorca Don Pedro was Sergeant
before the King and office of high honor and importance, held
only by those of noble blood. James bestowed estates uponthe knights who accompanied him in these enterprises, and directed the troubadoor Mossen Jaime Febrer to celebrate themin verse. The following is the stanza devoted to Pedro Ferragut:
Sobre camp bermell una ferradura
de finisim or, ab un clau daurat,
Pere Ferragut pinta, e ab tal figura
esplica lo agnom. La historia asegura
d'arago es, de Jaca baixat.
Apres que en Mallorca servi de sargent,
tenint a Valencia, hon gran renom guanya
De expert capità per lo dilitgent;
Los anys, e sucesos lo feren prudent.
Té en lo pelear gran cordura i manya,
Perque a totes armes fàcilment se apanya"