Early life 200px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of David Farragut James Glasgow Farragut was born in 1801 to George Farragut (born Jordi Farragut Mesquida, 1755–1817), a Spanish Balearic merchant captain from the Mediterranean island of Menorca, and his wife Elizabeth (née Shine, 1765–1808), of North Carolina Scotch-Irish American descent, at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in Tennessee.Schouler, 1899 p. 170 It was a few miles southeast of Campbell's Station, near Knoxville.
Early life 200px|thumb|left|Coat of Arms of Da.vid Farragut James Glasgow Farragut was born in 1801 to George Farragut (born Jordi Farragut Mesquida 1755–1817), a Spanish Balearic merchant captain from the Mediterranean island of Menorca, and his w,ife Elizabeth (née Shine, 1765–1808), of North Carolina Scotch-Irish American descent, at Lowe's Ferry on the Holston River in Tennessee.Schouler, 1899 p. 170 It was a few miles southeast of Campbell's Station, near Knoxville