Reed Ferris (1730 - 1804)

Born 16 Oct 1730 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Tripp) Ferris — married about 1751 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York Colony

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1804 at age 73 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Reed was a Friend (Quaker)

Reed Ferris is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 157705
Rank: Private, 3rd Regiment, Dutchess County Militia; Patriotic Service

Reed was born on 16 Oct 1730 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut.^[1] He was the son of Benjamin Reed Ferris and Phebe (Beecher) Ferris.^[1]

He married Anne Tripp in 1750.

He was noted as residing in The Oblong in Dutchess County, New York in 1755 when he was enumerated in an census of Quakers in regard to service in the militia.^[2] His profession was that of a shoemaker.^[2]

His house was used as General George Washington's Headquarters.

He died on 18 Mar 1804 in Pawling, Dutchess, New York.

Children

Children of Reed Ferriss and Anne:^[1]

• Edmond Ferris. b. 30 of 3m, 1752.
• Benjamin Ferris. b. 29 of 7m, 1754; d. 17 of 6m, 1779.
• Lydia Ferris. b. 5 of 6m, 1756.
• Molly Ferris. b. 20 of 4m, 1759.
• James Ferris. b. 2 of 7m, 1761.
• Warren Ferris. b. 19 of 2m, 1764.^[3]
• Pitt Ferris. b. 4 of 7m, 1766.
• Morris Ferris. b. 16 of 10m, 1768.
• Anne Ferris. b. 5 of 1m, 1771.
• Seneca Ferris. b. 16 of 2m, 1773.

Birth and Siblings

Children of Benjamin and Phebe Ferris:^[4]

• Zebulon Ferriss, b. at New Milford b. 19 of 3m, 1729 (May)
• Reed Ferriss, b. at New Milford b. 16 of 8m, 1730 (October)
• Phoebe Ferriss b. 9m, 1734, died (November)
• Susanna Ferriss b. 8 of 9m, 1732 (November)
• Lillias Ferriss b. 9 of 7m, 1736 (September)
• Benjamin Ferriss, at Oblong b. 25 of 9m, 1738 (November)
• Gilbert Ferriss b. 15 of 3m, 1740; d. 28 of 12m, 1740 (February)
• Edmond Ferriss b. 4 of 7m, 1748; d. 29 of 6m, 1750 (August)

Notes

• Quaker Calendar - There has been much confusion over the dates in Quaker records. Friends used numbered months and days rather than what they considered pagan names for them (i.e. "Thursday" coming from "Thor's Day"). Thus, when the secular calendar was changed in 1752, making January the first month instead of March, Friends began calling January "First Month".

Residence

• 1800 - Pawling, Dutchess, New York.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74J-MPT : 7 January 2020), Reed Ferriss, 1730.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New-York, Volume 3. United States: Weed, Parsons & Company, Public Printers, 1850. pp 1027.
3. ↑ James E. Hazard Index, The Records of New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends at Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College.; Call Number O 373; Volume 3.1; Page 188; ID 3443 .
4. ↑ [Quaker Births From Oblong Monthly Meeting], Dutchess County, New York, LDS Film # 873511, Records of Josephine Frost, Transcribed by Debbie Axtman, Pages 5 - 8
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5T-CZB : accessed 27 March 2021), Reed Ferris, Pawling, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 51, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 193,709.

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