John
Woodford
Ferres
Born before in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of John Woodforde Ferres
and Janet (Fraser) Manning
Brother of
Ellen (Ferres) McLeod, Henrietta Manning [half], Jane Ann Manning [half], William Manning [half], Jessy Manning [half], Annie (Manning) Walton [half] and Georgiana Manning [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
He is not listed on the record of passengers on the Atwick but sources indicate he was born in 1827 or 8/12/1828. Ref https://msu.edu/~ferres/WC02/WC02_150.HTM
In would appear that in November 1833 he was in Aberdeen. Perhaps he did not come out to the colony with his parents? Ref The Perth Gazette 16/11/1833.
As an infant and upon the death if his father he inherited 2700 acres on land on the Canning River but this was surrendered by his Guardian and step father William Alfred Manning on 26/12/1839.
On 21 Oct 1840 C H Manning (his step father's brother) purchased 640 acres being Location No 12 in Cockburn Sound for 384 pounds in his name.
On 1 April 1841 he forfeited Perth Lot C14 for non performance of the conditions of assignment.
On 1 Sept 1841 he was granted 46 acres on the Canning.
On 2 March 1842 he was granted Fremantle Lots 285 1/2 and 372.
Sources
- Perth Gazette 14th December 1833. Registrar of Civil Court appointed Guardian of minor John Woodford Ferres.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
M Ferres
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