James Ferris (abt. 1662)

Ancestors

Biography

Note: two or three men named James Ferris, all related, lived in Greenwich at about the same time. The town records do not distinguish them clearly. More research needed to sort them out.

James Ferris Jr. ^[1]

Origins

James was the third son of Joseph and Ruth Knapp Ferris, born in Greenwich, perhaps in 1662.^[2]

Marriage

James married Rachel M. (_____) Mead, as her second marriage after the death of Nathaniel Mead (before 1703) They may have married by 1701 at Greenwich, CT. ^[1][2]

Death

James died in Greenwich in July 1727.^[2]

Children

James and Rachel Ferris had, in Greenwich:^{[2] [3]}

• Elizabeth, b. 1 Dec 1716
• James, b. 22 Mar 1720
• and perhaps others

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001, accessed online 3/7/2014
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (Knickerbocker Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1911) Page 539
3. ↑ The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002), Greenwich, pp.177-178, citing Vol. I, p. 50 in original,

• Blankenau, Gail. Some Descendants of Nathaniel³ Mead of Greenwich, Connecticut, Through His Son Josiah⁴ Mead, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 649, Page 34.