Joseph Ferris (1638 - bef. 1699)

Born 20 Sep 1638 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut [uncertain]

Husband of Ruth (Knapp) Clapp — married 20 Nov 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died before 24 Jul 1699 before age 60 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Note: Joseph Ferris was one of five children born to Jeffrey Ferris and his first wife, whose name is not certain. Connecticut documents prove that Jeffrey was married three times. For this reason, a mother's profile has not been linked to Joseph at this time

Joseph Ferris was born c. 1638, died in 1699. He married 20 Sep 1657 to Ruth Knapp. Their children are:

1. John, b.abt. 1658; m. Abigail Haight aka Hoyt
2. Peter, b. 8 Sep 1660; d.31 Jan 1690, did not marry
3. James, b.abt. 1662, d. July 1727; m.Rachel, widow of Nath. Mead and had 2 children
4. Moses, b.abt. 1664, d. 1748; m. Eunice __ and had 3 children
5. Caleb, b.abt. 1679, d. 1752; m. __ and had 4 children
6. Joseph, b.abt. 1683, d. 7 Apr 1733;^[1] m. Abigail __, 8 children
7. Joshua, b.abt. 1666, d. 1746, did not marry
8. Benjamin, b.abt. 1668, d. 10 Jul 1710; m. Sarah __ and had Benjamin Jr. b. 22 Sep 1709, d.1771, m. 11 Nov 1731 to Rhoda Ferris (his 2nd cousin).
9. Hannah, b. __; m. Jonathan Austin
10. Ruth, b. 1662, d. 17 Sep. 1745; m. 27 Nov 1686 to Samuel Peck b. 18 Jan 1659, d. 28 Apr 1746.
11. Lydia, b.___; m. __ Reynolds

Name

Joseph Ferris

Birth

20 Sep 1638 Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut^[2][3][4]

20 JUN 1638 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Marriage

20 Nov 1657 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut^[5][3][6]

Wife: Ruth Knapp

Child: John Ferris

Death

24 Jul 1699 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut ^[4][6](This is the date that inventory was taken on the estate).

24 Jul 1699 Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, inventory was taken. It is mentioned in the probate records, that he has three daughters and seven sons. His will is dated 9 Jun 1699.^[7] He mentions his wife but not her name. He mentions his sons, John (eldest), James, Benjamin, Caleb, Moses, Joseph, and Joshua. He mentions his daughters, Hannah, Ruth Peck, and Lydia Reynolds.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 1-3, 1728-1772”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-7ST1  : 21 March 2021), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 94-95, Stamford, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1728-1749, Page 108-111.
2. ↑ AGBI
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Yates
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find A Grave
5. ↑ Barbour Collection
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Torrey
7. ↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00611 : accessed 31 Aug 2021), Ancestry Operations Inc. Fairfield, Connecticut. Record is not indexed Two free Ancestry.com images: (1). https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26324207?h=2c28d1&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url (2). https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/26324211?h=04d08b&utm_campaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url)
8. ↑ Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9049/images/007627300_00499 : accessed 31 Aug 2021), Ancestry Operations Inc., Fairfield, Connecticut, Record is not indexed

• Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721, Page 119 & Page 122
• Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (Knickerbocker Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1911) Page 538
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #69645842
• The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Hartford, Brown & Parsons, 1850) Vol. 2, Page 118
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. 1-55.

• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=148991&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=barbourctmar&h=146793&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
• Marriage: 20 Sep 1657 Stamford.

• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004) http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=405470&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Birth: 1635 MA. Marriage: 1657.
• AGBI: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Godfrey Memorial Library, Middletown, CT, USA

• http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=agbi&h=2744304&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
• Birth: 1638 Connecticut.

• Otis, Horatio N., From Greenwich, CT., Town Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 62. "List of the names for the year 1672, with the drafts of the Land on the Eastern Division in Greenwich"