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Zachariah Ferris (abt. 1645 - bef. 1711)

Zachariah Ferris
Born about in Reading, Berkshire, Englandmap
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
Brother of
Husband of — married 17 Nov 1673 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died before before about age 66 in Nova Scotia Canadamap
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Biography

Zachariah Ferris is believed to have been born in Reading England,[citation needed] and became an early settler of Charlestown, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Blood (Blonds, Blouds) 12 Nov 1673 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.[1][2][3] He is believed to have been resident in Bridgeport by 1705.[4]

He participated in the French and Indian war. He and his family resided in Charlestown about 30 years before resettling in Stratford, Connecticut. In August 1710, in anticipation of his participation in the expedition to Port Royal in Canada, he made his will. In April 1711, his family probated the will.[5] Thus it can be inferred that he died in Nova Scotia, on the expedition. Adams-21565 09:35, 7 January 2016 (EST)

It was his son Zachariah Jr who was a founder of New Milford, Connecticut.

Sources

  1. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Charlestown Archives Births Marriages Deaths, 1629-1800
  2. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, I:538, gives the date as 12 or 17 of Nov 1673, gives her as Sarah Blonds? or Blouds?, citing: Charlestown 94, 349; Fairfield Fam. 1:206, 711; Fairfield Prob. 166; Ferris 60; Court Rec. 1:414, $subscription
  3. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850
  4. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. (resident Bridgeport, Connecticut 9 Sep 1705)
  5. ↑ Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut

See Also:

https://funwithfamilyhistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/0762-chapter7-book-of-leonard-gurley.pdf [Contains additional information on early residence and church membership, does not make any speculation on his parentage.]

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Ferris-298 created through the import of TheOlivers_2011-06-11_01.ged on Jul 9, 2011 by Rich Oliver.




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Isaac Taylor
Hello,

I'm not sure Port Royal was either Nova Scotia nor Canada when this man died there. It was Acadia or New France, wasn't it?

Thoughts?

posted by Isaac Taylor
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
In 1711, it had already become Annapolis Royal and a British (rather than French) colony. I believe the name of the colony remained Acadia (although that appears to be a bit fuzzy in the quick research done). The peninsular part was formally handed over to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
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Seymour-4621 Anne (Seymour) Burnham
On Ancestry I found a photo of a page from " A Genealogy of the Ferris Family", Harriet Scofield, no date, found in the library of Winchester County Historical Society. It contains all the above information about Zachariah Ferris and family.
posted by Anne (Seymour) Burnham
Isaac Taylor
Can you summarize the info from Scofield?
posted by Isaac Taylor
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
The Scofield work is in the form of a 1954 typescript. A version of this was published 2011. There is a summary here https://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/18189.pdf and the actual document is available at Family Search here https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/606561-a-genealogy-of-the-ferris-family-descendants-of-zachariah-ferris?viewer=1&offset=3#page=1&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q= (free but membership required). It begins with Zachariah, subject of this profile. It appears well researched but primary sources are not always given. For example, the will of Zachariah is mentioned but no information given as to where it is/was found, etc.
posted by T Stanton
Stanton-3574 T Stanton
There is currently no primary source documentation or verifiable secondary source documentation that he is the son of Samuel Ferris and Jerusha Reed.
posted by T Stanton

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