Grace
Ferris
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in Massachusetts Bay
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Aaron Ferris
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Grace (Ferris) Huff and Mary (Ferris) Emmons
Died about
at about age 52
in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Sep 2018
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Biography
Grace was born about 1657. She passed away about 1709.
- Fact: Burial (Aft 1712)
- Fact: Other
- Fact: Religion From Kittery
Grace's surname is unknown, She was not the daughter of Thomas Rogers.
Aaron was a fisherman at the Isles of Shoals in 1668 and bought land and a house frame on Great Island in 1669. In 1683 he bought 20 acres at Spruce Creek, Kittery, but was still of Great Island when he sold his house there in 1695. In 1697 he was living in Kittery when he sold the rest of his land on Great Island to John Muchemore of Star Island. Aaron had a land grant from the town of Kittery in 1699. In 1709 he and Grace sold to their daughter Grace and her husband Thomas Huff their entire estate for life support. In 1712 Thomas gave 1 1/2 acres to his sister Mary and her husband Ebenezer Emmons.
"Know all me by these presents that I Aaron Ferris of Kittery in ye County of york in New England fisherman & Grace my wife for and in Consideration of ye Love & respr that wee beare unto Thomas Huff of ye Town & County aforesd who marryed our Daughter Grace but more Especially for a Certain Instrument of Even date with these psents whereby he Ingageth himselfe his heirs Executrs & Admrs to maintain me & my wife dureing our Natural Lives in Sickness & in health with all things Necessary & Convenient Also to Take care & provide for our decent funeralls when ever it Shall please god to call us hence.
That wee ye sd Aaron Ferris & Grace Ferris have given... unto ye sd Thomas Huff & Grace Huff ... all our Moveables & Imoveables whatsoevere which wee or Either of us at ye Signing hereof are owners of or in any way doth of Right belong or Appertaine to us: to Say all our Land on Spruce creek which wee bought of Elihue Crocket with all ye housing Orchards building & Every thing Else thereunto belonging with our Quarter part of ye Sloop whereof ye sd Thomas Huff is now Mastr with all & Singular all our other goods & Chattells whether money cloathing Cattle Debts house hold goods ect of any nature or kind whatseover unto him ye sd Thomas Huff & Grace his wife... In Testimony wrof wee ye sd Aaron Ferris & Grace Ferris have hereunto Set our hands & Seals this fourteenth day of February in ye year of our Lord 1708.
In ye psence of Henry Barter, James Hall"[1]
Sources
- ↑ York Deeds- Vol. VIII, fol. 13
- York Deeds- Vol. VIII, fol. 13
- New Hampshire State Papers- Vol. XXXX, pp. 253, 258
- Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- p. 231
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 July 2017, 02:04), entry for Grace Rogers(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZDQ-GDB); contributed by various users.
- Research of information is from several resources the family bible, collaborative efforts of work done by other family members I’ve inherited.
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