Jeffrey Ferris

Jeffrey Ferris was born in 1610 in Leicestershire, England, and died in 1666 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, and therefore an early American. He was also the forefather of a minimum of three different lines of families significant to the history of the Plymouth Brethren movement in the 20th century in North America and Asia.

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Paternal Ancestry

• Richard Ferris (b. 1585 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1616 Leicestershire, Eng.)
  • Humphrey Ferrers (b. 1558 Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire, Eng. - d. 1608 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng.)
    • John Ferrers (b. 1514 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1576 Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Eng.)
      • Sir Humphrey Ferrers (1493-1553 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng.)
        • John Ferrers (1461-1515 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng.)
          • John Ferrers (b. 1442 Hambleton, Rutland, Eng. - d. 1498 Tamworth, Eng.)
            • Sir Thomas Ferrers (b. 1420 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng. - d. 1498 Staffordshire, Eng.)
              • Thomas Ferrers (b. 1395 Groby Castle, Leicestershire, Eng. - d. 1459 Tamworth, Staffordshire, Eng.)
                • William De Ferrers (b. 1372 Groby, Leicestershire, Eng. - d. 1445 Woodham Ferrers, Essex, Eng.)
                  • Henry De Ferrers (1355-1388 Groby, Leicestershire, Eng.)
                    • William Ferrers (b. 1332 Newbold-Verdon, Leicestershire, Eng. - d. 1371 Stebbing, Essex, Eng.)

PB relevant Descendants

• John Ferris (b. 1639 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1715 Throgs Neck, Westchester, N.Y.)
  • John Ferris (b. 1660 Throgs Neck, Westchester, N.Y. - d. 1729 Westchester Co., N.Y.)
    • John Ferris (b. 1723 Westchester Co., N.Y. - d. 1808 North Castle, Westchester, N.Y.)
      • Daniel Ferris, Sr. (1752-1831 Bedford, Westchester, N.Y.) & Hannah Banks Ferris (b. 1752 - d. 1824 Bedford, N.Y.), daughter of John Banks (b. 1720 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1785 Westchester Co., N.Y.). John Banks' ancestry: Samuel Banks (b. 1686 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1743 Banksville, Westchester, N.Y.), John Banks (b. 1641 Windsor, Hartford, CT - d. 1699 Greenwich, CT), & John Banks (b. 1619 Moreton, Essex, England - d. 1684 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT), married Marie Taintor (1614-1667) in 1633 @ Windsor, Hartford, CT, daughter of Charles Taintor (b. 1593 Monmouthshire, Wales - d. 1654 Fairfield, CT lost at sea).
        • Daniel Ferris, Jr. (1785-1830 Bedford, N.Y.) & Mary Ann Holmes Ferris (1793-1858 Bedford, N.Y.)
          • John Banks Ferris (1814-1898 Bedford, N.Y.) & (2nd wife) Hannah Elizabeth Reynolds Ferris (b. 1843 North Castle, Westchester, N.Y. - d. 1928 Bedford, N.Y.); 1st wife: Mary Jane Ferris (b. 1825 - d. 1859 Bedford, N.Y.).
            • John Edward Ferris (1865-1928 Bedford, N.Y.)
              • Infant Son (1858 Bedford Hills, N.Y.)
              • John Ferris (1859-1860 Bedford Hills, N.Y.)
              • Flora Etta "Flossie" Ferris-Wingler – Bedford, New York, USA – 1905 (b. 1890 Bedford, Westchester, N.Y. - d. 1980 Mount Dora, Lake, FL).
              • Ida May Ferris-Kinkel - Bedford, New York, USA - 1905 (b. 1893 Bedford, Westchester, N.Y. - d. 1963 Danbury, Fairfield, CT)
              • Edith Chasmar Ferris (1894-1901 Bedford, N.Y.)
              • John Banks Ferris, Jr. (b. 1895 Bedford, N.Y. )
              • Russel McCastin Ferris (1898-1987 Bedford, N.Y.)
              • Jacquanetta Ferris (1902-1982 Bedford, N.Y.)

John Edward Ferris' daughters Flora & Ida were recognized in May 14, 1905 in Messages of Love, a children's magazine published in St. Louis, Missouri by Bible Truth Publishers, now in Addison, Illinois, affiliated with the exclusive (TW) brethren. Also see Messages of Love in New York and Messages of Love Around the Globe.

• Peter Ferris (b. 1633 Kent, England - d. 1706 Stamford, Fairfield, CT)
  • Joseph Ferris (1657-1733 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT)
    • Peter Ferris (1700-1764 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT)
      • Samuel C. Ferris (b. 1720 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1790 Kingston, Ulster, N.Y.) & Mary Pardee Ferris (b. 1724 Stamford, Fairfield, CT - d. 1790 Kingston, Ulster, N.Y.). Served as a Captain in the Revolutionary War.
        • Joshua Ferris (b. 1767 Kingston, Ulster, N.Y. - d. 1858 Grand Gorge, Delaware, N.Y.) & Margaret "Peggy" Denton Ferris (b. 1773 N.Y. - d. 1854 Deposit, N.Y.)
          • William Denton Ferris (b. 1803 Roxbury, Delaware, N.Y. - d. 1847 Albany, N.Y.) & Margaret Becker Ferris (b. 1804 N.Y. - d. 1883 Buffalo, N.Y.)
            • Peter Joshua Ferris (b. 1831 Mooresville, Delaware, N.Y. - d. 1906 Buffalo, Erie, N.Y.) & Mary E. Barton Ferris (b. 1832 N.Y. - d. 1885).
              • Jay Floyd Ferris (b. 1856 Buffalo, Erie, N.Y. - d. 1919 Detroit, Wayne, MI) & Reubey Statira Tomlinson Ferris (b. 1858 Sylvania, PA - d. 1945 Baldwinsville, N.Y.). Further up:
                • John Tomlinson Ferris, Sr. (b. 1893 Grand Rapids, MI - d. 1975 Loudenville, N.Y. & Charlotte C. Geyer Ferris (b. 1895 N.Y., lived 1916 @ Orange, N.J., m. 1922, d. 1987 Albany, N.Y.).
                  • John Tomlinson Ferris, Jr. (b. 1924 Detroit, MI - d. 2016 Dallas, TX)

John T. Ferris, Jr. served in leadership with his family at open brethren (OB) assemblies in the Dallas area, as well as in Alabama, New York, and Asia. He taught 1952-1954 in Oxford, Ohio at Miami University, and was an early instructor in Montgomery, Alabama 1954-1961 at Air University on Maxwell Air Force Base.

• Joseph Ferris (b. 1635 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT - d. 1699 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT)
  • John Ferris (b. 1657 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1735 Stamford, Fairfield, CT).
    • Elijah Ferris (b. 1718 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1753 Dutchess Co., N.Y.)
      • Jedediah Ferris (b. 1735 Crown Point, Essex, N.Y. - d. 1790 Ticonderoga, Essex, N.Y.)
        • Amos Ferris (b. 1762)
          • Amos Ferris (b. 1790)
            • William Canfield Ferris (b. 1820 Tioga Co., N.Y.) & Frances Caroline Hopper Ferris-Fergerson (b. 1845)
              • Christopher Columbus Ferris (b. 1874 Herrick, Shelby, IL - d. 1943 Des Moines, Polk, IA)
                • Harry Eldon Ferris (b. 1918 Pana, Christian, IL - d. 1997 Des Moines, IA) & Mary Edith O'Brien Ferris (b. Baldwin City, Douglas, KS - d. 2004 Marion, Linn, IA).
                  • Jim Ferris (b. Sept. 27, 1945 Kansas City, Clay, MO - d. Nov. 24, 2020 Cedar Rapids, Linn, [[Iowa|IA)

Jim Ferris served as a correspondent at Marion Gospel Hall (OB) in Linn County, Iowa for many years, from which believers from that assembly and others founded Linn Manor Care Center, a local nursing care facility, in 1979. Jim's mother Mary's family was involved with early days of open brethren assemblies in Baldwin City, Kansas City and rural areas of Kansas, and includes Rockhold, Thomas, Wakefield, Price and others.

Also See

• Messages of Love in New_York & Messages of Love Around the Globe
• John T. Ferris' Voices for Christ sermons & 2011 Interviews with John T. Ferris

Sources

• Ancestry.com
• Messages of God's Love 1904-1905