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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.
=Paternal Ancestry=
=PB relevant Descendants=
* '''John Ferris''' (b. 1639 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1715 Throgs 1716 Throggs Neck, Westchester, N.Y.). Relocated to Throggs Neck in 1665, which was referenced by George Washington in 1776 as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throggs_Neck Frogs Neck], and is currently a southeastern neighborhood in the Bronx. John was one of five on the original Westchester Patent, granted by Gov. Nichols on Feb. 13, 1667, according to a [https://nanopdf.com/download/january-5-2001_pdf history].
** 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, [[Connecticut|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, [[Connecticut|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 Edward Ferris' daughters Flora & Ida were recognized in May 14, 1905 in [https://bibletruthpublishers.com/messages-of-love-may-14-1905-1905-original-pdfs/messages-of-gods-love/la98747 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]].
* '''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. 1710/1718 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT - d. 1753 Nine Partners, Dutchess, N.Y.)
**** Jedediah Ferris (b. 1731/1735 Crown Point, Essex, N.Y. - d. 1790/1800 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, [[Illinois|IL]] - d. 1943 Des Moines, Polk, [[Iowa|IA]])
********* '''Harry Eldon Ferris''' (b. 1918 Pana, Christian, [[Illinois|IL]] - d. 1997 Des Moines, [[Iowa|IA]]) & '''Mary Edith O'Brien Ferris''' (b. Baldwin City, Douglas, [[Kansas|KS]] - d. 2004 Marion, Linn, [[Iowa|IA]]).
********** Jim Ferris (b. Sept. 27, 1945 Kansas City, Clay, [[Missouri|MO]] - d. Nov. 24, 2020 Cedar Rapids, Linn, [[Iowa|IA)
Central Gospel Chapel, the earliest open brethren assembly in Des Moines, [[Iowa]], now a non-denominational Bible church known as [https://creeksidedm.com/ Creekside Church] in nearby Urbandale. In the 1930's, while in fellowship with Central Gospel Chapel, Dale Inhofe and Harry Ferris, with help from E.F. Washington of Troost Avenue Gospel Hall in Kansas City, held Gospel meetings on the east side of Des Moines in a multicultural neighborhood, and subsequent to several conversions, an assembly was planted at W. 12th Street, near University, until 1940 when they purchased a lot and constructed what would become De Wolf Street Gospel Hall. An addition was built eventually to accommodate a growing Sunday School, and others served in leadership including Jack Bell, Carroll Connett and others. The assembly folded in 2005
. Harry's son Jim served as a correspondent at [http://www.mariongospelhall.com/ Marion Gospel Hall] (OB) in Linn County, [[Iowa]] for many years, from which believers from that assembly and others founded [https://linnmanor.com/ 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. * '''Peter Ferris''' (b. 1633 Kent, England - d. 1706 Stamford, Fairfield, CT); A descendant of Peter's, named John, is [https://archive.org/details/odellfamilywithl00odel/page/n299/mode/2up?view=theater said] to have entertained Benjamin Franklin, in either the spring of 1776 or in April of 1777, at his home at Ferrises (aka Arnold's Bay), [[Vermont]] and a Commission sent to [[Quebec]] to attempt to influence Canada to join the Revolution. It is also said that in 1787 this Ferris resided in a log house on Coil's (Odell's) Bay.
** Joseph Ferris (1657-1733 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT)
*** Peter Ferris (1700-1764 Greenwich, Fairfield, CT)
******** Jay Floyd Ferris (b. 1856 Buffalo, Erie, N.Y. - d. 1919 Detroit, Wayne, MI) & Reubey Statira Tomlinson Ferris (b. 1858 Sylvania, [[Pennsylvania|PA]] - d. 1945 Baldwinsville, [[New York|N.Y.]]). Further up:
********* '''John Tomlinson Ferris, Sr.''' (b. 1893 Grand Rapids, [[Michigan|MI]] - d. 1975 Loudenville, [[New York|N.Y.]] & Charlotte C. Geyer Ferris (b. 1895 N.Y., lived 1916 @ Orange, [[New Jersey|N.J.]], m. 1922, d. 1987 Albany, N.Y.).
********** '''John Tomlinson Ferris, Jr.''' (b. 1924 Detroit, [[Michigan|MI]] - d. 2016 DallasDuncanville, [[Texas|TX]]) John T. Ferris, Sr. served as an early elder at [https://www.bethanyyonkers.org/ Bethany Chapel] (OB) in Yonkers, [[New York]], which was founded in 1904, and continues today.
John T. Ferris, JrSr. taught 1952-1954 in Oxford, [[Ohio]] at [https://miamioh.edu/ Miami University], and was served as an early instructor in Montgomery, [[Alabama]] 1954-1961 elder at [https://www.airuniversitybethanyyonkers.af.eduorg/ Air University] on Maxwell Air Force Base. He and his family was commended by Gallion Bible Bethany Chapel in [[Alabama]] to the Lord's work in Asia, and subsequently to open brethren (OB) assemblies in DallasYonkers, [[TexasNew York]], including Glenview Bible Chapel (North Richland Hills, TX), which was founded in 1968, which was formerly known as Meadowbrook East Bible Chapel1904, and subsequent to 1984 known as Summerfield Community Chapel, then in homescontinues today. John He was then the primary founder of Believers Bible Chapel in Lewisville, founded in 1994, now known employed as [https://elbiblechapelan architect with contracts on state government buildings.org/ Edmonds Lane Bible Chapel].
He enlisted in the U.S. Army's Air Corps as a senior at [https://www.hohschools.org/Domain/10 Hastings High School] in Westchester Co., N.Y., on Apr. 21, 1943. He served WWII, Korea and Vietnam, retiring as a Major with the U.S. Air Force. He taught 1952-1954 in Oxford, [[Ohio]] at [https://miamioh.edu/ Miami University], which is the 2nd oldest university in Ohio. He was also an early instructor in Montgomery, [[Alabama]] 1954-1961 at [https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ Air University] on Maxwell Air Force Base.
In 1996, John remarried Edna Elizabeth Cutler Aaron (b.1933 Preston, MN - d. , daughter of farmer George Leroy Cutler (b. 1906 Lafayette, Bremer, [[Iowa|IA]] - d. 1994 Preston, Fillmore, [[Minnesota|MN]]) & Lucille Jennie Long Cutler (b. 1913 Whited, Kanebec, [[Minnesota|MN]] - d. 1988 Olmsted, Fillmore, MN). Edna's first husband, Waldo Monroe Aaron, Jr. (b. 1933 Rome, Floyd, [[Georgia|GA]], m. 1958, d. 1970 Brasilia, Brazil), served as Associate Director of Wycliffe Bible Translators, and was killed in an auto accident two months short of becoming Director. Waldo & Edna served with Wycliffe in Brazil 1961-1970, and the accident left Edna raising two small children.
=Ferris families of questionable relation=
