tried to send to your addres-no dice so here it is again, hope you get this. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Carole Werner" <itapa@enter.net> Organization: Enter.net To: Issurvey@mind.net Date sent: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 11:49:30 -0400 Subject: files Send reply to: itapa@enter.net Priority: normal Sandy, I have been entering my data on Word 97, in files and subfiles in that area, with reference to general information, as well as lines that Gail and I have proven are main connections or leads to our lines from New Castle DE. We are working on the line of Robert Faries, an Irishman, 1727 who owned land in New Castle Co. Red Lion Hundred. His family seems to have been large, and migrated down to Smyrna and Dover DE area (where my GGGrandfather's family was) and it is rumored they came down from Conn., as part of the original settlers who came in there. What I do is take notes, or photocopy any information I find in my travels of research. I began taking evrything down when I started, as I didn't know who went with who, and as time is moving on, there are connections being made with other people out there who have kin from this main branch in New Castle. Steve Wheeler is in Colorado, and one of the boys of Robert, we think William, took his son from New Castle DE to Ohio and on from there. Steve is married to Diane Faries of that line. Steve has been working very hard on the tax records and census. Gail and I are working on tax records also, backfilling what we need. We also have many wills, that we got from the Dover Archives. I sat and wrote down every name in the card files, for Faries (sp) that pertained to vital records. We found a connection with Warren (Baton Rouge, La) as his GGGranfather Samuel was a brother to my GGGrandfather Alfred. We have met his family in Dover and Cheswold DE, and they are the sweetest people. We hope to pull from the main files, and seperate the family line for Samuel and his wife Margaret Burgin. We also have a good clue as to Samuel's parents and Grandparents and have to continue to research and verify that information. That would jump us back to GGGGGrandparents....all of whom seem to come from the New Castle Co. lines. I have been working for about 7 years with the line of Alexander Faries from the Faries Funeral Home (7th generation in that business) and have extensive history on that line of Alexander. Lex, just passed last July, so Gail and I will need to sit with his wife Nancy and see what she has on the South Carolina and Tenn lines. My family (GGGrandparents, and GGrandparents) are buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Smyrna, DE. This family settled there and stayed there for several generations and there is a treasure trove of information there on them also. I have a packette out to the cemetery to get information from the records on file. (there are many names in that immediate family) Steve Wheeler, had someone who moved to California, send me census that showed my connection of Alfred and Samuel, but we didn't connect it until Warren did and located us via the internet. There is a Betsy Faris who lives in Mo. she has this family also when they moved out of DE. It is the same family of Alexander who married Jannett James in 1765 in DE, and moved to South Carolina and died there. She claims that Alexander left town, and we are not going in the right direction, but we have many Alexanders buried right there in Smyrna, DE who are coming off that line. There is so much more that we need to research. We haven't gotten into the Wilmington Courthouse as of yet! So much to do, and so little time. I was thinking that surely everyone else is doing as we are....gathering with the hope of connection in the future. If each of us took the states of availability and combined and shared our information, we could really hit pay dirt with this group. I also have census from Ireland on Ferris (sp) and they did come in here from Ireland. I have a file chuck full of sea captains, that came in and out of Philly ports and down the southern coast. There was a treasure trove of military records for this family from New Castle also...from King George's war forward....they were very active in the wars. I have been trying to gather history of the areas, old maps, and information that can let us know how they lived, and more clues. Gail and I have found obits which are very valuable (1800's) to family lines. We have found info in newspaper articles about different family members and the things they did, and comings and goings. I have entered all in Word 97, in main and sub files, with bold and other indicators to highlite who is who, and important information about them. This Ziba Ferris line is hooked in also, we just have not found the connections. That is why I tend to lean to, if everyone is gathering as we are, and trying to connect.....and we all have the same master information to pull from....look at the possibilities that could occur. If we could all work together for the coommon goal of the mail links, and help each other research in our states of availability we could find out roots so very much faster. I am not in this for "glory" or to write a book and make money! I am in this to find my family of origin, and put it down for the generations that come after me....that is my goal. I am not in this to be "RIGHT" and prove others wrong. I am here to help and hopefully find others who are willing to help by sharing information to the common goals. Someday, God willing, I hope to walk the lands of my ancestors in Ireland and Scotland, and see where I began. I know there is much more research ahead, but for all of us to be struggling when we can help each other find the way, seems senseless to me at best. Sincerely Carole Faries Werner

Wanda, This file is VERY large, and growing all the time. I have been gathering everything I can find on the name Ferris (sp) for almost 8 years now. Because I had such a large family, and no knowledge of the "proper" way to do geneaology work, I was like a squirrel gathering nutts! Anything that I could find, I took notes on, and referenced. I have every birth, baptismal, marriage and death (with reference numbers) for the Dover Archives, as well as history on "our" churches; areas "we" lived in; history of the cemeteries "we" are buried in; military information about any Faries I could find, files on Lex's family (He came outta a large family in New Castle DE) which I still know in my heart is part of ours; and when Gail came on board, she did the same....EVERYTHING we found we made note of. Ruling nothing out, as a possibility. In laws are there, as well as friends. We do a lot of cross referencing, to get to our goals. If someone needed information from Dover Archives, they would have reference numbers to e mail, Dover would send a price for info, they could send a check and the info would be in their hands within days. That is why I copy all resources and reference numbers, so if I leave the area, I can call, write or email later for something to fill in the gap. Gail is on AOL, so there might be a way we can send this through her. Meanwhile, if someone has questions on the DE area they can ask us, and we can see if we have it on file. I still think it would be less stressful to just have everyone on the same page. If someone has information on another state, and that links us (like South Carolina and Tenn) then the puzzle will drop in place much much faster for all of us. Let's see how we can share this information. There must be a way to get this out there. I know very little about computers, haven't even got me a home page yet. So, maybe someone else out there can come up with the idea that will bring this all together for all of us. Thanks for your reply, I remain sincerely Carole Faries Werner, and Gail Faries says me too!

Wanda, I have been entering all my notes on all my gatherings of any name of Faries (sp) in my Word 97 files. I have vital records, births, baptismals, marriages, deaths, military, city directory info, I can go on and on. I am gathering Faries (sp) where-ever I find it...and have a very large master list. I was hoping that if I circulate it on the site, then all of these people who are huntin for kin, will be able to seperate and pull out what does or might apply to them. That way they can help us get all the family groups organized. Gail and I have a lot of DE information. We are just starting to get into Pa. research.....which will be more of a fall thing. I take down anything at this time, as I have found that sooner or later it connects somewhere. Steve and now, Warren are on board and they are doing pretty much the same thing...and we are trying to share with each other what we have so far. There are several others helping us from within the group. Here is the problem: I have entered the information much the same way as I did the last posting, with bold, underline, etc. where I feel it is important to draw attention to the subject at hand. This will not post on the net, as I just found out. It is important to do this, as without the proper notice...the postings will be confusing. Do you have any suggestions as to how to by pass this? I am also on a different carrier, as we dumped AOL years ago due to the problems and the high bills it was creating for us. We are on a local service, which does us just fine. My only other alternative would be to mail you (snail mail) a master dics (or however many it takes) and let you review the information and possible format for you to post it on the site. It would be nice if all of us are on the same page, and would save a lot of time and energy if we all had information on a master list. I would hope that others from different states, who have their beginnings in Conn. or DE would post the gatherings they have. It seems that "our" DE group did have several who left New Castle Co. and went down Dover way. Then this same group branched out from there to South Carolina and Tenn. as well as other states. More and more the evidence links back to the large family from New Castle DE, who originated in the Conn. lines years before. The Ferris spelling also seems to be the one that started here, and was distorted along the way. Faries was also listed as a different version of the spelling. I am willing to share whatever I have, and I will wait to see what your ideas might be, so that this group can all have the same research information available to them. I have a strong feeling that they have a lot to contribute of their own lines, and something could trigger a major clue or link to get us all together as kin. My main objective is to find my beginnings and the folks who belonged in my lines. I would rather not be spinning my wheels at this point, but be moving in a positive direction to connections. I am doing both sides of my mother and father's lines and this is a major project for me, as well as for Gail. I can speak for both of us, that we are willing to share anything we have to the common goal of connections. New people come in and others drop out, old postings are lost to them. I am fairly new to this, and although I keep all the mailings in a seperate file, it is very large and involved and difficult to go back and look for people. I will wait to hear what your thoughts are on this, or the thoughts of the group at large. Sincerely in kinship Carole Faries Werner

This query is from a non-subscriber, so please direct any responses directly to Barbara at: gen1775@aol.com NAME: Barbara Kaye EMAIL: gen1775@aol.com Surname: FERRIS DATE: Jul 25 1999 I am the Stamford town coordinator for the Fairfield County Connecticut USGENWEB Project website. Our goal is to help people who are researching their ancestors who came from Fairfield County. My focus is specifically on Stamford. Does anyone have a website with genealogical data for the family of Jeffrey Ferris, one of the original settlers of Stamford? Preferably, this genealogy should include ALL the children and spouses (and inlaws, where known) for at least three generations, but the more the better. We would like to be able to link our site to yours if you agree. Or if you don't have a website, can you send a gedcom or text file? Thank you on behalf of the USGENWEB Project, generously hosted by Rootsweb. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ctfairfi/.

This list continues to grow! Please join me in welcoming some new folks: jpnadj@execpc.com wfaris@inebraska.com searcher@foothills.net SVBARK@webtv.net RHatma4485@aol.com carllong@pldi.net afbednar@gte.net If you haven't done so already, we hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are researching! Wanda Rabb (researching Rabb (NC/SC), Penix (NC), Bradshaw (VA>NC), (Gantt (NC), Nix, Robertson, Wilson, Conner, Harris (Rutherford Co.,NC), Laws(Yancey, Rutherford Co., NC), Edwards,Kelly (Yancey Co.,NC), Causby, Patton(Burke/McDowell Co., NC) Paxton(Union Co., NC >Lancaster, SC), Purviance (NC), Farris & Morris (York Co., SC) Lovelace, Hamrick, Green and McSwain (Cleveland Co., NC), Ledford, Black(Cleveland or Rutherford Co., NC), Towery (Cleveland or Lincoln Co., NC) Listmanager for CAUSBY-L, FARRIS-L, LAWS-L, NIX-L, PAXTON-L, PURVIANCE-L, RABB-L Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/1882/

Wanda, Did the info come out clear when it was forwarded and resent. I still don't know what an url and mimi is...sorry. Gail got hers just fine, so I have no idea what is going on. I know I tried to copy it as in the book, and made things stand out, maybe that is what messed it up. I think it is info worth musing. It certainly made me spin around a few times...Fergus....I found it very interesting indeed. Carole Faries Werner

Welcome ...one and all...Hpe you have great success in your reseach...... Jenell Phariss Ragan.........

Hello everyone, I went to the library again today except I went to the main branch, and I got some new stuff! I Have Passengers on the Ship "Sally" which came from Dublin to Philly on 11 March 1806. I will put all last names of people on it, if you want the rest of the info I have on that person, just ask and Ill give it to ya! BURK CUTHBERT RICE HIGGINS DUNN FITZHENRY WHELAN SENNOTT SMITH SMITH CONNOR McGINNESS CLARKE FARRIS, Thomas age: 20 Occur: Labouer Residence: Co Kildare RINNEY STONE LENNON KERNAN MAIN and the men worked on the ship: ADAMS HARP CLAROON RODGERS HALL WILLIAMS HAYDTRAIN HANLOW HUTCHINGS DOWSE SAWYER I cant remember which book I got this from, the person who was helping me with the copying didn't write the book down. Sorry! I also Have passenger and workers of the AUGUSTA which sailed 11 March 1806 from Dublin to New York (Ithink, it got cut off in the copying) There are no Farris' on that ship. ERGERTON ERGERTON COUGHEN family WATERS CROSSBRETH CONNOR JACKSON CROFTS TURBROTHER CHARLETON SCALLION EATON EATON Workers: O'CONNOR ELPIN WARLOW WILSON HELTON ABRAHANS CROWDER MEEHAN JENKINS DIXON DOOLEY BOOBY thats it for this mailing. If and when I get more Farris info, Ill send it to the list! Enjoy, Crystal

Aye! I would like to hear about the Thomas Farris, please cfnla wrote: > Hello everyone, I went to the library again today except I went to the main > branch, and I got some new stuff! > > I Have Passengers on the Ship "Sally" which came from Dublin to Philly on 11 > March 1806. I will put all last names of people on it, if you want the rest > of the info I have on that person, just ask and Ill give it to ya! > > BURK > CUTHBERT > RICE > HIGGINS > DUNN > FITZHENRY > WHELAN > SENNOTT > SMITH > SMITH > CONNOR > McGINNESS > CLARKE > FARRIS, Thomas age: 20 Occur: Labouer Residence: Co Kildare > RINNEY > STONE > LENNON > KERNAN > MAIN > and the men worked on the ship: > ADAMS > HARP > CLAROON > RODGERS > HALL > WILLIAMS > HAYDTRAIN > HANLOW > HUTCHINGS > DOWSE > SAWYER > > I cant remember which book I got this from, the person who was helping me > with the copying didn't write the book down. Sorry! > > I also Have passenger and workers of the AUGUSTA which sailed 11 March 1806 > from Dublin to New York (Ithink, it got cut off in the copying) There are no > Farris' on that ship. > > ERGERTON > ERGERTON > COUGHEN family > WATERS > CROSSBRETH > CONNOR > JACKSON > CROFTS > TURBROTHER > CHARLETON > SCALLION > EATON > EATON > > Workers: > O'CONNOR > ELPIN > WARLOW > WILSON > HELTON > ABRAHANS > CROWDER > MEEHAN > JENKINS > DIXON > DOOLEY > BOOBY > > thats it for this mailing. If and when I get more Farris info, Ill send it > to the list! > Enjoy, > Crystal > > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Thank you. Rod

Cynthia, I'm interested in Thomas Farris also. TIA Rod Farris

See if this works. ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Carole Werner" <itapa@enter.net> Organization: Enter.net To: itapa@enter.net Date sent: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 18:36:21 -0400 Subject: (Fwd) FYI Send reply to: itapa@enter.net Priority: normal here it is ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: Self <Single-user mode> To: Farris-L@rootsweb.com Subject: FYI Send reply to: itapa@enter.net Date sent: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 15:28:02 -0400 Hi Gang, Thought I would post this to all, for your musing. Book: Irish Families by Edward Maclysaght Surnames indigenous and common in Britain which are used as the Anglicized forms of Gaelic Irish Surnames: Ferris (Fergus) Gaelic Irish surnames which have an English appearance but are nevertheless rarely if ever found indigenous in Britain: Ferris Book: The Surnames of Scotland by Black (New York Public Library) FERRES, FERRIES, FERRIS. From (Mac) Ferries or simply a corruption of Fergus. Old (17th Century) spellings are: Feres, Ferres, Phires, Pheres, and Ferries. By local usage in Aberdeenshire Ferris is a contraction of Ferguson (Rev A.B. Grosart) Ferries also occurs as a diminutive of Farquharson. MACFERRIES. MacFhearghuis (Fear'uis) 'son of Fergus'; Andreas McFeris, one of the king's tenants in Crethnard, Strathdee, 1527- 39. Patrick McFers, tenant in Easter Micras (Estir Mecra) 1539. Katherine M'Ferries, who was accused of witchcraft in Aberdeen, 1597, also appears in record without 'Mac'. Thomas McPhereis in Crathinhard is mentioned in 1603, and John Bane McPhires in the same place 1643. The name also occurs in seventeenth century records as M'Pheires, Feres, Phires, Ferries, Pheres. FARRIE, Farries-From Ireland o'Fearghuis, 'decendant of Fergus'. Local diminutives of Fergusion. Robert Farries in Newbigging, 1648. Agnes Faries was examined for the Test in Tinwald, 1685. William Fairries, late merchant burgess, 1729. Eleven of the name are recorded in Dumfries Commissariot Record between 1624 and 1800. FERGUS Fearghus, Feargus, Fergus, oIr. Fergus (grandfather of S. Columba) The name is cognate with Cymric Gwr-gwst, Old Bret. Uuorgost, and Pictish Forcus. The Pictish form is also found on the inscribed monument at St. Vigeans in Angus, and the writer of the unique Gaelic charter of 1408 writes it Fercos. In the list of Pictish kings it is also written Urguist, Wirguist, and Wrguist. It means "super choice" from Ver-gustu-s, the suffix being the same as in the personal name Angus. It is now rare as a surname having been corrupted to Ferries, etc. James Fergus, burgess of Culross 1582. See MacFerries and Mackerras. Question: Will we ever really know how to spell the name properly. Hopefully we will be able to track back to the origin someday. Fergus is cool.....and not that hard to misspell..:} Hope you find this of interest Carole Faries Werner

A.J. Perrin, I am also trying to find my husband's Ferris family in NY. Do you have any of the following names in your records? George Ferris b.? married Emeline Ticknor, they were living in Chenango Co., NY in mid 1800's. Their son, Frank Ferris was born in 1844 or 54. Frank married Nettie Harvey. Thank you, Deb Ferris dferrisgen@aol.com

Hello everyone, While I was at the local library branch today I was looking through their Cincinnati books and found some FERRIS info I would like to pass along to you all. FERRIS' in "First Families of Hamilton County-official roster volume 2" from The Hamilton County Chapter of The Ohio Gene. Soc. Ferris 1)Ann yr. in county: 1799 yr. of birth: 1799 died 1878 Spouses: Henry Beekley and Solomon Moore. Ann is d/o Eliphalet Ferris and Catherine Knapp. from Ohio 2)Ebenezer yr. in county: 1789 yr. of birth : 1771 died 1800 Spouse: Getty Ann Edwards. Ebenezer is f/o Rev. Isaac Ferris s/o Isaac Ferris SR. From Conn. 3)Eliphalet yr. in county: 1799 yr. of birth 1774 died: 1859 Spouse: Catherine Knapp. f/o Ann Ferris. from Conn. 4)Isaac (Rev.) yr. in county: 1800 yr. born: 1796 died: 1860 Spouse Phoebe Marsh. s/o Ebenezer and Getty Ann Edward's. f/o Samuel Marsh Ferris and Mary Jane Ferris. from KY. 5)Isaac Jr.. yr. in county: 1794 yr. born: 1768 died: 1843 Spouse: Elcy Thornell. f/o Mary Ferris. s/o Isaac Ferris SR. and Mary Sherwood. from Conn and Penn. 6)John Jay yr. in county: 1794 yr. born: 1787 died 1857 Spouse Ruth Knapp. f/o Mary Zorelda Ferris. from Conn. 7)Mary Ferris yr. in county: 1797 yr. born 1797 died 1854 Spouse John Stevens. m/o Ezra Ferris Stevens and Thomas A. Stevens. d/o Isaac Ferris Jr.. and Elcy Thornell. it says they are from NW TERR (no idea what that is) 8)Mary Zorelda yr. in county: 1818 born: 1818 died 1910 Spouse Samuel Marsh Ferris. m/o Harriet L. Ferris. d/o John Jay Ferris and Ruth Knapp. from Ohio 9)Samuel Marsh Ferris yr. in county: 1817 born: 1817 died: 1903 Spouse #8. f/o Harriet L. Ferris. s/o Rev. Isaac Ferris and Phoebe Marsh Those listed as Rev War soldiers 1776-1783: Ferris, Isaac SR. (Patriot) Ferris, John SR. Pvt. Those listed as soldiers of the war of 1812 Ferris, John Pvt. Where they lived in Hamilton County: In 1789 Isaac Ferris SR. wife Mary Sherwood sons Isaac Jr., Ebenezer and John lived in Columbia, still called Columbia, 3/4 mile below the mouth of the Little Miami 1789 John Ferris and wife Elizabeth Denton (John is the Rev. War Patriot) also the nephew of Isaac Ferris SR. John isn't listed on any other pages except for the Rev. War Soldiers. They lived in Columbia also. Apparently they lived in Columbia first with uncle Isaac SR., then moved on to Carpenter's Settlement. which is now called Blue Ash. This family are the first people in Carpenter's Settlement- their log cabin was on Kenwood Rd. in Blue Ash. I do have the copies of the info above, if someone is related to or would like to have them drop me an email, I will gladly send them to you, for the price of postage only! Have fun, Crystal Farris also, I have offered to do marriage look ups before on FTM CD #2 for certain Counties in IL, IN, KY, OH, TN for the yr. 1720-1926. I will gladly do them again. Please email me privately , dont send to the list, dont want to much clutter!! All I ask is that each person only asks for 2 marriages, per one email a day. Not counting the spouse as a new name. Crystal

I am searching for any info on my GG Grandfather-Charles F Ferris b.1805 Ithaca N.Y. d19 April 1877 Smethport P.A. Thank You A.J.Perrin errin

Sherri Faris, searching Faris in VA: Have you come acfrloss George M. FARIS/FARRIS, b. VA, county and parents unknown? He is my 3-g-grandfather. He m. Susannah SNEED 1797 in Albemarle Co., VA. Thanks for any help. Trueman Farris. > ==== FARRIS Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

Thanks for pointing that out! I like the site, it was pretty neat! Crystal -----Original Message----- From: Debihula@aol.com <Debihula@aol.com> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:52 PM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Correction to my post about Making of America >Ok, if you make the slash after the www a period...the url works. Nice >site, thanks Crystal! >

Hi Shari, I do believe this happened in Bristol County but I could be wrong, I dont think the book actually said. Crystal -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Faris <wfaris@inebraska.com> To: FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com <FARRIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 4:46 AM Subject: Re: [FARRIS-L] Virginia Farris' >I am researching Farris'/Faris' from Virginia. I have not heard that >story before do you know the county? The Farris' I am research have all >been in Smyth County so far. > >Right now I am looking for the Parents of Samuel Anderson Farris born in >1833. I know his mothers name was Mary but do not know what her maiden >name was. She was the head of house hold in the 1850 census. The >yougest child of this family was born in 1840. So I am assuming that >the father that I have no information on died between 1840 and 1850. If >this sounds familar to anyone please let me know. > >Thanks! >Sherri Faris > >______________________________

Sorry about that!! Here is the correct URL. http://www/umdl.umich.edu/moa/ hope this one works! If it doesn't let me know. Crystal -----Original Message----- From: Debihula@aol.com <Debihula@aol.com> To: cannf@email.msn.com <cannf@email.msn.com> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:10 AM Subject: re: Website >Hi, >Just read your post on the Farris forum...however the url that you mentioned >about the making of america site doesn't work. Could you check it and let me >know, I'm very anxious to see it. thanks. Debi

Ok, if you make the slash after the www a period...the url works. Nice site, thanks Crystal!