Hi Wilma! I am exhausted!!! Carole just left to drive home (she lives an hour from me). We have had two wonderful and productive days researching. We found a lot of info (barely scratched the surface) at the Delaware Historical Society. It is only 15 minutes from me, so I am hoping to return as often as I can. We are gathering info on all spellings of our name, many were used interchangeably. Our direct line is spelled FARIES. We believe there are connections to all the spellings of the surname. We have Faris/Faries/Faires/Ferris/Ferriss, etc. We have many different files that we believe will be connected at some point. Alexander, from Delaware into South Carolina, along with William and Robert and misc. others. We are also following the Zechariah Ferris (have just found info I believe brings Zechariah back one more generation to his father Samuel). Zechariah came from England to Connecticut, to Pennsylvania and finally to Delaware--the Wilmington area. We have tons of information on that family! We believe that there will be a connection at some point in these families. We will be doing other research trips and will keep digging!! Need to get some rest so we can hash out all this newfound info! Talk to you soon! Gail Faries