If you check the Oklahoma surname list on the web you'll find a guy I can't remember his name but he's tracking Ian Esom Farris and went back to Ireland tracking this guy, I also found what he found that Farris doesn't show up as a surname of Ireland, 1 or 2 Ferris in scotland and maybe the same in England , anyway this guy is tracing the name back to Lebenon. He says some Lebenise came to the britian with the Romans to battle England . anyway he is getting documentation on the name coming from Lebenon ??? If you bring up Irsh surnames on the web Farris/Faris/Faries/Ferris isn't there ? Maybe I'm wrong but worth checking out Pete