This past friday at the Delaware Historical Society; Gail and I went though papers like a white tornado, and got copies of as much as we could from personal file folders of the family of Faries and in laws....gathering as much as we could, to review at a later time...after paying the copying fee, we went to Staples and made another copy for our files. Adding it to the mountains of papers we already had...and didn't file yet :} A brief and scanty over-view of the files has produced the following for all of you to muse upon. (I'm sure it will be exciting! as it was to me) There is a paper in the files handwritten by: (dated 1-8-1980) Cynthia C. Faries note: I have dates etc. 2621 Kiawah Ave. at home, but do Columbia, South Carolina not have them with me as I mY gREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS Alexander Faries (Faires, etc) born- 1740 (50)? died- 1824 married Jennet James born- died- 1837 * his original will on file York Co Court House, S.C. Both are buried at Old Trinity Presbyterian Cemetery, Fort Mill, S.C. "My family tradition says Alexander married a Delaware Lady- He was in Delaware Milita during Revolution, I have a copy showing he failed to answer roll call, he served under General Thomas Sumter in upper S.C. during the Revolution and was in the battle of Fishing Creek, S.C. where he lost his gun, was imprisoned at Camden, S.C. and escaped." Above can be verified in the cemetery S.C. State Archives and "Johnsons' Traditions (etc.) of the Revolution in the South" & York County S.C. courthouse. There are 3 Alexander Faries'; mine in S.C. 1790 Census (one mentioned from above) and the second his son Alexander killed while working on Railroad. The third Alexander was probably a cousin (1st) who served in American Revolution, this one has a pension file in U.S. Archives, he married Elizabeth Strain and moved to Tenn. about 1820 (obit in Co., Tenn) (it says over, and the lady who made our copys did not turn it over) will get the back next time we go---hopefully this friday. :} We have a picture of a Rev James C. Ferris. There was a family tree chart that started with Robert Faries d-1749 a native of Ireland shows sons William and John William d-1760 m- Jane Steele d-1795 Jane m.-ca. 1761 2nd m. Isaac Alexander (1734-1789) children: Samuel Faries 1746-1814 unmarried Margaret Faries 1748-1831 m. David Black **** no more Faries males in that line. Jacob Faries 1744-1818 m Kezia Sharp 1750-1801 **** children: Sarah F. Moore Margaret Faries 1768-1851 m William James Jacob Faries m Susan Wham (?) **** The chart stops there, no children listed for Jacob and Susan ****We might have a cross reference to this line of Jacob and Susan in the Pencader Presbyterian Church notes that I copied from a book at the Dover Archives. This is the one that names Ann Faris, Jr. (Mrs. Adair) 1832. And others with ****. I have a copy of The will of Alexander Faries 09/12/1783 from the Wilmington Courthouse. Registers office file M-145 (the wording is a little different but the children and grandson and the inheritence is the same for each child. Wittnesses were hard to read.) witt: Isaac Lewis; William Faries, Joel Evans (There was an Isaac Lewis who was in the Revolutionary War and was commander over some of our Faries Boys*** see below) Two wills came off of roots web: 1. Alexander-written: 09/12/1783 same will wording a little different Probated: 08/19/1785 New Castle Co., DE 2. Alexander-written: 02/16/1824 Probated: 08/10/1824 York District, South Carolina Alexander (died 1824) had a brother James (died 1802) (Wanda) Robert Faries (will pr 1803) as the son of Alexander and brother of James (b 1726) and will pr 1802 as posted this week by Wanda. (Sylvia Rhodes) Will of James Faries of South Carolina written: 01/05/1802 probated 03/05/1802 lists wife and children witt: James & Richard Faires, and John Kerr (notice the change in the spelling of Faries) >From Lex's notes (Faries Funeral Directors, Inc. DE) Officers & Privates in Isaac Lewis Company Nov. 1777 (Archives of DE Library of Congress Vol. 2-pages 225-226) Lieut-William Faries Samuel Faries Alexander Faries Jacob Faries-Light Horsemen Jacob Faries, Captain-American Revolution John Faries Now we have to go back and find the other siblings and family clusters. Looks like we are starting to pull it together gang! :} Seems this South Carolina group came off the DE group, else why would the paperwork from South Carolina be in the Faries files in DE Historical Society....and connect the names! :) Off this Delaware Faries group we also have Maryland folks. David Faries (son of Benjamin Ferris, Wilmington, New Castle DE) had a plantation in Harford Co. Maryland; named "Fallston" Gail and I have a copy of the property plan drawn by Benjamin Ferris. What can I say, except I better go over some more of the stuff we got last friday and see what else we have. Also, we have a line of Faries in Wilmington, who were disenchanted with the rules of the Presbyterian Church and they pulled out and joined the The Friends Church (Quakers) and Gail and I drove right by the meeting house and cemetery on our way to the Library in Wilmington. I will have to go back in my e mail and pull out all the ones everyone has been submitting to the Farris-rootsweb; for review and organizing. I knew gathering all this stuff would pay off someday....I do not exclude anything or anybody for any reason....if it sounds like Faries it goes in my note, and that is that. Off I go to check out the e mail, I am sure there will be lots of e mail back when all of you get a gander at this stuff! It is really cool!!! :} Carole and Gail :)