This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ferriter Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VFB.2ACI/3518 Message Board Post: I know there were many members of the Ferriter family of Cty Kerry Ireland who settled in or near Springfield, Hampden Cty, MA beginning in the early 1800s. I would like to correspond with anyone who knows of this family. They were kept illiterate in Ireland so the census taker spelled the name phonetically and I have seen about 13 spellings but Ferriter is really correct. Farretor Farritor Farriter Ferriter Feriter Ferreter Ferretor etc.