Re: Fares/Ferris of Va Ca1700
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Re: Fares/Ferris of Va Ca1700
Clarence Lee 7/04/06
What I have is
Richard Ferres I the immigrant in 1636-37 is probably the father of Elizabeth Ferris who md Robert Woodson, and a William Ferres who pops up in some records in 1685.Wm Ferres, Nicholas Amos, and Wm Porter JR were given a land grant in 1685 for 400-500 acres of land for transportation of immigrants.Wm Porter JR was md to Margaret Amos the dau of Nicholas and Sarah Amos of New Kent co VA.Wm Ferres seems to be connected to the Porter family and Garthwrite family.Samuel Garthwrite md Frances Porter dau of Wm Porter SR according to land deed record.There are numerous Garthwrite, Amos and Faris inter-marriages.
By 1696 ONLY Richard Ferres and Wm Porter JR own the undivided land patent of the 400-500 acres of land when they deed off a portion of this land.No mention is made of Wm Ferres the original owner in 1685.No estate or probate has been found for this Wm.I take from this that Wm Ferres is the father of Richard Ferres or Ferris SR and as his oldest son would have inherit this land by VA and English law.By as early as 1692 Richard Ferris SR deeds a cow to his eldest son Richard Ferris Jr.In 1690 Richard Ferris Sr deeds 50 acres to one William Ferris (I believe this is another son of Richard Ferris SR and not the father because he shows up on the 1704 Rent Rolls with this 50 acres of land).This Wm Ferris seems to overlap in the records with his grandfather Wm Ferres who died before 1696.This Wm Ferris son of Richard SR is the Wm who md Rachel ? and leaves a will in the 1740s naming his children:Absalom, William (Jr), Benjamin, and Susanna. Wm and Benjamin appear to be ancestors of Campbell co Va Farris.Absalom Farris went to NC and SC and had desc.
Richard Ferris SR dies sometimes in 1720s but no will, estate records have been found.It is Richard Ferris JR who dies and left a will dated 1744 naming his eldest son as William and giving one shilling to each of his other unnamed children. Earlier before 1744 Richard Ferris Jr had deed over to his two sons named Robert and Wm Ferris land.By the way Wm Ferris son of Richard Jr did have male heirs, Robert probably did not.One of daughter of Robert md back into the Warriner family.
Another son of Richard Ferris Sr is the John Farris who md Sarah Sharpe dau of Robert Sharpe and Sarah Woodson.Somehow he got 150 acres of land on White Oak Swamp.This land may have been part of 400-500 acres of land that was in the hands of Wm Porter Jr and Richard Ferris Sr, not sure about this since I don't have any deed of transfer.But in two deeds from Wm Farris Sr (some ref note this as Jr) to his sons Wm Jr who md Martha Truman and Sherwood Farris is listed the name of Wm Farris son of John Farris.This is dated in 1760s after John Farris will so it may be John and Sarah (Sharpe) Farris son Wm denoted as son of John to identify him.Another son of John Farris Sr and Sarah Sharpe was John Faris Jr is probably John who is listed in New Kent co Parish as wife Mary (probably Martin) and bpt son named John in the 1740s.Hard proof is lacking. Mary left a will in Williamsburg Wills as abstracted as Mary FAUSS naming sons John, Charles, and Wm R. Farriss Jr.Research is still needed to sort out these various John Faris etc. as to which is which.There is a John and Charles that ends up in Cumberland co VA.More work is needed to make that connection.
This 150 acres of land seems to be the same land that Clayborn Faris son of Wm and Judith Faris owned.John Faris Sr will of 1746 mentions 150 acres of land on White Oak to his son Wm.So Wm is probably the oldest son of John and Sarah (Sharpe) Farris.Wm md Judith ? and had a large family one of which is Orania Faris who md Robert Carter Faris son of Wm and Martha Truman Faris.
The first 4 generations to sum up (my opinion) are:
Richard Ferres I md ?
William Ferres md ?
Richard Ferres Sr md Judith Garthwrite?
Richard Ferres Jr (see below)
Wm Ferres Sr md Rachel ?
John Ferris Sr md Sarah Sharpe
Richard Ferris Jr who will dated 1744:
Wm Farris md Mary Sherwood ?
John Faris who md Lucy Harlow
Charles Faris who md Mary Saunders
Judith Faris who md Obediah Smith; she was born
in 1715 according to obit 96 in 1811.
Richard Faris ?
I also think that it was Richard Ferris Jr that md Anne Carter and not Wm Farris his son.Some of the Faris men seems to be older than their wives and this seems to confuse the picture.Anne is not named in Richard Ferris Jr will however she was alive and named in her mother's Elizabeth (Webb) Carter's will of 1747.Elizabeth Webb Carter was born abt 1673 and sheis often described as being Randall or Randolph which is borgus in my opinion.Several of the Carter did witness Wm Randolph will but he named NO dau Elizabeth and none of Randolph genealogist list her.Anne Carter Farris was probably born in 1690s and md to Richard Ferris Jr by 1710.We do not have any hard dates for these two except for Richard Ferris date of probate of his will.Some of the VA wills don't seem to name the wife even though she is still alive.I assume this has something to do with VA or English law and their legal dower rights.
I hope you all will read this and it will further our quest to get to the truth.Appreciate your comments but moreover your facts and documents to support your statements.
Mike Barr
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