- Name: Gilbert? (or George the first?) Ferris
- Birth: Abt 1707 in: New York, USA
- Death:
- Father: Peter Ferris
- Mother: Susannah UNKNOWN
Notes: From early family research, the following line is suggested:
1. Joseph Ferris (NFI)
2. Peter Ferris m. Susannah
3a. Gilbert Ferris
3b. Joshua Ferris
3c. Jonathon Ferris
3d. Caleb Ferris
3a. Gilbert Ferris had:
3a1. Richard
3a2. Susan
3a3. Eleanor
3a4. Stephen
3a5. George
3a6. Solomon
3a7. John
Which were listed as heads of Ferris lines in the following last line from this early research is something of a quandry, given the disparity in dates, but read on... Of the "first" Ferris lines were: John b. 1739 d. 1814, George b. 1744, d. 1836 , both sons of Gilbert.
From Wiggins History of Queens Co., NB:
"FERRIS. There were six Loyalists of this name, in all probability members of the same family, viz.; Caleb, George, Joshua, Joseph and Peter, of Westchester County, New York. Caleb and Joshua were protesters against the Whigs in 1775. George, Jos hua and Peter settled in Saint John in 1783, and were grantees of that cit, Joseph was a Captain in the Rangers, under
Colonel Butler. During the war he was captured by his brother-in-law, who was a rebel, but escaped from captivity. At the close of the struggle he went to Newfoundland, but subsequently settled in New Brunswick. He lived in Eastport, Maine, afte r it was captured by the British in 1812, but returned to this Province after its restoration to the United States. He received half pay. He died at Indian Island in 1836, aged ninety-two.
John came to St. John in 1783, and subsequently settled in Scotchtown, on lot number 23, of which he was the original grantee. His children were: John, who married Mary McLean; George, Miss Blizzard; Joseph, Miss Cottle; William, Miss Myers; als o three daughters, Nancy, Catherine and Elizabeth. The family is one of the most extensive in Queen's and includes some of its
most industrious population. John Ferris, Esq., son of John, is its most wealthy citizen, and has represented the constituency for more than a quarter of a century both in the Local and the Dominion Parliament."
The Ferris/Farris families of Queens are very hard to accurately list prior to the early 1800s, due to so many names in common from one family to another. If Wiggins were more "SOLID" a work, would be far easier to determine the correct beginning s, but many researchers find errors in the Wiggins work, so it is, to say the least, discouraging to insist on a specific line of descent or ascent, within this family from the 1780s to the 1810s.
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Other Spouses
Children
- George (Loyalist) Ferris, b. 1744 - 1746
- John Ferris, b. 1739
- Richard Ferris, b.
- Susan Ferris, b.
- Eleanor Ferris, b.
- Stephen Ferris, b.
- Solomon Ferris, b.
