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James Ferris 1740–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 2 Mar 1780

Death Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Father: Nathaniel Ferris

Mother: Keziah Blackman

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James Ferris was born in 1740 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of Nathaniel Ferris And Keziah Blackman. James Ferris passed away in 1780 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • James Ferris was born in 1740 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, the child of Nathaniel Ferris And Keziah Blackman.
  • James Ferris passed away in 1780 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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James Ferris's Ancestors

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James Ferris
1740–1780
Birth Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Nathaniel Ferris
1702–1764
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Keziah Blackman
1714–1807
Greenwich,,Connecticut,USA
Grandparents
James Ferris
1643–1726
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Mary
1643–1727
Benjamin Blackman
1665–1713
Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
Jemima Breck
1672–1742
Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Jeffery Ferris
1610–1666
Mary Howard
–1658
John Sr.
1625–1675
Mary Pond
1620–1675
John Breck
1650–1690
Susannah Clapp
1648–1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Maltra
1585–1646
Lady Arundel
1581–1654
Abraham Blackman
1599–1640
Sarah Scottow
1590–
Edward Breck
1595–1662
Isabel Rigby
1610–1673
Edward Clap
1605–1665
Susannah Cockerill
1626–1688

James Ferris's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of James Ferris in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1780
2 Mar 1780
Age 40
Death of James Ferris in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Mar 1780
    Event Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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