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Joshua Ferris 1666–1746 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 March 1666

Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Death Date: 02 April 1746

Death Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Father: Joseph Ferris

Mother: Ruth Knapp

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The story of Joshua Ferris began in 1666 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut. Joshua Ferris passed away in 1746 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Joshua Ferris began in 1666 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.
  • Joshua Ferris passed away in 1746 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA.

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Joshua Ferris's Ancestors

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Joshua Ferris
1666–1746
Birth Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Parents
Joseph Ferris
1635–1699
Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Ruth Knapp
1641–1666
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Nicholas Knapp
1592–1670
England
Eleanor Lockwood
1608–1658
St. Mary Parish-Bures, Co. Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
John Knapp
1560–1604
Martha Blois
1565–1616
Edmund Sr
1574–1635
Ruth (Cooper)
1569–1654
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Knapp
1537–1568
Johan Bunnell
1514–
Richard Lockwood
1540–1598
Elizabeth Creswell
1545–1574
William Cowper
1546–1571
Alice Ludbrook
1548–1574

Joshua Ferris's Timeline

2 Records

1666
31 March 1666
Birth of Joshua Ferris in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut
1746
02 April 1746
Age 80
Death of Joshua Ferris in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 March 1666
    Event Place: Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 April 1746
    Event Place: Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

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