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Thomas Ferris 1756 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1756

Birth Location: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: Sep 1840

Death Location: Avon, Somerset, England

Father: Thomas Ferris

Mother: Elizabeth Porter

Spouse(s): Sarah Hays, Ann Ponton

Children(s): John Ferris, Thomas Ferris

The story of Thomas Ferris began in 1756 in Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England. Thomas Ferris married Sarah Hays, Ann Ponton, and had children including John Ferris, Thomas Ferris. Thomas Ferris passed away in 1840 in Avon, Somerset, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Thomas Ferris began in 1756 in Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England.
  • Thomas Ferris married Sarah Hays, Ann Ponton, and had children including John Ferris, Thomas Ferris.
  • Thomas Ferris passed away in 1840 in Avon, Somerset, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Ferris
1734 –
Birth Location: 1679594, Wiltshire, England
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Elizabeth Porter
1734 –
Birth Location: Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Hays
Birth Location: –
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Ann Ponton
1762 – 1840
Birth Location: Urchfont Wilts
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Children(s)

John Ferris
1797 – 1879
Birth Location: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
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Thomas Ferris
1781 – 1841
Birth Location: Bath Somerset
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Thomas Ferris's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Ferris
1756 – 1840
Birth Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Thomas Ferris
1734 –
1679594, Wiltshire, England
Elizabeth Porter
1734 –
Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
PHILIP PORTER
1685 –
in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
MARGARETT LAURENCE
1693 – 1712
Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
EDWARD PORTER
1660 –
MARY May
1665 –
JOHN LAURENCE
1670 –
MARGARET
1671 – 1703
2nd-Great-Grandparents
ROBERT PORTER
1599 – 1653
MARY SCOTT
1608 – 1653
Joseph May
Margaret May
WILLIAM LAURENCE
1666 – 1697
DOROTHY PERRY
1670 – 1697
William Lydiard
1617 – 1689
Margaret
1625 – 1712

Thomas Ferris's Descendants

1.
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Thomas Ferris (1756 – Sep 1840) m. Sarah Hays m. Ann Ponton (1762 – Jun 1840)
  1. 1. John Ferris (1797 – 9 Oct 1879) m. Ann Andrews (1798 – bet 1851-61)
    1. 1. Daniel Ferris (August 1819 – ) m. Mary Waters (1828 – )
      1. 1. Sarah (A.) Ferris (abt 1851 – )
      2. 2. Jane Ferris (1853 – )
      3. 3. James Ferris (1857 – )
      4. 4. Henry Ferris (1859 – )
      5. 5. William Ferris (1861 – )
      6. 6. Elisabeth (M.) Ferris (1866 – )
      7. 7. Thomas (Henry) Ferris (Apr 1868 – )
      8. 8. Thomas (Henry) Ferris (Apr 1868 – )
      9. 9. Frank Ferris (abt 1870 – )
      10. 10. Frank Ferris (abt 1870 – )
    2. 2. Thomas Ferris (1822 – 1879) m. Matilda Waite (abt 1829 – )
      1. 1. Mary Ferris (24 Dec 1857 – 2 Jan 1933)
    3. 3. Jane Ferris (abt 1825 – ) m. Alfred Archer (1829 – )
      1. 1. Mary (Elzh) Archer (1856 – )
      2. 2. Thomas Archer (1858 – )
      3. 3. John Archer (1859 – )
    4. 4. Lucy Ferris (1826 – 3 Apr 1893)
    5. 5. Richard Ferris (abt 1826 – )
    6. 6. John Ferris (1829 – 14 Jan 1902) m. Jane Smart (abt 1832 – 6 Apr 1914)
      1. 1. Phoebe Ferris (1854 – 17 Jul 1936) m. James (Spence) Smith (9 Apr 1854 – 1 Aug 1936)
        1. 1. William (Bernard) Smith (1877 – 7 Nov 1966) m. Mabel Stevens (ABT 1877 – 23 Dec 1920) m. Elsie (May) Whittam
        2. 2. John Smith (1879 – 19 JAN 1928)
        3. 3. Maria (Ferris) Smith (21 Mar 1879 – 5 November 1944) m. Edward (John) Thatcher (24 May 1879 – 17 Sep 1917) m. Robert (Luther) Ball (1899 – 1967)
        4. 4. Phoebe ((Tottie)) Smith (1880 – 1965) m. William Timmins (Apr 1870 – 7 Sep 1944)
        5. 5. Thomas (Ferris) Smith (1883 – 19 SEP 1951) m. Barbara (Annie) Rowe (1890 – 1974)
        6. 6. Jean Smith (1890 – 1972) m. Alfred (William) Donnellan (1888 – 1952)
      2. 2. Thomas Ferris (1856 – 6 Mar 1918) m. Isabella (Maria) Caldwell (9 Dec 1851 – 6 Aug 1943)
        1. 1. Edith (Mary) FERRIS (1885 – 12 May 1947)
        2. 2. Ethel (Eliza) FERRIS (1887 – 22 Sep 1919)
        3. 3. John (Harrison) FERRIS (1889 – 10 Oct 1958)
        4. 4. Ruby (Isabel) Ferris (1892 – 4 Jul 1942) m. Henry (Draper) Baker (25 MAY 1894 – 30 Aug 1969)
      3. 3. Jane Ferris (07/10/1857 – 2 Sep 1898) m. John (William) Newman (1855 – 1922)
        1. 1. William (Richard) NEWMAN (14 Aug 1879 – 16 May 1928)
        2. 2. Elsie (May) Newman (1881 – 1885)
        3. 3. Gertrude (Lilian) Newman (05 Oct 1883 – 01 Jan 1969) m. Gerte (Lilian) Newman m. Cecil (Raymond) Rowland (10 Feb 1877 – 6 Jun 1915) m. George (Alexander) Astley (abt 1863 – 1956)
        4. 4. Amy (Isabel) Newman (1885 – 1908) m. William Trottman (02 Jul 1877 – 29 Dec 1954)
        5. 5. Beatrice (Maud Mary) Prosser (1887 – 1947) m. Geo (Livie) Prosser (Abt 1889 – 1965)
        6. 6. Mildred (May) Newman (1889 – 1934)
        7. 7. Myrtle (Jane) Newman (1891 – 1938) m. John Ross
        8. 8. Irene (Elizabeth) Newman (1900 – 1919)
        9. 9. Stanley (John) Newman (1904 – 14 Jan 1989)
        10. 10. Harold (Gordon) Newman (1906 – )
        11. 11. Eunice Newman (1908 – )
      4. 4. William Ferris (10 Jul 1859 – 21 Sep 1923) m. Adelaide (Maria) Marsham (3 Aug 1861 – 25 Aug 1907)
        1. 1. Alice (Edith) Ferris (5 Oct 1885 – June 1979)
        2. 2. William (Arthur) Ferris (23 Jun 1887 – 1973)
        3. 3. Alfred (Edward) Ferris (25 Jan 1890 – 15 Sep 1977) m. Lottie (Hilda) Phillips (1892 – 1963)
      5. 5. Mary Ferris (1862 – 20 May 1887) m. Joseph Strickland
      6. 6. Ann Ferris (24 Oct 1865 – 24 Oct 1931) m. Robert (Esh) Lovell (15 Mar 1851 – 9/10/1931)
        1. 1. Robert (Edwin) Lovell (8 Jun 1869 – )
        2. 2. Ormond (Robert Esh) Lovell (14 Apr 1885 – 14 Oct 1952) m. Avis (Bessie Idonia) Mapstone
        3. 3. Mary (Ida) Lovell (1887 – 15 July 1973) m. Potgieter m. George (Herbert) silver (6 February 1879 – About 1908)
        4. 4. Robert (Eric) Lovell (1890 – 1892)
        5. 5. Rita (Erica) Lovell (1894 – 1966)
      7. 7. John (Richard) Ferris (1867 – 1942)
      8. 8. Daniel Ferris (1869 – 1929) m. Martha Davidson (1869 – 1920) m. Martha Davidson
        1. 1. Mabel (Margaret) Ferris (1900 – 1986) m. Alexander (Ian) Mackay (6/8/1905 – 8 May 1980)
        2. 2. Gordon (Davidson) Ferris (24 Dec 1903 – 1959) m. Frances (Ellen) Gilbert (1907 – 1984)
        3. 3. Allan (Forrest) Ferris (29 Dec 1914 – 16 October 1965-6)
        4. 4. David (John) Ferris (13 Feb 1909 – 13 Apr 1980)
        5. 5. Mabel (Margaret) Ferris
        6. 6. Allan (Forrest) Ferris
      9. 9. Elizabeth Ferris (1871 – 1959) m. William Stanley
        1. 1. Vi (Jane) Stanley (1894 – )
        2. 2. William (Warren Royce) Stanley (1897 – 1977) m. Eleanor (Ruth) Beanland (1898 – Bef 1998)
        3. 3. Alice (May) Stanley (1903 – )
      10. 10. Alfred Ferris (1873 – 20 Jun 1935) m. Agnes (Jessie) Teather (1874 – January 1943)
        1. 1. alfred (john) ferris (12/7/1905 – 7/6/1986) m. Lina (Mavis) Dihm (1902 – 5/6/1991)
        2. 2. Eleanor (Jessie) Henss (1909 – 4 April 1996)
    7. 7. Thomas ferris (abt 1829 – )
    8. 8. Sarah Ferris (1831 – )
    9. 9. Phebe Ferris (abt 1835 – Dec 1902) m. Henry Cole m. Thomas Harwood (1834 – Dec 1899)
      1. 1. Emily Cole (1865 – )
    10. 10. Phoebe Ferris (abt 1836 – October 1902) m. Thomas Harwood (abt 1834 – )
      1. 1. Len Harwood (abt 1867 – )
      2. 2. George Harwood (abt 1871 – )
      3. 3. Emily Cole (abt 1865 – )
    11. 11. Elizabeth Ferris (abt 1837 – )
    12. 12. Charles Ferris (abt 1839 – 1898) m. Anne Vines (1835 – )
      1. 1. Thomas Ferris (1866 – )
      2. 2. Henry Ferris (1872 – )
      3. 3. Francis Ferris (1874 – 1944)
      4. 4. Francis (W.) Ferris (abt 1874 – )
      5. 5. Phoebe Ferris (abt 1877 – 1954)
      6. 6. Charles Ferris (abt 1879 – )
    13. 13. Henry Ferris (abt 1843 – )
    14. 14. Emily Ferris (1844 – )
  2. 2. Thomas Ferris (1781 – 4 Oct 1841) m. Ann Roberts (1787 – 23 Apr 1867)
    1. 1. Matilda Ferris (abt 1822 – 1857) m. Joseph Vezey (1821 – July 1887)
      1. 1. John Vezey (abt 1848 – )
      2. 2. Joseph Vezey (1850 – )
      3. 3. Sarah Vezey (abt 1854 – Dec 1916)
      4. 4. Albert Vezey (1855 – )
      5. 5. Susannah Vezey (1856 – )
      6. 6. Thomas Vezey (1858 – )
    2. 2. Elizabeth Ferris (1824 – 24 Aug 1890)
    3. 3. Kezia ((Brewer)) Ferris (11 Jun 1825 – Jan 1895)

Thomas Ferris's Timeline

3 Records

1756
1756
Birth of Thomas Ferris in Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
1756
12 Jun 1756
Thomas Ferris was baptized in Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
1840
Sep 1840
Age 84
Death of Thomas Ferris in Avon, Somerset, England
Avon, Somerset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1756
    Event Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1756
    Event Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England; Date Range: 1692 - 1885; Film Number: 1279376

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Dauntsey
    Record Source: Wiltshire, England, Marriages, 1538-1837

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, Place: Dauntsey, Wiltshire, England; Date Range: 1692 - 1885; Film Number: 1279376

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Urchfont, Wiltshire, England
    Record Source: England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Sep 1840
    Event Place: Avon, Somerset, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915
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