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Ferris/Drillen/Drillon

Linda Drilling (View posts)
Posted: 29 Dec 2000 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Ferris, Drillon, Drillen
Hello,
I'm researching my family history.
I'm looking for any information about 4 Drillon/Drillen women marrying 4 Ferris men.
William Elgar Ferris married Mary Drillon/Drillen. He was the son of William and Patience Ferris.
Three sons of George and Jane Ferris married three Drillon/Drillen women. James Henry married Sarah Elizabeth, Archaelus married Hannah, and George 2nd married Charlotte Eleanor.
Any information is appreciated. Thank you.
Linda Drilling
Email: F2led3154@voyager.net.

Re: Ferris/Drillen/Drillon

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 2:14AM GMT
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Ferris/Orton/Perry
This may sound weird but I have been tracing my Ferris line and end in the 1820's in Manhattan, NY. I just found an obituary in 1853 in NYC that also was sent to New Brunswick and California. To my knowledge, I did not think my Ferris line was outside of NYC. I guess they were sent to the other papers to notify relatives in other locations.

Maybe these names will help. I am hoping this new lead can break a brick wall. The names are Elizabeth Perry who married Alonzo Ferris about 1851 in Manhattan. Alonzo Albert Ferris was born in April 1828 in Manhattan to Abijah R. Ferris and Marilla Orton. Abijah and Marilla two other children that I have found: Margaretta and Alpheus. This is where my line ends with any comfortable evidence. Alonzo was a ship carpenter and Abijah was a smith.

I saw your posts on another query mentioning the name Aphonso Ferris in New Brunswick . I have to believe this is more than coincidence. Anyhow, I would be happy to share anything I have.

Sincerely Kristin

Re: Ferris/Drillen/Drillon

Posted: 29 Nov 2014 10:09PM GMT
Classification: Query


maybe

1861 Census of Canada

Name:William Edgar Farris

Gender:Male

Age:38

Birth Year:1823

Spouse's Name:Mary Farris

Home in 1861:Waterborough, Queens, New Brunswick

Race:Native (Native American)

Religion:Baptist

Film Number:C-1004

Page Number:30

Household Members:
William Edgar Farris 38
Mary Farris 35
Thomas Arthur Farris 15
Sarah Emly Farris 11
Amelia Farris 9 step daughter
Charles Abiather Farris 9 twin
Samuel Fredrick Farris 9 twin
John Issac Farris 6
Howard Douglas Farris 4
Jarvis Wentworth Farris 0


it says Native but that may Native born ie born in NB or could mean Native Indian

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1871 Census of Canada

Name:William ? Farris
[William Edgar Ferris]

Gender:Male

Age:47

Birth Year:abt 1824

Birth Place:New Brunswick

Marital Status:Married

Religion:Baptist

Origin:English

Province:New Brunswick

District:Queens

District Number:177

Subdistrict:Cambridge

Subdistrict Number:e


Household Members:
William ? Farris 47
Mary Farris 44
Jarvise W Farris 9
Mary S Farris 8
Lilly C Farris 7
Eliza Farris 4
James D Farris 23
John E Farris 24



BUT
an on line tree says Wm Edgar was married to Martha Drillon she died in 1852 (b 1823) after the twins were born

Mary was his second wife


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1891 Census of Canada

Name:carlotte E Farris

Gender:Female

Marital Status:Married

Age:58

Birth Year:abt 1833

Birthplace:New Brunswick

Relation to Head-of-house:Wife

Religion:Baptist

French Canadian:No

Spouse's Name:George P Farris

Father's Birth Place:Ireland

Mother's Birth Place:New Brunswick

Province:New Brunswick

District Number:18

District:Queens

Subdistrict:Cambridge


Household Members:

George P Farris 68
carlotte E Farris 58
Milford H Farris 26
Neta Farris 19
Adelia A Farris 16
Lillie B Farris 14
Loundous Farris 28




1861 Census of Canada

Name:George Farris

Gender:Male

Age:38

Birth Year:1823

Spouse's Name:Eleanor Farris

Home in 1861:Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick

Race:Native (Native American)

Religion:Baptist

Film Number:C-1004

Page Number:20

Household Members:

George Farris 38
Eleanor Farris 27
Anne Farris 14
Elizabeth Farris 10
Margaret Farris 9
Cecelia Farris 1
David Farris 7


"findagrave"
George P. Ferris

Birth: 1822
Death: 1898

NOTE: Wife was Charlotte Ealnor Drilon.

Family links:
Spouse:
Charlotte Ealnor Drilon Ferris (1833 - 1908)*

*Calculated relationship


Burial:
Waterborough Baptist Cemetery
Waterborough
Queens County
New Brunswick, Canada



Re: Ferris/Drillen/Drillon

Posted: 30 Nov 2014 6:03AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Nov 2014 6:05AM GMT
I think Archelaus was actually Archibald Ferris who m. Waterborough Parish, Queens Co., NB 8JAN1857 Hannah J. Drillen. In Waterborough Parish in 1871, Hannah (38) was a widow. Children were Martha A. (12), Cordelia V. (10), William A. (6), Melissa L. (5) and Archibald (1). Archibald, Sr. d. MAR1870 while chopping logs near Grand Lake, apparently struck by a falling tree. Hannah (b. ca. 1833) would be Hannah J. Ferris b. Grand Lake ca. 1829, d. Moore St., Saint John 22MAY1894 age 65 years.
In Waterborough Parish, in 1861, Archibald was b. ca. 1829 and Hannah was b. ca. 1833, and had Martha Ann (3) and Cornelia Ann (11 months). They lived with his parents, George (ca. 1785) and Jane (ca. 1787) 'Farris' as well as a brother (Oliver ca. 1836) and family and a sister, Mary 'Farris' (ca. 1816). Very near lived the extended family of John (ca. 1783) and Mary (ca. 1785) 'Farris', with John, I would assume, being George's brother. John was b. in New York State, so the family were likely Loyalists. Another sibling of Archibald Ferris was James Henry 'Blizard' (Blizzard) Ferris b. 23OCT1824, baptized in 1825.

George and John appears to be sons of another John and Mary and George 'Farris' of Waterborough Parish was baptized as the s/o John and Mary 14AUG1791 and was a sister, Margaret. It is unlikely that these were children of John (b. ca. 1783) so they point to a previous generation. Other baptisms were:

Ferris Agnis 4 Sep 1803 Grand Lake Ferris John and Mary By Rev. Richard Clarke
Ferris Catharine 4 Sep 1803 Grand Lake Ferris John and Mary By Rev. Richard Clarke
Ferris Deborah 8 Mar 1806 Grand Lake Ferris John and Mary By Rev. Richard Clarke
Ferris Joseph 4 Sep 1803 Grand Lake Ferris John and Mary By Rev. Richard Clarke
Ferris Mary 4 Sep 1803 Grand Lake Ferris John and Mary By Rev. Richard Clarke
Ferris Rebecca 4 Sep 1803 Grand Lake Ferris John and Mary By Rev. Richard Clarke

and these were likely George's siblings as well as the eldest of the five baptized in 1803 must have been about age 10-years or more. George Ferris m. Jane 'Blizard' 2JUL1811 while John Ferris, Jr. m. Mary McLean 6MAR1804. See:
http://www.jedh.com/src/genealogy/hpkr2/f1147.htm
http://boards.ancestry.ca/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=447&...
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/n/Michelle-Mc...
http://boards.ancestry.se/surnames.ferris/40.42/mb.ashx
http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/MC3706/Details.aspx?culture=en...
http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/OldSoldiers/Results.aspx?cultu...
In one petition Mary Ferris, John's widow states something like (it is hard to read) 'Canelael buskark Regiment', which may refer to Jacob Van Buskirk, a lieutenant (later lieutenant-colonel of militia) in the New Jersey Volunteers. Or, more likely, to his father, Lt.-Col. Abraham Van Buskirk as at:
http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/musters/4njv/njvbusk...

Anyway, I think he was likely Archibald rather than Archelaus.

Thomas.
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