[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] John Ferris was one of the first patentees of the town of Westchester in 1667; he lived to an advanced age, and died in 1715, leaving five sons, viz., Samuel, one of the first assistants and common council of the borough of Westchester, John, James, proprietor of the homestead in 1740, Jonathan, ancestor of the Cortlandt-town branch, and Peter, of Westchester. His srand-» See vol. i. 550. b Tlio Ferrises were origiiiallj' from Leicestershire, England, and descend from the house of Feriers, Ferrerr, Ferreis or Ferris, the first member of which (in Eng-land) was Henry de Feriers, the sou of Gualchelme de Feriers, a Norman, who obtained of William the Conqueror large grants of land in the counties of Stafford-shire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire. c hi 1660 occurs the name of Jefferey Ferryes of Fairfield, Conn. Farmer's Register contains the names of Benjamin Fernis, of Salem, 1640, and Jeffrey of