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Isaac Ferriss

Isaac Ferriss

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  • Name Isaac Ferriss  [1, 2
    Birth 15 Nov 1795  Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jul 1881  Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
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    Person ID I20275  The Williams Family Tree
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2013 

    Father Joseph Thomas Ferriss
              b. Abt 1760  
              d. 16 Feb 1832, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Catherine Hon
              b. Abt 1768, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1853, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Family ID F11760  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucy Wright
              b. 23 Nov 1802, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Jan 1890, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 18 Jan 1818  Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Alfred Ferriss  
              d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lucy Delilah Ferriss
              b. 16 Oct 1821  
              d. 8 Apr 1927, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 105 years)
     3. Ann Christine Ferriss
              b. 8 Apr 1822, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 2 Apr 1870 (Age 47 years)
     4. Philip Ferriss
              b. 4 Jun 1824, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Nov 1920, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
     5. Huldah Catherine Ferriss
              b. 30 May 1826  
              d. 16 May 1913, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     6. Esther Caroline Ferriss
              b. 25 Feb 1828  
              d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Sarah Janet Ferriss
              b. 9 Jun 1830, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 3 Feb 1911, Washington, Macomb, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     8. Albert Ferriss
              b. 1832  
              d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Joseph Robert Ferriss
              b. 4 May 1835, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Mar 1901, Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     10. Ebenezer W. Ferriss
              b. 8 Jan 1837  
              d. 12 Apr 1923, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     11. Abner Lidwell Ferriss
              b. 8 Nov 1841  
              d. 22 Jul 1925, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     12. Thomas Harman Ferriss
              b. 26 Aug 1843  
              d. 30 Sep 1935, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     13. Georgina Ferriss
              b. 1846  
              d. Yes, date unknown
     14. Isaac Ferriss
              b. 5 Nov 1847, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Apr 1923, Colchester South Township, Essex County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F11765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Nov 1795 - Bois Blanc Island, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Isaac Ferris served as a Private in Captain William Caldwell's company, 1st Essex Militia, during the War of 1812. He was in the Battle of Detroit, Raisin River & Miami. He received the Military General Service Medal for service at Detroit. He was called for service in the Colchester Militia for the rebellion of Upper Canada - 1837 - again as Private with Caldwell's Company.

      There is also a story that in his youth he killed a bear with a knife.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2772] J Seaborn (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S3544] Pauline Baldwin (Reliability: 3).