Name origin: A corruption of Ferrers, from Ferorieres, a small town of Gastinors, France, so called from the iron mines in which the county abounded. In Welsh fferis signifies steel.
b.abt.1653 Kittery, ME; parents ukn
d.aft.1712 Kittery, ME
m.Grace ______
CHILDREN included:
Aaron was a fisherman. Resided on the Isle of Shoals in 1669, Great Isle in 1683, and Kittery in 1697.
Re: "Gen. Dictionary of ME & NH"
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