An American Family History

Daniel Ferree married Marie (Mary) Warrembere about 1675 in the Picardy region of France.

Daniel Ferree, Jr. was born about 1677 in Landau

Catherine Ferree Lefevre was born about 1679 in Lyon, France.

Jane Ferree Davis was born between 1682 and 1687 in Lyon, France.

Documents from the Archives in Speyer show that Daniel and Maria purchased goods in Steinweiler 0n September 12, 1681 for 100 gulden.

On November 17, 1681 they sold three cottages in Steinweiler to Pierre LeGrain.

Marie (Mary) Catherine Ferree Faulkner was born about 1683 in Steinweiler.

Philip Ferree was born in 1687 in Steinweiler.

John Ferree was born about 1688 in Steinweiler.

About 1705 Mary married Isaac LeFevre. Their son Abraham LeFevre, was born on April 9, 1706 in Steinweiler,

Daniel died in 1708. In March, 1708 the family received permission to leave Steinweiler from the local authorities. The family was granted passage to emigrate from Steinweiler via Holland and England to the "island of Pennsylvania." They also received a certificate from the French Reformed Church at Pelican that was a "testimonial of their life and religion."

While still in Europe, Mary and others, bought 4,000 acres from William Penn in the Pequea Valley in what would become Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The two married couples went on to America before Mary and the single children. Daniel and Isaac's families appeared on June 28, 1708 list of the fifty-three people who sailed with Joshua Kocherthal's party. Daniel and Isaac were both called famers.

Mary did not arrive in England until 1709 when she appeared on "A list of all the poor Germans lately come over from the Palatinate into this Kingdom, taken in St. Katharine's,
the Sixth May 1709."

They went to the Hueguenot settlement at Esopus, New York where they had relatives. They lived in New Paltz.

The surveyor's book from Chester County, Pennsylvania (page 33) shows that Mary's 2,000 acres from the 4,000 acres purchase was surveyed in 1710 in 333 acre plots for the Ferree family: Daniel Ffiere, John Ffiere, Richard Davis, Isaac Lfiere, Thomas Faulker and Philip Firree. Thomas Faulkner had an addional 250 acres surveyed in October, 1714. Richard Davis. The land was surveyed for Richard Davis in anticipation of his marriage to Jane. It was not deeded to him until 1718. The land was surveyed for Thomas Faulker in anticipation of his marriage to Marie. It was deeded to him in 1715/16.

They stayed in New York until spring, 1712 while their Pennsylvania land was being surveyed. The Ferree-Lefever land was near Strasburg.

Philadelphia November 7, 1712 -
Received of Maria Warenbuer 20 shillings sterling for 1 year quit rent of land liad out to her at Strasburg in this Province. James Logan, Recvr.

Mary was a party to this transaction, and that the two parties named in the instrument merely held the tract

on behalf of themselves and others, their kindred and relations, who had advanced part of the purchase money for the same.

The old Ferree family graveyard was laid out and walled at a very early date in the northwest corner of the tract. Mary was probably the first to be buried in that graveyard. She died about January, 1716.

The area of present day Ulster County, New York was called Esopus by Dutch settlers and was part of the New Netherland Colony. The village of New Paltz was founded in 1678 by French Huguenots. In 1683, the Duke of York created Ulster County.

Picardy (Picardi) is a region in the northern part of France.

Variations of Ferree: Fara, Ferie, Ferree, Ferrez, Ferrie, Fiere, Firre, Fierre, Fuchre, Fuehre, LeFerre, and Verree.

Lyon is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region. The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Huguenots was there in 1572. Silk manufacturing was vital to the city's development.

Landau in der Pfalz, Germany is an autonomous city in the Rhineland-Palatinate. It was part of France from 1680 to 1815.

Queen Anne ruled England and Great Britain from March 8, 1702 to August 1, 1714.

Steinweiler is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was in the Mayorality of Bittingheim.

Old Style Calendar Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.