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Variations of Ferree: Fara, Ferie, Ferree, Ferrez, Ferrie, Fiere, Firre, Fierre, Fuchre, Fuehre, LeFerre, and Verree.
The Society of Friends (Quakers) began in England in the 1650s, when they broke away from the Puritans. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, as a safe place for Friends to live and practice their faith.
The Huguenots were 16th and 17th century French protestants. About 500,000 Huguenots fled France because of religious persecution. They relocated to Protestant nations.
John became a Quaker. He was listed among members of the Western Monthly Meeting.
He married Mary Musgrave about 1719 in what would become Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mary was the daughter of John Musgrave.
John and Mary's children included:
Elizabeth Ferree (1720),
Philip Ferree (1722, married Sarah Evans),
Martha Ferree Myer (1722, married Valentine Myer),
Sarah Ferree Myer (1724, married Peter Myer),
Daniel Ferree (1724),
Esther Ferree White (1726, married Andrew White),
Moses Ferree (1728), and
Solomon Ferree (1730).
In 1720 John Ferree was listed the Pequea district. His property was valued at 40£.
Mary passed away between 1730 when Solomon was born and before 1736 when John remarried.
Ruth and John's children included:
Ruth Ferree Black (1737, married William Black)
John Ferree (1739, married Elizabeth Bailey)
Susanna Ferree Truman (1741, married William Truman).
When Ruth's father died in 1739, she received five shillings.
When original Ferree land grant was divided, John received about 385 acres. He held 191 5/6 acres on the northeast corner and the same number of acres on the southeast corner, and, in addition, held the 334 acres of the Jane Davis tract on the southwest corner.
Abel C. Thomas described the elderly John in his autobiography.
John Ferree sat at "the head of the meeting." He was far advanced in life, and mostly sat with his eyes closed. How we boys, on the back bench by the south window, watched to ascertain whether he was asleep! How we waited for his movement to dissolve the assembly.
John died about 1769.
Steinweiler is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
It was in the Mayorality of Bittingheim.
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.
Europeans began to settle in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania area about 1710. It was part of Chester County until May 10, 1729.
Europeans who made the voyage to America faced a difficult journey of several months.
