Re: Ferree Family
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In reply to:
Ferree Family
7/04/98
OTHER VARIATIONS OF THE NAME:FERET, FERRET, FERRY, FERRE, FERE, FERY, FARET, FERAT, ETC.
CHRISTOPH FERET WAS BORN ABOUT 1540 IN FRANCE, HE HAD FIVE CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH WAS PIERRE, WHO ALSO HAD FIVE CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH WAS ALSO PIERRE WHO WAS AMONG THE HUGUENOT REFUGEES WHO FLED FROM PICARDY FRANCE IN 1566 TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION BY THE DUKE OF ALVA DURING A RELIGOUS WAR. HE SETTLED IN CANTERBURY, KENT COUNTY, ENGLAND.HE HAD A SON NAMED JEAN, WHO HAD A SON NAMED CHARLES THAT IMMIGRATED TO MASSACHUSETTS IN 1660. FROM THERE THE FAMILY SPREAD OUT OVER THE CONTINENT. IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT THIS IS THE LINE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.