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Excerpt from Benjamin Ferris: Proceedings of the Meeting of the Historical Society of Delaware, Held on the Evening of May 19, 1902, to Commemorate the Eminent Services Rendered to the State by Benjamin Ferris the Author of Early Settlements on the Delaware He was a descendent from an English Family, one of whose members, Samuel Ferris, came from Reading, Eng land, about 40 miles N. E. Of London, in the year I682, and settled at Groton, near Boston, Mass. But shortly after ward removed to Charlestown, Mass. And thence to New Milford, Conn. From this place his Grandson, John Ferris removed and settled in Wilmington, Del. In the year I748; thus being among the first settlers in this city. Ziba Ferris, the son of John Ferris, was born in New Milford, A. D. I743, and died in Wilmington, A. D. I794. He was the father of Benjamin Ferris, of whom is this paper. - It seemed proper that some notice, other than the ordinary Resolutions of respect which have been passed by this Society, should be taken of the subject of this paper, who was a respected member of the Society, and also the first citizen of our State, who ever attempted to gather up any portion of its annals, and hence this sketch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.