Third Generation


5. William FERRIS was born in 1744 in Cornwall County, England.3,4 Mawgan-in-Meneage is a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Meneage  district of The Lizard peninsula south of Helston in the former administrative district of Kerrier. The Mawgan-in-Meneage lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation.
Evidence of early medieval habitation at Mawgan is in the form of an inscribed pillar stone, located at the meeting of three roads at the centre of the village; it bears an inscription that is no longer readable, but based on an old drawing and a photograph taken in 1936 it could have been a memorial stone to either 'Cnegumus son of Genaius' or 'Genaius son of Cnegumus'. The date of this inscription is not certain beyond having been carved before the twelfth century.
The name of the manor was given as Saint Mawnan in Domesday Book.
The parish church is dedicated to St. Mauganus, a Welshman, and he is also honoured at Mawgan in Pydar and in Wales and Brittany. The church is a fine building of the 14th century which was enlarged in the 15th by the addition of the south aisle and the tower. The church was described in the Cornishman newspaper as ″... an old and dilapidated structure ...″ following a storm, when the porch and the south aisle lost much of their roofing on 29 April 1882. Features of interest are a Carminow tomb of the 13th century, the Vyvyan monuments, the squint and the wagon roof. In earlier times there were other chapels in the parish, at Carminow and at Trelowarren. He was christened on 18 October 1744 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3 He was buried on 29 August 1796 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.1

William FERRIS and Alice WILLIAMS were married on 31 March 1766 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3 Alice WILLIAMS was born about 1745 in Of Mawgan in Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3 She died in 1829 at the age of 84.3

William FERRIS and Alice WILLIAMS had the following children:

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Francis FERRIS was christened on 7 April 1767 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.2

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Anthony FERRIS.

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Alice FERRIS was christened on 26 June 1774 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.2

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Mary FERRIS.

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Eleanor FERRIS.

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Edward FERRIS was born in 1783 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3 He was christened on 15 June 1783 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3 He died in April 1870 at the age of 87 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3 Edward was buried on 28 April 1870 in Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall County, England.3