Claim: Watchmaker and scientist Benjamin Ferris born in Wilmington, Delaware, was a descendant of Samuel and John Ferris.
Evidence: Benjamin Ferris (August 7, 1780 - November 9, 1867) was a watchmaker and historian from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a descendant of Samuel Ferris, who had come from Reading, England, in 1682 to settle at Groton, Massachusetts, and of John Ferris, who was among the first settlers in the city of Wilmington in 1748.