Claim: Watchmaker and historian Benjamin Ferris was a descendant of John Ferris and Samuel Ferris, who had come from the historic market town Reading, in South East England.
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. Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ (listen) RED-ing) is a large, historic market town in Berkshire, South East England.