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father, the former (another noteworthy
circumstance) bearing the name of Stephen
Starr and the latter that of Stephen.
The boyhood of the present Stephen
Starr Jarvis was spent in Norwalk, Con-
necticut, where he attended the public
schools. On completing his course of
study, he entered the service of the Roth
& Goldschmidt Corset Company, Incorporated,
beginning his career in the fac-
tory, and mounting, step by step, to his
present important position. On the way
thither he served in every capacity, successively,
thus acquiring a thorough
knowledge of the minutest details. While
always a public-spirited citizen, Mr.
Jarvis neglects no opportunity of doing
his utmost for betterment of conditions.
He belongs to the South Norwalk, Norwalk
Country and Knob clubs, and he and
his family are members of Trinity Prot-
estant Episcopal Church. From the
arena of politics he has ever held steadily
aloof.
Mr. Jarvis married, May 22, 1901,
Charlotte M. Bosch, daughter of Charles
and Lillian (Gangway) Bosch, of Norwalk,
and they are the parents of two
daughters and a son : Charlotte Tryphena,
Margaret Lillian, and Stephen Starr, Jr.
The career of Stephen Starr Jarvis fur-
nishes a striking illustration of the benefits
of concentration of effort. Steady
adherence to one line of endeavor has
brought him substantial prosperity, and,
in conjunction with unswerving perform-
ance of the duties of citizenship in a spirit
wholly disinterested, has given him a high
standing in the community and a warm
place in the hearts of his friends and
neighbors.
(The Ferris Line).
The Ferris family is of Norman origin,
the earliest known form of the name being
Ferier or Ferrerr. It is derived from
Ferian, to convey across, and was given,
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at a remote period, to one dwelling near
a ferry, or to the keeper of the ferry. The
first of the family in England was Henry
de Ferier, son of Gualchelme de Ferier,
master of the horse of William the Con-
queror, Duke of Normany, who obtained
grants of land in the counties of Staf-
fordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire.
It is said of this Henry that William the
Conqueror rode up to him on the battle-
field, took from his own neck a gold chain
and, throwing it over Henry de Ferier's
head, said : "You fight too fiercely, I must
chain you up." From him are descended
the Ferrers of Groby, who bore for their
paternal arms the following
Arms—Gules, seven mascles or, a canton ermine.
Their Westchester descendants carried
Anns—Gules, a fleur-de-lis or. A canton ermine
with a crescent
:
The arms of the father of Henry de
Ferier were
Arms—Argent, six horseshoes, pierced sable.
(I) Jeffrey Ferris came to America in
1634, and it appears by record that he
settled first in Watertown, Massachusetts,
where he was made freeman, May
6, 1635. He came with the earliest set-
tlers, and is on the list of those who paid
for the survey, receiving ten acres of the
first assignment of land. From Watertown
he removed to Wethersfield, where
he is recorded as selling his lot of forty-
five acres to John Deming. In 1641 he
came with the first Stamford colony from
Wethersfield, and lived on the north side
of what is now Broads, west of Franklin
street. Later he moved to Greenwich,
where he died May 31, 1666, shortly after
having appeared as one of the eleven
Greenwich men who petitioned to be under
New Haven jurisdiction. He was
married three times. Tradition says that
his first wife was Ann Milton, sister of
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