The origin of the name Ferris is Scottish and the Coat of Arms contains An ermine shield with three gold horseshoes on a red bend cotissed between a black anchor in the bottom left and a blue cross moline in the top right. The Crest is An ostrich with a horseshoe in its mouth.
Spelling variations include: Ferris, Ferres, Ferries, Fergus, Ferras, Farris, Farriss, Faries, Fargus and many more.
First found in Aberdeenshire where they held a family seat from very early times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Richard Ferris purchased land in 1636 in Virginia. Other members of the Ferris family name settled in New York and Pennsylvania in the mid-1800's.
