James Ferris

Oldest House in Connecticut

From https://www.greenwichpoint.org/the-ferris-homestead#the-ferris-house

The FEAKE-FERRIS HOMESTEAD

• In 1640, Elizabeth Winthrop Feake purchased "Elizabeth's Neck", including what is now known as Greenwich Point and the lands leading to the Point, upon which the Feake home was constructed - the first house in Greenwich. The Feake house, dating to 1645, was a "one-over-one" house, and the original cellar, post and beam frame and roof rafters of the Feake house are still in place on the west (left) side of the house, which sits on its original site.
• Jeffrey Ferris purchased the Elizabeth Winthrop Feake “manor” in 1653, including "lands and homestead". Jeffrey Ferris expanded the Feake house in approximately 1660, by adding a "lean-to" structure in the rear (north) of the house.
• Jeffrey's son James, who inherited his father's house following Jeffrey's death in 1666, expanded the house in 1689 to its present "two-over-two" configuration, by adding the east (right) side of the main house and expanding the "lean-to" in the rear, resulting in the existing "salt box" house.