James Ferris was sentenced to life transportation. He arrived in New South Wales aboard the Hadlow in 1820. He was 5 feet 6 inches (167.6 cms) tall, with a ruddy complexion, black hair and hazel eyes. Listed as James Farras he was transported to Port Macquarie as a government servant. By 1825 he was working as an assigned servant for Walter W. Bean. In 1825 Willoughby Bean requested that Ferris's wife also be assigned to him.
'Ferris, James (1794–1881)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/ferris-james-24114/text32928, accessed 27 March 2023.
2 February,
1881
(aged ~ 87)
Casino, New South Wales, Australia