Furman, Jane

Other Events:

• Residence: 12 Dec 1770, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; Western Precinct

Notes:

1770, Dec. 12. Furman, Jane, of Western Piecinct, Somerset Co.,
spinster; will of.

Son, Zedekiah Pettit, £1. Grandson, Benjamin Pettit, the son of my son, Zedekiah, £1. House and lot where I live
to be sold, and the money to be "given to my son, Obadiah Pettit, who is to have one part, and another part to be given to my grandchildren, Sarah Pettit, Jesse Pettit, Isaac Pettit and Jane Pettit, who are the children of my son Zedekiah, and the other part to my brother, Nowell Furman and his sons, Isaac and Nowell. Granddaughter, Jane Pettit, daughter of my son, Zedekiah, the rest of my goods. .

Source; New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company

Source: Ancestry.com. New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011..

Family/Spouse: Pettit, Elias. Elias (son of Pettit, Nathaniel and Bayley, Mary) was born in 1673 in Newton, Long Island, NY; died in 1729. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pettit, Obadiah was born about 1730; died before 23 Jan 1808 in Kentucky, USA.
2. Pettit, Zedakiah was born in 1724 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

Notes:

( I ) john Furman, born 1600, came from Wales, according to the family tradition, and He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Colony in 1631. Soon after this he probably removed to Long Island and little further concerning him is known.
( II ) Josiah and John Furman. sons of john. removed from Hempstead, Long Island, to the town of Newtown. where they purchased land and where john died in 1677, aged about 46 years, leaving a son Jonathan. Josiah Furman, born 1635,. in Massachusetts, died in 1705 in Newtown leaving sons, John,
Josiah, Joseph, David, Samuel and Jonathan
( III ) John (2), apparently eldest son of Josiah Furman, , born in Newtown, died there in 1726. He was one of the twenty-four patentees of Jamaica by grant of Governor Dongan made May 17, 1686. He married Margaret Lynch.

Tunis Garret Bergen, Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2 (New york, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), page 620.


Died:
Age: 76

John married Lynch, Margaret about 1674 in USA. Margaret (daughter of Lynch, Gabriel and (Lynch), Margaret) was born on 8 Feb 1660 in Newtown, Queens, New York, USA; died on 11 May 1742 in Long Island City, Queens County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Age: 82

Notes:

Colonial Families of the United Stated of Ammerica, Volume II, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, page 289

JOHN FURMAN, written also FOREMAN, FIRMAN or FYRMIN, an English Puritan, came to America with his brother Giles or Gyles FYRMIN, in Governor WINTHROP'S fleet in 1631, settling at Watertown, Mass. He brought with him two sons and four daus.

ISSUE
I. John. IV. A dau., m. ----JACKsON.
II. JOSIAH, h. 1625. v. A dau., m. How.
III. A dau., m. ---- BEERS. VI. A dau., m. WHITEHEAD.

Josiah FURMAN, b. 1625, sold his lands to his brother-in-law, ---- BEERS,
and moved to Hempstead, L. 1.; later to Newtown, L. 1.
ISSUE
1. John, b. at Hempstead, 1650; d. 1726; m. Mary LYNCH.
II. JOSIAH, b. 1652.
111. Joseph, b. at Newtown, 1655; m. widow of John BULL.
IV. David, m. Mary MORRELL.
v. Samuel, m. Elizabeth ROBERTS.
VI. Jonathan.

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From Find a Grave

Josias was the son of John Furman of Watertown, MA, who is thought to have come from Nayland, co. Suffolk, England. Josias is reportedly the same baptized at Nayland on 22 Apr. 1621, the son of John Furman and Susan Warren. The family arrived in New England in "Winthrop's Fleet" in 1630.

Josias settled in Hempstead, on Long Island, by 1657. By 1664, he relocated his family to Middleburgh/Newtown, in what would become Queen Co., NY.

He married at least twice. His wife Alice/Angelche is documented in 1669 and later, and is thought to be the mother of his children. They included six sons, as follows:

1. Josias Jr., b. abt. 1653--linked below
2. Joseph, b. abt 1655
3. John, b. 1650-56, d. 1726, m. Margaret Lynch
4. David, m. Mary Morrell
5. Samuel, m. Elizabeth Roberts
6. Jonathan

Josias married (second) to the widow Mary Weed of Stamford, CT, about 1692.

He died sometime between 1703 and 1709, presumably in Newtown where he resided.

Note: He was most likely buried in the Old Newtown Cemetery based on his residence. No documentation of burial or a gravestone has been found.

Josias married Beers, Alice in 1650 in USA. Alice died about 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gabriel married (Lynch), Margaret. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Colonial Families of the United Stated of Ammerica, Volume II, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, page 289

JOHN FURMAN, written also FOREMAN, FIRMAN or FYRMIN, an English Puritan, came to America with his brother Giles or Gyles FYRMIN, in Governor WINTHROP'S fleet in 1631, settling at Watertown, Mass. He brought with him two sons and four daus.

ISSUE
I. John. IV. A dau., m. ----JACKsON.
II. JOSIAH, h. 1625. v. A dau., m. How.
III. A dau., m. ---- BEERS. VI. A dau., m. WHITEHEAD.

Josiah FURMAN, b. 1625, sold his lands to his brother-in-law, ---- BEERS,
and moved to Hempstead, L. 1.; later to Newtown, L. 1.
ISSUE
1. John, b. at Hempstead, 1650; d. 1726; m. Mary LYNCH.
II. JOSIAH, b. 1652.
111. Joseph, b. at Newtown, 1655; m. widow of John BULL.
IV. David, m. Mary MORRELL.
v. Samuel, m. Elizabeth ROBERTS.
VI. Jonathan.

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From Find A Grave

John Furman (or Firmin) was born abt. 1588 in England and died by May 10, 1642 on Long Island, NY. He resided in America from 1633 to 1642. He was married to Susan Warren as his second wife. They were married June 30, 1618 at Nayland, Suffolk, England.

Children by his 1st wife:
Elizabeth bapt. April 27, 1615
John (twin) bapt. Feb. 10, 1617/18
Judith (twin) bapt. Feb. 10, 1617/18

Children by his 2nd wife (susan Warren):
Mary bapt. June 30, 1619
Josias (or Josiah) bapt. April 22, 1621
Benjamin bapt. Feb. 23, 1622/23
Martha bapt. May 30, 1624
John bapt. July 14, 1626
Catherine bapt. Dec. 14, 1628

Source: Great Migration Beginns, pp. 675-678. John Hart by Hammond, p. 253. Gumption by Furman, p. 75-15, & 47. Twenty Long Island Families by Loveless, p. 4. Southern New York by Reynolds, p. 620.

John married Warren, Susan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]