Beers, Sarah

Richard married Furman, Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of Furman, John and unknown) was born on 27 Apr 1615 in Nayland, Suffolk, England; died on 16 Jun 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Find A Grave:

Elizabeth Firmin was baptised on April 27, 1615 in Nayland, Suffolk, England. Her father was John Firmin, her mother is unknown. She immigrated in 1630, with her family in the Winthrop fleet. She married Richard Beers in Watertown, Massachusetts about 1638. She died in Watertown, Massachusetts on June 16, 1706.

The identity of Richard Beers' wife as Elizabeth Firmin is not absolutely established, but it is suggested by Anderson who notes in his treatment of John Firmin (with square brackets in the original): "In the Boston Newsletter for June 24, 1706 is the notice of death in Watertown on 16 June of that year of 'Mrs. Elizabeth Beers (widow of Capt. John [recte Richard] Beers...) in the 92 year of her age.... She came to New England in June 1630 being then sixteen year old, and lived in New England 76 years." This would be the right age for the Elizabeth who was baptized to John Firmin in Nayland, and her husband did acquire the estate of John Firmin. He acquired it, however, from a person who had purchased the land from the heirs of John Firmin, and we would have to assume that Richard Beers and his wife had been parties to the sale to Barnabas Fawer, and then had turned around and repurchased the land from him.

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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 unknown. died before 24 Feb 1617/18; was buried on 24 Feb 1617/18. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]