Furman, Josias

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]

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]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bull, Mrs. John. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Morrell, Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Roberts, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Family/Spouse: Titus, Susannah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Fauquier County . Virginia. Deed Book 17 . page 377
23rd September 1808 - We, Samuel Pettit and William. Pettit , Of THE COUNTY Of SCOTT AND STATE OF KENTUCKY constitute and appoint Thomaa. Pettit , of the County of Fauquier, State of VirgInia and John H. Pettit , of the County of Culpeper. Virginia our true and Lawful attornay in fact to transact all business relative to the Estate of Obadiah Pettit , d ec'd., wherein we are interested and to which Estate we are legatees., etc. (Sworn to before Fielding Bradford and Peter Mason, Justices of the Peace for Scott County, Kentucky and certified to by Cary L. Clarke , Clerk of Scott County, Kentucky).

They Went Thataway, Charles Hughes Hamlin, (Richmond, VA, 1964-1966), page 13
Note: Keturah Pettit of Fauquier County, Virginia also gives her Power of Attorney to John H. Pettit of Culpeper County , Virginia .

Fauquier Co., Va Will Book 6 . page 55 -

John H. Pettit and Thomas Pettit, as administrators of the Estate of Obadiah Pettit, dec 'd., from July 9, 1808 to 23 January 1812 , records the debits and credits against the Estate and
makes a Settlement of the Estate to the following heirs and distributees : Keturah Pettit, Nathaniel Pettit, William Pettit, Samuel Pettit, Joseph
McDowell, Francis Walden , Richard Roberts, John H. Pettit, Thomas Pettit. Recorded: 26 September 1814 .

Fauquier County. Virginia Deed Book 17. page 360

14th November 1818 • Nathaniel Pettit OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY (no County stated) . sells for $820.00 . to John Kemper· all his right, title, interest, claims, and demands of and to that part of the real property of My father, Obadiah Pettit , dec'd.," lying and being in the County of Fauquier, Virginia and also my right, title, etc., in the Estate of Nathaniel Owens, dec'd., .
Witnesses: Daniel Withers, George H. Payne,
John A. W.(?) Smith.

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A letter from Sylvia Pettit Welch, of 511 Townsend St., Lansing, Michigan, on file at the Kentucky Historical Society Library, and dated Aug 1st 1832, but obviously intending 1932 as it mentions many marriage and death dates after 1832 and even into the 1900's, says:

"Obediah and Zedacia Pettit brothers of near Lynchburg, Va., came to Fayette Co. Ky about the beginning of the last century (1800). Obediah married Ann (surname unknown). Their children: Keturiah; Nathaniel married Rebecca Owens; William married Betsey Davis; Samuel married Elizabeth Bragg; Mary married Richard Roberts; Elizabeth married Francis Walden; John H. married Catherine M. a sister of Sarah Campbell; Thomas married Behethelon Owens."

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From The Pettit Correspondent, Volume 2, Number 2, page 76

Pettit / Furman / Waldron

Compiled by Lesba L. Thompson
(1745 Meredith Lane, Belleair, Clearwater, Florida 34616)

Obadiah Pettit (Will Book 6, page 55, Fauquier Co., Va.) was from Somerset Co., NJ; his mother was Jane Furman Pettit. Her will, filed under her maiden name, is in the Somerset Co., NJ records (Vol. 5 NJ, Wills, 193-4, NJ Archives). The will dated 12 Dec. 1770, proved 1773, names sons, Obadiah and Zedekiah. These brothers migrated to Culpepper Co., Va. about 1770; Obadiah sold his land there in 1776 and bought land in Fauquier Co., Va.

Francis Waldron (sometimes misspelled Walden) married 12 Oct. 1795, Fauquier Co., Va. Nancy Ann, daughter of Obadiah Pettit and his spouse, Ann H. (probably Hedges). Shortly after their marriage Nancy and Francis Waldron moved to Brooke Co., Va. (now W. Va.) with two sisters of Nancy and their families: Mary Pettit Roberts and Spouse Richard; Elizabeth Pettit McDaniels, spouse, Joseph. In 1811 Francis and Nancy Pettit Waldron moved to Jefferson County, Ohio; she died there prior to 1833 and he in October 1835, in Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., where they were buried.

The will of John H. Pettit, dated 24 July 1830, proved 28 Feb. 1831, named wife, Catey and nephew John, son of Obadiah and Nancy A. Waldron (this will probably in Bloomfield Station, Jefferson Co., Ohio, is filed in Will Book 12, page 21, Fauquier Co., Va.)

Died:
based on estate administration

Family/Spouse: Hedges, Ann. Ann was born about 1735. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]