Josiah Furman Jr (1645 - 1742)

Born 1645 in Newtown, Queens, New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Strickland) Furman — married about 1680 in Newton, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1742 at about age 97 in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey

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Biography

Josiah was born in 1645 and is the second son of Josiah Firman and Angelche Beers. He was born in either Newtown, Long Island or in New England in 1645, and he died in Hopewell, New Jersey, August 8, 1742, aged ninety-seven years, having either accompanied or followed his son Richard Furman (1680-1757) to New Jersey in 1710.

From Find a Grave:

Josias ... was the son of Josias Furman Sr., who settled in Hempstead (1657) and then Newtown (1664), Queens Co., Long Island, NY. Josias Jr. received land in Newtown on his father's account in 1679. He married the widow Roberts Sarah (Strickland) Furman (abt.1644-1742) about 1680.

Although Josias purchased other tracts in Newtown in the 1690s, he is thought to have relocated to Maidenhead, old Burlington Co., NJ, in the 1700-1710 period. This area became part of Hunterdon County when it was formed in 1714, and is now Lawrenceville, Mercer Co. Four of Josias's five children settled in the Maidenhead-Hopewell-Trenton vicinity, as well as his wife/widow. Note: His memorial is tentatively placed here based on his supposed residence at the time of death. No documentation of burial or a gravestone has been found. [ But he's thought to be interred at the Presbyterian Churchyard, Lawrenceville, Mercer County, New Jersey]

Josiah Furnam and Sarah Strickland and family Josiah, Richard, Sarah, Mercy and Martha. Page 289 Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 for Sarah Furman ^[1]

Children and Siblings

Children:

Jonathan M Roberts (abt.1665-bef.1721)unknown–1721 (stepson)

Richard Furman (1680-1757)1680 – unknown

Sarah Jane (Furman) Hart (abt.1681-aft.1749)1681 – unknown

Mercy (Furman) Burroughs (abt.1686-aft.1764) 1686–1742

Martha (Furman) Hart (1691-1745) 1690 – unknown

Research Notes

Family Search Sources

Josiah Firman buys land in Newton NY

1665 Josiah Firman pays Newton taxes 1667

Alternative Life Dates

Profile Furman-910 said Josiah was born about 1653 and passed away about 1742. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/61175/colonialfamiliesii-001242_289?pid=35888&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D61175%26h%3D35888%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DkNR10882%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=kNR10882&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• 'Family of Edmund Strickland' in Strickland Notes by Donald Lines Jacobus in The American Genealogist, vol 21, p 85-88.
• New Jersey Census, 1772-1890, compiler Ronald V. Jackson, Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1741 NJ Census,Hopewell Tp, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey, pg 52
• Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Volume 2 By John Woolf Jordan, page 1206
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing, MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004.
• American Ancestry: Giving the Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence A.D. 1776, Vol III, p 66, compiler Thomas Patrick Hughes and Frank Munsell, Albany, NY, 1893
• Colonial families of the United States of America, compiler George Norbury Mackenzie, New York, NY, Grafton Press, p 289
• The Hartpence Family in America: Descendants of Johannes Eberhart Pence and Hannah Kitchen of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 1735-1985, by Esther Leonard Heer, Baltimore, Gateway Press, Inc., 1989, pg. 226
• Find A Grave: Memorial #28548989 accessed on 03 Jun 2020 - It is assumed, but not confirmed, that he was buried near his wife at the First Presbyterian Churchyard in Trenton, Mercer Co., New Jersey. FindAGrave differs.e:
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28549095

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Furman-263 was created by Michael Scott Davis through the import of Davis Family Tree.ged on November 16, 2014.