Richard Furman

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Richard was born in 1680. He is the son of Josiah Furmanand Sarah Strickland.
On December 18, 1710, purchased of Jasper Smith, of Maidenhead, New Jersey, one hundred acres of land, lying in the townships of Hopewell and Maidenhead, near Trenton, New Jersey, and removed thither, later purchasing considerable other land in that locality. His will, in which he is named as "Richard Furman, of the township of Trenton," bears date February 13, 1751-2, was proved November 8, 1757. Married Sarah Way, who survived him and they were the parents of six children: Josiah, Jonathan, Francis, Sarah (married John Closson), Mary(married a Clark), Elizabeth (married Thomas Kitchin).

Alternative birthdate is 1690.

Sources

<references />*Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Volume 2 By John Woolf Jordan, page 1206

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• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 10 2020, 12:50:31 UTC