Individual Details
William FURR
(1655 - 1734)
NOTE: In the Cavaliers and Pioneers Patent Book 4, John Sandever and Richard Addams transported a Henry Furr in 1658.
In the Tithable lists for Northumberland County, Virginia, is a listing for 1665 thru 1668 for John Furr(s) (the Constable) who is listed with two thithable persons, evidently himself and one Ralph Warnell. No record of John after 1668 which would indicate he either died or migrated, probably to the west into what became one of the other Virginia counties.
William Furr arrived in Northampton County, Virginia in 1655. According to "Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666," John Jenkins transported William and two others and received a grant of 200 acres. At the time Northampton County included much of the Northern Neck and well up into current Stafford County.
Primarily because of the continued name of William in our line and the highly likely age connections of the subsequent generations, my father and I made the leap of faith the William was the progenitor of our line. Unfortunately for positive verification, most of the records of Stafford County and other surrounding counties were either totally or very heavily damages during the Civil War and definitive proof has yet to be found.
We presume William to have been about 25 when he landed and that he probably began growing tobacco, the major product of the colony at that time.
William Furr is mentioned in the book "Early Virginia Immigrants 1623 - 1666," by George Cabell Greer. He was brought over in 1655 by John Jenkins, who was a large plantation owner near the Maryland border in what later became Accomac County. When William's term of indenture was over (about 1659) he left Northhampton County and married a widow and had only one daughter named Ann. I will have to search for her notes as to the exact details if you wish.
In the Tithable lists for Northumberland County, Virginia, is a listing for 1665 thru 1668 for John Furr(s) (the Constable) who is listed with two thithable persons, evidently himself and one Ralph Warnell. No record of John after 1668 which would indicate he either died or migrated, probably to the west into what became one of the other Virginia counties.
William Furr arrived in Northampton County, Virginia in 1655. According to "Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666," John Jenkins transported William and two others and received a grant of 200 acres. At the time Northampton County included much of the Northern Neck and well up into current Stafford County.
Primarily because of the continued name of William in our line and the highly likely age connections of the subsequent generations, my father and I made the leap of faith the William was the progenitor of our line. Unfortunately for positive verification, most of the records of Stafford County and other surrounding counties were either totally or very heavily damages during the Civil War and definitive proof has yet to be found.
We presume William to have been about 25 when he landed and that he probably began growing tobacco, the major product of the colony at that time.
William Furr is mentioned in the book "Early Virginia Immigrants 1623 - 1666," by George Cabell Greer. He was brought over in 1655 by John Jenkins, who was a large plantation owner near the Maryland border in what later became Accomac County. When William's term of indenture was over (about 1659) he left Northhampton County and married a widow and had only one daughter named Ann. I will have to search for her notes as to the exact details if you wish.
Events
| Birth | 1655 | England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 1734 | Stafford County, VA | |||
| Marriage | Elizabeth BATES |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth BATES (1640 - 1735) |
| Child | Thomas FURR (1679 - 1734) |
| Father | William FURR (1630 - ) |