Catherine (Furbish) Neal (1673 - 1755)

Born 1673 in Dover, Stratford, New Hampshire

Daughter of William Furbush and Rebecca (Unknown) Furbush

Descendants

Died 1755 at about age 82 in Kittery, York, Maine

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Biography

Catherine was born in 1673. She is the daughter of William Furbish. She passed away in 1755. ^{[citation needed]}

Apparently Catherine was taken to court in 1698 because she sewed a shirt on a Sunday, a crime at that time. ^{[citation needed]}

He married Catherine Furbish in New England. ^{[1] [2]}Their children include:

1. Catherine, b. 1695^[3]
2. John, b. 1698
3. Andrew, b. 4 May 1701 ^[4] m. 18 July 1724, Amesbury, Essex, Mass. Dorcas Johnson. ^[5]
4. Hannah, b. 1704
5. Rebecca, b. 1707 ^[6]
6. Mary, b. 1708
7. James, b. 1711

DNA

• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. R.M.A. and her 10th cousin, Austin Wright, FTDNA kit # 959199, have an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Rebecca Unknown, the 9x great grandmother of both R.M.A. and Austin Wright.

Sources

1. ↑ Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
2. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 1153.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JGP
3. ↑ "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBV-6JN : accessed 22 June 2015), Andrew Neal in entry for Katherine Neal, 04 Dec 1695; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322. (baptism of their daughter Katherine)
4. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
5. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
6. ↑ "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBV-6PF : accessed 22 June 2015), Andrew Neal in entry for Rebecca Neal, 20 Jan 1706; citing ; FHL microfilm 11,322. (birth of their daughter Rebecca)