Sarah (Strickland) Furman (abt. 1644 - 1742)

Born about 1644 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Wife of Josiah Furman Jr — married about 1680 in Newton, Long Island, Nassau County, New York

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1742 at about age 98 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, British North America [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1644. She May be the daughter of r Edmund Strickland and Hannah Unknown. She died 8 Jan 1742. ^[1]

From Find a Grave:

Sarah was born about 1644/45, the daughter of Edmund and Hannah Strickland of Fairfield, CT, and Newtown, Queens Co., NY. She married first to Thomas Roberts, who died in Newtown in Oct. 1679. They had at least six children: Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Furman), John, Thomas, Edmund, Jonathan, and an unborn child mentioned in the father's will. Daughter Elizabeth Roberts Furman, son Jonathan Roberts, and other Roberts family members settled in Trenton/Hopewell, old Hunterdon Co., NJ, as part of the Long Island migration to the area in the 1695-1710 period.

Sarah married second to Josias Furman Jr. of Newtown, about 1680. They had at least five children: Sarah (wife of Ralph Hart), Josiah, Richard, Mercy (wife of Gershom Moore and then Thomas Burrowes), and Martha (wife of Edward Hart). Sarah Strickland Roberts Furman and all of her Furman children--and probably also the father Josias Furman--relocated to Trenton/Hopewell/Maidenhead as well.

Marriages

Sarah married first to Thomas Roberts^[2] They had at least six children: ^[3]

1. John
2. Thomas
3. Edmund
4. Jonathan
5. an unborn child mentioned in the father's will.

Sarah married second to Josias Furman Jr. of Newtown, about 1680. They had at least five children^[4]

1. Sarah (wife of Ralph Hart)
2. Josiah
3. Richard
4. Mercy (wife of Gershom Moore and then Thomas Burrowes/Burrougs Sr)
5. Martha (wife of Edward Hart).

Sarah Strickland Roberts Furman and all of her Furman children--and probably also the father Josias Furman--relocated to the Trenton or Hopewell area.

Obituary

"Trenton, Jan. 11. Last Friday died here Sarah Furman, a Widow, about 97 Years of age: She was born at Fairfield, in New England; her Maiden-Name was Strickland; her first Husband's Name was Roberts, her second Husband's Name was Furman. Such was her Conduct, in every Station of Life, that she obtain'd, from all her Acquaintance, the Reputation of a Good Christian. Her helpless Old-Age, attended with twelve Years Blindness, was rendered easy to all about her, by her Patience and Resignation. She left a numerous Off-spring of her own Body, viz: ^[5]

Children ... 5

Grand Children ... 61

Great Grand Children ... 182

Great Great Grand Children ... 12 living, In all 260"

Burial

Burial is stated as First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey . Her funeral/burial, on 10 January 1742, was recorded by Rev. Mr. David Cowell of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton. Thus her grave is associated with this burial ground, although no gravestone survives or is known to have been documented here. ^[6]

Comments

Sarah was one of the great matriarchs of the Long Island migration to old Hunterdon (now Mercer) Co., NJ. Among the 260 descendants living at the time of her death were her grandson John Hart (Signer of the Declaration of Independence) and her great grandson Moore Furman (Deputy Quartermaster General of New Jersey during the Revolutionary War). ^[7]

Note: Regarding the family members living at the time of Sarah's death, referenced above, I have created a virtual cemetery of memorials as have been identified: Roberts-Furman (260 descendants of Sarah Strickland Roberts Furman). Sarah's descendants from her first marriage to Thomas Roberts are included in my Roberts Family virtual cemetery. Her descendants from her second marriage to Josiah Furman are included in my Furman Family virtual cemetery. -Joseph R. Klett

Gravesite Details Heartfelt thanks to Wayne Apgar for creating this memorial and to Mary Jo C. Martin for transferring it.

Family Members

Parents

Edmund Strickland 1610-1670

Hannah Strickland Fidoe Unknown-1695

Siblings

Mary Strickland Furman 1653-1714

Spouses

Thomas Roberts 1636-1679

Josias Furman 1653-Unknown

Children

Jonathan Roberts Unknown-1721

Richard Furman 1680-Unknown>

Sarah Furman Hart 1681-Unknown

Mercy Furman Burrows-Moore 1686-1742

Martha Furman Hart 1690-Unknown

Notes

From Find A Grave: Memorial #28549040:

Sarah Strickland Furman Birth: 1644 Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Death: 8 Jan 1742 (aged 97–98) Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Burial: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA Memorial #: 28549040 Bio: Sarah was born about 1644/45, the daughter of Edmund and Hannah Strickland of Fairfield, CT, and Newtown, Queens Co., NY. She married first to Thomas Roberts, who died in Newtown in Oct. 1679. They had at least six children: Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Furman), John, Thomas, Edmund, Jonathan, and an unborn child mentioned in the father's will. Daughter Elizabeth Roberts Furman, son Jonathan Roberts, and other Roberts family members settled in Trenton/Hopewell, old Hunterdon Co., NJ, as part of the Long Island migration to the area in the 1695-1710 period.

Sources

1. ↑ Analysis of Donald Lines Jacobus: "located Edmund Strickland at Fairfield where Sarah was born, at the right time to be her father; located Edmund at Newtown, a near neighbor to Thomas Roberts not many years before Sarah married Roberts; located family of Edmund in Hopewell where Sarah later lived; and the names of her sons bear out the interpretation that she was the daughter of Edmund and sister of Jonathan. Family of Edmund Strickland' in Strickland Notes by Donald Lines Jacobus in The American Genealogist, vol 19, p 44-45 and vol 21, p 85-88.
2. ↑ Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 9 September 2019), memorial page for Sarah Strickland Furman (1644–8 Jan 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #28549040, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Joseph R. Klett (contributor 47554493)
   1. Elizabeth (wife of Samuel Furman)
4. ↑ Seversmith, Herbert Furman, 1904-. Colonial Families of Long Island, New York And Connecticut: Being the Ancestry & Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith. Washington, D.C., 1939. Page Furman 1062. #46. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89063148571&view=1up&seq=46&q1=burroughs
5. ↑ The Pennsylvania Gazette, Philadelphia, PA, 27 Jan. 1741/42 [i.e., 1742 "new style"], p. 2:
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 9 September 2019), memorial page for Sarah Strickland Furman (1644–8 Jan 1742), Find A Grave: Memorial #28549040, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Joseph R. Klett (contributor 47554493) .
7. ↑ Ancestry link

See also:

• 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, by Thomas Patrick Hughes and Frank Munsell, Albany, NY

• Colonial families of the United States of America, George Norbury Mackenzie, New York, NY, Grafton Press

• 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

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28549040/sarah-furman