Brief Life History of John Nicholas
When John Nicholas Furner was born on 30 April 1665, in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nicholas Furner Sr, was 31 and his mother, Anne Bodle, was 27. He married Catherine Mary Catt on 29 April 1690, in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 1 October 1717, in his hometown, at the age of 52, and was buried in Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Nicholas Furner - Individual or family possessions: birth: 30 April 1665; Brede, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1988
- Nicholas Furner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English furner, fourner ‘baker, person in charge of a bake-house or oven’ (Old French fornier, furnier ‘baker’; Late Latin furnarius, a derivative of furnus ‘oven’). Compare Fournier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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