Brief Life History of John
When John Ffurse was christened on 23 February 1651, in Crewkerne, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Furze, was 30 and his mother, Aves Coleman, was 24.
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- John Forse, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"
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Name Meaning
English (mainly Devon and Cornwall): topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of land that was thickly grown with gorse, from Middle English furs, firs ‘furze, furze-covered land’ (Old English fyrs), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, as for example Furze in Devon and Cornwall. Compare Furze .
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