When David Furman was born in 1667, in Hempstead Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Josias Furman, was 46 and his mother, Alice Beeres, was 42. He married Mary Morrell in 1679, in Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 27 May 1753, in Newtown, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 86, and was buried in Newtown, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America.
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Historical Boundaries 1683: Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Queens, New York, United States 1898: Borough of Queens, New York, United States
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Yakov, Mayer, Faina, Isaak, Naum, Anchel, Aron, Bronia.
Polish, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), Czech, Slovak, and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian furman, a loanword from German (see Fuhrmann ). See also Forman .
English: variant of Firmin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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