The Furly Family

This family name is also variously spelled as Furley, Furlie, Firlie and Ffurley.

Ann (Furly, Taylor) Lowe

Birth: 7 April 1676, in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: John Furly

Mother: Ann (Talcott) Furly

Married (1st): John Taylor on 18 March 1697/8 (OS/NS), in Colchester, Essex, England. Ann is listed as the daughter of John and Ann Furly. John was buried less than two months later, on 9 May 1698, in Colchester.

Married (2nd): Gilbert Lowe on 6 June 1699, in Colchester, Essex, England. Ann Taylor is listed as the daughter of John and Ann Furly.

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Death: 23 November 1708, in Colchester, Essex, England. David Tylcoat has Ann's death date as 23 December 1708. An Ann Low was buried in Colchester on 23 November 1708 according to the Non-Conformist records.

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Anne Furly

Birth: 21 April 1701, in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: William Furly

Mother: Anna (Vandewall) Furly

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Christian Furly

Father: John Furly

Mother: Christian (_____) Furly

Buried: 4 February 1698/9 (OS/NS), in Colchester, Essex, England

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John Furly

Birth: 9 December 1644, in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: John Furly

Mother: Anna (_____) Furly

Married: Ann Talcott on 22 June 1669, in Colchester Quakers Non-Conformist Church, Colchester, Essex, England

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Occupation: Merchant

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John's father, who was born in 1618 and died in 1686, was a prominent Quaker, who accompanied George Fox, William Penn and his son's wife's father, William Talcott, on an organising trip to Holland in 1677. John (1618-1686) was also the son of a John Furly (c.1590-1673) who was Alderman of Colchester in 1637 and Mayor in 1650, so we see some references to John (1616-1686) as "junior" (before the death of his father in 1673), and sometimes as "senior", when his son, John (1644 - ? ) is referred to as "junior".

John (1644 - ? ) was an executor of the will of Steven Crisp, who refers to him as a cousin (Steven Crisp and his correspondents p76) dated 23 May 1693:
I do nominate, constitute, and appoint my loving cozens, Sol. Freemantel, John Furly, and Richard Waller, all of Colchester, to be my exors of this my last will and testament, and doe give them five pound apeece.

Register of the scholars admitted to Colchester school, 1637-1740 pp59
A John Furley was admitted a freeburgess, 31st Aug., 1702, in right of his father together with his sons, James and Joseph, all three being Quakers.

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John Furly

Birth: 8 April 1673, in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: John Furly

Mother: Ann (Talcott) Furly

Married: Christian _____

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John Furly

Birth: 26 February 1695/6 (OS/NS), in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: John Furly

Mother: Christian (_____) Furly

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William Furly

Birth: 22 September 1674, in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: John Furly

Mother: Ann (Talcott) Furly

Married: Anna Vandewall on 25 November 1697, in Colchester, Essex, England. Anna was "of the Harwich family" of Vandewalls. Another Harwich Vandewall was  John Vandewall, a prominent Quaker. A party of Quakers on an organizing mission to Holland in 1677 stayed at John's house in Harwich at the start of their journey. The party consisted of, amongst others, George Fox, the founder of the Quaker movement, William Penn, and both of William's gradfathers - John Furly and William Talcott.

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William Furly

Birth: 14 September 1698, in Colchester, Essex, England

Father: William Furly

Mother: Anna (Vandewall) Furly

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