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John FURMEDGE

John FURMEDGE

Male 1801 - 1883  (82 years)


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  • Name John FURMEDGE 
    Birth 1801 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Apr 1883  Broadwey, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Burial 12 Apr 1883  Broadmayne, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I5  Furmedge
    Last Modified 14 May 2024 

    Father John FURMEDGE,   b. Between 1770 and 1773   d. Feb 1849, Broadwey, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann BILLETT,   b. Abt 1785, Hook, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Apr 1858, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 5 Dec 1799  Poxwell, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann ROBERTS,   b. 1808   d. 4 Apr 1892, Broadwey, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage 11 May 1830  Milton Abbas, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Mary Anne FURMEDGE,   b. 1833   d. 12 Mar 1916, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Hester Roberts FURMEDGE,   b. 1835, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1844, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 9 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. John Roberts FURMEDGE,   b. 1838, Beaminster, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1928, Folkestone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Jane FURMEDGE,   b. 1843, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1925, Great Baddow, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Ann Louisa FURMEDGE,   b. 1846, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1938, Burnham on Sea, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Elizabeth Roberts FURMEDGE,   b. 1849, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1939, Dorchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Martha FURMEDGE,   b. 1851, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1895, Earlswood, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 May 1830 - Milton Abbas, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Apr 1883 - Broadwey, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 12 Apr 1883 - Broadmayne, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The last will and testament of John Furmedge, Esquire of Broadway, Dorset was made 8th April 1882 assigning John Roberts Furmedge (his son), Thomas Ffooks (Esquire of Totnell, Leigh, Dorset) and Charles Thomas Hall (Esquire of Osmington, Dorset) as Executors.
      Bequests were: (1) All of his household furniture, horses, carriages and other effects to be divided between his four daughters (Mary Ann, Jane, Anna Louisa and Elizabeth Roberts) and all liquors and provisions to whichever of his daughters was living with him at the time of his death; (2) His Messages, Lands and Hereditaments in Broadmayne, Dorset to his eldest son John Roberts Furmedge**; (3) That John Roberts Furmedge and successive owners of the Broadmayne estate properly maintain and clothe his daughter Martha Furmedge either at the Earlswood Asylum or any other similar asylum; (4) All his Messages, Lands and Hereditaments in Broadway, Dorset and also the Freeshare of two acres in Rodden Mead, Abbotsbury, Dorset to his four elder daughters as tenants in common; (5) The residue of his personal estate to his Executors to administer, or dispose of, and hold in trust for his four elder daughters.
      ** Subject to the payment of £6,000 (principal) plus interest charged on part of the hereditaments through an indenture of 09 Oct 1872, made between John Furmedge, William Hosford, John Roberts Furmedge (eldest son), Lucy Wilmer Thompson, William Lawson Thompson and Charles Augustus Gosnell as settlement on the marriage of John Roberts Furmedge and Lucy Wilmer Thompson; also subject to a lease dated 10 Oct 1872 granted to John Roberts Furmedge for 99 years on consideration of a yearly rental and his payments of the interest; the lease to pass to his children on his death in equal shares.
      The will also states “I have not given anything to my wife by my will as she is otherwise well provided for and I have every confidence in my children that they will take care of her and provide her with whatever she requires for her comfort and happiness.”
      The will was witnessed by James Rowe and Henry Childs both at the Royal Hotel, Weymouth, Dorset. John Furmedge died at Broadway on 8th April 1883 and his will proved at Blandford 4th June 1883.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, John Furmedge: Registered: Apr-Jun 1883, District: Weymouth, Dorset, Vol: 5A, Page: 217.

    2. [S40] England & Wales, National Probate Calendars, John Furmedge, Probate Blandford 1883; digital images accessed on www.gov.uk.

    3. [S99] Wills and Grants: England & Wales, John Furmedge, dated 08 April 1882; digital image: www.gov.uk.

    4. [S6] St Martin (Broadmayne, Dorset), Parish Register, John Furmedge, Burial Register Entry, 1883, PE/BDM: RE 4/1, Page: 61; Digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.

    5. [S164] FamilySearch International, "Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1999", John Furmedge, Marriage Register Entry, 1799; Transcript accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk.

    6. [S8] St James (Milton Abbas, Dorset), Parish Register, John Furmedge, Marriage Register Entry, 1830, PE/MIL: RE 3/3, Page: 30; Digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.


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