Furniss Family of Eastern Shore Va
Hi! Just found this group while helping my mother prepare for a Furniss/Furness/Furnace etc family reunion on Aug 25th in Onley, Va.
We are descended from William Furniss of Somerset Co MD (1635 - 1685) husband of Olive then Honora, father of: Comfort, Sarah, William Jr, Elizabeth, James, Rosanna, Priscilla & Catherine.
My grandmother was Beatrice Furniss Tull, dtr of Charles & Lola Furniss of Saxis, VA.
We have been looking for news/information on our family to "flesh out" the history dates (why did they move from Somerset Co? Etc) and for ancestral information about William (where in the UK did he come from? Who were his parents? Where was he baptized? Why did he come to MD?)
Any help or relatives welcome!
(We have acres to the "Miles Files" & the wonderful work done by Rebecca's Miller--think that's her name! I'm playing catch up to my mother...)