John Fourness 1682–1717 – Whos Your Daddy? Wikigenealogy

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John Fourness, 1682–1717 (aged 35 years)

Name

John Fourness

Name: John /Fourness/
Surname: Fourness
Given names: John

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 7 December 1662 59 33 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Birth: Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 26 September 1682 — Illingworth Church, Illingworth, Yorkshire, England Death: 20 February 1687 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 2F219510FFDC25439C371DB01E19D7BFA5B9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Brearcliffe Phebe Fourness John Fourness Joseph Fourness Samuel Fourness 1662–1687 Birth: 7 December 1662 59 33 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 20 February 1687 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
mother	Links Birth: about 1664 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 70F3485F1C6B8D4898967A2CB30495E66C6D Marriage: 26 September 1682 — Illingworth Church, Illingworth, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 11 July 1689 — Headingley, Yorkshire, England Death: 27 August 1739 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Burial: 30 August 1739 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 2F219510FFDC25439C371DB01E19D7BFA5B9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nathaniel Priestley Dorothy Priestley Family with spouse Samuel Fourness Phebe Fourness John Fourness Joseph Fourness Jane Brearcliffe 1664–1739 Birth: about 1664 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 27 August 1739 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 26 September 1682 — Illingworth Church, Illingworth, Yorkshire, England
5 years younger sister	Links Birth: 14 October 1687 24 23 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 21 March 1699 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Phebe Fourness 1687–1699 Birth: 14 October 1687 24 23 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 21 March 1699 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
-5 years himself	Links Birth: about 1682 19 18 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 14 September 1713 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 10 November 1717 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 12 November 1717 — Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: BA18FE2B06ABD34888080CF71CEF60854A97 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Oates Jane Fourness Susannah Fourness John Fourness 1682–1717 Birth: about 1682 19 18 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 10 November 1717 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
brother	Links Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Joseph Fourness …–…

Mother’s family with Nathaniel Priestley
stepfather	Links Birth: about 1665 31 41 — Hipperholme, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 11 July 1689 — Headingley, Yorkshire, England Death: 5 September 1728 — Cross Hills House, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 9 September 1728 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England LDS baptism: 19 December 1918 LDS endowment: 15 April 1938 LDS child sealing: 4 September 1941 Unique identifier: 70F3485F1C6B8D4898967A2CB30495E66C6D Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Brearcliffe Dorothy Priestley Nathaniel Priestley 1665–1728 Birth: about 1665 31 41 — Hipperholme, Yorkshire, England Death: 5 September 1728 — Cross Hills House, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
mother	Links Birth: about 1664 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 70F3485F1C6B8D4898967A2CB30495E66C6D Marriage: 26 September 1682 — Illingworth Church, Illingworth, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 11 July 1689 — Headingley, Yorkshire, England Death: 27 August 1739 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Burial: 30 August 1739 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 2F219510FFDC25439C371DB01E19D7BFA5B9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Nathaniel Priestley Dorothy Priestley Family with spouse Samuel Fourness Phebe Fourness John Fourness Joseph Fourness Jane Brearcliffe 1664–1739 Birth: about 1664 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 27 August 1739 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 11 July 1689 — Headingley, Yorkshire, England
4 years half-sister	Links Birth: 1692 27 28 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Death: 27 January 1769 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 4805D6A7CB06BC439B1800F6767751AB2C4B Unique identifier: 37BCF286CD4C9346AFDDB3E51B0916EFAA62 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Rhodes Jonathan Rhodes Richard Rhodes John Rhodes Family with spouse Abraham Kershaw Dorothy Priestley 1692–1769 Birth: 1692 27 28 — Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Death: 27 January 1769 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Family with Frances Oates
himself	Links Birth: about 1682 19 18 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 14 September 1713 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 10 November 1717 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 12 November 1717 — Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: BA18FE2B06ABD34888080CF71CEF60854A97 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Oates Jane Fourness Susannah Fourness John Fourness 1682–1717 Birth: about 1682 19 18 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 10 November 1717 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
wife	Links Birth: 1689 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 14 September 1713 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: BA18FE2B06ABD34888080CF71CEF60854A97 Marriage: 16 September 1725 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 29 June 1770 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 3 July 1770 — Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 4FA4DB55BF4E4F4591EFC7B564D69229B54B Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Fourness Jane Fourness Susannah Fourness Family with spouse Gabetis Norton Frances Oates 1689–1770 Birth: 1689 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 29 June 1770 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 14 September 1713 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
1 year daughter	Links Birth: August 1714 32 25 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 25 July 1720 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 28 July 1720 — Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jane Fourness 1714–1720 Birth: August 1714 32 25 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 25 July 1720 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
3 years daughter	Links Birth: May 1717 35 28 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 20 July 1722 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 22 July 1722 — Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Susannah Fourness 1717–1722 Birth: May 1717 35 28 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 20 July 1722 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Gabetis Norton + Frances Oates
wife’s husband	Links Birth: Sawley, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 16 September 1725 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 17 October 1754 — Ovenden Hall, Ovenden, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 4FA4DB55BF4E4F4591EFC7B564D69229B54B Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances Oates Gabetis Norton …–1754 Birth: Sawley, Yorkshire, England Death: 17 October 1754 — Ovenden Hall, Ovenden, Yorkshire, England
wife	Links Birth: 1689 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 14 September 1713 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: BA18FE2B06ABD34888080CF71CEF60854A97 Marriage: 16 September 1725 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 29 June 1770 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Burial: 3 July 1770 — Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Unique identifier: 4FA4DB55BF4E4F4591EFC7B564D69229B54B Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Fourness Jane Fourness Susannah Fourness Family with spouse Gabetis Norton Frances Oates 1689–1770 Birth: 1689 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 29 June 1770 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 16 September 1725 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Events of close relatives
Birth	about 1682 19 18 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Marriage of parents	Samuel Fourness — Jane Brearcliffe — View this family 26 September 1682 Illingworth Church, Illingworth, Yorkshire, England
Death of a father	Samuel Fourness 20 February 1687 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Birth of a sister	Phebe Fourness 14 October 1687 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Marriage of a parent	Nathaniel Priestley — Jane Brearcliffe — View this family 11 July 1689 Headingley, Yorkshire, England
Birth of a half-sister	Dorothy Priestley 1692 Ovenden, Yorkshire, England
Death of a sister	Phebe Fourness 21 March 1699 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death of a paternal grandmother	Phoebe Dickenson 24 May 1705 Ovenden, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Frances Oates — View this family 14 September 1713 (aged 31 years) Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Birth of a daughter	Jane Fourness August 1714 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Birth of a daughter	Susannah Fourness May 1717 Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Death	10 November 1717 (aged 35 years) Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Burial	12 November 1717 (2 days after death) Halifax Parish Church Yard, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Unique identifier	46E6230FD9F67040AC965A3A799CF31ED959
Last change	27 August 2011 – 00:00:00

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Note	Name Prefix:<NPFX> Captain MI on wall of Halifax Parish Church FOURNIS On awhite marble monument, fixed to the south wall of the churc h between the third window from the east and the chancel screen . Arms. Sable, five fusils inpale, argent - Fourness Near this Place is Interr'd ye Body of Capn John Fournis who Die d the 10th and was buried the 12th of Nov 1717 aged 35 years; an d at a small Distance are interr'd the Bodies of two of his Daug hters, viz.,Jane, who died the 25th & was bried the 28 July 172 0 aged 5 Years 11 Months;& Susannah, who died the 20th & was bu ried the 22nd of July 1722 aged 5 yearsand two Months, Also Frances Wife to the abovesaid Cap John Fournis, who Diedth e 29th of June and was buried the 3 July 1770 Aged 81 years. Footnotes. (Son of Samuel Fourness. Served under the Duke of Marlborough a t Blenheim.He married, 14 Sep, 1713, Frances, daughter of Jame s Oates of Murgatroyd andRiddlesden, who married for her secon d husband Gabetis Norton of Sawley (Hunter's Fam. Min. Gen., p 9 3) The inscription from this point is not given in the Walker MS . "3 July 1770, Frances Norton, Ovn., Wid., buried" Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1925 "Excursion to Ovenden" page 94 The two sons of Samuel Furness both entered the army, the elde r John being Captain and the younger Joseph being Lieutenant. J oseph does not appear to have survived the wars, butCaptain Joh n Furness was serving under Marlboro' at the "Famous Victory" o f Blenheim in 1704, and does not appear to have settled down a t Ovenden tillafter the Treaty of Utrecht in 1712. On Septembe r 14th, 1713, he married Frances, daughter of James Oates of Mur gatroyd and Riddlesden. This was the James Oates who came a s a child to Ovenden Hall when his mother married Joseph Furness ...... Evidently Captain Furness still kept up the family connection wi th the cloth trade, for "on the 4th of November, 1708, Lord Ingr am (Lord of the Manor of Halifax) let "to John Fourniss of Ovend en, gentleman, Johnathan Maude of Halifax, gent., and Joseph Fou rness of the same, gent., all thosebuildings commonly called b y the names of Woolen Hall and Linen Hall, heretofore commonly u sed for the selling of cloth." Lord Ingram engaged not to setup any other Hall for the sellin g of cloth. This lease refers to the rebuilding of the old Halifax Cloth Hal l at Hall End. IBID page 97 Captain Furnessdied at Ovenden Hall, Nov. 12, 1717, and was bur ied in the Halifax Parish Church. He left two infant daughters, the eldest of whom, Jane, died Jul y, 1720, aged about six years. Of Susannah, the second daughter , the Northowram Register has the pathetic record, "Mrs. Furnac e of Halifax buried her only little daughter, July 22, 1772." (1 722?)

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Name Prefix:<NPFX> Captain
MI on wall of Halifax Parish Church
FOURNIS
On awhite marble monument, fixed to the south wall of the churc
h between the third window from the east and the chancel screen
.
Arms. Sable, five fusils inpale, argent - Fourness
Near this Place is Interr'd ye Body of Capn John Fournis who Die
d the 10th and was buried the 12th of Nov 1717 aged 35 years; an
d at a small Distance are interr'd the Bodies of two of his Daug
hters, viz.,Jane, who died the 25th & was bried the 28 July 172
0 aged 5 Years 11 Months;& Susannah, who died the 20th & was bu
ried the 22nd of July 1722 aged 5 yearsand two Months,
Also Frances Wife to the abovesaid Cap John Fournis, who Diedth
e 29th of June and was buried the 3 July 1770 Aged 81 years.
Footnotes.
(Son of Samuel Fourness. Served under the Duke of Marlborough a
t Blenheim.He married, 14 Sep, 1713, Frances, daughter of Jame
s Oates of Murgatroyd andRiddlesden, who married for her secon
d husband Gabetis Norton of Sawley (Hunter's Fam. Min. Gen., p 9
3)
The inscription from this point is not given in the Walker MS
. "3 July 1770, Frances Norton, Ovn., Wid., buried"
Halifax Antiquarian Society, 1925 "Excursion to Ovenden" page 94
The two sons of Samuel Furness both entered the army, the elde
r John being Captain and the younger Joseph being Lieutenant. J
oseph does not appear to have survived the wars, butCaptain Joh
n Furness was serving under Marlboro' at the "Famous Victory" o
f Blenheim in 1704, and does not appear to have settled down a
t Ovenden tillafter the Treaty of Utrecht in 1712. On Septembe
r 14th, 1713, he married Frances, daughter of James Oates of Mur
gatroyd and Riddlesden. This was the James Oates who came a
s a child to Ovenden Hall when his mother married Joseph Furness
......
Evidently Captain Furness still kept up the family connection wi
th the cloth trade, for "on the 4th of November, 1708, Lord Ingr
am (Lord of the Manor of Halifax) let "to John Fourniss of Ovend
en, gentleman, Johnathan Maude of Halifax, gent., and Joseph Fou
rness of the same, gent., all thosebuildings commonly called b
y the names of Woolen Hall and Linen Hall, heretofore commonly u
sed for the selling of cloth."
Lord Ingram engaged not to setup any other Hall for the sellin
g of cloth.
This lease refers to the rebuilding of the old Halifax Cloth Hal
l at Hall End.
IBID page 97
Captain Furnessdied at Ovenden Hall, Nov. 12, 1717, and was bur
ied in the Halifax Parish Church.
He left two infant daughters, the eldest of whom, Jane, died Jul
y, 1720, aged about six years. Of Susannah, the second daughter
, the Northowram Register has the pathetic record, "Mrs. Furnac
e of Halifax buried her only little daughter, July 22, 1772." (1
722?)