The Weald - People history and genealogy

Robert Furley was born 1809 in St Georges Parish, Canterbury, the sixth child of John Furley, the Managing Partner of Canterbury Bank, and Elizabeth Buckhurst. Robert qualified as an Attorney and moved to Ashford where he practised for most of his life. He died there on 9th August 1887 at the age of 78.

His life's work, published in his sixties, is A History of the Weald, with an outline of The Early History of the County published in two volumes in 1871 and 1874. He was also a prominent member of the Kent Archaeological Society where he presented and published papers on An Outline of the History of Romney marsh in 1880, The Early History of Tenterden in 1882 and The Early History of Ashford in 1883.

Date	Type	Information	Source

1809	Born	At St. Georges in the Parish of Canterbury, Kent	1871 Census Ashford, Kent

15^th Apr 1834	Married	Margaret Rutton Creary at St. Mary's in the Parish of Marylebone, London	London Metropolitan Archives

1835	Birth of a daughter	Louisa Creary in the Parish of Ashford, Kent	IGI - Family Search

1836	Birth of a son	John in the Parish of Ashford, Kent	1871 Census Ashford, Kent

1839	Birth of a daughter	Eliza in the Parish of Ashford, Kent	IGI - Family Search

1840	Birth of a daughter	Margaret Hester in the Parish of Ashford, Kent	IGI - Family Search

9^th Aug 1887	Died	In the Parish of Ashford, Kent; registered at West Ashford District, Kent; ref: 1887 Q3 Vol 2a Page 433; aged 78 years	Probate Registry

15^th Nov 1887	Will proven	At Principal registry; Personal estate: £42,756 19s 7d	Probate Registry

The ancestral pedigree of Robert Furley, Attorney

m: c 1760

b: c 1740

b: 1762 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 23^rd Apr 1762 St. Alphege

b: 1764 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 7^th Aug 1764 St. Alphege

b: 1766 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 6^th Jul 1766 St. Alphege

b: 1769 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 14^th Feb 1769 St. Alphege

b: 1771 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 12^th May 1771 St. Alphege

b: 1773 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 26^th Apr 1773 St. Alphege

b: 1776 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 4^th Aug 1776 St. Alphege

Grandfather record

John Furley

m: 21^st Jul 1796 St. Andrew's, Canterbury, Kent

Elizabeth Buckhurst

b: 1773 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 26^th Apr 1773 St. Alphege

b: 1774 Kent

b: 1798 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 4^th Feb 1798 St. Georges

b: 1803 Canterbury, Kent
d: Oct to Dec 1859 registered at Canterbury District, Kent ref: 1859 Q4 Vol 2a Page 331

b: 1804 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 16^th May 1804 St. Georges

b: 1806 Canterbury, Kent

b: 1807 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 25^th Nov 1807 St. Georges

b: 1809 St. Georges, Canterbury, Kent
d: 9^th Aug 1887 Ashford, Kent, aged 78 years registered at West Ashford District, Kent ref: 1887 Q3 Vol 2a Page 433

b: 1811 Canterbury, Kent
ch: 12^th Apr 1811 St. Georges

b: c 1814 Canterbury, Kent

Parental record

Robert Furley

m: 15^th Apr 1834 St. Mary's, Marylebone, London

Margaret Rutton Creary

b: 1809 St. Georges, Canterbury, Kent
d: 9^th Aug 1887 Ashford, Kent, aged 78 years registered at West Ashford District, Kent ref: 1887 Q3 Vol 2a Page 433

b: 1817 Armagh, Ireland, daughter of John Creary
d: July to Sep 1888 aged 72 years registered at West Ashford District, Kent ref: 1888 Q3 Vol 2a Page 374

b: 1835 Ashford, Kent
ch: 8^th Feb 1835

b: 1836 Ashford, Kent
ch: 22^nd Apr 1836

b: 1839 Ashford, Kent
ch: 3^rd Feb 1839

b: 1840 Ashford, Kent
ch: 4^th Jun 1840

Family record