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- Waitman Furbee was born 5 Sep 1783 in Magnolia, Kent County, Delaware Colony, British Colonial America. His father was Caleb Furbee b. 1752 to Bowers Furbee and Anna (Sipple) Furbee. His mother was Sarah (Craige) Furbee b. 1753 to Alexander Craige and Elizabeth (Mann) Craige. The couple were married 177X? In Kent County, Delaware Colony. Waitman was named after his Uncle Waitman "Wait" Furbee and Waitman Sipple Jr. was his paternal grandmothers father.
Caleb, Sarah and most of their children (What Children?), including Waitman, migrated to Monongalia County, Virginia, now West Virginia Abt 1790. It was there that Waitman me Catherine N. "Katy" Leap. Her father was John Wesley Leap b. 1735 to Johannes Nickel "John" Leab (?) and Barbara (mnu) Leab (?). Her mother is Margaret Emily (Crow) Leap b. 1750 to John Crow and Mary (Hart) Crow.
Waitman and Katy were married Abt. 1806 in Monongalia County. Their children John George, Elizabeth, Caleb, Samuel, Sarah Evelyn, Mary Bell and Catherine Miranda were all born in Monongalia County. The family lived there until 1823.
2 May 1812 Secured a Peace Bond in Monongalia County, Virginia, United States as the story goes it was done to protect Gabriel from John Wesley Jr.
Sometime in 1823 the family migrated south west to the headwaters of Little Fishing Creek, Tyler County, Virginia, what is now near Wileyville, Wetzel County, West Virginia. This is where their last child Gabriel was born. It was a few years later in 1825 that Waitman was granted 100 acres on Little Fishing Creek and an additional 170 acres on McElroy's Creek, wich is significantly south of Little Fishing Creek in both Tyler and Doddridge Counties. WHY DID HE MOVE IN 23 not 25?
01 Jun 1830 - 1830 Census Tyler County, Virginia, United States Name: Hastman Furby. Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49.
Other early settlers of the region were the Alley, Anderson, Clark, Gorby, Joliff, Long, Martin, Mason, Mooney, Postlethwait,and Young families. A Bowers and John Furbee (Clarify what Bowers and what John) were granted land nearby from the Commonwealth of Virginia who was trying to encourage settlement in that area. All of these lives became intertwined, but none immediately so much as the Postlewait family. Richard Nelson I lived over the hill from the Furbees, to the West on Rocky Run, having secured a land grant of 300 acres from the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1826. Three of the children of Richard Postlewait I married Furbee children.
1. John George married Elkiah (sp?) "Elise" Postlethwait
2. Samuel Furbee married Jane Postlethwait
3. Catherine Miranda Furbee married Richard Nelson Postlethwait II
1 Jun 1840 - 1840 Census Tyler County, Virginia, United States. Name: Waitman Furbee. 1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59. Employed in Agriculture 2.
April 11th, 1846
13 Sep 1850 - 1850 Census
Name: Waitman Fourby. Age 67. Birth Year abt 1783. Birth place Delaware. Home in 1850 District 64, Wetzel, Virginia, USA. Gender Male. Family Number 383.
Waitman, Katy, their children, (Some of whom were named after Presley Martin, founder of New Martinsville) could be found in the same area, what is now Proctor District of Wetzel County, West Virginia, along with many other descendants, spanning many generations, to this day. RUN ON!!!
4 Jul 1860 - 1860 Census
Name Watesman Furbey. Age 75. Birth Year abt 1785. Gender Male. Birth Place Delaware. Home in 1860 Wetzel, Virginia. Residence Post Office: Knobford (Knob Fork).
Waitman died in 1863 of Dropsey. He and Katy were laid to rest, with no head stones, on his farm on what is now known as Higgins Cemetery. I, as well as other researchers, believe it was finances that led to the lack of any sort of marker.
His will was probated in Tyler County.
The couple do have a headstone now, placed "By Descendants" well after they died, some time Aft. 1970. Bowers F. Furbee, son of Samuel Furbee, son of Waitman and other descendants such as Carl Bryan Shuman, great - grandson of Sarah Evelyn Furbee, daughter of Waitman, knew the precise spot within the family cemetery where our ancestors had been laid to rest. If not for their knowledge no marker would exist today.
* Waitman or a Caleb Furbee bought 230 acres of land for $4.95 on West Run. This Caleb was his Dad or a cousin. We do know this Caleb was married to a woman named Sarah and Waitman's mother was indeed a Sarah. I think Waitman is who bought the land. I need the year!
* McKimmie lists 6 children only. Check DNA and Census for Children.
- May 16, 1907
Listed death date for his two youngest daughters. Fix.
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1783 - 1863 (79 years)
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Elizabeth Furbee, b. Feb 1809, Monongalia County, Virginia, United States 
