The origin of the name Furber is English and the Coat of Arms contains An ermine shield with a greyhound on a black fesse indendted, between three black griffins' heads.
Spelling variations include: Furbisher, Frobisher, Frobishar, Frobyfar, Furbusher, Frobysher, Frobishire, Furbishire, Furbyshire, Furbisher, Furbishaw, Furber, Frobishaw, Ferbishaw, Forber and many more.
First found in Shropshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Many settlers were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.
