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The Formans. 1508-1913
The first ‘Forman’ in America is an Englishman named Robert Engle Forman who arrived with his wife, Johanna Pore, in 1645. Robert and the 12 generations that follow him are well documented and undisputed – but the 4 preceding English generations are a bit in question.
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Lewis Forman.Petition against the Retaliators
Lewis Forman, my 6th great-grandfather, signed this petition in 1781 asking the NJ State Assembly to take action against the Retaliators – an illegal but tolerated vigilante group targeting loyalists.
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Lewis Forman. Petition on Corruption of Auction Commissioners
Lewis Forman, my 6th great-grandfather signed this petition in 1779, asking the NJ State Legislature to address corruption in the sale of confiscated Loyalist properties.
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Lewis Forman. Petition for Patriot Relief & Equal Military Burden
Lewis Forman, my 6th great-grandfather, petitioned for relief for Patriots left destitute by the British, and for the burden of military service to be shared equally by all citizens.
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Will of Aaron Forman
Aaron Forman was my 7th great-grandfather. He died in 1688, at the age of 52, leaving 7 children behind. The tone of his Last Will & Testament suggests he knew he was dying and had some time to prepare for it.
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Samuel Forman. 1662. High Sheriff
Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. This is the text of his appointment as High Sheriff of NJ.
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Samuel Forman. 2nd Remonstrance Against the Proprietors
Samuel Forman, my 8th great-grandfather, was born in Hempstead in 1662 and moved to Freehold, Province of East Jersey. In 1701, he signed a petition asking for the reunification of West and East Jersey.
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Samuel Forman. Takes Governor & Other Officials Prisoner
Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He arrested the Governor, Secretary and Attorney General of East Jersey for essentially holding court while Scottish.
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Samuel Forman. Remonstrance Against the Proprietors
Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. This is the text of the Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of East Jersey to the King, against the Proprietors, and asking for the appointment of a competent Governor.
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Samuel Forman. Records in Freehold & Oyster Bay
Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. he was born in 1662 in Hempstead, Long Island but these records relate to his life in Monmouth, NJ.
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Aaron Forman. Abusing on a Liqueur Tax Collector
Aaron Forman is my 9th great-grandfather. This tracks a case recorded in the Council Meeting Minutes 19 DEC 1658, where a 25 yr old Aaron and some other Hempstead men balked at paying a liquor tax and heaped abuse on the tax collector.
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Aaron Forman. Records
Aaron Forman is my 9th great-grandfather. He founded Flushing (1645) moved with his parents to Hempstead (1657-1671), lived in Jamaica, NY (1671), then Oyster Bay (1677). At the end of his life, he followed his 3 sons to Monmouth County, NJ.
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The Formans. Records
This tracks the Hempstead town records for both Robert Forman, b. 1605, and his son Aaron Forman, b.1633, my 10th & 9th great-grandfathers.
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Robert Forman. Letters, Documents, Trial Records
Robert Forman is my 10th great-grandfather. He was appointed Magistrate in Oyster Bay in 1664 and died there in 1671. This includes appointment letters and court records,
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Wills of Robert & Johanna Forman
Robert & Johanna Forman are my 10th great-grandparents. This is Robert’s will and the inventory of Johanna’s property when she died intestate.
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Robert Forman. Records
Robert Forman was my 10th great-grandfather. These references all come from the Book of Purposes, Court of Assize in Oyster Bay, NJ.
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Aaron Forman. Deed
This is a 1741 conveyance in Freehold, NJ. I initially believed this to be the deed of my 7th great-grandfather, but this transaction comes 2 months after his death – more likely one of his nephews.