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The Kents. Records
Richard Kent was born about 1586 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, England. He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634 on the ‘Mary & John’. These are excerpts regarding him from the various Newbury, MA town records.
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The Rolfes. Records
Henry Rolfe was born September 5, 1585 in Melchett Park, Downton, Wiltshire England, and died March 1, 1642/43 in Newbury, Essex, MA. These are records related to his time in the Massachusetts Bay colony.
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The Bishops. Records
John Bishop was a carpenter born in England around 1621. He was an early settler to the MA Bay colony and later was a founding settler of Woodbridge, NJ.
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Will of Henry Rolfe
Henry Rolfe was born in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England in 1585. He married his cousin Honor Rolfe in 1621. They emigrated to New England in around 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA.
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Will of Honor Rolfe
Honor Rolfe was born in Wiltshire, England around 1593. She was an early settler to Essex County Massachusetts and died unexpectedly in Charlestown.
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Will of Richard Gardner
Richard Gardner was born in 1622, in Charlestown, MA. There is rumor that his father was Captain Richard Gardner part owner of the Mayflower who returned to England with the ship.
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Will of John Rolfe
John Rolfe was born around 1550 and died around 1635 in Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England. His will is helpful in learning about the 2 of his sons that emigrated to MA Bay colony.
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New England Heretics
Six of my ancestors emmigrated to the Puritan colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1633. Within 5 years, all of them would be exiled for heresy.
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The Porters. Records
Margaret Lang Odding and John Porter were my 10th great-grandparents. Their daughter Hannah Porter was my 9th great-grandmother. They moved to Roxbury, then Boston, but were banished and then founded Portsmouth, R.I. Margaret successfully sued her husband for support.
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The Wilbores. Records
Samuel Wilbore Sr. and Anne Smith were my 10th great-grandparents. Their son, Samuel Wilbur, Jr. was my 9th great grandfather. They moved to Boston in 1633, were banished, settled in Portsmouth (R.I. colony) had property in Taunton (Plymouth colony) and also property in Boston (MA Bay colony).
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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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Hays Family
My great-grandfather, Theodore Clarence Brintzinghoffer, was born in Newark, NJ on September 19th, 1876. Each and every branch of his family tree came to America before the Revolutionary War. This is the story of his paternal grandmother’s line – The Hays.
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Henry Hays. Depositions
This is a transcription of multiple depositions taken in 1819 related to a lost deed for a property purchased in 1785 by Henry Hays, my 5th great-grandfather, from Daniel Ellis and William Smith, assignees of John Hays, at a public sale in Burlington Township.
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Archibald Craig. Deed
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer in Freehold, NJ between Jacobus Romine and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 25th of May 1720.
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Brintzinghoffers. 1650-1950
My grandfather, James Henry Brintzinghoffer, was very proud of his German roots and his family’s long history in America. He once told me they came over on the Mayflower – which wasn’t quite true – but it was closer to true than any of us realized until long after he was gone.
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Patrick Hassett: A Sapper from Clare
Patrick Hassett, my 2nd great-grandfather, was born around 1840. The population of Clare, Ireland peaked the year after he was born – 286,394 souls. By the time he was 10, 50,000 of them would be dead from famine and 25% would have emigrated with between 30-50% dying in the crossing.
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McAllens of Westminster
Daniel McAllen was a shoemaker born in Ireland around 1821 to James McAllen, a labourer. He emigrated first to England before the age of 20, and then to America at the age of 28, in 1848.
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Sersheim: The 30 Years War
Sersheim – Geschichte und Geschichten 792 – 1992, is a book by Christina Specht, from 1992. It is now out of print, un-digitized, and only available second hand shops. I’ve translated portions of it.
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Jacob Zutvan & Archibald Craig. Deed
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a land transfer between Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather and Jacob Zutvan / van Zutphen / Sutphen, my 7th great-grandfather, on 24 APR 1733 regarding a property in Freehold, NJ.
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Margrietje Gillissen had a farm in Manhattan
All Dutch era maps of Manhattan record the names of men. I found Margrietge’s farm by geolocating the men named in her deed as neighbors. Her farm was across the road from the New York Stock Exchange.
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John Craig & Archibald Craig. Deed
This is a transcription of a conveyance for a Spotswood Creek land transfer between John Craig, my 9th great-grandfather and Archibald Craig, my 8th great-grandfather on 10 APR 1702.
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James Craig. Deed
James Craig is my 8th great-uncle on my maternal grandfather’s side. This is a transcription of a Spotswood Creek, NJ property between James Edwin and James Craig from 10 APR 1702.
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William Hays. Deed
William Hays is my 6th Great-grandfather on my maternal grandfather’s side. This is a transcription of a property sale on his move to Burlington County in 1738.
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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.