
1633. 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.

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.

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. This is from the Petition of…

Samuel Forman is my 8th great-grandfather. He was born in Hempstead, Long Island in 1662 and moved with his brothers, Thomas and Alexander, to Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey. He was a prominent settler and left a long trail of records before he died on 13 OCT 1740. This is the text of…

Robert Engle Forman. 1605 is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing about…

Robert Engle Forman (1605-1671) is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing his…

Robert Engle Forman. 1605-1671. is my 10th great-grandfather. He was 1 of 18 men, mostly English, who received a charter to settle Vlissingen [Flushing] on Long Island in 1645 from Willem Kieft, Director of the Dutch West India company. Flushing’s early records were destroyed in a late 18th century fire so we know nothing his…