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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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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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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.