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 founded a new colony on Aquidneck Island, holding properties in Portsmouth and Newport. John was also party to the Pettaquamscutt Purchase in South Kingston. Margaret successfully sued…
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 (MA Bay colony) in 1633, were banished, settled Portsmouth (Rhode Island colony) had property in Taunton (Plymouth colony) and later property in Boston (MA Bay colony). Samuel jr. was party to…
One of my Forman ancestors loaned money to Henry VIII – bad idea. One arrested the governor of NJ for holding court while Scottish. There was a patriot tarred as a traitor for ages, and a religious refugee who persecuted Quakers on Long Island. Knights, vicars, patriots & scoundrels – 12 generations of Formans.
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. These snippets come from a variety…
Aaron Forman is my 9th great-grandfather. His father 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 his…
Aaron Forman is my 9th great-grandfather. His father 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 his…