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.
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1508-1913. The Formans
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.
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1781. Petition against the Retaliators. Lewis Forman.
Lewis Forman. 1730 was my 6th great-grandfather. He was born in Freehold and worked as a merchant in Middletown, Manhattan, and New Brunswick. He signed 4 petitions during the Revolutionary War. In this petition, signed DEC 1781, Lewis asks the Legislature to take action against the Monmouth County Retaliators. The Retaliators were an unauthorized but tolerated…
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1779. Petition on Corruption of Auction Commissioners. Lewis Forman.
Lewis Forman. 1730 was my 6th great-grandfather. He was born in Freehold and worked as a merchant in Middletown, Manhattan, and New Brunswick. He signed 4 petitions during the Revolutionary War. In this petition, signed 24 MAR 1779, he asks the Legislature to address corruption by the Monmouth County Auction Commissioners entrusted with the sale…
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1779. Petition for Patriot Relief & Equal Military Burden. Lewis Forman
Lewis Forman. 1730 was my 6th great-grandfather. He was born in Freehold and worked as a merchant in Middletown, Manhattan, and New Brunswick. He signed 4 petitions during the Revolutionary War. In this petition, signed 31 MAY 1779, he asked for relief for Patriots left destitute by the British, and for the burden of military service to…
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1650-1950. The Brintzinghoffers
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.