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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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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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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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John Patrick O’Mullan
On January 4, 1907, my grandfather, John Patrick O’Mullan was born to Daniel William Mullan and Elizabeth Gallagher in Moyaver, County Antrim, Ireland. They christened him at St. Olcan’s church – where his father was christened and his family is buried.
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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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The Browns of Newark
My great-grandmother, Honora Brown, was baptized ‘Honora’ in Newark, NJ in 1872. She was called ‘Lenora’, then ‘Eleanora’, and finally ‘Eleanor’. Her granddaughter and 2nd great-granddaughter are both named Eleanor.