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THE FORMAN GENEALOGY Descendants of Robert Forman of Kent Co., Maryland, who died in 1719-20; ALSO Descendants of Robert Forman of Long Island, New York, who died in 1671 : The Forman Family of Monmouth Co., New Jersey; TOGETHER WITH Notices of other Families of the Name of Forman. COMPILED PRINCIPALLY BY MISS ANNE SPOTTSWOOD DANDRIDGE FOR MRS. E. P. DISMUKES OF COLUMBUS, GA. CLEVELAND, OHIO: THE FORMAN-BASSETT-HATCH CO. 1903. A^ ^ -5 OF CONTENTS. ^Descendants of Robert Fonnan of Keut Co., Maryland : gRAPh no. Robert Foriuau the Immigrant, Lis acquisitions of land, his will probated 1720. His son Robert's will. Order of his children. j Arthur Forman 1st, eldest son of Robert, will probated 1757 2 Francis Forman 1st (1702-1758), son of Arthur 1st, abstract of will 3 John, eldest son of Francis 1st (d. 1785); abstracts of his will, and of the wills of Henrietta his widow, and of Alice their daughter 4 Sweatnam Forman of "Royston," Q. A. Co. (d. 1807), son of John 5 Arthur Forman 2nd, second son of Francis 1st, d. intestate 1785, abstract of inventory, will of Mary his widow, d. 1817.. g William, second son of Arthur 2d, sketch of his life 7 Jesse Forman, son of William, and Dr. S. E. Forman of Baltimore, grandson of Jesse Forman 8 Francis Forman 2nd (1773-1857), son of William, sketch of his life. His will ; the will of his widow; inscription on tombstones o Arthur Immel Forman (1807-1867), eldest son of Francis 2nd, sketch of his life. Ancestry of his wife, Mary Ann Booth of Virginia. Civil War reminiscences of his son. Dr. William Booth Forman of Florida (Confederate Army) ' jO Mrs. Anne E. (Forman) Dismukes, daughter of Arthur Immel Forman H Mrs. Anne E. (Forman) Jones, daughter of Francis Forman 2nd 12 Mrs. Caroline (Forman) Howard, daughter of Francis Forman 2nd I3 William Raymond Forman, son of Francis Forman 2nd I4 Arthur Thomas Forman, son of William Raymond Forman _ I5 Mrs. Mary Jane (Forman) Vickars, daughter of Francis Forman 2nd 16 Table of Descent Extracts from Church Registers, from other Records, etc.. Ig j^ 32 Wills recorded in Annapolis ~~~~~~ ------ ---.__ _--_____ ^y Rev. John Forman (1773-1840) 20 Letters of Administration recorded in Baltimore 21 Wills recorded in Baltimore Abstracts of some Baltimore wills 00 * 0-7 Pedigrees from same „„ , „« ' — ^8 and 29 Items from Baltimore newspapers __ o/> Wills recorded in Centreville, Md. „, Admin istration accounts from Centreville 09 CON TENTS— Continued . PARAGRAPH NO. 35 SwKATN AM Family— Genealogy of. - - Will of Sweatuaiu Burn, etc --- - "• The Family of Hon. E. E. Farman of Warsaw, New York. ^'^ Descendants of Robert Forniau of Long Island : , . .... 38 Introduction -- The English Genealogy - - - 39 to 41 Robert Fornian the Immigrant, his will, etc -- An Moses, sou of Robert - - 44 Samuel, son of Robert - --- Aaron, sou of Robert, and his sons '^'^' •*"' '*' Samuel Forman. son of Aaron, his commission as High Sheriff of Monmouth County, New Jersey -- - - — " 49 Extracts from New Jersey Archives The children of High SherifE Samuel Forman - ^^ Judge Jonathan Forman (d. 1762), second son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman of Mon- mouth Co., N. J., and his descendants - ^^ *^° ^^ Samuel Forman of Middletown Point, eldest sou of Judge Jonathan 53 Gen. Jonathan Forman, eldest sou of Samuel of Middletown Point; Governor Horatio Sey- mour of New York, aud other descendants of Gen. Jonathan Forman 54 Philip Freneau, son-in-law of Samuel Forman of Middletown Point 55 56 Major Samuel S. Forman. Peter Forman, second son of Judge Jonathan, and his descendants 57 to 69 Garrett Forman and descendants - °^ '° Judge William P. Forman -- ^^ Jonathan Clayton Forman of Cleveland, Ohio --- Sheriff David Forman, youngest son of Judge Jonathan, and his descendants 70 to 74 74 Tunis Forman - ' Aaron Forman (d. 1742), third .son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman of Monmouth, and his descendants, William Henry Forman of New York City aud others 75 Captain John Forman (d. 1748), fourth son of High Sheriff Samuel Formau, and his descendants. Col. Samuel Forman of the Revolution. '6 Joseph Forman (d. 1775), fifth son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman and his descendant8.77 to 102 Joseph Forman 2d, eldest son of Joseph ..- ' 80 CI IV II ^£> C*LIV» J »J *•* lUUliw-'J" J-"!" _----. ------ ------ .-- Richard Howell Forman --- - The Formau family at Natchez and in Missis.sippi .. 87 89 Stephen Samuel Forman.. - -- Ezekiel Forman, second son of Joseph 1st -- Will of Thomas Marsh. -- ^^ 95 Gen. Thomas Marsh Forman of " Rose Hill," Cecil Co., Md - Col. Joseph Formau of Queen Anne's Co. - CONTENTS— Continued. PARAGRAPH NO. Major Ezekiel Foniiau of " Cloverfields," Q. A. Co Ezekiel Marsh Foriuau of Centreville .. Hon. Ezekiel F. Chambers Gen. David Fornian of the Revolution Ezekiel FoRMAN of Upper Freelu.ld, Monmouth Co.. New Jersey (d. 1746J, sixth .son of High hhenff bumuel Fonnau of Monmouth, and his descendants 103 to 149 Thonaas Forman, secoud son of Ezekiel of Upper Freehold, and his descendants in Kentucky ^ and elsewhere •' jQ^ Ezekiel Forraau of Mason Co., Ky., eldest son of Thomas IQg Thomas Seabrooke Forman of Louisville, Ky., eldest son of Ezekiel of Mason Co 107 Col. James Brown Forman of the Union Army, son of Thomas Seabrooke Forman of Liouisville John Samuel Forman, third son of Ezekiel Forman of Mason Co., Ky HO Rev. Ezekiel Fonnan, D. D., of Kentucky, son of Ezekiel Forman of Mason Co.... ... . 116 Benjamin Rice Fonnan of New Orleans, son of Rev. Ezekiel Fonnan, D. D 117 Thomas Throckmorton Forman of Lexington, Ky., son of Rev. Dr. Ezekiel Forman 118 Rev. Charles William Fonnan of Lahore, India, sou of Ezekiel Fonnan of Mason Co., Ky 119 Whiteman W. Forman of Paris, Ky., son of Ezekiel Forman of Mason Co '..... 121 Joseph Forman of Mason Co., Ky., sou of Thomas j^^ Hou. George Lewis Formau of Mason Co., Ky., son of Joseph. 130 Lieutenant San.uel Tebbs Forn.-,n of the Confederate Army, son of Hou. Ge... L. Forman'. 131 Samuel Fonnan of Ma.?on Co., Ky., son of Thomas jgg Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman of Mason Co., Ky., sou of Samuel 136 Dr. Aaron Forman of Hunterdon Co., N. J., tlnrd .son of Ezekiel of Upper FreehohirMon- mouth Co.,— his sons, and their descendants jjg ^,^ j^g Ezekiel Forman, fourth son of Ezekiel Formau of Upper Freehold, Monmouth Co N J " 149 pEscENDANTS of Robert Fonuan of Long Island, in Westchester and Tioga Counties N Y in Calitornia, Canada, and elsewhere pTHER Families whose connection with the foregoing has not been traced 161 to 153 Judge Joshua Forman, the founder of Syracuse-sketch of his life, etc 151 Aaron Formau, Revolutionary Soldier from Virginia. ._ Hon. William S. Formau of Illinois ... Rev. Aaron Parker Forman The Fonmin family of St. Clair Co., Ala., descended from Samuel Formau of Halifax Co., 152 152 152 N.C. __ Extracts from Annals of Newtown, Long Island. 153 154 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Rose Hill ...Froutispiecc Francis Eagle Fornian - 1^ Samuel Eagle Foriuau, A. M., Ph. D 19 Frauds Foriuau -^ Mrs. Aune E. (Imniel) Foriuau 23 Arthur Immel Formau -- 27 Residence of Arthur I. Foriiiaii 29 Booth Coat-of-Arnis - 30 Mrs. Mary A. (Booth) Formau 30 William Booth --. - --- 32 "Leiuster," Nottoway Co., Virginia 34 Major William Fitzgerald 34 Mrs. Sarah (Epes) Fitzgerald 34 Dr. William Booth Formau 37 Mrs. Elisha Paul Dismukes 41 E. Paul Dismukes, Jr_ 42 Childreu of E. P. Di.=niukes, Jr 42 Robert Ernest Dismukes 42 The Teuneut Parsonage 75 Mrs. Eleanor Formau Hankiuson 81 Ebenezer Forman 82 Garrett Fornian. 85 Taoe Mrs. K.-thtr 1\>: man Cadinu.<- .-- -- 86 Williiiui P. Fonuau 89 Samuel William Formau - 91 Jonathan Clayton Formau 91 Samuel William Formau, 2d- 91 General Thomas Marsh Formau 105 General David Formau - 112 Colonel James Brown Formau 117 Rev. Charles William Formau 123 Lieut. Samuel Tebbs Formau - 127 William Forman - 130 Judge Joshua Forman. 135 Mrs. Elizabeth Fonuau Buckelew. 140 Fransincliy Fornian - - 140 Mrs. Catharine Formau Way. -140 Emma Francis Way. -- 140 Jonathan Forman — 144 John Clayton Formau 144 Mary Jane Forman 144 Jonathan Claytou Formau, Jr 152 Elizabeth Mary Formau 152 Residence of Jonathan Claytou Formau 152 INDEX TO APPENDIXES. PAGE. Booth Family, further information, Appendi.K A. --- --- 14o Wyckoff Family, Appendix B -. -- ^^'' Jonathan Forman, of Freehold, N. J., Appendix C - 14^ Hamilton Forman, Appendix D - George V. Formau, Appendix D - -- - Justus Miles Forman, Appendix E. --- 1'^ 14 Robert Henry Forman, Appendix F -- Hon. William S. Forman, of East St. Louis, Appendix G 149 Jacob Forman, of Westchester County, N. Y., Appendix H -- -- 150 PREFACE. At the beginning of the researches made by Miss Anne Spottswood Dandridge on the genealogy of the Forman family in Maryland, it was hoped that a common ancestor for all persons of the name could be found. This hope is as yet unfulfilled, but it has nevertheless been thought best to include in the book not only the descendants of Robert Forman, who died in 1719-20, but also another family whose ancestor came to Maryland from Monmouth Co., New Jersey, later in the same cen- tury—the eighteenth. Much information had been collected regarding the New Jersey family before it appeared that the connection, if any, was remoter than at first supposed, and a good deal has been since added relating to other branches of the New Jersey family whose earliest ancestor in America, also named Robert For- man, died in Long Island in 1671. There will also be found in these pages notices of other families of the name whose connection with the two mentioned is as yet untraced. It is proper to state that, while the book has been principally compiled by Miss Dandridge, much additional matter has been added by various contributors, to all of whom I desire to renew the expression of my thanks. The following have been especially helpful in rendering assistance: Mrs. Josephine Forman Rodgers of Washington, D. C, Hon. E. E. Farman of Warsaw, N. Y., Mr. J. Clayton Eorman of Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. W. B. Forman of Florida, Mr. Charles Forman of New Orleans, La., and Hon. E. P. Dismukes of Columbus, Ga., and others whose names will be mentioned in the body of the work. Additional information and corrections will be welcomed. 1515 Third Avenue, A. E. F. Dismukes. Columbus, Ga. (Mrs. E. P. Dismukes.) THE FORMAN GENEALOGY. Genealogy of the Forman Family of Maryland— Descended from Robert Forman who died in 1720. 1. From the Index of Early Settlers in the Land ofBce at Annapolis, Mary- land, Liber 18, folio 94, it appears that Robert Forman arrived in Maryland in the year 1674. Whether he came directly from England or was an offshoot of a family already settled in the colonies — perhaps of the family which had settled in Long Island a generation before, is unknown. That such a removal would not be singular is shown by the case of Augustine Herman who came from New Amsterdam, made the famous map and founded Bohemia Manor in Maryland. Robert Forman became the owner of "Lewstern," a tract of land of 200 acres on the north side of the Chester River, surveyed for him on October 12, 1704 (Rent Roll of Kent Co. page 65, MS in Md. Hist. Socy.), and granted to him, according to the deed to Calder hereafter to be mentioned, by letters patent of the Lord Pro- prietory, on October 10, 1707. His will (at Annapolis) shows that he also owned the upper part of " Blackhall's Hermitage," 100 acres, also on Chester River. In 1707 it appears (Rent Roll of Kent Co. page 59) that 100 acres of "Blackhall's Hermitage" was "possest" by Edward Eorman, whose relationship to Robert is unknown. From Edward it seems to have passed to Robert. Nothing more is known of Robert's life except what may be learned from the following : " Whereas There hath been Eight hundred twenty-five thousand Nyne hun- Idred Seventy Nyne pounds of Tobacco Expended Layd out & disbursed by several of the Inhabitants of this Province in the late Expedicon against the Nanticoke Indians and other the necessary Charges of this province which hath been examined stated and allowed by the upper and lower houses of this present General Assembly To the intent therefore That the same may be satisfied and paid to these persons to whom the same is due Bee itt Enacted by the Right Hont-'e the Lord Proprietary by and with the advice of this present General Assembly and the Authority of the bame That the said Eight hundred twenty five thousand Nyne Hundred Seventy Nyne pounds of Tobacco be paid in the manner & form as is hereafter Expressed by m Equal Assessment uppon the persons & Estates of the Inhabitants of this Province :-\nd be payd to the severall persons to whome the same is due as aforesaid Any Law Statute Custome or vseage to the Contrary thereof Notwithstanding." ,^^) THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Then follow the amounts to be paid to the persons named, among whom Robert Foreman of Kent County is to be paid ;W0 lbs rProcednre of the Assembly of Maryland. October, Novembei, 1678 ) a Sb t Forman's will, which is c-xtant, and which we subjon., '- -me . n aV .., To those who are at all acquainted with old records it is well generally due to the carelessness or ignorance oi the clerk. WILL OF ROBERT FORMAN OF KKNT CO., MD.' In the name of God Amen. I Robert Foreman being sick and weak in body but of sound ^nd perfect memory praised be to God for his mercy. Do make this my list will and Testament, in manner and form as iolU.weth. , , , ,. h« ml First I bequeath my soul to God AUniight who gave it and body to be decently hurried at the direction of my Executor hereafter named. Secondly, I will that my debts be oneslly paid. ThW y 1 will that the Dwelling plantation I now live up..n shall be for he use of m loviiig wife Marv Foreman during her life for to live upon ior her and her ^Idr^s maintenance but in Case She after should marie & be renounced from t lu. pJantation that then it shall be Lett yearly rent for the good of my children b...n ""^ *''' Fmi^thlv I give to mv son Robert Foreman fifty acrers of Land called Luse- tren, be-;; attoi.T.act\.f two hundred acrers at U^^ North East End .>f the Trict and the rest of my three youngest children as followetU. rnhly, Igive to my youngest son Charles Foreman Fifty acres of Land w.tl tbe V^^^J^l ^^^ ,,, Wm. Foreman fifty acres of Land adjacent to the second t--L ^ ^_^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^.^^^^ ^^^.^^ ^, 3,. Tract t them their heirs & afd & assignds for ever. 8th,ly, I give to my youngest Daughter Eliz^. Foreman two cows and calves niid sow 1* m. Elizabeth , son: Walter Forman. 2 5, Elizabeth Forman, m. Richard Chaddock, Planter, of Kent Co. 2 6, John Forman. m. Mary . 2 7, William Fiirnian, d. witliout issue. 2 8, Charles Forman. 2. Arthur Forman, son of Robert, owned a plantation of lUO acres called the upper part of Blackiiall's Hermitage, devised to him by his father's will, lie was church warden in 1723 of St. Paul's parish in Kent Co. (Old Kent, p. 353). 2 Arthur Forman m. 1st May 13. 1700, Mary Reed, buried May 10, 1713. I (Rctrister of St. Paul's Parish pages 27 L etc.) ^ 3 1, Francis Forman, b. Oct. 28, 1702, d. 1758 m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Sweatnam. 3 2, Arthur Forman, b. Nov. 3, 1700. 3 3, Mary Forman, 1). June 19, 1711. ra. 2nd Elizabeth , who survived her husband. ' 1 3 4, Robert Forman, b. Jany. 12, 1723. / THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 13 WILL OF ARTHUR FORMAN.» " I, Arthur Forman of Kent County "...'• To wife Elizabeth all per- sonal estate." ..." To my son Francis my dwelling plantation, 100 a." . . . Jan. 26, 1756. Prob. Nov. 7, 1757. 3 3. Francis Forman, of Queen Anne's Co., Md. Born October 28, 1702, died 1758. (Will prob. Feb. 18, 1758. Lib. W. H. N. fol. 146, Q. A. Rec.) Owner of land in Kent Co. " Blackhall's Hermitage;" and land in Queen Anne's Co., "Roys- ton" and "Fishingham" (the latter estates in right of his wife.) m. (prior to 1731) Elizabeth Sweatnam, daughter of John, son of Richard Sweatnam of "Royston." By will, 1697, Richard Sweatnam devised "Royston," then 1200 acres, to his son John, from whom it was inherited by John's two daughters, Elizabeth and Hannah. In 1731 mutual deeds to "Royston"" etc., were signed by Elizabeth and her husband, Francis Forman, and Hannah and her husband. Matthew Dockery. (Deed Oct. 21, 1731. Lib. R. T. No. A., fol. 85.101.) y^ 9 children 3 Francis Forman, son of Arthur and Mary (Reed) Forman, b. Oct. 28, 1702, d. 1758. m. before 1731 Elizabeth Sweatnam, dau. of Capt. John Sweatnam: I (See account of Sweatnam family to be given later.) I 4 4 1, John Forman, d. 1785. 5, Francis Forman. m. Henrietta — , d. 1791. 4 4 6, Anne Forman. 2, Mary Forman. 4 m. William Cockrall. . 7, Rebecca Forman. 4 4 3, Arthur Forman, d. 1785. - 8, Hambleton Forman. m. Mary . 4 4 9, James Forman. 4, Elizabeth Forman. WILL OF FRANCIS FORMAN.^ I, Francis Forman, being sick and weak in body but of sound and disposing mind, ■ are bound . . . 1500 pounds. Thomas Young j cur. money . . . Oct. 22, 1791. John Forman (Ex'r of Will of Henrietta Forman) Swetnam Forman, Thomas Young. ABSTRACT OF WILL OF ALICE FORMAN.^ " L Alsey Foreman ... To bro. John negro Stephen and Debby. To my bro. William Foreman my negro boy named Joe, he being fourteen years of age. . . . To my niece Margaret Cox my trunk and all my wearing apparel. . . . Ex'r my brother John. Sept. 29, 1792. Prob. Feb. 19, 1793." We Henrietta Forman,' \ of Queen Anne's Co., are held (&c.) in sum Thomas Hackett, v of 3000 pounds cur. money. . . . Swetnam Forman. j May 31, 1785. Henrietta Forman, Thomas Hackett, Swetman Forman. John Forman, son of Francis and Elizabeth (Sweatnam) Forman, d. 1785. m. Henrietta, d. 1791. H 5 5. Sweatnam Fonnan, of "Roystou." Queen Anne's Co,, b. ; d. 1807. (Adm. Bond signed by Jesse Forman. Jan. 11, 1808. W. H. N. 1804-1810, foL 138.) m. 1st Elizabeth Kent, ) j- -n , m. 2nd Elizabeth Kent, j ^^ ^^^'^ cousins. 'Inv. R. W. 1784-86. 1. p. 127. ^wuig Queen Anne's Co. Lib. S. C. 7 fol. 321. 'Admn. Bonds S. C. 1790-92. p. 64, Queen Anne's Rec. ^Wills Queen Anne's Co. R. W. 1. p. ^\dmn. Bond S. C. 384. 16 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. m. 3rd Haiinali Wroth, dau. of Kinwin Wroth. 'Maria Forman, m. Dr. David Quimby of Queen Anne's Co. H 1 Caroline, Henrietta. 6 'Emaliue Forman, m. 1st Dr. David Quimby, her bro.-in-law. h David Quimby, died in childhood. 6 m. 2nd Thomas Reynolds. Caroline Forman, d. in childhood. 6 'Jesse (named in a Deed from his father, 1799). 6 'John Sweatnam Forman, m. s. p. Susan Skinner. 6 ^Louisa Forman, m. 1st Jonathan Cooper. I , s. p. m. L'lid William Wroth, her cousin. I 7 I ''Martha Amanda Cooper, m. Kobt. Wilson, of Queen Anne s Co. I 7 A John William Fletcher Cooper, m. Julia Foster. 7 Mary Louisa Cooper, m. Dr. Wm. H. Nonis (Fred'k Co.) 4 6. * Arthur Forman m. Mary b d. 1785 I b d . 1817. (Will Prob. Apr (Inventory filed by Marv, Adm'x May 13, 1785 K. W. 1784-86. Fol. 30). 18, 1817. Lib. T. C. E. 1. Fol. 77. Exr. her son William, of whom she says " I have entire confidence 5 I in him.") 1, Jesse Forman, (named in Deed from Sweatnam to Mary as "eldest son of Arthur and Mary.") 5 2, William Forman m. Mary Raymond of Del. 5 3, Elizabeth Forman. 5 4, Mary Forman. •Sweatnam deeds personal property to these four children, 1799. S. T. W. 215-216, 217-227. -She is named in a Deed (of salej " Louisiana or Louisa." S. T. W. 6, 338. 'Mrs. Wilson gave, Jan. 26, 1901, the names of the descendants of Sweatnam Forman to Mrs. Dismukes. ^Second son of Francis and Elizabeth (Sweatnam) Forman. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 17 INVENTORY.! An Inventory of all and singular the Goods and Chattels of Arthur Forman late of Queen Anne Co appraised . . This 13th day of May, 1785. Wearing apparel (£) 7.10.0 Cash 78. 0.0 6 silver teaspoons 15.0 1 Pr. Gold sleeve buttons 15.0 1 Pr. old silver shoe buckles 7.6 (Negroes, farming implements, stock, "3 spinning wheels," &c., &c.) Amt. £925. 18. 5. Mary Forman, Adm'n of Arthur Forman." We Mary Forman,^ | Edward Wright, \ are bound &c. . . . 3000 pounds John Hackett. ) cur. money. Mary Forman Admx. of Arthur Forman, late of Queen Anne's Co. (Signed) Mary Forman, '- -■-■ E. Wright, Jno. Hackett. WILL OF MRS. MARY FORMAN, WIDOW OF ARTHUR FORMAN.^ I, Maiy Forman, of Queen Anne's Co., being sick and weak but of sound and iisposing mind, (fn :il IIk- ajir .,f Si 'l\-;,r-.. ill iS;;. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 21 He afterwards united himself with the First Presbyterian Church in Balti- more, Md., and remained a good and consistent member of the church until his death in 1857. He was elected a "member of the committee" of the First Presby- terian Church in Baltimore 1836, and served until 1854, when ill health, with the infirmities of old age compelled him to resign. He was confined to his room for several years, and was always cheerful and happy, and was noted for his extreme politeness, and noble deeds of charity. Francis Forman served in the war of 1812. The Kecords, War Department, Washington City, D. C, show that Francis Forman enlisted in Captain John Beri-y's Company, 1st Maryland Regiment of Artillery. (Col. Harris) war 1812. His grand daughter Anne Elizabeth Forman Dismukes is a member of the National Society of the United States Daughters of the War of 1812, through his services, is one of the Vice Presidents of the Georgia State Division, and a charter state member. She has in her possession a pair of very handsome old brass andirons, with shovel, tongs and holders all of brass, which descended to her through her father, as family relics for several generations, also two very quaint old bronze and brass candelabra, old heirlooms, and a suit of old colonial style solid mahogany furniture. In thinking of incidents in my father's (Arthur Forman) life; I well remember him telling his children that when he was a boy, he went one day into the cellar of his father's home, 18 South Eutaw St. in Baltimore, Md., and seeing a strange wretched looking negro, he was much frightened and ran screaming to his mother, who upon going into the cellar found an old family servant, who had been set free, sick and starved — the cook had taken him in and secreted him for a week. Father lost no time in having his family physician called and every attention was given to him, (old Uncle Bob as he was familiarly called). As soon as he recovered, suitable employment was found and he was cared for as long as he lived by his former master. The Mrs. Allison who is buried in the For- man cemetery was no relation, but a poor deaf woman and a friend of the family, who had no relatives, was given a home by my grandfather, Francis Forman, and sleeps in the same enclosure with the Forman family. He was known always as a good Christian, and whose hand was always dispensing charity. ' " Married on Tuesday, the 9th instant, near Chambersburg, Penn., by the Rev. Mr. Miller, Mr. Francis Forman, merchant of this place, to Miss Ann Elizabeth Immel." (The same notice, same date of issue, was in " The American & Commercial Daily Advertiser.") Their oldest child, Arthur, was baptized in the Episcopal Church. '"Bap. Aug. 1st, Ann Elizabeth, daughter of Francis and Ann Elizabeth Forman, born Dec. 6, 1808." ^ "Evilina, Daughter of Francis and Ann Elizabeth Forman, born Sept. 16, 1810." ' * " Aug. 23d, Mary Jane, daughter of Francis and Ann Elizabeth Forman, born June 20, 1813." ^" March 10th, Francis Keller, son of Francis and Ann Elizabeth Forman, born Oct. 21. 1814." '"Federal Gazette and Baltimore Daily Advertiser."— Dec. 18, 1806. -Reg. of First Presbyterian Church, , Baltimore. P. 147. ^P. 149. ^P. 154. '^P. 157. 22 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. ' FRANCIS FORMAN'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. Be it kuuwu that I, Francis Formau, of the city of Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, being in health and of a sound disposing raiud, memory and understand- ing, but considering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, do make and publish this as my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say: I order and direct all my just debts and funeral expenses to be fully satisfied and paid out of my estate. Item — I devise and bequeath unto my son-in- law, Geo. N. Howard and to my son William R. Formau and the survivor of them and the Executors and Administrators of the survivor, my dwelling house and lot of ground and i)remises on the west side of Eutaw street in said city, subject to the payment of the yearly rent of sixteen dollars and two-thirds of a dollar. In trust and special confidence however for the uses and purposes following, and to and for no other trust or purpose whatever, that is to say : First. In trust that my dear wife. Aim Elizabeth Formau, during the residue of her natural life, be permitted and suffered to hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the said house and lot of ground and premises, and the rents, issues and profits thereof, after payment of ground rent, taxes and other incidental charges, to receive take and apply to her sole and separate use and benefit. Second. In trust from and immediately after the decease of my said dear wife, if my daughter, Ann E. Jones, shotild survive her, that the said Ann E. Jones be permitted and suffered to have, hold, possess and enjoy the said house and lot of ground and premises and to receive and take the rents, issues and profits thei'eof , for her sole and separate use and benefit, or otherwise, at her option, to sell and dispose of the same property and premises by deed in her life time and the avails or pro- ceeds to take and receive or to make disposition of said property or the avails there- of, by her last Will and Testament, in the same manner as if she were sole and un- married, without being in any manner subject to the control, power or disposal of her present or any future husband, or liable for the payment of his debts or bound for the fulfilment of his contracts or engagements, and in the event of the decease of my said daughter, without having sold or disposed of the said property and pre mises by Deed or Will, as she is above authorized and empowered to do, then tb same shall go to and become the property of. and I do hereby devise the same to' her D(a)ughter, Hellen Madison Jones, her Executors, Administrators and assigns, absolutely. Third. In trust, however, if my said dear wife should survive my said daughter, Ann E. Jones, that the said house and lot of ground and premises shall become the estate and property of my said wife and be disposed of by her, by Deed or Will, as she may deem proper; but in case of the decease of my said wife without making such disposition, then, in trust for, and I do hereby devise and bequeath the same house and lot of ground and premises unto the children which my said daughter, Ann E. Jones, now has, and may hereafter have by her present husband Samuel Jones, Jr., and to the Executors, Administrators and Assigns of such children le •Baltimore Index 2. Lib. 28, folio 28. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 23 absolutely, to be equally divided between them, share and share alike; and in case of the decease of any such children of my said daughter, under age and without issue living, at the time of his or her death respectively, the part or share of him, her or them, so dying, shall go to the survivors or survivor of them, the said children. Item. All the residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, I give and bequeath to my said beloved wife, Ann Elizabeth Forman, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns absolutely. And lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my dear wife, Ann Elizabeth Forman, to be the executrix of this my last Will and testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made, and declaring this to be my only one. In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my Seal, this Eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. Francis Forman. i Seal, i Signed, sealed, published and declared by Francis Forman, the Testator, to be his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who in his presence, at his request, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses. Fielder Israel, I. Robert Israel, Thos. B. Israel. BAiiTiMOKE City Sc. On the 23d day of Dec, 1857, came I. Robert Israel and Thomas B. Israel, two of the subscribing witnesses to the aforegoing last AVill and Testament of Francis Forman, late of said city deceased and made oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God that they did see the testator sign and seal this Will, that they heard him publish, pronounce and declare the same to be his last Will and Testament, that at the time of his doing so he was to the best of their apj)rehensions of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding and that they together with Fielder Israel, the other subscribing witness thereto, subscribed their names as Witnesses to this Will in his presence, at his request and in the presence of each other. Sworn to in open court. Test. Isaac P. Cook, Register of Wills for Baltimore City. WILL OF ANN E. FORMAN.^ I, Ann E. Forman of the city of Baltimore, in pursuance of a deed of tru.st from Francis Forman to John N. Brown, bearing date June 3, 1852, recorded among the land records of Baltimore Co., in Lib. E. D. No. 13, folio 124, and also by deed from Henry BarroU to him the said John N. Brown, recorded in Lib. E. D. No. 80, 'Baltimore lib. 41, fol. 472. 24 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. fol. 386, do make this my last Will (t Tallahassee, twenty miles north— Quincy, named for John Quincy Adams who wa^ then president of the United States. There he met Mary Ann Booth, who was visit- ing her uncle, Rev. Freeman Fitzgerald of Virginia. They were married and lie purchased a plantation on which to place a number of lujgroes, inherited by his wilr from her father's estate,— David, Winnie the laundress, Pauline the seamstress. Woodville, Caswell, Cleborne, Charlotte, Joshua the weaver, Eliza the spinner, (our of these spinning wheels is now in the possession of Mrs. E. F. Disinukes, Columbu-^, Ga.,) Merritt, Mulville, David the younger, Martha, Jane, Rosa, and Emma. Mr. Hudson Muse^ of Petersburg, Va., married Harriet Booth, a sister of Mrs. Forman. The two brothers-in-law formed a co-partnership. Mr. Forman built him- self a house in the town where he lived and looked after the education of the chil- dren. He was on the Board of Education in the State High School. Mr. Mu>.' spent most of his time in the Ocklocknee and River Plantation directing the oviiil I'dkmax. \\ il,> ,.l Ai-ilnii linriu-l l-,.riiniii. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 31 William, Matthew, Thomas, and Philip Booth. Makes Archer Johnson and Wm. Wilson executors. Will of John Booth, dated Oct. 24, 1798. Four children, (1) John, (2) Thomas, (3) Mary, (i) Elizabeth Booth. Prince George Cotinty: From which Amelia was formed. Thomas Booth mentioned in 1724. SiJEKY County: Will of Thomas Booth of Surry Co., names wife Ann and Father George. Dated July 8, 1751; proved 19 Nov., 1751. NOTES ON BRETT AND ISHAM FAMILIES. The will of Sir Edward Brett of Blendall, Parish of Bexley, County of Kent, England, dated Dec. 22, 1682, was proved March 17, 1683. Among his legatees were the children of his niece Ann, daughter of his sister Mary Isham, and £200 apiece to the daughters of his nephew, Henry Isham, late of Virginia, deceased, by Katherine his wife. Henry Isham, son of William Isham and Mary Brett, his wife, came from England to Virginia and married Katherine, widow of Joseph Royal of Henrico •County. He died about 1675, leaving issue I. Henry, died unmarried about 1679. His will is on record in Henrico Co., Va., dated 18 Nov., 1678, proved Feb'y 1, 1679. He gives to "my honored mother Mrs. Katherine Isham " one-third of his personal property; to his sister " Miss Ann Isham " one-third of his personal property ; to his sisters, " Mrs. Mary Randolph" and " Miss Ann Isham " his plantation in Charles City County, called Doggams, io be equally divided ; to William Randolph the rest of his estate in England, Virginia and elsewhere, and makes him executor. II. Mary married William Randolph of Turkey Island. III. Ann married Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. The will of Mrs. Katherine Isham, dated August 10, 1686, was proved in Henrico Co., December, 1686 ; bequests * * * the residue of her money to her two daughters Mary Randolj^h and Ann Epes and gives each two silver salt cellars ; * * * to her grandson Isham Epes, a negro ; * * * to daughter Ann Epes her seal ring, a pair of silver clasps and a silver bodkin ; * * * Her son Joseph Royal, and son-in- law Francis Epcs^ executors. Some writers have given the name of the third child of Henry and Katherine Isham as "Elizabeth" but the extracts from the wills of Henry Isham (Jr.) and Mrs. Katherine Isham give the name " Ann." All agree that the daughter married Colonel Francis Eppes of Henrico. Col. Francis Eppes of Henrico, born 1659, died about January, 1719, married Ann Isham and had issue — Francis, Isham, William and others. Francis Eppes, son of Col. Francis Eppes and Ann Isham, his wife, born about 1685 — died in 1734. His will, dated Nov. 7, 1733, was proved in Henrico, December, 1734. He married Sarah and had issue — Francis, William, Richard and others. 32 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Richard Eppes, son of Fi-ancis and Sarali Eppes, was bom about , died 1765. His will is recorded in Chesterfield Co., dated May 20, 1762, and proved at July Court 1765. He married first Martha, daughter of Kob(!rt and Anne Cocke Boiling, and had issue by this marriage — Francis, Sarali and Martha. In his will he disposes of a large estate. One item : " I give to my daughter Sarah * * * so much money as will make up the legacy left her by her Grand Mother Anne Boiling, deed., six hundred pounds current money." Sarah Eppes, daughter of Richard and Martha Boiling Eppes, born Nov. 17, 1757, married Major William Fitzgerald of Nottoway County, Va., in 1777, and had issue — Mary Ann Fitzgerald and others. Mary Ann Fitzgerald, daughter of Major William and Sarah Eppes Fitzgerald, married William Booth of Nottoway about 1795 and had issue — Mary Ann Booth and others. Mary Ann Booth, daughter of William and Mary Ann Fitzgerald Booth, born April 10, 1810, in Nottoway County, Va., married Arthur I. Forman in Quincy, Florida, Oct. 19, 1836, and liad issue — Anne Elizabeth Forman and others. Anne Elizabeth Forman, daughtej- of Arthur I. and Mary Ann Booth Forman, married Elisha P. Dismukes in Quincy, P^lorida, Dec. 19, 1865. - Richard Cocke came from England and settled in Virginia prior to 1632. He was member of the House of Burgesses in 1632, 1644 and 1645. He mariicd and had issue, Richard Cocke the Younger of Malvern Hill. His will is on record in Henrico Co., Va., dated Oct. 4, 1665. Richard Cocke the Younger married and had issue, Anne Cocke, who' married Robert Boiling, son of Robert Boiling, who came to this country from London, England, in 1660, and his second wife, Ann Stith, daughter of Major John Stith. Anne Cocke, daughter of Richard Cocke the Younger, married Robert Boiling and had issue — Martha Boiling and others. Martha Boiling, daughter of Robert and Anne Cocke Boiling, married Rich- ard Eppes of Bei'rauda Hundred and had issue — Sarah and others. Sarah Eppes was born in 1757 and married William Fitzgerald in 1777. WILL OF RICHARD EPPES. In the name of God, Amen. I, Richard Eppes, of Bermuda Hundred, and County of Chesterfield, being in full Health and perfect sense and memory, considering the uncertainty of life, do make, ordain, constitute and appoint this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. Imprimis. I desire that my whole Estate be kept together under the Direction and Management of my Executors hereafter named, until my son Francis arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and the profits arising therefrom (after supplying my wife and Family with all Necessary provisions, maintaining and Educating my Child- ren, paying my Debts, and the annual sum of fifty pounds current money to my wife) be applied towards raising my daughters' fortunes hereinafter mentioned. \\'lLI_l AM Ilcxn II. ( H " M1C1I-.101IL-." XuHuwav (.'oiitii \ , \'i L THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 33 Item. I give and bequeath my loving wife [second wife Tabitha Adams, who survived him] Tabitha the use of my Houses and four Hundred acres of land where I now live, to be laid of in one entire piece as she shall order and direct for and dureing her natural life. I in like manner give her the use of my Lotts and Houses in Bermuda Hundred town. Also, when my said son Francis comes to the age aforesaid, I give to my said Wife, the use of the following slaves, to-wit: Scipio, Charles, Dick, Cyphax, Cyrus, Pegg, Indy, Herculus and Captain, for and during her natural life. I also desire my wife may keep such servants in her House as she shall choose out of my whole Estate, until my said son arrives to the age aforesaid. Item. I give, devise and bequeath to my said wife and her heirs the follow- ing slaves, to-wit: Great Betty, Iris, Daniel, George, Isaac, Nan, Little Betty, Sucky, Hannah, Lemon, Napper, Harry Brown and Aggy with all their future Increase, my four wheeled Chaise, and any four Horses she shall choose out of my stock at the time of my Death, also my sorrel mare and her eldest filly. I also give ray said wife fifty pounds current money per annum, to be annually paid her out of the profits of my Estate, until my son Francis comes of age, as a satisfaction for tlie Labour of the slaves last above mentioned, in which I declare my Intention is to vest in my said wife a present Interest in fee simple. I give to my Daughter Sarah, [by Martha Boiling, his first wife] and her heirs my Negro Girl Amey, also when my said Daughter comes to lawfull age or marrys I give to her so much money as will make up the legacy left her by her grandmother Ann Boiling, dec'd, six hundred Pounds current money. Item. I give to my Daughter Martha Boiling one negro Girl named Molly to her and her heirs also when my said Daughter arrives to lawful age or marrys I give her five hundred Pounds current money. Item. I give to my daughter Tabitha [by second marriage] and her heirs, my Negro Girl Fanny, also when my said Daughter arrives to lawfull age or marrys, I give her five hundred pounds current money. Item. I give to my Daughter Ann and her heirs, my Negro Girl Nann, also when my said Daughter comes of Age or Marrys I give her five hundred pounds cur- rent money. Item. I give and beqiieath to my son Francis and his heirs forever, the Residue of my Lands in the hundred tract (after my wife shall have laid of the four hundred acres allotted her; to be entered on and possessed when he becomes of age. I also give to my said son Francis after the Death of my wife tlie four hundred acres of land devised her for life, to him my said son Francis and his heirs forever. I also give my said son Francis one acre of land adjoining my lot in Bermuda Hundred town, at the River. I also give my said sou and his heirs, my Negro wench Izabel and her child Eve, my Silver Tankard, eleven Silver Spoons marked M. B., one dozen Silver tea Spoons marked F. E., two silver Salts, and three of my Beds and fur- niture. I also give my said son when he comes of age, half my stock of Cattle, horses, sheep and Hogs which shall then belong to my plantations at Wintipock, Amelia and Longfield. Item. I give and Bequeath to my two sons Francis and Richard Henry and 34 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. their heirs forever all my lauds at Wintopock and Amelia to be equally divided be- tween them by my Executors. Regard being had in such Division to Quantity and quality to thera my said sons Respectively and their heirs forever. Item. I give and devise to my son Ricliard Henry and his lieirs all my lands in Heiu-ico Ct)unty, purchased of my Brother William Kppes, commonly called Long- field, containing by Estimation nine hundred and eight acres more or less. I also give and devise my said son Richard Henry and his heirs my Lott of huid in the town of Gatesville. I also give my said son and his heirs the following Negroes, to- wit, Ben, Sally and her child Joe Brooks. I also give my said son, one Silver Tankard, one Dozen Silver Spoons, and two Silver Salts, to be purchased by my Executorn out of the profits of my Estate and marked with the Family Arms.' I also give ray said son three feather Beds and furniture. Item. All my Negroes not heretofore pai-ticulai-ly mentioned and disposed of and their future Increase I give to be equally divided between my two sons Francis and Richard Henry, at the time my son Francis comes of age, to tliem my said sons Respectively and their heirs forever. In the same manner I devise the Negroes given my wife for life, to be divided at the Death of my said wife. Item. Upon the contingancy of my son Francis dying before he attains the age of twenty-one years, I give and devise the whole Estate both real and personal (devised my said son by this my will) to my son Richard Henry and his heirs for- ever. In like manner in case my son Richard Henry Dyes before he attains the age of twenty-one years I give and devise the whole Estate both Real and personal (de- vised my said son Richard Henry by this my will) to my son Francis and his heirs forever, the survivor of my two said sons paying my Daughters each two hundred pounds current money over and above the sum before devised them by this my will. Item. Whereas I am seized as Tenant in fee tail of part of my Lands at Long- field devised by this my will to my son Richard Henry and his heirs, my will is if my son Francis or his heirs shall ever make any claim to the said intailed lands or any part thereof and Disturb my said son Richard Henry liis heirs or assigns in the quiet and peacable possession and Injoyment thereof, then I give to my said son Richard Henry his heirs and assigns my whole Estate at the Hundred and Poels de- vised by this my will to my son F^-ancis as above said. Item. I give my son Richard Henry half my stocks of Cattle, Horses, Sheep and Hogs which shall be on my plantations at Wintopock, Longfleld and Amelia, at the time my son Fi'ancis comes of age. Item. I give and Bequeath my Nephew Richard Harris and his Heirs my tract of land on Swift Creek known by the name of Grillses. Item. In case the profits of my Estate shall not be sufficient to answer the purposes aforesaid, and raise money enough by the time my son Francis comes of age to pay of my daughters portions, my will is that my wife and Sons shall be equally chargeable with what the money then in hand shall fall short of making up their fortunes the several sums before mentioned. 'Mrs. Dismukes has Epes coat of arms ; also a very old solid silver teapot— an heirloom. 2^ ' LiciNM i:]i," Nci]i(iuA\ C'l. ( All rcKWARDs .\mi:i,ia L^.i \'ikc;i\ia. Minll l.y \\ illKim I-ii/kui;iM wli.. Piilcmc.l the Laiui hi i;(.'. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 35 Item. My will and Intention is that the Children born (of the female slaves specifically devised) after the Date of this my will, may go with their Respective mothers. Item. The Residue of my personal Estate not particularly herein devised I give and devise to my loveing wife. Item. I desire that my Executors hereafter named may devise my Lands and Negroes at the times and in the manner before directed and allot to my sons their Just and Equal Parts according to the true Intent and meaning of this my will. Lastly, I constitute and appoint my loveing wife Executrix, and my Friends the Hon'ble Peter Randolph, Esqr., Colo. Archibald Cary, Mr. Richard Adams and Mr. Thomas Adams executors of this my last Will and Testament. I also appoint the said Peter Randolph, Esqr., Guardian to my son Francis, and my two Daughters Sarah and Martha Boiling, and my wife and Thomas Adams Guardians to the rest of my Children, hereby revoaking all other wills by me heretofore made, and do declare this my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two. Rich'd Eppes. JL. S. Signed, Sealed, Published and Declared as his last Will and Testament the words (til my son Francis comes of age) (in my said wife) (Sheep) {&, their future Increase) Interlined before signed, In presence of John Worsham, Senr., John Worsham, Junr., George Clough, Joseph Walker, Thomas Stratton, John Knibb, Jas Akin. In the County Court of Chesterfield County, July, 1765: The last Will and Testament of Richard Eppes, dec'd, was presented in Court by Arch. Cary and Tho. Adams, two of the Executors therein named, proved by the oath of John Worsham, Jun., a witness thereto, and on the motion of the said Arch. & Thomas who gave Bond and took the oatli the law directs. Certificate for obtaining a probate thereof in due form is granted them. In the County Court of Chesterfield County, August, 1765: The last Will and Testament of Richard Eppes, dec'd, was further proved by the oath of John Worsham, Senr., a witness thereto. Ordered that the same be recorded. A Copy-Teste: Philip V. Cogbill, Clerk 36 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. DR. WILLIAM BOOTH FOKMAN. Copy of Letter. January 29th, 1002. Dear Sister : lu response to your request I write you of my experience in the Civil Wai-, 1861-1865. My father, Arthur Forman of Baltimore, Md., sent me to the Georgia Military State Institute at Marietta in October, 1858. From there I went to the Virginia Military Institute at Lexington, Virginia, in October, 1859. Passing through Washington, D. C, I visited the White House, where I met President Buchanan and Miss Lane, the President's niece. I then visited my father's relatives in Baltimore. When in Staunton, Va., the military were out to receive the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, who was a candidate for the Presidency of the United States, and in his speech he advised the South to fight for her rights in the Union. I remained at the V. M. I. until the fall of Ft. Sumter, April 12th, 1861, which event caused, the secession of Vii'ginia, her (^mvention being in session at that time, con- sidering the subject. I remember hearing a letter from General Winfield Scott, the ranking olficer of our United States army at that time, read ))y Colonel Francis Smith, our Superintendent, before the Debating Society. This letter stated that if the South seceded he would march two columns of 40,000 men each, one through Vii'ginia down the Atlantic coast, and the other down the Mississippi Valley, they would meet at Mobile, Alabama, in 60 days. Some of the professors made addresses on the subject. Professor Stonewall Jackson, my teacher in mathematics, remained silent, but was known as a deep thinker. The professors were all graduates of West Point (N. Y.) Military Academy. They were Professors Jackson, Smith, Preston, Gilliam, author of Military Tacitics, McClaus, Colson and others. A few days later we were summoned to ranks by the long roll call, and then Colonel Jackson made us a speech as follows : " Young men, of all wars, civil war is most to be dreaded, but if it must come, we draw the sword and tlirow away the scabbard." This, we cadets thought, was a long speech for our belovcid teacher, for he was a silent hero of our bloody war. We cadets under Colonel Jackson, in a few hours after Vii-ginia seceded, were en route to Richmond, where we were engaged in drilling the iVrmy of Northern Virginia. We drilkni the m(!ii one hour, and rested them one hour, from sunrise to sunset. Just bcifore the battle of Manassas, Colonel Gilliam in a speech advised the cadets to go to their homes and raise companies, and drill them for the coming conflicts, and that our services were too precious to be lost by going as a body into battle, when we could benefit our country so much more by scattering, organizing, drilling raw recruits, o) a;;*-. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 37 mander, Col. Jackson, on the battle field. On reaching home in Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida, I actively assisted in raising Company C, the color company of the 6th Florida Regiment. My cousin, Wm. Booth Malone, was made captain. I, his first lietenant, was in charge of the Color Guard, ours being Company C, the center company. The sixth was organized with J. J. Finley, Colonel; McLean, Lieut. Col.; Lafayette Kenan, Major. The Regiment was ordered to report to the Army in Tennessee. We were transported to Columbus, Georgia, on Chattahoochee river boats, thence by rail to Chattanooga. Our Regiment was detached for action service in East Tennessee, on the alert for raiding parties, guarding bridges, fighting bush- whackers, ■a THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 43 7 13. Caroline Forman, dau. of Francis and Anne E. (Immel) Forraan, b. 1812 (living in July, 1900, with her son, Beverly Howard, in Dutchess Co., New York), m. George W. Howard of Baltimore, b. 1813, d. Nov. 27, 1888. I 8 1, Ella Howard. m. (2nd wife) Henry J. Davison. h 1, Teresa Davison. 2, Caroline Ella Davison. 3, Dr. George Howard Davison. m. Miss Chesebrough — 1 son, Howard C. 4, Clarence Davison, m. Helen Bayne. 8 2, Beverly Howard, b. 1850, of Mablettsville, Dutchess Co., N. Y. m. Laura Coffin. h 1, Samuel Beverly Howard, b. Nov. 27, 1879. 2, Robert Coffin Howard, b. March 21, 1883. 3, Henry Davison Howard, b. 1885. 4, Ella Theresa Howard, b. 1888. 5, Marietta Bayne Howard, b. 1890. 6, Evelyn Howard. 7, Clarence Kenneth Howard. WILLIAM RAYMOND FORMAN. 14. William Raymond Forraan, son of Francis and Anne E. Forman, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1817. Just after leaving college he went on a visit to his brother, Arthur, who was living in Quincy, Gadsden Co., Florida. The Seminole Indian War was just breaking out. Judge Charles Henry Du Pont was raising a com- pany of troops of which he was made captain. William Forman enlisted and remained in the army until the close of the war. About twenty miles from Quincy, Mr. Greene Chairs' family were attacked by the Indians, whilst they were at the supper table. Mrs. Chairs was the only member of the family who escaped. She fled through the back door, and stooping low in a cotton field, with a black cloak around her, often narrowly escaped the touch of an Indian's hand, which would have meant certain death. William R. Forman died compai*atively a young man, leaving one son, Arthur Thomas Forman, who was admitted to the bar in Baltimore, Md., and is a practicing lawyer. 44 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 8 15. Arthur Thomas Forman. son of William Raymond Forman. m. Anne Marlow of Baltimore. h 9 1 , Evelina Brown Forman. 9 2, John Brown Foi-man. 9 3, Arthur Francis Forman. 9 4, George Knowles Forman. 7 16. Mary Jane Forman, dau. of Francis and Anne E. (Immel) Forman, b. June 10, 1813. m. Benjamin Albert Vickars, President of Marine Bank, Baltimore, sixth in descent from George Vickars (d. 1679) and Rebecca Bhipery. h 1, Albert Vickars, b. 1842. m. Jennie Hamner, of Maryland, dau. of Rev. Dr. Hamner, Presby. terian Minister. 2, Geraldine Vickars, b. 1848. m. Alvin Bastable of Baltimore. 3, Francis Vickars, b. 1852. m. Lottie Armstrong. 4, Charles Vickars, b. 1854. 6, Mary Forman Vickars. m. Clarence Beck of Eastern Shore of Maryland. Note: — There were other Vickai's cliildrc^n who died young. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 45 TABLE OF DESCENT. 17. (Showing relationship between Mrs. Robert Wilson and Mrs. Dismukes.) 1 Robert Forman, m. Margaret . Capt. Richard Sweatnam, m. 1st Mary Immi. 167-4. I Immi. 1677. d . 1719. I d. 1697. ■ Arthur Forman, m. 3d Mary Reed. John Sweatnam, m. Elizabeth, d. 1757. I d. 1707-8. I \- I Francis Forman, m. Elizabeth Sweatnam. d. 1758. I I 4— first son | 4 — second son John Forman, m. Henrietta . Arthur Forman, m. Mary . d . 1785. I d. 1791. d. 1785. [ d. 1817. n n Sweatnam Forman, m. 3d Hannah Wroth. Wm. Forman, m. Mary Raymond, d . 1807. j I Louisa Forman, m. 1st Jonathan Cooper. Francis Forman, m. 1806 Anne Eliz. Immel. ri 1^ Martlia Amanda Cooper, m. Robt. Wilson. Arthur Immel Forman, m. Mary AnneBooth d. 1867. j n Anne E. Forman, m.Elisha Paul Dismukes. J Elisha Paul, b. Aug. 8, 1870. m. Ida Helena Morrisett, 1896. Robert Ernest, b. Mar. 5, 1877. EXTRACTS FROM CHURCH REGISTERS AND OTHER RECORDS, ETC. 18. Arthur Forman and Mary Reed married May 13, 1700. Francis Forman, sou of Arthur and Mary Foreman, born Oct. 28, 1702. Bap- tized May 9, 1703. Arthur Foreman, son of Arthur and Mary Foreman, born Nov. 3, 1706. Mary Foreman, daughter of Arthur and Mary Foreman, born June 19, and baptized Sept. 2, 1711. Mary Foreman buried March 10, 1713. Arthur Foreman and Honour Miller married June 2, 1715. Sarah Foreman, daughter of Arthur and Honour Forman, born Aug. 27, I7l7. ^Honour Forman, daughter of Arthur and Honour Forman, born January 30, 1721. 'Register of St. Paul's Parish, Kent Co., Md. p. 271. 46 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Robert Foreman, son of Arthur and Elizabeth Foreman, born Jan. 12, 1723. ^James Foreman, son of Arthur Foreman by Rebecca his wife, born Feb. 11. 1743-4. ^Mary Forman, daughter of Arthur Foreman by Elizabeth, born Dec. 22, 1745. ^acob Foreman, son of Arthur Foreman by Elizabeth his wife, born May 25, 1748. *Sarah Foreman, daughter of Arthur Foreman by Elizabeth his wife, bom Aug. 6, 1750. ^Rachel Forman, daughter of William and Anne, born Oct. 29, 1729. "Anne Forman, daughter of William and Anne, born Jan. 29, 1731. 'Josepli Forman married June 30, 1796, Elizabeth McKeel. «Laid out for Ralph Blackliall a prcll of land called Blackhall's Hermitage lying on the N. side of Chester River. Beging. at a marked Oak standing near the river side at the upper end of a great marsh and rung, for breadth down the river ] 50 p's. to anotlier marked oak standg. at the lower end of the af 'd marsli and with a line drawn from the s'd oak for length N. N. W. 320 p's and with a line drawn from the end of the N. N. W. line for breadth E. N. E. 150 p's and witli a line drawn S. S. W. from the end of the E. N. E. line 320 p's to the first bounded oak cout'g 300 A's. W. H. «300-0. 6. O.-Blackhalls Hermitage. Surv'd 3 June 1670 for Ralph Blackball on the north side Chester nigh the River Side, 200 a possest'" by Edward Walden 100 a. by Edward Forman. Blackhalls Hermitage, 100 acres, was owned by Edward Forman in 1707; from him it passed to Robert Forman. By will, Sept. 2, 1711, probated March 15, 1719, Robt. Foreman devises: "To son Aurther 100 acres, upper part of Blackhalls Hermitage. Annapolis Wills, Lib. T. B. i., folio ^41. By will, Jan. 26, 1756, pi'obated Nov. 7, 1757, Arthur Forman devises: "To my son Francis Forman, my dwelling, plantation 100 acres." Annapolis Wills., Lib. B. T. 2, folio 414. By will, prob. Feb. 13, 1758, Francis Forman devises: "To my son Arthur 100 acres in Kent, Blackhalls Hermitage, failing heirs of Arthur, to my son Francis Forman." Annapolis Wills, Lib. B. T., 2jolio 433. "1200-1. 4. 0.— Royston. Surv'd 12 Feb. 1672 for Richard Royston on the S. Side Chester, att a marked oak by Riv'r possest by John Hamer and Wm. Sparks."" 'Register of Shrewsbury Parish, Kent Co., Md., p. 44 (of original) p. 253 of copy. ^p. 260 of copy. 'P. 267 of copy. *P. 274 of copy. ^Register of St. Peter's Parish, Talbot Co., Md., p. 130. «P. 136. 'P. 316. 'June .3d, 1690. Folo. 399, Blackhalls Hermitage, 300 A's. 'Book of Surveys (now at Ashby, Talcot Co., Md.) Wm. Hemsley, Surveyor. ' ""Possessed by,"' >fec., means at the time of the revision of the land books. (Completed in 1707.) "Rent roll of Kent Co." P. 29. (.\n old manuscript Record in Md. Hist. Soc. ''Rent role Queen Anne's Co., p. 209. (Unp. Records in Md. Hist. Soc.) THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 47 " Feby. 5th, 1672-3. 'Laid out for Richard Royston a pcell of land lying on Royston the S. Side of Chester River. Begin'g at a marked white 1200 A's. oak stand'g by the River Side by a small creek and run'g No. 194. up the River E. by N. 360 p's to a marked pine tree stand'g by the River Side on the lower side of a marsh then S. by E. 503 p's then W. by S. 360 p's then N. by W. 503 p's to the first marked oak on the N. with Chester River. Coutg. 1200 acres." Royston Surv. Feb. 12, 1672, for Richard ^" Acres yriy- rent- 1200 1.4. Royston on the S. Side Chester, at a marked oak by the River. Poss'd by John Hamer and William Sparks." 3" 200 John Hamer Senr. from Jas. Wyatt Senr. Mar. 24, 1718. 467 Christopher Wilkinson from Edwd. Burne & Ux'a April 29, 1724. 475 Christopher Wilkinson, Junr. from Christopher Wilkinson, Senr. 1729. 100 Thomas Wilkinson from Edward Burne &. Ux Oct. 12, 1725. 567 Matthew Docwra from Franc's fforman & Ux. Oct. 19, 1731. 567 Franc's fforman from Matthew Docwra *te Ux. Oct. 19, 1731. 200 Jas. Wyatt from Wm. Sparks & Ux and Jas. Hamer & Ux Ap. 16, 1707. 100 Geo. Ayers from Thos. Wilkinson, Aug. 24, 1737. 100 Geo. Ayers to his two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret equally p. Will. 16 Aug. 1740. *475 Sweatnam Burn from Christopher Wilkinson, June 7th, 1744. 50 Samuel Massey from Henry Reeveland prob. July 23, 1833, names: My sister-ill-law, Christiana Foreman, niece, Anna Mary Sellers, wife of George Sellers. . . . 24. WILL OF LEONARD FOREMAN " of Bait. City, names : Wife Ann C. Forman. . . . To gr. son Henry F. Fowler, part of plantation at north of Rock Creek ; re- version, To Elleanor Foreman, who is to have the other part of the plantation. To dan. Racliael Williams, wife of Elijah Williams, tract called Procters Hole, 170 acres. . . . gr. son Leonard Foreman. . . . To three gr. dans., Racliael, Margaret and Cliarlotte, dans, of my son, the late Elijah Foreman, $200 each ; Exrs. two gr. sons Leonard Foreman and John Henry Crane. Dated Jan. 15, 1838 : prob. Sept. 8, 1840. 25. WILL OF VALENTINE FORMAN, of the city of Balt.^ To son Valentine Forman, " dau. Catherine " " gr. son George " " son Samuel " " " George W. prob. March 12, 1851. 26. WILL OF JOSHUA D. FOREMAN, (Balt.)^ "All estate to wife Rebecca;" ".son Henry;" "son John D." "Other children" are mentioned by the testator, but not by name. prob. 1858. 27. WILL OF CATHERINE FOREMAN, (Balt.)^ " Daughter Rachel Ann Sanders," Susanna Rebecca Emich," Jane Foreman," Sarah Elizabeth Caulk." prob. July 4, 1867. (I u ^Baltimore Lib. 14, 355. ^Baltimore Lib. 18—86. ^Lib. 26—125. ^Baltimore Lib. 27, folio 171. *Lib. 34—206. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 51 58. BITS OF FORMAN PEDIGREE. (From Bait. Wills.) 'Leonard Forman m. Ann C. of Bait d. 1840. r Rachel Forman m. Elijah Williams. Forman m. h Leonard Foreman. Elijah Foreman m. h Rachel Foreman. Margaret Foreman. Charlotte Foreman. Daughter m. Mr. Crane. John Henry Crane. Daughter m. Mr. Fowler. I I Henry F. Fowler. Eleanor Forman. 29. Forman m. Catherine, d. 1867.^ r- Rachel Ann Forman m. Sanders. Susanna Rebecca Forman m. Emich. Sarah Elizabeth Forman m. Caulk. Jane Forman. 30. Fi'om Newspapers, &c. In old St. Paul's graveyard, Bait., are some Forman tombstones: Thomas Forman, died July 29, 1801 or 1804, aged 1 year, 8 months. Joshua Forman, died July 20, 1805, aged 1 year 7 months. Elisha Forman, died Dec. 18, 1808, aged 1 year 1 mouth. Rebecca Forman, died Sept. 19, 1806, aged 1 year 5 months. Daniel Forman, died Nov. 23, 1821, aged 3 years 5 months. iWill of Leonard Forman, 1838, prob. 1840, Bait. ■^W\\\ of Catherine Forman, prob. July 4, 1867, Bait. 52 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY Laws passed at the last session of General Assembly of Maryland. • • • An act empowering tlie administrator of Frederick Foreman, late t>f Qneen Anne's County to sell a tract of land. Md. Journal & Bait. Advert izer, Feb. /^, ijSs- 1794, July 15' . . . Foreman, Jr.. collector U. S. reTeuue, N. E. cor. Market and Frederick streets. AId.Jonr}ial, Sept. ii, 1794. 31. AVILLS RECORDED IN CENTREVILLE. FOLIO. 260 Henrietta S. C. 7 321 Alcey R. W. 1 44 Benjamin T.C.E. 1 23 Ezekiel " '' 1 227 John AV.H.No. 3 237 Mary T.C.E. 1 77 L115KR 1785 Forman, John T. W. 1 1791 1792 1798 1823 1798 1817 33. ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS, RECORDED IN CENTREVILLE. AUM. KEY. LIliEU. KOLIO. 1794 Forman, Samuel 1 5 1796 1797 1798 1799 1803 1807 1800 1816 1823 1826 1830 1860 1868 1884 1890 John 1 9 " 1 14 " 1 20 " 1 24 Stephen 1 38 Sweatnam 1 50 Jesse 1 56 Benjamin 1 77 Ezekiel II 2 Ann " 29 Jesse '• 46 George W " 72 Wm. H (emsley) " 130 Marcia R " 206 Henry " 84 33. BENJAMIN FOREMAN'S WILL.^ "I, Benj. Foreman, of Q. A. County , . . To my son Amos, my daughter Sally Ann Foreman and Martha Ann Foreman (shall be given by my Executor as much money when they arrive at lawful age as each of my other two sons, John 'Name not legible in old paper. -Wills Queen Anne's T. C. E. 1— p. 23. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 53 Foreman and Henry Foreman shall receive out of their gi-andmother's property which she left by last Will" . . . " To my wife Ann all my property during widowhood ; if she marries to have one third of estate." Executrix, wife Ann. Aug. 20, 1815. prob. Jan. 6, 1816. 34. WILLS RECORDED IN CHESTERTOWN. 1754 Forman, John . . . (also in Annapolis) 1757 " Arthur. 1762 " Robert. 1792 " Charles. 1797 " David. 1804 " Bartholomew. 35. THE SWEATNAM FAMILY. Table of Descent. Swettenham, (of Cheshire, England) m. i I 1 1 Richard Swettenham;^ Edward; Susannah; Elizabeth; Daughter; (or Sweatnam), of ^- 1698. High m. Sweet. m. Worrell m. Damer Talbot Co., Md., im- Sheriff ^ of Kent, j j or mi- 1677 Justice 1683-1689, 1696- /\ /\ Darmor >;/''■ ,^^^ 97; 'Md. Arch '^ of the Peace 1689. x///., ^^_^. Justice Md. Arch VIII., 14^. of the Peace 1693. Capt. of Foot (Talbot Capt. 1695. Buried Co. Military Force), March 15, 1698. Sept. 4, 1689. Md. ^^S- ^f- Paul's, A 1 \^rrr T\J•^^ Kent. Will prob. ^;Y^A///.,^^j.W,ll ^j^^.^^^ [g^g_ prub. Jujy 21, 1697. ^Amiap:) Lib. H. Lzb. K., i6g^-g8. 24g. Inventory {An nap). XX VII., 183.' m. 1st Mary (ar. in Md. with him, 1677.) j 2d Jane. 1. John Sweatnam m. Elizabeth m. 2d Arthur McDaniel. of Kent Co., Md., |,^ b. in Eng. prior to | 1677; d. 1708. Admn. Hannah m. Matthew Dockery. XXIX., J 6. Owner of Elizabeth m. Francis Forman.' land in Kent Co., Royston j 1200 a. Providence 400 a. j — — [ j""^ ] [~ [" Fishingham 200 a. ^John. ^Arthur. 'In some early papers he used this form of the name; later he wrote it Sweatnam. -Md. Arch. V. 543. ^OldKent. ^The Inv. of Kdward Sweatnam showed him to be a rich man. Among his silver was: "1 Tankard, 1 Silver Dram cup," &c. *Mrs. Wilson descends from John Forman. 'Mrs. Dismukes descends from Arthur Forman. 54 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 2. William Sweatnam m. Sarah. d. 1720. Owner of j land in Queen | Anne's, f William and Ann (Gregory) Crooker, who camel' Oyster Bay from Stratford, Conn. H 1, Moses Forman Jr., d. 1727. m. Judith . Son, Zebulon F'orman. 2, Sarah Forman m. Sanuiel Bennett, Jr. of Rhode Island. 3, Mercy Forman m. John Weckes. 44. Samuel Forman, son of Robert and Johanna Forman, d. intestate April, 1682. as shown by an order in Liber 3, page 483, Oyster Bay Records m. Miriam (or Mary Ann) Hoyt, dau. of Simon and Susannah Hoyt of Stamford, Conn. r" 1, Mercy Forman m. Benjamin Birdsall (will 1719) son of Nathan Bird- sail — eleven children. 2, John Forman. 3, Susannah Forman m. Daniel Townsend, d. July 2, 1702, son of John and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Townsend, — children. 4, Sarah Forman. 45. Aaron Forman, son of Robert and Johanna Forman. m. Dorothy r" 1, Aaron Forman, Jr. m. Susannah Townsend. 2, Alexander Forman. m. Rachel ■ 3, Samuel Forman. m. Mary Wilbur. 4, Thomas Forman; (will Nov. 26, 1723.) m. Mary Allen: dau. m. Isaac Forman; dau. Rebecca m. Gerard Edge; also son Benjamin — all named in will. 46. Aaron Forman, Jr., son of Aaron and Dorothy. Forman. m. Susannah, dau. of Henry and Ann (Coles) Townsend. H 1, Jacob Forman, m. Mary Wright. 2, Isaac Forman. 3, Aaron Forman, m. Sarah Lang. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. AARON FORMAN. 69 47. Aaron Forman, sun of Robert, must have been born not later than 1637, for he, with others at Hempstead, was summoned to answer the complaint of the farmer of excise on Dec. 19, 1658, when he could not have been less than twenty- one years old (calendar of Dutch MSS., N. Y. State Hist. Pubs., Vol. 4, page 204). He was townsman of Hempstead in 1660. He was residing at Oyster Bay in 1683. On April 8, 1687, he conveyed land at Oyster Bay to his son Aaron Jr. The deed is witnessed by Dorothy and Alexander Forman, although they are not named there- in, showing that these were the names of his wife and of another son, Alexander (Records of Oyster Bay, Liber 2, page 194). It was the custom when wife and son of a grantor were willing to be bound by a deed, for them to sign the deed simply, without being named therein. Aaron Forman removed to Monmouth Co., New Jer- sey, before April 11, 1693: the date of a deed in which he is described as of the County of Monmouth and Province of East Jersey, planter, and by which he con- veys land at Oyster Bay to "my son Alexander Forman, whicli lands were granted unto me, Aaron Forman by a gift of my father, Robert Forman." (Records of Oyster Bay, Liber 3, page 277). This deed is signed by Dorothy Forman, Aaron Forman, Jr., and Samuel Forman, although they are not named therein, showing that Aaron had also a son Samuel. Moreover, Alexander Forman conveyed Dec. 11, 1695, (Liber 2, page 152), lands at Oyster Bay to John Rogers, adding, "these lands did formerly belong to my brother, Samuel Forman." Samuel Forman, des- cribed as "of Springtown in the County of Monmouth and Province of East New Jersey, in America, planter," had conveyed these lands to Alexander Forman on April 11, 1693, (Liber B, page 278). Aaron had also a son Thomas, as is shown by a deed dated June 3, 1690 (Liber 3, page 40) wherein Thomas Forman of Jerusalem in East New Jersey in America conveys to Thomas Youngs of Oyster Bay, land which "was formerly my brother Aaron Forman's land." Among the deeds of Free- hold, New Jersey, is one from Samuel Forman to Thomas Forman, May 1699; Samuel of town of Freehold and Mary his wife and Thomas Forman my loving brother of same town, both yeomen. Thomas married Mary Allen, whose marriage certificate or license (May 24, 1695) is in the possession of the New Jersey Historical Society. SAMUEL FORMAN. 48. Samuel Forman, son of Aaron and Dorothy and grandson of Robert, was born in 1662 or 1663, and, as has been stated, removed to Monmouth Co., New Jersey, as did his brothers Thomas and Alexander. The names of the three appear among the signatures to a Remonstrance of the Inhabitants of East Jersey to the King against the Acts of the Proprietors, and asking for a competent Governor, which was sent to the Proprietors, Nov. 16, 1700. (Archives of N. J., vol. II., p. 322.) On Nov. 29, 1695, Samuel was commissioned High Sheriff of Monmouth Co., by Gov. Andrew Hamilton. (Commissions, Acts of Assembly tfec, Book C, j). 235, at State House, Trenton). His name is misspelled "fforeman " in the Commission, and 70 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. is also misspelled in vol. II., p. 303 of the Archives, where he is mentioned among the people who seized and kept under guard tlu^ Governor, Justices, Attorney Gen- eral, and other oflicials from a Tuesday to the following Saturday, in March, 1701, the occasion being that they were resisting the trial of one of the people who was accused of piracy. No will of Samuel Forman has been found, but his place in the family is well determined otherwise. The tombstone of his youngest son records that Ezekiel Forman was the son of Samuel and Mary : and in a deed dated Jan- uary 16, 1725, Samuel Forman, late High Sheriff of Monmouth Co., conveys certain lands in that county to his son, Captain John Forman, and there is a deed to his son Aaron in 1719, besides other proof. Samuel Forman mari'icd Mary Wilbur of Providence, Rhode Island, who was the daughter of Samuel Wilbur, Jr., and Hannah Porter, who was the daughter of John Porter, a prominent man in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Samuel Wilbur, Jr., was the son of Samuel Wilbur, Senior, who came from England to Massachusetts with his three sons and his wife, Ann Ri-adford, the daughter of Thomas Bradford, who was the uncle of Governor William Bradford of the May- flower. The inscription on Samuel Forman's tombstone is : Here lieth the Body of Samuel Forman who died ye 13th flay of October 1740 in y" 78'h year of his Age His wife's tombstone is broken, and reads : Body of mary Forman wife of Samuel Forman who died y^ 13'^ day of march 1728 in y« 62^ year of her Age These tombs with tliose of Hannah Madock and Rebecca Van Cleaf, their daughters, and of their son Capt. John Forman, and of another son Aaron and his wife Ursula, all are situated on a hill about a mile and a half N. E. of Freehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey. This eminence has been called of late years "Wyckoff Hill," because on the farm of Mr. Charles Wyckoff (whose wife is a great-grand- daughter of Sherifi" David Forman, hereafter to be mentioned). This hill (which commands a view of beautiful farms) and all the surrounding country belonged for two hundred years to High Sheriff Samuel Forman and his descendants. The eldest son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman, also named Samuel, removed to Ehode Island. He is not known to have left any children. There were five other sons : Jonathan, Aaron, John, Joseph and Ezekiel, accounts of whom will be given under separate headings with their descendants. THE FO.RMAN^ GENE A L OG Y. 71 COMMISSION OF SAMUEL FORM AN AS HIGH SHERIFF OF MONMOUTH CO., NEW JERSEY, NOV. 29, 1695.^ The Governour and Proprietors of the Province of East New Jersey— to all persons to wliom these presents shall come— Greeting.— Know yee that wee have Coramissionated and appoynted and by these presents Doe Commissionate and appoint Samnell fforeman of ffrehold of the Countie of Munmouth— Gent. High Slierriffe of the said Countie of Munmouth for and during the time and terme of one whole yeare now next ensueing. And wee doe hereby in the King's name, and by his Authoritie Comand all Justices of the peace, Constables and other officers— And all the freeholders and Inhabitants of the said Province to be Aiding and Assistant to the said Samuell fforeman, in all things as Slierriffe of the said Countie, which to his office doth belong and appertaine. Given under the Seale of the Province, this twenty- ninth day of November, in the seaventh year of the Raign of our Soveraigu Lord King William over England, u;ni. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 73 Descendants of Samuel Forman, High Sheriff, Monmouth Co. New Jersey, 1695, d- i740, aged 77. DESCENDANTS OF JUDGE JONATHAN FORMAN, SECOND SON. 51. Jonathan Forman (1688-1762) was a prosperous farmer and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Monmouth Co., 1745. He and his wife, Margaret WyckofF. are buried at the "Old Scots" burying ground four miles from Freehold in a N. E. direction. It was at the '"Old Scots" church that the first Presbytery formed in America, the Philadelphia Presbytery, convened on Dec. 29, 1706, and ordained the Rev. John Boyd, tlie first known pastor of this church. There was, it is said, a prior meeting of the Presbytery, but this meeting is the fii'st of which record exists. ABSTRACT OF WILL. " In the Name of God, Amen. The Twentieth day of June, in the Year of our Lord, One Thousand Seven hundred and fifty-nine, I, Jonathan Forman of Freehold, in the County of Monmouth, and Province of New Jersey, Esqr. Being antient and weak in body but of Perfect mind and memory .• . . Firstly, I Give and be- queath unto Margaret my Dearly beloved wife one moiety or half part of my Farm or Plantation whereon I now dwell, and also one-half of all my buildings, and of my Negro Men and one Negro woman at her Choice, and her Choice of Two of my beds with all the Furniture to them belonging that is now in the House, and the one-half of all my other household Goods belonging to my House, all which I give unto her. " All this she is to have so long as she remains a widow. If she re- marries, to have choice of one negro woman, of one bed and its "furniture," and of a riding horse and her side saddle, all for her life, and to be returned after her death, and divided among all his children, and granddaughter Eleanor Van Doru, or such of them as she shall think most deserving, any children of the negro woman born between his and his wife's death to be disposed of in like manner. The negro children Tone and Nan are given to her to give to any of his children that she wishes. To son Samuel Forman, besides what he has already had, ten pounds in money, and after testator's wife's death, negro boy called Ninos. To son John i'or- man, besides what he has had the sum of ten pounds. To son Peter, a tract of land. To the three youngest children of deceased son Jonathan Forman, Jr., sum of sixty pounds, or twenty to each as they reach age of 21, but if eldest son when he comes of age, shall give his youngest brother and two sisters such a share of tlieir father's estate as shall please testator's executors, then the sixty pounds to be divided among the four, and the eldest son shall share in what was designed for Jonathan Forman, 74 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Jr., in testator's brother Samuel's estate. To daughter Mary, wife of Robert Rhe, one hundred pounds to be paid one year alter death of testator and his wife. To ♦ granddaughter Eleanor Van Dorn oue good feather bed and "furniture," two cows and their calves, ten sheep, tlie negro boy called Mack, one cupboard or desk, one riding horse or mare, and ten pounds, to purchase necessaries for housekeeping, all to be to her at the time of her marriage, also one hundred pounds two years aftei death of testator and wife, also to have use of her room in the house, and of a seat in pew in the new meeting house until she is married. To son David all lands in New Jersey except that above bequeathed, and a cedar swamp hereafter mentioned j' and one-half personal estate in New Jersey, not lierein bequeathed, also all debts due to testator at his decease, and negro men Titus and Tom to enable; him to pay debts and legacies. To son Samuel Forman, one-third of lands in New England, bequeathed by brother Samuel deceased, the remaining two-thirds to be divided among the other children, the three youngest children of deceased son Jonathan to have their father's share unless the eldest son comply with above condition, in which case he is to share also. As to the 62 acres of land at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, which deceased brother Samuel left to be divided between brothers Joseph and Ezekiel, they to pay legacies to the three sisters, Hannah Madock, Mai-y Romine, and Rebecca, of fifty pounds New York money, Ezekiel having died before Samuel and bequest to him becoming void, and testator as heir at law to that part, having paid one-half of said legacies to the sisters, and the land having been sold by Joseph and Jonathan and the legacies having been paid in full; testator believing it was Samuel's wish that Ezekiel's children should enjoy what was bequeathed to him, although it was not bequeatlied to his children since Ezekiel had no child at the time Samuel made his will, therefore the remainder of the money after the payment of said legacies is bequeathed as follows: To Samuel (son of Ezekiel), eighty pounds on Oct. 28, 1759; to Thomas (son of Ezekiel), seventy pounds on Dec. 18, 1761; to Aaron (son of Ezekiel), seventy pounds on Feb. 4, 1767; to Ezekiel (son of Ezekiel) seventy pounds on April 7, 1768, all to be paid by testator's son David, in money of New Jersey, at eight shillings the ounce, in which currency all the legacies are to be paid. If any of Ezekiel's sons shall die before the age of 21, or befoi-e they have lawful heirs, then such son's share to be divided among the survivors. To all testator's sons is left Cedar Swamp, above Cedar Bridge, on a branch of Matetecunck River. All parts of personal estate not bequeathed to go to son David, to help pay debts and legacies. If granddaughter Eleanor Van Dorn dies unmarried, share to be retiu-ned to estate and divided among the children. Executors: Wife, Margaret sons, Samuel and Peter. Witnessed by four persons. Signed, Jon° Forman. Codicil June 6, 1761. Ten pounds additional to son Peter, also negro boy Toney at testator's wife's discretion or decease. To daughter Mary, wife of Robert Rhe, a negro girl named Nanny, and a negro woman named Franck, to daughter Mary and son David. To wife Margaret for her life, all household goods except watch and best gun, same to be divided after her decease, between daughter Mary Rhe and granddaughter Eleanor Van Dorn, negroes not included in household goods. To 777^ FORM AN GENEALOGY. 75 son David, farm utensils, and watch, and gun. Horses, cattle and sheep not before bequeathed, to be equally divided between sons now living. To son Samuel, 16^ acres land in Fi-eetown, in New England. Three witnesses. Signed, Jon" Forman. Probated January 20, 1763. Recorded in Liber H, of Wills, pages 215, . Samuel S. Forman, the youngest son of Samuel and Helena (Denise) Forman, was born at Middletown Point, (now Matawan) July C, 1707 (or 1765). He accomi)anied his cousin Ezckiel Foi-man when the latter removed to the Natchez country in 1789, and in liis later years wrote an account of the expedition, which was published in the Historical Magazine for December, 1869, with notes by Mr. Charles C Dawson. In 1888 it was printed from a slightly different version, and abridged as a "Narrative of a Journey down the Ohio and Mississippi," in a small volume edited by Dr. Lyman C. Draper, who had apparently not seen the earlier appearance of the work. It is a veiy interesting account of travel in the then west, and is otherwise valuable. In the "Narrative," Major Forman refers to his cousin as "uncle" on account of the difference in their ages. In a private letter Major Forman ptated that there were no less than twelve Samuel Formans living in Monmouth Co., at the same time — the latter part of the eighteenth century, and to avoid confusion each assumed the name of his father as a middle name. At tlie commencement of tlie War of the Revolution, writes Major Forman, his fatliei' Samuel Forman was a merchant and owned a large landed estate, and took an active part in the defence of the country. As Middletown Point was as it were on the frontier of the enemy, he was very much harassed by them — the Tories making frequent depredatory incursions, and ransacked and plundered his house, burned his valuable mills and other buildings. He also suffered much by continental money. The eldest son of Sauniel Forman was General Jonathan Forman, whose careci- already been described. Denise, the second son, was at the battle of Germantown. in the New Jersey militia, was later taken prisoner with Philip Freneau, on a privateer owned by the latter and remained a long time a prisoner on board a prison ship in New York harbor. He and Freneau were exchanged and were perfe(-t skeletons when they returned home. Samuel Forman's youngest son was Samuel S., who could just remember the Tories running their bayonets through the feather beds in search of his father. Samuel S. Forman witnessed the evacuation of New York, by the British, Nov. 25, 1783, having gone to New York to enter tin- employ of the firm composed of his brother-in-law. Major Benjamin Ledyard, and Col. Benjamin Walker, who were engaged in the wholesale hardwarti and commission business, selling West India produce. Before he was 21, h(^ he was sent to Charleston, S. C, as supercargo of a vessel loaded with flour. Hi^ acquitted himself so well of this task that his cousin Gen. David Forman engaged him to accompany Ezekiel Forman, the General's brother, on his journey to Natchez in 1789-90. After his return from Natchez, Major Forman witnessed in Philadelphia the second inauguration of President Washington. "In 1793," writes Mr. Dawson, " he engaged with Messrs. Cazenove and Lincklaen, agents of the Holland Land Co., to assist in disposing of the company's lands in New York, lying ntiar the centres of the state. Large quantities of staple goods, farming implements, r ( W illiKm»iiii) I-'iirmuii. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 81 " Having organized a military company at Cazenovia, he was appointed by Gov. Jay Major of the regiment to whicli it was attached. He carried on a mercantile busi- ness at Cazenovia for many years, and held many places of private and public trust. He removed to Onondaga Co., about 1808, in which year he married Miss Sarah McCarty, of Salina. His only children were a son who died in infancy, and a daughter Mary Euphemia, who married Dr. Abraham Van Gaasbeck, of Syi-acuse, N. Y. Major Forman had an extensive acquaintance with public men, and was related by birth and marriage to many persons of distinction. He was a man of good conversational abilities, sound judgment, generous disposition, and fine social feelings. His mental faculties were retained in a remarkable degree to extreme old age." He died at his daughter's residence at Syracuse, August 18, 1862. Mary Euphemia Forman, only child of Major Samuel S. Forman, married; first, Rensselaer van Rensselaer; second. Dr. A. van Gaasbeck. There were no children of either marriage. 57. Peter Forman, second son of Judge Jonathan and Margaret (Wyckoff) Forman, b. 1718, d. 1785. m. 1742, Eleanor Williamson. Children, (according to Judge Wm. P. Forman's book): 1, William Forman, b. 1751, d. 1823. m. Fransinchy Hendrickson, b. 1759, d. 1815, dau. of Garrett and Cath- erine (Denise) Hendrickson, of Middletown. 2, Jonathan Forman, m. s. p. 3, Samuel P. Forman, (several times High Sheriff of Monmouth Co.) m. . Children: Peter Forman, (High Sheriff of Hunterdon Co.) Michael Forman, and some daughters. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, — daughters, all of whom married, and whose names are given in Judge Wm. P. Forman's book. 58. William Forman, son of Peter and Eleanor (Williamson) Forman, b. 1751, d. 1823. m. Fransinchy Hendrickson. Children : 1, Garrett Forman, b. 1778, d. 1825. m. Anna Karr. 2, Peter Forman, b. 1781, d. 1838. m. 1st, Rebecca Ely, dau. of Isaac Ely. m. 2nd, Phoebe, dau. of Allison Ely, no children. 3, Catherine Forman, d. 1873, unmarried, aged 83. 4, Eleanor Forman. m. Lewis Ford Hankinson, — children. 5, Jonathan Forman, removed to the West, d. aged 74, unmarried. 6, Samuel William Forman, b. 1794, d. 1875. m. 1st, Mary Clayton. m. 2nd, Mrs. Mary W. Clark. 82 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 59. Garrett Foi-man, sou of AVilliam and Fransinchy (Hendrickson) Forman, b. January 4, 1778, d. July 14, 1825. m. Anna Karr, dau. of Ebenezer Karr. Children : 1, Fransinchy Forman, b. Nov. 30, 1800. m. 1st, Josiah Van Schoick. m 2nd, John M. Rue. 2, Ebenezer Forman, b. Dec. 15, 1802. m. 1st, Mary Jolinson. m. 2nd, Nancy Gaston. 3, Esther Forman, b. June 14, 1805. m. Peter Cadmus. 4, Lydia Ann Forman, b. July 20, 1807. m. Jacob Johnson. 5, William Forman, b. January 1. 1810, d. Dec. 23, 1889. ra. Martha Phillips— son Ilalpli Forman, b. Oct. 11, 1839, married, s. p. 6, Jonathan Forman, b. January 15, 1812. m. Ist, Mary Lampson. m. 2nd, Sally Peck. 7, Phebe Forman, b. Aug. 15, 1814., m. Silas Peck. 8, Elizabeth Foiman. b. Oct. 14, 1818. d. Dec. 3, 1889. m. Richard Buckelew. Children: 1, William; 2, Spafford. 9, Catherine Forman, b. Aug. 14, 1821. m. Duren Way. (>0. Fransinchy Forman, dau. of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Forman, b. Nov. 30, 1800, at Blacksmiils, Monmouth Co., N. J., d. March 16, 1866, at Prospect Plains, N. J. m. 1st. January 31, 1822, Josiah Van Schoick. m. 2nd, April, 1833, John M. Rue. Children by 1st marriage : 1, Hannah Van Schoick, b. Freehold, May 8, 1824, d. Smithburg, N. J., May 17, 1832. 2, Ann Van Schoick, b. Freehold, April 6, 1826, d. Cranbury Station, Nov. 7, 1895. m. May 17, 1843, Augustus Anderson. 3, Margaret Hance Van Schoick, b. Shrewsbury, N. J., May 23, 1828. m. 1st, May 12, 1852, La Rue Craig Dye. m. 2nd, Feb. 8, 1892, William McKnight Smith. 4, David Van Schoick, b. Freehold, April 16, 1830, d. Smithburg, N. J., April 29, 1832. 5, Maiy Eliza Van Schoick, b. Feb. 12, 1832, d. Freehold, January 1, 1885. m. Nov. 28. 1854, Peter Bowen Van Schoick. EhEN'EZER KllRMAN. b. iS.j. I'iinigrai.h oi. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 83 Children by 2nd marriage : 6, Sarah Rue, b. Freehold, May 5, 1834, d. Manalapan Dec. 27, 1893. m. January 2, 1855, Jacob Edwards. 7, Lydia Rue, b. Monmouth Co., N. J., March 31, 1836. m. Dec. 7, 1853, Thomas J. Hyatt. 8, Martha Rue, b. Monmouth Co., N. J., March 5, 1838, d. Manalapan, Dec. 20, 1881. m. Feb. 14, 1866, Peter Forman Perrine. No children. 9, John I. Rue, b. Monmouth Co., N. J., March 1, 1840, d. Marlboro, N. J., Sept. 21, 1896. m. Dec. 7, 1865, Adaline Armstrong. One child, Elizabeth Armstrong Rue. 10, Fransinchy Rue, b. Monmouth Co., N. J., July 12, 1842. m. Feb. 12, 1868, Edward Hendrickson. Children : 1, Arthur Hoxey Hendrickson ; 2, Elizabeth Wyckoff Hendrickson. Augustus Anderson. m. May 17, 1843, Ann, dau. of Josiah and Fransinchy (Forman) Van Schoick. Children: (All born at Manalapan, Monmouth Co., N. J.) 1, Mary Cook Anderson, b. Feb. 28, 1844, d. April 1, 1844. 2, Margaret Ann Anderson, b. Aug. 21, 1845. m. Dec. 6, 1865, Ancil Gilbert Dey — children: Augustus Anderson Dey, b. 1866, and Bertrand Harry Dey, b. 1876. 3, Helen Wilson Anderson, b. Jan'y 7, 1848, d. Feb. 3, 1848. 4, Lydia Maria Anderson, b. April 28, 1849, d. N. Y. City, Jan'y 30, 1899. 5, John Rue Anderson, b. Oct. 20, 1851, d. West Freehold, Aug. 18, 1900. m. March 2, 1875, Sarah Clayton — children: Ira Ulman Anderson, b. 1876, and Karl Augustus Anderson, b. 1880. 6, Stephen Perrine Anderson, b. Feb. 9, 1854, d. N. Y. City, Dec. 12, 1899. m. 7, Fransichy Rue Anderson, b. July 21, 1856. m. 8, Helen Wilson Anderson, b. June 9, 1859. m. Feb. 15, 1894, Frederick Perrine— child, Stephen Anderson Perrine, b. Princeton, 1896. La Rue Craig Dye. m. May 12, 1852, Margaret Hance Van Schoick, dau. of Josiah and Fransinchy (Forman) Van Schoick. Children, (all born in New York City) : 1, Julia Agnes Dye, b. Feb. 6, 1853, d. N. Y. City, July 4, 1853. 2, Charles Augustus Dye, b. Sept. 26, 1854, d. May 14, 1855. 84 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 3, Garrett Forman Dye, b. Aug. 18, 1856, d. July 1, 1858. 4, Martha Rue Dye, b. Nov. 26, 1858. 5, Maggie Dye, b. Dec. 20, 1862, d. January 31, 1864. 6, La Rue Dye, b. January 7, 1869, d. Barre, Mass., Dec. 9, 1878. Peter Bowen Van Schoick. m. Nov. 28, 1854, Mary Eliza, dau. of Josiali and Fransinchy (Forman) Van Sclioick. Children (of whom the first three were b. in Marlboro, N. J.): 1, Emma Van Sclioick b. Dec. 1, 1856. m. Oct. 16, 1879, Alonzo B. Magee. Children: Henry Lester Magee, Bertram, Viola, Alonzo and Howard. 2, Samuel Van Schoick, b. March 28, 1859, d. the following day. 3, John Rue Van Schoick, b. Aug. 25,. I860, d. Feb. 27, 1863. 4, Charles Van Schoick, b. Prospect Plains, Middlesex Co., N. J., Oct. 13, 1864, d. Oct. 10, 1872. 5, Howard Sclienck Van Schoick, b. Gravel Hill, Middlesex Co., N. J., July 7, 1867. m. Nov. 25, 1887, Cornelia May West. Children: Florence and Howard. Jacob Edwards. m. January 2, 1855, Sarah, dau. of John M. and Fransinchy (For- man) Rue. Children (of whom all except the fourth were b. in Monmouth Co., N. J.): 1, Matilda Edwards, b. Sept. 16, 1855. m. 2, John Rue Edwards, b. June 18, 1857, d. April 14, 1881. 3, Charles Augustus Edwards, b. Aug. 7, 1861. m. Aug. 23, 1890, Emma Louise Mount. Children : Luella and Harriet. 4, Laura Edwards, b. N. Y. City, Aug. 4, 1863. m. 5, Frank C. Edwards, b. April 6, 1872. 6, Lemuel Freeman Edwards, b. Sept. 1, 1875. m. Dec. 31, 1897, . Child: Mildred. 7, Harry Edwards, b. January 1, 1878. 8, Jacob Edwards, b. June 28, 1881. Thomas J. Hyatt. m. Dec. 7, 1853, Lydia, dau. of John M. and Fransinchy (Forman) Rue. Children : 1, Thomas Sherlock Hyatt, b. N. Y. City, Dec. 1, 1854, d. Feb. 23, 1863. 2, Mary Frances Hyatt, b. N. Y. City, Oct. 10, 1856. m. June 26, 1877, Stephen Davison Day. Child: Thomas Hyatt Day. (JAUKI/ri KlIKM \\. I i,Sj„-i.|Cii I THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 85 8, Lydia Rue Hyatt, b. Brooklyn, Aug. 15, 1858, d. Jersey City April 11, 1895. m. May, 1886, Robert N. CheiTy. Gl. Ebenezer Foruian, sou of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Porniau b Dec 15, 1802. m. 1st, Mary Johnson. m. 2nd, Nancy Gaston. No cliildreu by 2nd marriage. Children by 1st marriage : 1, Mary Ann Formau, b. Manalapan, N. J., Nov. 16, 1827, d. Bristol, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1865. m. March 18, 1851, Josephus Wheaton. 2, Garrett Forman, b. Gorham, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1829, d. Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 29, 1901. m. January 10, 1861, Abigail Voorhees. 3, Esther Forman, b. July 12, 1834, at Gorham, N. Y. m. Nov. 25, 1855, Alvah Wheaton. 4, Lydia Forman, b. , 1836, at Gorham, N. Y., d. Sept. 8, 1896, at Niles, Mich, m. 1st, Edwin McCumber. m. 2nd, April, 1877, Richard Thomas, m. 3rd, April 5, 1887, Augustus Woodford. Josephus Wheaton, b. Swansea, Mass., Dec. 15, 1824. m. March 18, 1851, Mary Ann, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Johnson) Forman, Children: 1, William Henry Wlieaton, b. Gorham, N. Y., April 16, 1852, d. Oct. 30, 1881. m. Nov. 24, 1877, Alice Albina Hurlbert — son: Clarence R. Wheaton, b. Bristol, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1878. 2, Garrett Forman Wlieaton, b. Bristol, N. Y., Dec. 1858. m. May 10, 1883, Mira Kempton Davis — children: 1, Mabel Kent Wheaton; 2, Florence Elsie; 3, James David; 4, Ruth Esther; and 5, Lois Anna Wheaton. 3, Anna Marie Wheaton, b. Bristol, N. Y., Aug. 10, 1863. m. Nov. 10, 1885, Anthony Reuben Tufts, b. March 9, 1857— children: 1, Howard Wheaton Tufts; 2, Helen Elizabeth Tufts, both born at Canandaigua, N. Y. Garrett Forman, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Johnson) Forman, b. Aug. 11, 1829, d. Oct. 29, 1901. m, Jan'y 10, 1861, Abigail Voorhees. 86 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Children, (all born at Englishtown, N. J.) 1, Charles H. Formau, b. Jan'y 27, 1862, d. Sept. 13, 1862. 2, Archibald Cobb Forman, M. D., b. Dec. 24, 1864. m. June 2, 1898, Anna Regina Love. 3, Alvah Wheaton Forman, b. April 8, 1866; resides at Bayonne, N.J. m. Oct. 19, 1892, Emma Chamberlain — cliildren, 1, Arcliiliald Cham- berlain Forman; 2, Helen Forman; 3, Margaret, d. in infancy. 4, Helen Wilson Forman. m. Jany. 1, 1901, Samuel Conover Laird. 5, Mary Anna Cobb Forman. m. March 20, 1895, George Dobson Vandenbergh — son, Garrett For- man Vandenbergh, b. June 22, 1896, at Englishtown. 6, Caroline Lewis Forman, d. in childhood. Alvah Wlieaton, b. Bristol, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1833. m. Nov. 25, 1855, Esther, dau. of Ebenezer and Mary (Johnson) For- man. Children: 1, Eva Wheaton, b. Bristol, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1856, d. there May 26, 1875. m. Jan'y 1, 1874, Hotchkiss. 2, Carrie Wheaton, b. Bristol, N. Y., July 4, 1865. m. 1st, April 5, 1882, Charles Artliur Bacon— Children : 1, Harry Wil- liam Bacon, b. South Bend, Ind., 1884; 2, Isabelle Morgan Bacon, b. St. Joseph, Mich. m. 2nd, Dec. 1, 1897, Harry Edwin Hurd. 3, Helen Wheaton, b. May 20, 1869, d. Jany 1, 1875. 4, Sadie Wheaton, b. Sept. 7, 1875, d. Sept. 19, 1876. 62. Peter Cadmus, b. Passaic, N. J., April 19, 1805, d. April 3, 1895. m. Dec. 25, 1829, Esther, dau. of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Forman, b. Freehold, N. J., June 14, 1805, d. Aug. 1, 1894. Children: 1, Andrew Louis Cadmus, b. Gorham, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1830, served four years in Civil War. m. July 4, 1867, Emeline Frisby — 5 childnm. 2, Phebe Ann Cadmus, b. Colebrook, Ohio, Jan'y 25, 1833, d. May 9, 1857. 3, Jonathan Forman Cadmus, b. Colebrook, Feb. 13, 1835. m. 1863, Martha Bartholomew — 6 children. 4, Penelope Cadmus, b. Colebrook, May 30, 1837, d. Dec. 29, 1852. 5, Sybil Cadmus, b. Austinburg, Ohio, June 1, 1839, d. Jan'y 25, 1869. m. 1863, Lee Parks— dau. Flora Parks, d. 1878. 6, John Henry Cadmus, b. Austinburg, Nov. 17, 1841, served two years in Civil War, d. Sept. 4, 1872. MR^. KsTFIEU KciKMAN CaIIMUS. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 87 7, Thomas Edgar Cadmus, b. Austiuburg, Aug. 29, 1843, d. 1900. m. Alice Young of Harpersfleld, Ohio, and removed to Sunrise City, Minn.— 4 children: 1, Harry; 2, Jerome; 3, Sybil; 4, Carrie. 8, Amos Cadmus, b. Austiuburg, April 27, 1847, d. March 12, 1848. 9, Frank Amos Cadmus, b. Austiuburg, March 27, 1851. d. May 23, 1902. Andrew Louis Cadmus, son of Peter and Esther (Forman) Cadmus, b. Gor- ham, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1830, soldier in the Union Army, resides in Austiuburg, Ohio, m. July 4, 1867, Emetine Frisby. Children : 1, Mintilla Nancy Cadmus. m. May 14, 1902, Ernest Jay Green of Austiuburg, Ohio. 2, Dora Sybil Cadmus. 3, Elizabeth Lena Cadmus. m. May 14, 1897, Thomas C. McKee of Springfield, Pa. 4, Richard Henry Cadmus. 5, Victor AncLrew Cadmus. Jonathan Forman Cadmus, son of Peter and Esther (Formaii) Cadmus, b. Colebrook, Ohio, Feb. 13, 1835, resides in Harpersfleld, Ohio, m. 1863, Martha Bartholomew. Childi'en : 1, Flora Theresa Cadmus. m. 1887 Salmon Howard of Austiuburg, Ohio. 2, Homer Marcus Cadmus, resides in Cleveland, Ohio, m. 3, William Henry Cadmus. m. 1901, Myrtle D. Carmichael. 4, Rosa Grace Cadmus. 5, Blaine Garfield Cadmus ^ ^ ^ , twins. 6, Garfield Blaine Cadmus 63. Jacob Johnson. m. Lydia Ann, dau. of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Forman, b. July 20, 1807. Children: 1, Ann Maria; 2, Peter; 3, Abraham; 4, Eliza- beth ; 5, Catherine ; 6, Jacob. 64. Jonathan Forman, son of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Forman, b. Free- hold, January 15, 1812. His father died when he was 13 years ,old. Two years later he removed with his mother, brothers, and sisters to Gorham, Ontario Co., New York, and in 1834 he removed to Colebrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, afterwards to Troy, Geauga Co., Ohio, and in 1853 to Austiuburg, Ohio, where he d. April 10, 1883. 88 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. m. 1st, July 4, 1839, Mary Lampson, b. Windsor, Oliio, Oct. 11, 1817, d. July 26, 1844. m. 2ud, March 5, 1845, Sally Peck, b. New Lyme, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1819. Children by 1st marriage: 1, William Henry Forman, b. Troy, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1840, served 3 years in Civil War; was on Sherman's "March to the Sea"; resides in Peoria, Illinois, m. March 7, 1865, Roema Wellman. 2, Mary Lucinda Forman, b. Troy, Ohio, January 10, 1843, d. Corry, Pa., Aug. 8, 1892. m. July 4, 1861, Nelson Spencer. Children: 3 daughters. Children by 2nd marriage : 3, Matthew Grisel Forman, b. Troy, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1846. m. 1st, July 4, 1877, Sarah Callaway. m. 2nd, April 18, 1894, Mrs. Ann McDougal. 4, Louisa Diana Forman, resides at Austinburg, Ohio. m. Nov. 12, 1887, Newton Merrill of Audover, Ohio, d. 1892. 5, Sarah Ann Forman. 6, Estella Bertha Forman. 7, Cassius Clay Forman, resides in Austinburg, Ohio. m. January 1, 1887, Alice Coup. Son, Jonathan Coup Forman, b. Sept. 30, 1887. William Henry Forman, son of Jonathan and Mary (Lampson) Forman, b. Troy, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1840; soldier in Union army, removed to Geneva, Ohio, is now living in Peoria, Dlinois. m. Mch. 7, 1865, Roema Wellman. Children: 1, Eva Forman. m. July 26, 1893, Charles Wood. 2, Ethel Forman, twin sister of above, d. in infancy. 8, Ethelyn Forman, d. in infancy. 4, Florence Fonnan. Matthew Grisel Forman, son of Jonathan and Sally (Peck) Forman, b. Troy, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1846, resides in Austinbm-g, Ohio. m. Ist July 4, 1877, Sarah Callaway, d. Aug. 1, 1891. m. 2d April 18, 1894, Mrs. Ann McDougal. Children by first marriage: 1, Eaii Gains Forman. 2, Ruth Joan Forman. m. Nov. 26, 1897, Philip Becker of Warren, Ohio. f: Wir.I.IAM 1'. KoRMAV. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 89 3, LaRue Dye Forman. 4, Gleiiu Matthew Formau, died aged 8 years. 5, Blanche Irene Forman. 6, Ethel Ernestine Forman. 7, Matthew Forman, d. in infancy. 65. Silas Peck. m. Phebe Forman, dau. of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Forman, b. Aug. 15, 1814, d. April 2, 1895. Children : 1, Helen Peck, b. New Lyme, Ohio, 1838, d. 1897. m. John Fillmore. 2, Ninette Peck. m. William Kelsey. 66. Catherine Formau, dau. of Garrett and Anna (Karr) Forman, b. Free- hold, N. J., Aug. 14, 1821, d. Oct. 30, 1900. m. Duren Way, of New Lyme, Ohio. Children : 1, Jerome Way, b. Colebrook, Ohio, Mch. 30, 1845. m. Emily Fobes of Wayne, Ohio — children: 1, Wm. Duren Way; 2, Lynn Jerome Way; 3, Karl Martin Way; 4, Alice Catherine Way. 2, Mary Jennette Way, d. 1876. m. Byrom M. Barber, of Colebrook. 3, Sarah Ann Way. m. Sigismar D. Beckwith, of New Lyme — child: Elwin Beckwith. 4, Martin Way. m. Nellie Smith, of Wayne, Ohio — children: 1, Elizabeth J. Way; 2, Leland Way. 5, Emma Frances Way. (Superintendent State Normal School, San Diego, Cal.) 6, Elizabeth Way, d. 1878. 67. Peter Forman, sou of William and Frausinchy (Heudrickson) Forman, b. 1781, d. 1838. m. 1st, Rebecca Ely. m. 2nd, Phoebe Ely. Children by first marriage: 1, William P. Forman, b. 1807, d. 188-; was member of New Jersey legis- lature, 1838-9; Judge Court of Common Pleas of Moinnouth Co., 1843-8, and 1852, 1867; resided at Manalapan, N. J.; author of an interesting little book on the family history. 90 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. m. 1828, Evelina Baird, b. 1805, d. 1883, dau. of Captain David Baird of the Revolution. 2, Sarah Ely Forman. m. William I. Perriue — 6 children. 3, Isaac Ely Forman. m. Elizabeth Ann Ely. Judge William P. Forman, b. 1807, d. 188—. m. 1828, Evelina Baird. Childi-en : 1, Fransinchy Rebecca Forman. m. James Cook Rue. 2, Mary Elizabeth Forman. m. John Van Mater, of Colts Neck, N. J. 3, Peter Forman, member of legislature, civil engineer and surveyor, res, Manalapan. m. 1884, Maggie L. Van Doren— 3 children: 1, Hope Forman; 2, Evelyn Forman, and 3, John V. D. Forman. 68. Samuel William Forman, son of William and Fransinchy (Hendrickson) Forman, b. Monmouth Co., N. J.. March 18, 1794, d. April 27, 1875, buried Oak- wood Cemetery, Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio. 111. 1st, March 10, 1817, Mary Clayton, d. Oct. 19, 1838, buried at Warren. m. 2nd, Feb. 17, 1847, Mrs. Mary W. Clark. Children by first marriage : 1, Fransinchy Forman, b. Sept. 26, 1818, d. June 18, 1844, buried at WaiTen. 2, Mary Claytou Forman, b. March 13, 1821, d. March 9, 1895, buried at WaiTen. 3, Margaret Clayton Forman, b. Sept. 7, 1823, d. April 9, 1887, buried at Warren. 4, William Henry Forman, b. Aug. 2, 1826, d. March 29, 1869, buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati. 5, Jonathan Clayton Forman, b. Gorham, Ontario Co., New York, Sept. 11, 1830. m. Elizabeth Custis Darroch. 6, John Clayton Forman, b. Ashtabula Co., Ohio, Dec. 4, 1833, d. July 18, 1862, buried at Cincinnati ; was an editor and printer, m. Caroline Reed, d. 1891, — only child: Mary Jane Forman. Children by second marriage, all born at Braceville, Ohio. 7, Frances L. Forman, b. Nov. 19, 1847. m. , — children. \ A S,\\iii;i. William Kokmax. I i:.M-iS7;i THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 91 8, Catherine Eliza Forman, b. Nov. 16, 1849. m. twice, now deceased — no children. 9, Emma Ormsby Forman, b. April 4, 1854. m. Allen ; — children. 10, Charles Edward Forman, b. June 27, 1857, d. April 5, 1881; was a druggist at Braceville. JONATHAN CLAYTON FORMAN. 69. Jonathan Clayton Forman of Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Goi-liam, New York, in 1830. His father, Samuel W. Forman, who was born in New Jersey, removed to the then West, and died in Warren, Ohio, in 1875, aged 81. He was a man of great strength of character and much respected. Jonathan C. Forman entered a j)rinting office when quite young, and thor- oughly mastered the business. In 1867 he was admitted to partnership with Sanford &, Hayward, then the leading printers and bookbinders in Cleveland. In 1876 the establishment was purchased by Short & Forman. About November, 1890, a stock company was formed under the name of The Porman-Bassett-Hatch Company, of which Jonathan C. Forman is president. The business of the com- pany is that of printers, lithographers, blank book manufacturers and stationers. Mr. Forman has invented a patent wave line appliance for ruling, which has met with much success, and is also the holder of many other patents for devices of his invention for economizing labor and beautifying work. He is a member of the Republican party and has rendered effective service to that organization, but has never sought political office, preferring to devote himself to his large business interests. He is a member of the Tippecanoe and Union Clubs of Cleveland. Jonathan Clayton Forman, b. Gorham, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1830, resides at Cleveland, Ohio. m. June 20, 1853, Elizabeth Custis Darroch of Scotland, d. April 12, 1896, buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland. Children : 1, Samuel William Forman, b. at Cleveland, Aug. 1, 1854, d. March 16, 1892. m. Ida Kenney. Children: 1, Elizabeth Forman ; 2, Jonathan Clayton Forman. 2, William Henry Forman, b. June 15, 1863, d. Dec. 7, 1863. DESCENDANTS OF SHERIFF DAVID FORMAN. 70. Sheriff David Forman left three sons, all prominent men in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and all having grandchildren and great-grandchildren living in Monmouth Co. at the present time. Jonathan Forman, Sheriff David's eldest son, married Hope Rurrowes, sister of Major Joliu Rurrowes, of the Revolution. From this marriage, through their son, John Rurrowes Forman, there is but one line, that of Mrs. Fitz Randolph, daughter 92 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. of John BuiTowes Forman, and widow of Bennington Fitz Randolph, who resides at Freehold with her two daughters and has two other daughters living. Of these, one is the widow of Governor Joseph I). Bedle, of New Jersey, the other is the widow of Flavel McGee, a prominent lawyer. Both these ladies reside with their families in Jersey City. Tunis Forman, (1761-1837), second son of Sheriff David, married Eleanor Remsen. The story of his bravery during the Revolutionary war will be told later. In the male line, Tunis Forman is represented by a grandson, Mr. Edward T. For- man, of Bi'ooklyn, and his son. Mr. Edward T. Forman is the son of Jonathan and Matilda (Scudder) Forman. Catherine Louisa Forman, the only daughter of Tunis, married Dr. Edward Taylor, of Middletown, Monmouth Co., N. J., and there are a number of descendants through this line, among whom is Dr. Edward Taylor, a prominent physiolan of Middletown, and a grandson of Tunis Forman. Dr. Samuel Forman, (176-4-184-), the youngest son of Slieriff David Forman, was a noted physician at Freehold. By his second wife, Sarah Tlirockmortou, he left two sons, John Fisher Forman, and Richard. There are children and grand- children of these now living in Fi-eehold. Dr. D. McLean Forman, of Freehold, and his brother Dr. Samuel Randolph Forman, of Jersey City, (sons of John Fisher Forman) , are prominent physicians in their respe(;ti ve places of residence. Dr. Samuel Forman, of Freehold, (the elder) had an only daughter Anne, who married Joseph FitzRandolph, uncle of Bennington FitzRandolph above mentioned. Theodore Fitz Randolph, who was Governor of New Jersey, 1869-72, was their cousin. The family of FitzRandolph is descended from Edward FitzRandolph, who came to Massachusetts in 1630. At the present time the prefix is commonly dropped. The will of David Forman of Freehold,' dated Feb. 24, 1802, probated 1813, speaks of him as " being anshant "'; it names "wife Nelle's sons Jonathan, Tunis and Samuel " : " daughter Ann Floyd " : "Jonathan's son David ; Samuel's son David." 71. (Sheriff) David Forman, son of Jonathan and Margaret (Wyckoff) Forman, b. 1733, d. 1812. His commission as Higli Sheriff of Monmouth Co., Oct. 10, 1780, is in possession of the N. J. Historical Society, m. Anna Denise. H 1, Jonathan Forman, b. April 16, 1758, d. January 29, 1803. m. Hope Burrowes (sister of Maj. John Burrowes), b. Dec. 26, 1759, d. May 11, 1806. 2, Tunis Forman, b. 1761, d. 1837. m. Eleanor Remsen, b. 1778, d. 1835. 3, (Dr.) Samuel Forman, b. 1764, d. 184-. m. 1st, Ann Rogers — no children. m. 2nd, Sarah Throckmorton — 3 sons, 1 dau. 4, Anna Forman. m. Corlies Lloyd. 'Hist, of Monmouth Co., p. XXVIII. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 72. Jonathan Forman, son of (Sheriff) David Forman, b. 1758, d. 1803. m. Hope BuiTowes, b. 1759, d. 1806. 93 H 1, Mary Ann Forman, b. 1784, d. 1810. 2, Catherine Forman. m. Ebenezer Rose. 3, Diana Forman. m. Rev. I. Linn Shafer. 4, John Burrowes Forman, b. 1786, d. 1853. m. Hope B. Henderson, b. 1787, d. 1823. 5, (Dr.) David Forman, b. 1791, d. 1826. 73. Jolm BiuTowea Forman, son of Jonathan and Hope (Burrowes) Forman, b. 1786, d. 1853. m. Hope B. Henderson, b. 1787, d. 1823. H 1, Mary Ann Forman, b. 1812, d. 1884. 2, Thomas Marshall Forman, b. 1814, d. 1817. 3, Jonathan Forman, b. 1816. m. Mary Chamberlain, d. 1891. 4, Eliza Forman, b. 1819. m. Bennington FitzRandolph, b. 1817, d. 1890. h 8 children. Of the eight children of Bennington and Eliza (Forman) FitzRandolph, tliere are living four, viz: Althea, married Joseph D. Bedle, Governor of New Jersey, 1875-78; Miss Franc Forman FitzRandolph; Julia married Flavel McGee; and Isabelle Hamill married Rev. Albert Dod Minor. TUNIS FORMAN. 74. The following incident from Barber and Howe's Historical Collections of New Jersey, p. 845, was incorporated by Judge Wm. P. Forman in his little book. On a fine morning in May, 1780, as the family of Mr. David Forman, sheriff of the county, were at breakfast, a soldier almost out of breath suddenly burst into the room and stated that he and another soldier were conducting to the court house two men taken up on suspicion at Colt's Neck; they had knocked down his comrade, seized his musket and escaped. The sheriff, on hearing this relation, immediately mounted his horse and galloped to the court house to alarm the guard. His son Tunis, a lad of about seventeen, and small of his age, seized a musket loaded only 94 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. with small shot to kill blackbirds in the corn-fields, and putting on a cartridge box. dispatched his brother Samuel upstairs for the bayonet, and thru without waiting for it, hurried off alone in the pursuit. After moving in a westerly direction about a mile he discovered the men sitting on a fence, who on perceiving him, ran into a swamp. As the morning w;i- warm he hastily pulled off his coat and shoes and dashed in after them keepiiijj close upon them for over a mile. When they got out of the swamp each climbed into separate trees. As he came up they discharged at him tlie musket taken from the guard. The ball whistled over his head, he felt for his bayonet, and at that moment perceived that in his haste it was left behind. He then pointed his gun at the man with the musket, but deemed it imprudent to fire, reflecting even if he killed him his comrade could easily master such a stripling as him.self. He compelled the man to throw down the musket by threatening him with death if he did not instantly comply. Then loading the prize from the cartridge box, he forced his prisoners down the trees, and armed witli his two loaded muskets he drove them toward the court house, careful, however, to keep them far apart to prevent convereation. Passing by a spring they requested permission to drink. "No," replied the intrepid boy understanding their design, " you can do as well without it as myself; you shall have some by and by.'' Soon after, his father at the head of a party of soldiers in pursuit, galloped passed in the road within a short distance. Tunis halloed, but the clattering of their horses' hoofs drowned his voice. At length he reached the village and lodged his prisoners in the county prison. It was subsequently learned that these men, whose names were John and Robert Smith, were brothere from near Philadelphia; that they had robbed and mui'dered a Mr. Boyd, a collector of taxes in Chester county, and when taken were on their way to join the British. As they had been apprehended on suspicion, merely, of being refugees, no definite charge could then be bi-ought against them. A few days after, Sheriff Forman .saw an advertisement in a Pennsylvania paper describing them, with the facts above mentioned, and a reward of $20,000 (continental money) ofl:ered for their apprehension. He, accompanied by his son, took them on there, where they were tried and executed. On entering Philadelphia Tunis was carried thi-ough the streets in triumph upon the shoulders of the mili- tary. In the latter part of the war, this young man became very active, and was the particular favorite of Gen. David Forman. N. B. — This account was taken from the lips of Dr Samuel Forman, who was then the boy Samuel who was sent upstairs for the bayonet, and was related by him when the transactions in question were fresh in his mind. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 95 Descendants of Aaron Fornian (1699-1742), Third Son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman of Monmouth. 75. Aaron Forman, b. May 22, 1699, married Ursula Craig, daughter of Archibald Craig, who is styled "Esq." on his tombstone at "Old Scots" burying ground. Archibald Craig died in 1751, and left a will, dated 1750, by which he left forty pounds to " my well-beloved daughter, widow Ursula Forman." Aaron Forman was a pewholder in the old Tennent Church. He died in 1742, and is buried at " Wyckoff Hill." His will dated Dec. 31, 1741, at Freehold, mentions his wife Ursula, his eldest son George, not of age at the time, also three other sons : Lewis, Andrew and Robert, and three daughters : Priscilla, Lydia and Phoebe — all f minors ; his wife Ursula, and his two brothers, Jonathan and John Forman, and brothers-in-law, Samuel Craig and William Madock, are appointed executors. Wit- nesses were Samuel Throckmorton and Aiiibrose Stelle. The will was probated Feb. 12, 1742 (1741, old style), (Liber C of Wills, p. 479, at State Capitol.) Lewis Forman, son of Aaron and Ursula (Craig) Forman, was born and brought up in Monmouth Co., and removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey. Before his removal he was a pewholder in the Tennent Church. He was an ardent Loyalist during the Revolution. Lewis' son William — he had other sons — was born in New Brunswick, lived and died there. William had several sons, one of whom, Lewis, born in New Brunswick removed at the age of 1 7 to New York City to be with his uncle Aaron Forman, who was established there as a book publisher. The last named Lewis Forman, who died in New York in 1891, was the father of Mr. William Henry Forman of New York City, whose researches in the history of the family have been far more extensive and valuable than those of any previous investigator. Descendants of Captain John Forman (1701-1748) Fourth Son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman of Monmouth Co., N. J. 76. Captain John Forman carried on the business of blacksmith at Free- hold. He married Jane Wyckoff. The childi-en mentioned in his will were, sons: John, Samuel, and another son James, mentioned in the codicil to the will. Daughters: Mary, the eldest, wife of Joseph Throckmorton, Hannah, Margaret, Rebecca and Anne. The will, which is dated May 13, 1747, states that liis wife Jane is to stay on the plantation, with 366 acres of woodland added for firewood and timber. His son John, under age at the time, is to carry on the smith's trade. 96 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. The daughters are to have their inlieritaiice at their coming of age or when they are married. His sou Samuel, when lie is of age, to have 150 pounds and 198 acres (^) in Upper Freehold. The rest of the estate is to be divided among the daughters. The executors are: Wife, Jane, brother Jonathan Forman, brother-in-law, William Madock, son-in-law Joseph Throckmorton. Witnesses: Dan Van Mater, Daniel Grandin, George Forman. The witnesses to the codicil: Gysbert Van Mater, Samuel Mount, William Madock, Jr. Captain John Foi-man is buried at Wyckoff Hill, and his tombstone reads: Here Lyes Interr'd the Body of Cap* John Forman Who Departed this Life November y» twenty fifth Annoq Domini one Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Eight Aged Forty Seven years two months & two Days John Forman (b. 1736) who married Eleanor Denise, daughter of Teunis Denise, is believed to be correctly identified as the eldest son of Captain John For- man. John Forman tlie younger, had a son Denise. Denise Forman, who must not be confused with his cousin of the same name, was the father of Mrs. Alice Forman, now living at Freehold, the widow of John Conover Forman, son of Tunis Forman the Revolutionary hero. COLONEL SAMUEL FORMAN. It is believed that the Samuel Forman, who was Colonel of the 2nd Regiment New Jei-sey militia in the Revolution was the son of Capt. John Forman. Colonel Samuel Forman was twice married. His first wife Anne , was born in County Kildare, 18 miles from Dublin, Ireland, on June 21, 1737, was married April 28, 1756, and died Oct. 12, 1770. Colonel Samuel Forman s second wife was Elizabeth, the only sister of General David Forman, his first cousin. They were married Oct. 22, 1772, she died Nov. 28, 1781. There were no children by either marriage. Col. Samuel and his two wives are buried under St. Peter's Episcopal church at Freehold. He was born Feb. 1, 1734. This and the other dates are from a stray leaf which has been preserved from his Bible. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 97 Descendants of Joseph Forman (1703-1775), Fifth Son of High Sheriff Samuel Forman of Monmouth Co., N. J. 77. Joseph Forman, according to the statement furnished to Miss Woodhull by his granddaughter, Miss Malvina Forman, in 1871, was a wealthy sliipping mer- chant in New York City, afterwards retired from business, and settled on one of his farms in Monmouth Co., N. J. In a manuscript written in 1851 by Gov. John Cliambers, a distinguished citizen of Kentucky who was Governor of Iowa Territory in 1841, it is stated : " My father in early manhood was sent to New York and was employed as a clerk in an extensive mercantile establishment belonging to Mr. Joseph Forman, who had married Betty Lee, my grandmother's sister. From your grandfather's account of Mr. Forman, who was always called by a numerous con- nection ' Uncle Josey,' he must have been one of the most excellent men of his day." This extract is furnished by Mrs. Mai'garet (Brent) MacKoy of Covington, Ky., a granddaughter of Gov. Chambers. The manuscript mentions that Gen. David Forman was one of the sons of Joseph and Betty Forman, and says further : " My grandmother and Aunt Betty Forman had two or more brothers, one of whom settled in Virginia and one in Maryland," and that Gen. Henry Lee was a descendant of the one who settled in Virginia. In the last statement he is doubtless mistaken. Miss Anna M. Woodhull of Freehold found in a deed dated March 18, 1761, the name of David Lee of Windsor, in Middlesex Co., N. J. James Chambers maiTied 8arah Lee, their son Rowland was the father of Gov. John Chambers. Gen. Benjamin Chambers, another son of James, married Elizabeth Forman, daughter of Ezekiel, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lee) Forman. Hence Gov. John Chambers and Judge Ezekiel Forman Chambers of Maryland were first cousins. (Information supplied by Mrs. MacKoy). 78. Joseph Forman, son of Samuel and Mary (Wilbur) Forman, b. Dec, 1703, d. July 14, 1775. m. Sept. 22, 1732, Elizabeth Lee, d. Oct. 15, 1774, aged 64. fJ 1, Joseph Forman, b. Oct. 27, 1734. m. April 24, 1765, Amelia Gale. 2, Ezekiel Forman, b. Oct. 10, 1736, d. May 29, 1795. m. first, Augustine Marsh, dau. of Thomas and Mary (Thompson) Marsh, m. second, Margaret Neilson. 3, Elizabeth Forman, b. March 28, 1740, d. Nov. 28, 1781. m. Oct. 22, 1772, Colonel Samuel Forman (his second wife). 4, Stephen Forman, b. May 10, 1743. 98 THF FORM AN GENEALOGY. 5, David Foniian, b. Nov. 3, 1745, d. Sept. 12, 1797. m. Ann Marsii, dan. of Tlunna.s and Ann (Krisby) Marsli. 6, Aaron Fonnan. b. Feb. 1. 1748. 79. Josepli Forman, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lee) Fonnan, b. Oct. 27, 1734. m. April 24. 1765, Amelia Gale. r" 1, Elizabeth Forman, b. in New Jersey April 15, ITtiti, d. at Natehez, 1810. 2, Stephen Forman, b. Jnne 18, 1708. d. at Long Marsh, Queen Anne's Co., Maryland. m. 3, William Gordon Forman, b. June 22, 1770, d. at Lexington, Ky., Oct. 3, 1812. m. first, Sarah Marsli Fonnan. dau. of Gen. David Forman, b. Feb. 1, 1773. m. second, Sarah, dau. of Rev. Dr. John Woodhull, b. at Freehold, N. J., March 28, 1781, d. at Natchez, Nov. 13. 1811. 4, Joseph Forman, b. June 8, 1773. m. April 26. 1803, at Shrewsbuiy, N. J., Catherine Remsen Holmes, b. June 13, 1786, dau. of Obadiah and Catherine (Rem.sen) Holmes. 5, Matthias Forman, b. July 1, 1775, d. very young. The Forman Family at Natchez and in the State of Mississippi. 80. Ezekiel Forman (1736-1795), second son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lee Forman, married as his first wife, Augustine (or Augustina) Mai-sh, a daughter of Thomas Marsh of Maryland. It was at Ezekiel Forman's house at Princeton, N. J., that his brother David was married in 1767. Ezekiel Forman was commissioned as High Sheriff of Kent Co., Md., January 14, 1776. The Archives of Maryland show that on Nov. 5, 1777, "Ezekiel Forman, Esq., is appointed Paymaster to the Eastern Shore Marching Militia . . . ." \\\ the same year he was a member of the council of safety of Maryland. He married his second wife, Margaret Neilson, at Phila- delphia and was living there in 1789, when, arrangements having been made by Gen. David Forman with the Spanisli minister to procure land in the Natchez country, Ezekiel Forman with his family journeyed down the Ohio and Mississippi, and established himself as a tobacco planter at the Wilderness Plantation on St. Catherine's Creek, about foui- or five miles from Natchez. Here in 1795 he died. Besides Margaret Douglas Forman. aged 39 ; Ann, aged 14 months ; David, aged 34 ; Ezekiel, aged 23 ; all children of the second marriage, there is buried at Natchez with her sons, Elizabeth, wife of Gen. Benjamin Chambers of Chestertown, Md., who was a daughter of the first marriage. In Major S. S. Forman's Narrative^ THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 99 Ezekiel Forman is described as a "fine, portly looking man, neat and dignified; always wore powder, as all gentlemen did in those days, and large cocked hat." In the fall of 1796, Gen. David Forraan came to Natchez, and remained nntil the following August, when he left for his home at Chestertown, Maryland, and ■ died before he reached there. Major William Gordon Forman, Gen. David Forman's nephew and son-in-law, seems to have been the next member of the family to take up his residence at Natchez. He was a son of Joseph Forman of Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., N. J., graduated at Princeton in 1786, and became a lawyer. Miss A. M. Woodhull, who was a niece of Major W. G. Forman's second wife, writes that he " introduced Eli Whitney's celebrated cotton-gin into the state of Mississippi. He had previously gone abroad, and was i\\^Q first private American gentleman presented at the Court of George the Third. We have part of his costume worn on that occasion." He was Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Territorial Legislature of Mississippi in Jan'y, 1803.— (Claiborne's Mississippi— ^^^ii^Q 241). After his second wife'sdeath. Major W. G. Forman started north with his little daughter to bring her to her grandfather's, Dr. Woodhull's, in Monmouth, and was murdered at Lexington, Ky., it is supposed for purposes of robbery, by negroes or men in the house where he was stopj)ing. The next to come into \4ew at Natchez is Joseph, a brother of Major W. G. Forman. Joseph Forman bought the plantation on which liis uncle Ezekiel had settled, and lived and died a much respected citizen of Natchez where he was prominent in starting the Presbyterian church. None of Joseph's sons grew to man- hood. After the death of his eldest brother Stephen in Qiieen Anne's Co., Md., Joseph sent for Stephen's two young sons, Stephen, Jr., and Samuel. The widow of the elder Stephen married again at Red Bank, N. J., a Mr. Borden, and had two sons, Allen and Forman Borden, both of whom married and had children. Stephen Forman the younger married in Mississippi, a granddaughter of Governor Howell, of New Jersey. Accounts of two of their sons will be given later. THE HOWELL FAMILY. 81. Howell of Caerleon, Wales, had a son, Howell of Caer- philly, Glamorganshire, Wales, who removed to Delaware in 1690. Tlie latter's grandson, Richard Howell, born in Delaware in 1753, married Keziah Burr, a mem- ber of the Society of Friends, and before the Revolutionary War was a lawyer at Mount Holly, N. J. He served with distinction in the Revolutionary War and rose to be Major of the Second New Jersey ; became Governor of New Jersey in 1793 and was re-elected for several successive terms. One of his daughters, Sarah, afterwards Mrs. James Agnew of Pittsburgh, was one of the ten young ladies who scattered flowers in Washington's path at Trenton bridge, and Gov. Howell wi'ote the poetical welcome recited on that occasion. Wm. Burr Howell, fourth son of the Governor, became an officer in the Marine Corps, served in the war of 1812 ; came to Natchez, I.. sJT w. > ' 100 THE FORMA N GENEALOGY. I! Miss., after the close of that war ami settled there. His house near Natchez was called "The Briers." Mrs. Jefferson Davis is a daughter of Wni. B. Howell. (Menioii of Jefferson Davis, 1890, by Mi-s. Davis.) Charles B. Howell, another son of the Governor, was the father of Keziali B. m Howell, who married Stephen Fornian (see above). |i 82. Steplien Ft)rman, son of Joseph and Amelia (Gale) Forman, b. .June 13, 1768, d. at Long Marsli. Queen Anne's Co., Md. m. 1. Stephen Forman. m. 1825, Keziah B., dan. of Charles B. Howell. ~ --2, Samuel Forman (went West — no record of mari-iage or death obtainable.) Note: — The order of birth of the two foregoing is not ascertained. 83. Stephen Forman, son of Stephen and Forman, born in New Jersey. m. 1825 in Mississippi, Keziah B. Howell, dau. of Charles B. Howell. r^ 1, Charles II. Forman, b. 1826. m. Martha Dorsey. 2, Mary Jane Forman. b. 1828. m. Major Thos. Reed, an eminent lawyer of Natchez. 3, Martha Forman, b. 1830. m. Hon. Thos. C. West of Jefferson Co., Miss. 4, Richard Howell Forman, b. Feb. 19, 1833. m. first, Dec. 6, 1860, Emily A. Batchelor, d. May 31, 1883. m. second, Jan'y 18, 1888, Nydia Dockery,dau. of Gen. Thos. F. Dt)ckery. 5, Stephen Samuel Forman, b. May 4, 1835, d. Aug. 15, 1896. m. Mary Coleman, dau. of Dr. F. B. Coleman, Jefferson Co., Miss. 84. Charles H. Forman, son of Stephen and Keziah B. (Howell) Forman, b. 1826. m. Martha Dorsey. H 1, Richard Forman, (deceased). 2, Mary E. Forman. 3, Martha L. Forman. m. Dr. Stroud of Henderson, Texas. 4, Stephen C. Forman. m. Miss Northcut of Longview. Tex. THE FORM AN GENEAL OGY. 1 1 85. Major Thomas Reed, of Natchez, d. about 1891 aged 75. 111. Mary Jane Formaii, dan. of Stephen & Keziali B. (Howell) Fovman ■ b. 1828. H 1, Jane Reed (deceased). 2, Mary K. Reed (deceased). 3, Richard Formau Reed. Lawyer at Natchez. m. Eula Holden. 5, Susan Reed. 6, Thomas J. Reed. 8(>. Thos. C. West, of Jefferson Co., Miss. m. Martha Formau, dau. of Stephen and Keziah B. (Howell) Fornian. r^ 1, Howell Formau West. m. Emmie Whitney. 2, Emma West. 3, Thomas C. West. m. Annie Patterson. RICHARD HOWELL PORMAN. 87. Richard Howell Formau, second son of Stephen and Keziah B. Howell Formau, was born in Jefferson Co., Miss., Feb. 19, 1833. After a year spent in New Orleans with a cotton factorage house, during which occurred the great yellow fever epidemic of 1853, he returned on account of failing health to his home, Rodney, Miss. Three years thereafter he engaged on his own account in a general mercan- tile business which was continued until the outbreak of the war. Although his health and strength did not permit his enduring the hardships of military service, he was warmly devoted to the Confederate cause and held throughout the war the office of commissioner, to look after the families of destitute soldiers. In 1865 he became engaged in planting and has been president of the Stock Breeders' Associa- tion of the county, of the Horticultural Association, and twice of the Jefferson County Planters, Mechanics and Manufacturers Association. In 1884 he was appointed commissioner from Mississippi to the New Orleans Exposition. He has also been one of the trustees of the Female Academy, and has held many other official positions, which indicate the esteem in which he is held in his native state and county. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an elder. He resides upon his plantation near Fayette, Jefferson Co., Miss. 102 Till- FOR MAN GENEALOGY. Richard Howell Formau, sou of Stephen and Keziah B. (Howell) Fovman, 1). F(;b. 19, 1833, resides near Fayette, Jefferson Co., Miss. ^ m. first, Dec. 6, 1860, Emily A. Batclielor, d. May 31, 1883. Hni. second, Jan. 18, 1888, Nydia Dockery, dau. of C4en. Thomas F. Dockery. 1, George Dent Forman, b. Dec. 29, 1861. m. Dec. 4, 1884, Effie T. Torrey, dau. of Hoii. George Torrey, of Jeffer- son Co., Miss. 2, Mary K. Formau, b. Sept. 25, 1865, d. Nov. 8, 1865. 3, Liira Forman. 4, Emily Formau, d. in infancy. 5, Richard Howell Formau, d. in infancy. 6, Evelyn Forman, d. 1893. 7, Saidie L. Forman. 88. George Dent Forman, son of Richard H. and Emily A. (Batclielor) For man, b. Dec. 29. 1861. m. Dec. 4, 1884, Effle T. Torrey, b. Jefferson Co., Miss., Aug. 13, 1861, d. Fayette, Miss., Sept. 14, 1895, dau. of Hon. George Torrey. r^ 1, Richard T. Forman. 2, Margaret Forman. 3, Effie Formau. 4, George Formau. STEPHEN SAMUEL FORMAN. 89. Stephen Samuel Forman (1835-1896), the youngest brother of Richard Howell Forman, was born in Jefferson Co., Miss., where he resided many years and where he conducted a successful mercantile business. When the civil war began he enlisted iu the Jefferson Artillery, and remained throughout tlie hostilities a mem- ber of that organization. He was a good soldier and a respected and useful citizen. About 1881 he removed to Natchez, where in 1896 he died. His two sons, R. B. Forman and Stephen Formau, reside in Natchez, where they are in business. Stephen Samuel Formau, sou of Stephen and Keziah B. (Howell) Forman, b. May 4, 1835, d. Aug. 15, 1896. m. Mary, dau. of Dr. F. B. Coleman of Jefferson Co., Miss. r" 1, Richard B. Forman (resides at Natchez). 2, Stephen Formau 3, Lucille Forman Also, two daughters deceased. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 103 1)0. Joseph Forman, b. 1773, son Joseph and Amelia (Gah^) Forinan. m. Catherine Remsen Hohues. r" 1, Amelia Gale Forman, b. at Middletown Point, N. J., Mch. 13, 1804, d. Nov., 1825. m. John Nugent at Washington, Adams Co., Miss., 1 822 or 1823. Her dau. Catherine m. Rich'd Nugent, 1841, and left a son Rev. Perry Nugent of Salem, Va. 2, Catherine Holmes Forman, b. Oct. 11, 1805, at Wilderness Plantation, near Natchez, d. 1818. 3, Wm. Gordon Forman, b. at Natchez, Apr. 19, 1807, d. Nov. 15, 1839. 4, dau. b. 1809, d. young. 5, son b. 1810, d. young. 6, Elizabeth Forman, b. at Natchez, Feb. 15, 1811. ni. Oct. 9, 1828, Benijah Osmun Smith. She d. at Montrose Planta- tion, the home of her dau. Mrs. Aby, Jan. 21, 1877. 7, Joseph Forman, b. near Natchez, Sept. 6, 1812, d. 1829. 8, Augusta Forman, b. Sept. 7, 1814, d. at Newark, N. J., Nov. 26, 1883. m. Wm. Van Wyck, of New York, about 1848. 9, Sarah Marsh Forman, b. at Liberty, Miss., Mch. 21, 1816, d. St. Paul, Minn., July 25, 1870. m. Wm. Henry Dunbar, Mch. 18, 1835. She had several daughters and one sou, 'William Forman Dunbar, who m. Mary, dau. of Judge Joseph Shields of Natchez, and had 7 children. William Forman Dunbar served in the Confederate Army and is now dead. 91. Elizabeth Forman. m. Benijah Osmun Smith. 1, Stephen Forman Smith, b. 1829, d. 1886. ra. Alice Lake. He was Lieut, in Co. B, 38th Miss. Regt., Confed. Army. 2, Joseph Calvin Smith, b. 1831, d. 1840. 3, Catherine Priscilla Smith, b. 1832. m. Charles Ralston Byrnes, and has had 14 children of whom 6 survive. 4, Helen Augusta Smith, b. 1834, d. 1893. m. Thomas J. Aby and had 5 children. 92. Charles Ralston Byrnes (Lieut. Mabry's Brigade, Confederate Army), m. Sept. 18, 1850, Catherine Priscilla Smith, b. Springfield Plantation, I Dec. 19, 1832. 1, Charles Ralston Byrnes, Jr. - 3, Benjamin Smith Byrnes. ' m. Helen Metcalfe. m. Willie Venable Smith. 2 Lissa Forman Byrnes, d. 1885. 4, Walter Stephen Byrnes, d. 1869. ' m. Charles K. Regan. 5, Emily Augusta Byrnes, d. 1860. 104 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 6, Percy Shields Byrnes. 11, Florence Undine Byrnes, m. Berry JeftVries. ni. Dr. McC'aleb. 7, Martha Kate Byrnes, d. 1863. 12, Claude Renisen Bja-nes, d. 1875. 8, Laura Augusta Byrnes, d. 1862. 13, Augustus McCaleb Byrnes. 9, Etoile Kate Byrnes, d. 1866. 14, Burton Osmun Byrnes, d. 1883. 10, Robert Lee Byrnes. m. Helen Ferriday. 93. Ezekiel Forraan. son of Josepli and Elizabeth (Lee) Forman, b. October 10, 1736, d. May 29, 1795, High SheritF, Kent Co., Md., 1776. m. 1st, Augustine dan. of Thomas and Mary Thompson Marsli. H 1, Gen. Thos. Marsh Forman, b. Aug. 20, 1758. 2, Col. Joseph Forman, b. Jan'y 10, 1761, d. April 14, 1805. 3, Elizabeth Forman, b. June 11, 1762, d. Jan. 27, 1820. m. Gen. Benjamin Cliambers of Cliestertown, Md. 4, Sarah Emory Forman, b. Oct. 1, 1763, d. Mch. 15, 1836. m. Andrew Van Bibber of Gloucester Co., Virginia. 5, William Lee Forman. b. October, 1764, d. Oct. 4, 1804. m. Jane Spear, m. 2nd Margaret Neilson. H 6, Augusta Forman, b. 1777 (^) d. aged 68, buried at Newaric, New Jersey, Mount Pleasant Cemetery. 7, Margaret Douglas Forman, b. 1778, d. 1817, buried near Natchez. 8, Frances Forman, b. 1782, d. Oct. 22, 1830, buried at Newark, N. J. 9, David Forman, b. 1787, d. 1821, buried near Natchez. 10, Ann Forman, b. 1790, d. 1791, buried near Natchez. 11, Ezekiel Neilson Forman. b. 1792, d. 1816, buried near Natchez. 12, Ann E. Forman, b. Dec. 24, 1795, d. Jan'y 5, 1872, buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Newark, New Jersey. m. Rev. Daniel Smith, who predeceased her. ABSTRACT OF WILL. 94. " I, Thomas Marsh of Queen Ann's County in the province of Maryland . . . being of sound mind, &c. . . . do give and be(iueath . . . All my lands in Cecil, and all my lands in Kent Island in Queen Ann's County and my plantation on the main road to Queen's Town in the s"d County which I lately bought of Thomas Emory unto my grandson, Thomas Marsh Forman and his Heirs . . . and for default of such heirs, to my grandson, Joseph Forman, and his heirs, and in default of such heirs to my gi-andson Wm. Forman, and his heirs, and for default of Gkx.cuai. TnnM as M aksm Kokmax. Keprotlui-cii bv (.'oiirUf.y of Mr. Mitrion 11. llciulcrsttii. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 105 such heirs, to the first, second, third and foiirtli and every otluu- son and sons of the Body of my Daughter, Ann Porman . . . according to priority of birth . . . and in default of such heirs, to daughters of my daughter, Augustina and daughters of Ann. To my grandson, Jos. Forraan, grist-mill at Head of Island Creek ; and land near Kingstown, and houses (&c) in Chestertown . . . and for default of sucli heirs, to my grandson Thomas, and in default of such heirs to my grandson William, and and in default of such heirs to the first, second and third sons of my daughter Ann ... in default, to daughters of Ann and Augustina . . . (other pi-operty, same reversion). To Thomas Whittington, son of Jane Whittington, my plantation bought of Walter Nevil ... in default of heirs, to grandson Jos. Forman, in default, to grandson Thomas Marsh Forman ... in default, to grandson Wm. Forman ... in default, to daughters of Ann and Augustina . . . Son-in-law Ezekiel Forman to have custody and management of Estate devised to Thos. Marsh Forman and of Estate devised to Thos. Whittington ... To Thos. Marsh Forman my Sword (&c) . All silver plate to two grand daughters, Elizabeth, daughter of Ezekiel For- man and my daughter xlugustina his wife, and Sarah, daughter of David Forman and my daughter Ann, his wife. . . . Executors — Son-in-law Ezekiel Forman and my friends, James Frisby, Thomas Ringgold, of Kent, and John Thompson and Dr. Samuel Thompson, his brother, of Queen Anne's County. . . . In witness (! Josepli and Elizabeth (Lee) Forman), b. Nov. 3, 1745, d. Sept. I'i, 1797. Will prob. at Chestertt.wn, Md., Oct. 26, 1797. m. Feb. 28, 1767, Ann, dau. of Thomas and Ann (Fiisby) Marsh. h 1, Joseph P'orman, b. March 31, 1771, d. before his father. 2, Sarah Marsli Forman. b. Feb. 1, 1773. ni. Major Wm. Gordon Forman, her 1st cousin, son of Joseph Forman of Shrewsbury, N. J. 3, Elizabeth Lee Forman, b. De(-. 4, 1775, d. before her father. 4, Ann Forman, 1). Jan. 14, 1779. m. Dr. Jonathan Longstreet. 5, David Lee Formau, b. April 1, 1781, d. before Ids father. 6, Augustine Forman. b. Jan. 5, 1784, d. April 6, 1784. 7, Emma Forman, b. Oct. 12, 1785, d. 1853, m. Robert Cnmming <.f Ball. 8, Eliza Forman, b. March 9, 1787, d. Oct. 14, 1796. 9, Malvina Forman, b. July 30, 1788, d. at very advanced age in Fau- quier Co., Va. 10. Kivine Forman, b. Dec. 30. 1791, d. 1816, m. James Neilson, son of Gen. John Neilson of New Hrunswi<-k. I I (">idy dau. m. Rev. George Gridin. 11. Alfred Forman, b. May 9, 1793, d. June 29, 1793. Note: — The foregoing dates of birth, and the dates of death of the 6th, 8th and 11th children are from the family Bible of Gen. David Foi-man. The other in- formation is inainly from the article by Miss A. M. Woodhull in the Monmouth Democrat. GEN. DAVID FORMAN. Gen. David Forman was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, November 3, 1745, (presumably according to the old style calendar). His fatlier was Joseph Forman, a succes.sful shipping merchant in the city of New York, who retired from business and settled on one of his farms in Monmouth Co., New Jei"sey. Josepli Forman married Elizabeth Lee, who was of Scotch extraction, and David was their fourth son. In June, 1776, David Forman went as colonel in Heard's brigade of militia, which was sent by New Jersey to re-enforce Washington's ai-my at New York. He seems to have attracted favorable notice, for, not only was he sent to suppress a loyalist rising in Monmouth, in Nov. 1776, but, congress having authorized the six- teen additional regiments (in Dec. 1776) Washington in the following month offered the command of one of them to David Forman. On March 5. 1777, he became Brigadier General in the New Jersey militia, and as such took part in the battle of Germantown. In consequence of a difference with the New Jersey assembly. Gen. Forman resigned his Brigadier General's commission iu November, 1777. The con- tinental command above mentioned, ''Forman's Regiment," was never completely organized, and, some time in the year 1778, was divided up among other commands. Kcnr..illU'i-d hv L\nuir~w .,1 Mr. |.111K-- \ril»,.ii. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 113 Gen. Forman is said to have believed that he could be of more service in Monmouth than by remaining with the army. His services during the last two years and a half of the war in collecting information in regard to the position and movements of the ships of the enemy in and about the harbor of New York, were of great utility to Washington and highly commended by him, particularly during the Yorktown campaign. It may be noted that at the court martial of Gen. Charles Lee, Gen. Forman who had been directed to accompany that officer at the battle of Monmouth, appeared as a witness against Lee. Also in the spring of 1782, Gen. Forman took the leading part in laying the case of the hanging of Capt. Joshua Huddy before Wnsliington. The Tories charged Gen. Forman with cruelty, giving him the nickname of •^Devil David." Gov. William Livingston they called "the archfiend," so we may doubt the justice of the charge. The name "Black David" is sometimes said to have been applied to Gen. Forman, but we believe properly belongs to Sheriff David For- man, his first cousin, who was so designated to distinguish him from the General. Gen. Forman was judge of the Court of Common Pleas, member of the Cin- cinnati, vice president of the New Jersey branch of same from 1791 to 1793. In February 1794, he removed to Chestertown, Maryland, the native state of his wife. In Sept., 179G, he left Chestertown to attend to an estate which he owned near Natchez. There he had a stroke of apoplexy. Having recovered sufficiently to travel, the ship on which he took passage at New Orleans was captured on the on tlie voyage by a British privateer and conveyed to New Providence in the Bahamas. Anxiety and disappointment as to seeing his family, added to his en- feebled condition, brought about his death on Sept. 12, 1797. His wife was Ann Marsh whom he married Feb. 28, 1767. There were eleven children, of whom only five daughters grew up. Col. John Laurens (see his Army Correspondencey wfotein 1778 in a very complimentary manner of Gen. Forman, and Mrs. Ricliard Stockton of "Morven," Princeton, wrote a poem on him, printed by Miss A. M. Woodhull in her article in the Monmouth Democrat, (1873.) WILL OF GEN. DAVID FORMAN.^ I, David Forman, of Chestertown in the County of Kent and State of Mary- land, Gentleman, in health of body and of sound mind, &c. . . . I bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Marsh Forman and to her heirs, &c., all my plate and Household furniture of all kinds, also my House servants . . . for ;ind in con- sideration of the tender care she has shown towards her mother, my beloved wife, and as to the rest and residue of my Estate real and personal, it is my will . . . that it be divided by my Executor and Executrix . . . into seven equal parts or shares; I also give unto my son-in-law William Gordon Forman, and my daughter, Sarah Marsh Forman, his wife, one seventh pai't of all my estate. ... I give to my daughters Ann, Emma, Eliza, Malvina and Riviue, each one- iSee also Salter's "History of Monmouth Co." ^Wills, Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. 114 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. seventh part of ray estate. ... To receive their portion at the ages of twenty one or when tliey shall marry. . . . Further, I also give to my sister Margaret Forman, widow of my brother Ezekiel Forman, the sum of one hundred pounds And I do make and appoint my son in-law, William Gordon Forman, and my daughter, Sarah Marsh Forman, Executor and Executrix. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal, this 30th day of August, 1796. David Forman. Witnessed by Phil Reed, Wm. Burneston, Prob. Oct. 26, 1797. Ben Chambers. DESCENDANTS OF EZEKIEL FORMAN (1706-1746). SIXTH SON OF HIGH SHERIFF SAMUEL FOIIMAN, OF MONMOUTH CO.. N. J. 103. Ezekiel, High Sheriff Samuel Forman's youngest child, is described in his will as of Upper Freehold. He is buried tliere at tlie First Baptist cliurch, (the old yellow meeting house) and his tombstone reads: Here lies the body of Ezekiel Forman, son of Samuel and Mary Forman, who departed this life the third day of October, A. D. 1 746, aged ;^9 years, 1 1 months and two days. His will which is at Trentttn (Liber D of Wills, pages 421, &c.) is dated Sept. 30, 1746, provides for his wife and six children, three sons and three daughters, and also a child which might be born after his deatli. A son was born after his death, making seven children in all. The will appoints his wife Elizabeth, brother Jon- athan Forman, brother-in-law Daniel Seabrooke, and friend p]lisha Lawience, Esq., executrix and Executors, and is witnessed by James Tapscott. Geoige Danser, .John C. Chasey, and William Madock. It was probated Oct. 22, 1746. All the executors qualified except Elisha Lawrence. Ezekiel Forman, b. Nov. 1, 1706, d. Oct. 3, 1746, son of Samuel and Mary (Wilbur) Forman. m. Elizabeth Seabrooke. h 1, Samuel Forman, b. (probably) Oct. 28, 1759. ra. Margaret Forman (a cousin). 2, Thomas Forman, b. Dec. 18, 1740. m. Jane Throckmorton. 3, (Dr.) Aaron Forman, b. Feb. 4, 1745-6. m. Anne Emley. 5; Hannah Forman, I ^ates and order of births unknown. One of 6, Elizabeth Forman, f ^^^^"^ ^^- Scudder. 7, Ezekiel Forman, b. April 7, 1747. m. Catherine Wyckoff. I THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 115 The Formal! Family in Kentucky, Descendants of Thomas Forman. 104. In the fall of 1789, Thomas Forman, the son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Seabrooke) Forman, removed from New Jersey with his family to what is now Mason Co., Kentncky. The house which he occupied, built of stone, stands but a short distance from the town of Washington. On a hill in sight of the house is a family burying ground, but many, perhaps most of the family, including Thomas and his wife, lie in the old Baptist cemetery in the town itself. Thomas Forman was a large landowner in Kentucky and a member of the legislature in 1797. Thomas Forman's sons, except John who removed to Lewis Co., lived in Mason Co., Ky. Ezekiel, the eldest, had six sons that grew to manhood. Thomas Seabrooke Forman, the eldest of these, removed to Louisville in 1839, and there lived until his death. Of his eldest son. Col. James Brown Forman, of Louisville, an account will later be given. Accounts will also be given of other members of this branch of the family. Of the six sons of Joseph Forman, Thomas' second son, we may note the third, George L. Forman, long the most prominent representative of the family in Mason Co. He was widely and favorably known, and was a member of the legislature in 1859-61, and in 1873-75. George L. Forman was a Union man during the Civil War and had two sons in the Union army, but his eldest son, Samuel Tebbs Forman, took the opposite side and Avas mortally wounded at the battle of Shiloh while Adjutant of the 4th Kentucky Regiment in the Confederate army. Samuel, Thomas Forman's youngest son, if we exclude one who died in boyhood, was six feet four inches tall and of a most robust constitution which served him in good stead in the fall and winter of 1814-15 when he served as an ensign (2d Lieutenant) in a Kentucky regiment at and near Fort Maiden, Canada, during the second war with England. Samuel's eldest son, General Thomas Morgan Forman, was a Brigadier General in the Kentucky militia and member of the legislature in 1839-40. NOTES. '"The first purvey within the bounds of Lewis Co., Ky., was made by Capt. Thos. Bullitt in what has been for seventy-five years known as ' Forman's Bottom.' . . . Before 1798 Thomas Forman made a clearing in front of this survey." ^"Tlie first brick house in Mason Co., Ky., was built by Simon Kenton and was for many years owned by Thomas Wood Forman." (See paragraph 124.) " Dolly Wood, wife of Ezekiel Forman, was the second white child born in Mason County; she was born in 1786." Thomas Forman of Monmouth Co., was one of the commissioners for drafting men for the 2d regiment of New Jersey militia, August 14, 1778, presumably iden- tical with the above-named Thomas. 'Collins Hist, of Kentucky, vol. ii, p. 465. -P. 566. 116 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 105. Thomas Forman, son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Seabrooke) Forman, born Dec. 18, 1740, d. about 1825, buried at old Bai)list cemetery, Washington, Ky. m. at Colts Neck, N. J., 1769, Jane Throckmorton, b. Jan. 22, 1750, d. Nov. 24, 1812, buried at Washington, Ky., dan. of Joseph and Mary (For- I man) Throckmorton; Alary Forman, the wife of Josej))! Tlirockmorton, was I dau. of Capt. John Forman brother of above named Ezekiel. 1, Ezekiel Forman, b. in N. J., Sept. 9, 1770, d. April 20. 1836, buried at private burial ground near Washington, Ky. m. Dolly, dau. of George and Elizalieth (Whiteman) Wood, b. Dec. 14, 1786, d. May 4, 1872. 2, Mary Forman, b. Dec. 11, 1772. m. May 29, 1704, George Lewis, b. Dec. 25, 1763, d. 1800. 3, Joseph Forman, b. Feb. 7. 1775, d. M(-h. 12, 1844. m. Mary, dau. William and Phoebe (Monteer) Dye, b. Mch. 12, 1777, d. Aug. 24, 1835. 4, John Forman, b. Feb. 7, 1775. m. , 1 child, Samuel Ezekiel, d. num. John Forman removed from Mason Co. to Lewis Co., Ky. 6, Samuel Forman, b. Aug. 20, 1778, d. Jan. 4, 1833. m. Margaret Smith, b. Oct. 5, 1783. 7, Thomas Forman, b. Jan. 16, 1782, d. Apr. 15, 1794. lOG. Ezekiel Forman. son of Thomas and Jane (Throckmorton) Forman, b. in New Jersey, Sept. 9, 1770, d. Mason Co., Ky., Apr., 1836. m. Feb. 18. 1808, Dolly Wood, daughter of George and Elizabeth (White- man) AVood, b. Dec. 14, 1786, d. May 4, 1872. h' 1, Thomas Seabrooke Forman, b. Mason Co., Ky., Nov. 8, 1808, d, Louisville, Ky., June 24, 1849. m. Oct. 15, 1835, Mary Ann, dan. of James Brown. 2, Elizabeth Forman, b. Dec. 25, 1809, d. Sept. 26, 1890. m. May 7, 1829. Robert Taylor. 3, George Forman, b. July 17, 1811, d. Mason Co., Ky., Mch. 25, 1854. Resided at Louisville, Ky., and New Orleans. 4, John Samuel Forman, b. Feb. 15. 1813, d. Mch. 1. 1879. m. March 10, 1838, Jane, dau. of Gov. John Chambers. 5, Throckmorton Forman, b. Oct. 3, 1814, d. Aug. 25, 1834. 6,- Jane Forman, b. July 25, 1816, d. Aug. 27, 1893. m. Sept. 29, 1836, Joseph Foi-man, son of Joseph and Mary Dye Forman. 7, Mary Forman. b. Sept. 26. 1817, d. Jan. 9, 1903. m. Oct. 1, 1840. William McClung Paxton, son of James A. Paxton. 8, Ezekiel Forman. b. June 20, 1819, d. Apr. 2, 1902. m. first, Anna S., dau. of Rev. Dr. Benj. H. Rice, m. second, Ellen, dau. of David Russel. m. third, Mary H. de Graffenried. L'OI.ON K I. J AM KS I{k< >\V \ KoK M AX . 151I1 Kv, \'i»l. liilaiitrv, liiioii Army. r THE FORMAN GENEALOGY. 117 9, Charles William Forman, b. Mcli. 3, 1821, d. Aug. 27, 1894. m. first, Margaret Newton. m. second, Georgiana S. Lockhart. 10, Whiteman Forman, b. May 13, 1822, d. Mch. 10, 1824. 11, Ann Forman, b. March 2, 1824, d. July, 1900. m. Sept. 14, 1848, Dr. John W. Henry-only child Tillie Henry, m. An- drew Wood. 12, Matilda Forman, b. Dec. 5, 1828, d. June 9, 1849. m. Mch. 10, 1847, William B. Huston, son of William Huston— only child Clara, m. Thos. C. Johnson. 13, Whiteman W. Forman, b. June 1, 1832. m. first, Sept. 5, 1855, Helen Kelly. m. second, Nov. 11, 1891, Mary Park. 107. Thomas Seabrooke Forman, son of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman, b. Mason Co., Ky., Nov. 8, 1808, d. Louisville, June 24, 1849. m. Oct. 1835, Mary Ann, dau. of James Brown, b. Dec. 11, 1817, d. July 20, 1850. 1, Sarah Pope Forman, b. April 2, 1837, d. August 11, 1900. m. November 22, 1855, William J. Anderson, d. Dec. 17, 1895— children. 2, Ezekiel Seabrooke Forman, b. Feb. 25, 1839, d. April 8, 1867. 3, James Brown Forman, b. Dec. 12, 1842, d. Dec. 31, 1862, was Colonel of 15th Regt., Ky. Vol. Inf. Killed at battle of Stone's River or Murfrees- borough. 4, George Forman, b. August 7, 1844, d. Nov. 1901. m. October 13, 1864, Hannah M. Bartley — only child: Emily Forman. 5, Mary Ann Forman b. January 11, 1847, d. May 2, 1884. m. Feb. 2, 1864, William T. Hamilton— only child: P'orman Hamilton, who d. unmarried. COL. JAMES BROWN FORMAN. 108. James Brown Forman, sou of Thomas Seabrooke and Mary Ann (Brown) Forman, was born in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 12, 1842. In the summer of 1861 he entered the U. S. Volunteers as 1st Lieutenant of Company C, 15th Ken- tucky Volunteer Infantry. Upon the death of his superior officer he soon became captain. hX the battle of Perryville or Chaplin Hills, all the field officers of the 15th Kentucky were killed and wounded, and Captain Forman although the junior captain was promoted to its colonelcy by Gov. Robinson for great gallantry. Major W. P. McDowell, of Louisville writes, (in a letter. May, 1896): "The gallantry at Perryville alluded to was Co. 'C being the 'color company' had charge of the regi- mental flag, which was in charge of nine non-commissioned officers. These nine men were killed while in charge of the colors, the flag staff was cut in two by bullets, and the colors went down. Capt. Forman rushed to them, and finding the 118 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. staff too short to display them, iiiountcd a rail fence in front of the regiment and waved the flag therefrom, which must have iiisijiied any wavering heart to deeds of valor." In a message of Gov. J. B. Robinson of P"'ebruary 28, 1863, printed in the Franlcfort Tri- Weekly Commonwealth, of March 4, 1863, it is stated that in a hand to hand encounter, after tlu^ flag had been wrested from Captain Forman's grasp by overpowering numerical strength, " it was recaptured and securely held until the close of the dreadful conflict." The Governor says: "B(?fore going into his last battle he caused the old and tattered flag of the regiment, which had been presented to him as the reward of his personal prowess, to be conveyed to me. . . ." The Governor was reipiested by him to preserve it among the state archives. The following remarkable incident is related by Major W. P. McDowell. It should be stated that at the battle of Stone River (or Murfreesborough) Major Mc- Dowell was serving as chief of staff to Gen. Rousseau. Major McDowell writes: "Col. J. B. Forujan was my friend from early boyhood. We were engaged together in raising Co. 'C 15th Ky., I as captain and he as lieutenant, and were always fast friends. He had a very stylish black horse which I admired and tried to buy from him. As I was riding with him and the field officers of the 15th to place the regi- ment in line of battle at Stone River, lie remarked: 'Will, you have always wanted this horse; now it is my desire that after this battle you should have him. I will be killed in the fight, and I c^all on you gentlemen (acklressing his field officers) to see that he gets him." Major McDowell rallied him and said: " Jimmie, if you are going to be killed let me have him now and take ray hor.se," but he answered : " 1 am in earnest: I know what I am talking about and I want you to remember. I will be killed, you will be wounded, and the horse will also be wounded, and I want Major Allen to see that the horse is cared for and given to you." All occurred as he said. He was killed and fell from his horse, the horse was wounded three times in the left hind leg, and Major McDowell was wounded in the left arm. While convalescent from his wound. Major McDowell was met in Louisville by Mr. William J. Anderson, Col. Forman's brother-in-law, who informed him that the horse was in a livery stable at his disposal. Major Allen having conveyed the request. Major McDowell writes that he kept the horse until his death. Col. Forman was killed about 9 a. m., Dec. 31, 1862. He was buried at Cave Hill cemetery, at Louisville, and by his side rests his brother, Lieutenant Ezekiel Seabrooke Forman, who was wounded at Perryville, but survived the war. Both were tall, handsome young men, James a little over six feet, Ezekiel nearly six feet tall. 109. Elizabeth Forman, dau. of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman, b. Dec. 25, 1809, d. Sept. 26, 1890. m. May 7, 1829, Robert Taylor, b. March 4, 1806, d. Sept. 2. 1852, son of Robert Taylor. h 1, Jane Taylor, d. 1887. m. Robert T. Taylor. 2, Mary Taylor. m. Rev. Robert F. Caldwell, Sharpsburg, Ky. I THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 119 3, Sarah Taylor, res. Washington, Ky. 4, Anna Taylor. m. Richard C. Durrett, d. 1890. Res. Mason Co., Ky. 5, Robert Taylor res. Washington, Ky. m. Mary A. Wood. 6, Ezekiel Taylor. ra. Amelia S. Metcalfe. 7, Charles F. Taylor, m. Mattie S. Wood. 8, George Taylor, res. Washington, Ky. 9, Rev. Samuel F. Taylor, d. 1901. m. Elizabeth Newton Forman, dau. of Rev. Charles William Forman. 110. John Samuel Forman, son of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman, b. Feb. 15, 1818. d. in Louisville. March 1, 1879. m Jane, dau. of John Chambers (who was staff officer of General W. H. Harrison in War of 1812, later Governor of Iowa Territory), d. Aug. 18, 1853. \ 1, Hannah Chambers Forman. m. William Forman, son of Gen. Thos. Morgan Forman. See No. 139. 2, Throckmorton Forman. m. Asenath, dau. of R. H. Stanton. 3, Laura Forman. m. J. E. McCarthey. 4, Lizzie Foi-man. m. Rev. J. H. Moore. 5, Daisy Forman. m. Dr. Frank C. Wilson. 111. Throckmorton Forman, son of John Samuel and Jane (Chambers) For- man, b. Mch. 27, 1843, m. May 1, 1866, Asenath Stanton, res. Fernbank, Ohio. , ' 1, Richard Stanton Forman, b. Aug. 10, 1867. 2, Samuel Chambers Forman, b. March 2, 1869. 3, Maud Forman, b. June 16, 1870, d. Aug. 8, 1872. 4, Asenath Stanton Forman. 5, Christine L. Forman m. Dec. 11, 1894, Geo. Fred'k Eldridge of Boston. 6, Jane Throckmorton Forman. 7, William Anderson Forman. 8, Ella Pierce Forman. 9, Marie Lewis Forman. 120 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 112. Laura Forman m. J. E. McCarthey, of Louisville, Ky. 1, Mary Lee McCartliey, d. 1871. 2, Laura Lyle McCarthey, d. 1877. 3, Besisie Brent McCarthey m. Frank Blair Williams. 4, Edwin Forman McCarthey. 5, (Mara McCarthey. 6, Frank Wilson McCarthey, d. 1882. 7, Helen Wliiteman McCarthey. 8, Ada Paschal McCarthey, d. 1891. 113. Lizzie Forman m. Rev. J. U. Moore, she died 1887. Issue: 1, Harry; 2, Myra; 3, Marie; 4, Jane Chambers. They live at Kayser, W. Va. lU. Dr. Frank C. AVilson, of Louisville. Ky. m. Nov. 2, 187G, Daisy Forman, dau. of John Samuel and Jane (Chambers) Forman. S 1, Margaret Preston Wilson. 2, Samuel Forman Wilson. 3, Laura Lyle Wilson. 4, Mary Louise Wilson. 5, Alice Throckmorton Wilson, d. 1885. 6, Frank Caruthers Wilson. 115. William McClung Paxton, son of James A. and Maria Marsliall Pax- ton, b. March 2, 1819, res. Platte City, Mo. m. Oct. 1, 1840, Mary Forman, dau. of Ezekiel and Dolly Wood Forman. 1, Thomas Paxton, deceased. 2, Anna Maria Paxton. 3, Tillie F. Paxton. m. 1868, Algernon S. Tebbs. ■n 1, Laura Gilbert Tebbs. m. 1893, C. Miller. 2, Mary Paxton Tebbs. 4, Marshall Paxton, deceased. 5, Mary Paxton, deceased. 6, Phoebe M. Paxton. Note: — ^Maria Marshall who married James A. Paxton was dau. of Alexander Keith Marshall, a younger brother of Chief Justice John Marshall. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 121 REV. EZEKIEL FORMAN, A. M., D. D. 116. The Rev. Dr. Ezekiel Formau, son of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman, was bom near Washington, Ky., June 20, 1819. He graduated "at Centre College! Danville, Ky., in 1837; studied theology at the Princeton (N. J.) Theological Sem- inary, completing his course in 1841, and returned to Kentucky where he spent nearly all his life as pastor of churches in several counties of that state. From 1891 to 1898 he was pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, La. In 1898 he returned to Kentucky, and died at Lexington April 2, 1902, and was buried at Richmond, Ky. He represented West Lexington Presbytery in General Assembly of 1846, and attended the General Assembly at Rochester, N. Y., in 1800, as a delegate from Transylvania Presbytery. He received the degree of A. M. from Centre College, and that of D. D. from Central University, Richmond, Ky, Rev. Ezekiel Forman, D. D., b. June 20, 1819, d. April 2, 1902. m. 1st, at Princeton, N. J., May 25, 1841, Anna Smith Rice, dan. of Rev. Dr. Benjamin Holt Rice, b. July 31, 1820, d. January 4, 1844. m. 2nd, Oct. 26, 1848, Ellen Russel, dau. of David Alston Russel and Ellen (Alsop) Russel, of Danville, Ky., d. Aug. 26, 1873. m. 3rd, Aug. 3, 1886, Mary H. de Graffenried, d. 1890; no children by third marriage. Only child by first marriage: 1, Benjamin Rice Forman, b. May 1, 1842, m. Mary Elizabeth Mandelle. Children by second marriage : 2, Jane Forman, b. Aug. 6, 1849, d. Dec. 28, 1875, m. George W. Williams — no children. 3, Thomas Throckmorton Forman, b. Dec. 29, 1852, m. Lelia C. Donohoo. 4, David Russel Forman, b. Sept. 7, 1856, m. Bettie Harmon West, d. August, 1S94, daughter of James H. West (Confederate soldier). No children. 5, Caroline Elizabeth Forman. 6, Mary Forman. 7, Michael George Youce Forman, m. Minnie Bell Sharp. THE RICE FAMILY. '"Thomas Rice, an Englishman of Welsh extraction, was an early adventurer in Virginia, and a settler in Hanover Co. Here he left his wife with nine sons and three daughters and went to England to receive a considerable estate wliich liad been left him, but returned no more. The sailors reported he had died at sea. It was supposed that he had been assassinated. No return was ever made of the property after which he had gone and his family were left destitute in a strange land." Thomas' grandson, Rev. David Rice (1733-1816), was tlie founder of the Presbyterian church in Kentucky, which has erected a monunu^nt to iiis memoi-y. 'Memoir of Rev. David Rice. 122 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Mrs. Rogt'i- A. Pryor, wife of Judge Pryor, of New York, is a great graiiddaTigliter of Rev. David Rice, and has kindly fuinished information in regard to the early history of her family. Rev. Benjamin Holt Rice, D. D., (1782-1856) nephew of Rev. David Rice, was a Presbyterian minister of distinction, founded the Presbyterian church at Petersburg. Virginia, was pastor in New York City, at Princeton, N. J., and else- where. He married Martha Alexander, sister of the eminent Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander. Dr. Benjamin Holt Rice's daughter, Anna S., married Rev. Ezekiel Forman. Among other well known members of the family may be mentioned the Rev. John H. Rice and Rev. Nathan L. Rice, respectively the brother and cousin of Benjamin H. Rice. BENJAMIN RICE FORMAN. 117. Benjamin Rice Forman, son of Rev. Ezekiel Forman. D. 1)., by his first marriage with Anna S. Rice, was born near Washington, Ky., May 1, 1842. He graduated at Centre College. Danville, Ky., in 1861, entered the Confederate Army and served under Gen. John H. Morgan. He came to New Orleans in 1860 and was admitted in that year to the bar, since which time he has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession, and is well known as a lawyer of ability. He has also taken an active interest in public questions, to which he has devoted much study, and during Reconstruction days and many times since has labored earnestly, both by speaking and writing, for the Democratic cause. He took a prominent part in the convention which framed the State Constitution of 1879. Benjamin Rice Forman, b. May 1, 1842. m. Lexington. Ky., January 16, 1866, Mary Elizabeth Mandelle. step- daughtt'r of Daniel Edwin Mandelle of New OrUjans, and daughter of William W. and Frances Jane (Hockenhull) King, d. January 5, 1902. Children (all of whom were born in New Orleans): 1, Charles Forman, b. Dec. 8, 1866. . 2, Benjamin Rice Forman, Jr., b. Feb. 19, 1869. m. 1890. Lelia Douglas Harper, dau. of late William P. Harper, Captain 7th La. Regt., Confederate Army, afterwards Civil Sheriff, New Or- leans. — 4 children: 1, Ethel Forman; 2, Benjamin Rice Forman, 3rd; 3, William Harper Foi'man; 4, Lelia F'orman. Resides in Houston, Texas. 3, Hilda Forman. m. 1897, Harry Penrose Lanphier of New Orleans, — child; Hilda Forman Lanphier. 4, Ethel Forman. 5, (Dr.) Alfred Hennen Forman. m. Jan. 31. 1903, Dot Preis, dau. of William H. Preis of New Orleans. Resides at Crowley, Louisiana. 6, Anna Rice Forman. Rkv. Ciiaki.ks William Fokman. (iSzi-iSix) THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 123 THOMAS THROCKMORTON FORMAN. 118. Thomas Throckmorton Forraaii, sou of the Rev. Ezekie] Formau, D. D., by his second marriage with Ellen Russel, was born at Richmond, Ky., Dec. 29,' 1852. He was educated at Kentucky University and at the University of Virgin'ia': was admitted to the bar in 1873, and practiced at Cynthiana, Ky., from May, 1874 to Sept., 1890, having been attorney for the municipality, the Farmers National Bank, and local counsel of the Kentucky Central Railroad. Since 1890 he has re- sided at Lexington, Ky., of which city he is now one of the most prominent lawyers. His eldest son is associated with him in practice. He has been always much in- terested in church work, and has long been an elder of the Presbyterian church. Thomas Throckmorton Forman, b. Dec. 29, 1852, m. Oct. 11, 1876, Lelia Campbell Donohoo, of Bardstown, Ky. Children: 1, Michael Donohoo Forman. 2, Thomas Vernon Forman. 3, Leila Forman. 4, Howard H. Forman. Michael George Youce Forman, son of Rev. Dr. Ezekiel and Ellen (Russel) Forman, m. 1895, Minnie Bell Sharp, resides at Wilmington, Del. Children: 1, Alonzo Russel Forman. 2, Minnie Cushman Forman. 3, George Shai'p Forman. REV. CHARLES WILLIAM FORMAN. 111). The Rev. Charles William Forman was born near Washington, Ken- tucky, March 3, 1821, d. at Kasauli, India, Aug. 27, 1894. He was the son of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman. He graduated at Centre College, Danville, Ky., in October, 1844; passing through the theological seminary at Princeton, N. J., he was ordained at Washington, Ky., in 1847. In August of that year he sailed from New York, landing at Calcutta, January 28,-1848. After spending a few months at Agra and Umballa, and nearly a year at Lodiana, he went to Lahore in 1849 on the annexation of the Punjab to British India. The work of the mission was largely educational and he gave much attention to the schools which he supcirintended. In 1870 as many as 1600 pupils attended in the main and branch schools together, lliere was also a night school for adults. He also preached much, as well as wrote. Through the several generations who were educated in the schools he became widely known, and both English and natives held him in high esteem. The Civil and Military Gazette, Aug. 30, 1894, says: "He enjoyed in a very unusual degree the confidence of many leading members of the European community, by whoso liberality 124 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. liis work was largely helped. Such men as Lord Lawrence, Sir Donald McLeod Sir Robert M..ntgomery, and Sir Charles Aitchison believed not only in' the work he was doing, but also believed in the laborious, unsellish and unassuming missionary, and gladly aided him by their sympathy and contributions. No man in anv walk of life could be more unceasingly diligent tlian he was in his. He had one aim in all that he did. He never seemed to think ot what men might say or think of him: warmhearted, genial and loving, he drew men to him, and it always was to do them good. Heyond all doubt the Punjab is the better for his having lived in it." "The success in life of his pupils was always a source of great pleasure to him, and his recommendations for securing employ- ments were always at the disposal of his pupils." {Lahore Tribune, Sept. 8, 1894). He took much interest in the establishment of a college which, after his death, was called "Forman College" in his honor, and a chapel in which he was accustomed to preach to English speaking native diristiaus was rebuilt and called -Forman Chapel." When he died in 1894 lu- had been at Laliore over forty years. He visited the United States in 1867, returning to Lahore in 1869, again in 1880. and lastly in 1892. Three of his sons are now missionaries in India. Rev. Charles William Forman. son of Ezekiel and Ddlly (Wood) Foniian, b. Mch. 3, 1821, d. Aug. 27, 1894. ra. 1st, July 3, 1855, Margaret, dau. of Rev. John Newton, d. 1878. m. 2d, Dec. 1882, Georgiaua S. Lockhart, of Scotland. Children of first marriage: 1, Elizabeth Newton Forman. m. Rev. Samuel F. Taylor, d. 1901, ii.. .liildivn. 2, Rev. Charles William Forman, missionary in India, m. Emily Falconer— children. 3, Rev. Henry Foiinan, graduate Wooster University, Ohio, 1881, studied theology at Princeton Seminary, is a missionary in India. m. 1st, Alice Bird, d. January 20, 1896, no children. m. 2nd, Constance Sophie Newton. 4, Francis Forman, m. Carrie Tucker— resides at Gatesville, Texas. s! Rev. John Newton Forman, graduate of College of New Jersey, (Prince- ' ton), 1884, studied theology at Princeton Seminary, is a missionary in India. m. Margaret Foote— cliild, Florence Dorothcea Forman. 6, Mary Paxton Foiman. 7, Emily Forman. Children of second marriage: 8, Fannie Sherriff Forman. 9, Dorothy Margaret Forman. d. in infancy. 10, Hugh Lockhart Forman. THE FORMAN GENEALOGY. 125 120. Charles William Forman, Jr. m. Emily Falconer. 1, Charles Ian Forman. 2, Douglas Newton Forman. 3, Agnes McDonald Forman. 4, Henry Janvier Forman. 5, Kenneth William Forman. 131- Whiteman W. Forman, son of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman, m. 1st Helen Kelly, m. 2nd Mary Park. Resides at Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky. Children by first marriage: 1, Kate Bowman Forman m. Geo. Varden ; 2, Mollie Brent Forman m. Fleming Busby Crooke, and a son, S, Robert, wlio died young. 122. Mary Forman, dau. of Thomas and Jane (Throckmorton) Forman m. May, 171)4, George Lewis. Issue: 1, Jane m. Wm. Greathouse; 2, Isaac m. Sarah Bell Brent; 3, Eliza- beth m. Wm. Mcllvaine. 123. Isaac Lewis m. Sarah B. Brent. I ' 1, Charles T. Lewis, b. 1830, of Dade City, Fla., m. Henrietta M. Gray and has seven children. 2, George Lewis, b. 1832, d. about 1890. 3, Forman Lewis, b. 1834. 4, Mary Forman Lewis m. 1st Jackson; m. 2nd Col. Charles B. Alexander, who d. 1885. She lived at HopkinsviUe, Ky. 5, A daughter who died. 124. Joseph Forman, son of Thomas and Jane (Throckmorton) Forman, b. Feb. 7, 1775, d. March 12, 1844. i, tit t io itt^ m Mary Dye, dau. of William and Phoebe Monteer Dye, b. March 12, 1 < h, d. Aug. 24, 1835. l' Thomas Wood Forman, b. Dec. -, 1798, d. June 6, 1871, m. Elizabeth Gower Tebbs— no issue. 2, Phoebe Forman, b. June 3, 1797, m. James Brodenck-issjie : Jos. Foiman Broderick of Palmyra, Mo., whose dau. m. Rev. J. K. Hitner. 3, Jane Forman, b. Sept. 14, 1801, m. John McDonald. 4 William Forman, b. Deo. 10, 1804, m. Phoebe Glenn. 5' Harriet Forman, b. Oct. 21, 1807, m. Edward S. Perrie 6 George Lewis Forman, b. Feb. 25, 1810, d. July 14, 1886, m. Feb. 20, 1834, Alice Ann Tebbs, d. March 2, 1854. c f oq is^fi Tnne 7, Joseph Forman, b. Feb. 4, 1812, d. Sept. 3, 1888, m. Sept. 29, 1836, Jane, dau. of Ezekiel Forman. 8 Charles Forman, b. Feb. 2, 1814, m. Mary Pickett. 9', Samuel Forman, b. Dec. 9, 1817, m. Anna Soward. h 126 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 125. Jane Formaii m. John McDonald. I ' 1, William McDonald m. Sallie B., dau. of Gen. Thos. Morgan Forraan. 2, PluK'bo McDonald ni. Robt. Hnnt — issue: 4 cluldren. 3, Miiiy McDonald m. Thos. M. Morton — both died leaving no descendants. 12(). William Forman m. Phoebe Glenn. I ' 1, Mary Forman, b. Sept. 7, 1831, d. Aug. 19, 1881, m. Aug. 16, 1853, John Beverley Herndon', b. 1830, d. 1894. Children: 1, Edward Forman Herndon m. Nettie Grover; 2, Phoebe Forman Plei-ndon m. Calvert Arthur. Both res. Shannon, Ky. 2, Elizabeth Forraan m. Robert Morris Marshall, son of Martin Pickett Marshall, who m. Eliza Colston Marshall. 3, Phoebe J. Forman. 127. Martin P. Mai-shall was son of Charles Marshall, b. 1767, who m. Lucy Pickett. Eliza C. Marshall was daughter of Thos. Marshall, b. 1761, who m. Frances Kennan. Charles and Thos. Marshall were brothers of Chief Justice John Marshall, whose father and brothers removed from Virginia to Mason Co., Ky. (The Mar- shall Family by W. M. Paxton.) 128. Elizabeth Forman m. Robt. M. Marshall. Issue: 1, Elizabeth F.; 2, Martin P.; 3, Charles; 4, Logan M.; 5, Robt. M.; 6, Louis; 7, John. 121). Harriet Forman m. Edward S. Perrie. Issue: 1, Frank m. Ann Eliza Humphreys; 2, Joseph F. m. Mrs. Myra Chan- cellor, daughter of Dr. Basil Duke — no issue; 3, Charles F. m. Mrs. Nannie Estep — issue : 1 child; 4, Mary m. J. C. Humphreys ; both now dead. 1 ;>(). George Lewis Forman, son of Joseph and Mary (Dye) Forman, b. Feb.^ 25, 1810. d. July 14. 1886. (Member of Kentucky legislature, 1859-61 and 1873-75). m. Feb. 20, 1834, Alice Ann Tebbs, dau. Judge Samuel Tebbs. •n 1, Samuel Tebbs Forman, b. 1834, d. 1862, 1st Lieut, and Adjutant 4th Ky. (Confederate) mortally wounded at Shiloh. 2, Joseph Throckmorton Forman, b. 1837, d. 1878, officer in Ky. (Union) cavalry, m. Elizabeth T. Forman — only child, Phoebe Hickman Forman. 3, Phoebe Forman. m. John G. Hickman — only cliild, Samuel Hickman. 4, Sarah Forman. 'For Herndon Genealogy, Bee Va. Hist. Mag., Januarj-, 1902. LiKLT. SAMI KI. 'I'KliltS I'OKMAN. Adjt. 4th Ky. Kc^;!.. I onfedcrulc Army. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 127 5, Thomas Forman (in Union army during Civil War), d. May, 1900. m. Margaret, dau. of Sprigg Chambers, and granddaught(!i- of Gov. JoJin Chambers— Cliildren: 1, Alice Tebbs Forman, m. Atholstan Owens; 2, Martha Phillips Forman, m. James Barboui', Ji-. 6, Edward Perrie Forman. 7, Charles William Forman, d. Aug. 6, 1899, m. 1st Amelia Stevenson, d. Feb. 21, 1895— no children, m. 2nd, Mary Lee Wood— om; cliild, Chas. Wm. Forman. SAMUEL TEBBS FORMAN. 131. Samuel Tebbs Forman, the eldest son of Hon. George L. Forman, of Mason Co., Ky., and Alice Ann, daughter of Judge Samuel Tebbs, was born Dec. 28, 1834. Although his father was a Union man and two of his brothers were in the Union army, he joined the Confederate army and was 1st Lieutenant of Com- pany I, Fourth Kentucky Regiment. His story is best told by the following docu- ments : Head Quarters: 4tli Division, Camp on field of battle. Dear Sir : " 8tli April, 1862. Your son is a prisoner and wounded. Among so many thousands of wounded I failed to find him though I have searched diligently. Gen. Grant had ordered him to be delivered into my hands; I enclose the order endorsed to you. Come and get him before he goes to one of the prisons north, or it will be hard to get him out afterwards. He is now at Savanna on the other side of the Tennessee River, 10 miles from here. My Division covered itself with glory in the battle of yesterday. Yours truly, Geo. L. Forman, Esqr., ■ W. Nelson, Washington, Mason Co., Ky. Brig. Genl. Head Quarters, Dist. of West Tenn., Pittsburg, April 8th, 1862. Guards will deliver over to Brig. Gen. Wm. Nelson Saml. F. {sic) Forman, a prisoner now in our possession. By command Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant. W. R. Rowley, Aid De Camp. [Endorsement:] The guards of whatever post having in charge the prisoner referred to on the other side of this paper will deliver him to the bearer of this oi'der wlio is the fatlier of the young man, and a true and loyal citizen of my native county in Kentucky. Camp on the field of battle, W. Nelson, Brig. General. 8th April, 1862, Pittsbiu'g Landing, Tenn. 128 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. G. L. Foi-mau. Salem, Ills., April 22, '62. Sir: From a dying request of your sou, S. T. ForiiKin, Adjutant 4tli Kentucky Regiment, that I should write and inform you of his sad fate, [I would say] he was wounded on Sunday through the thigh, breaking the bone in two places. If his leg had been amputated in time he migiit have been saved. He lay out in the rain Sunday night and was never brought in until Tuesday. He was so much prostrated tliat all the stimulants and care failed to bring on reaction. He died Tuesday night and was buried the morning following. H(i gave to Lieut. Ellis belonging to Gen- eral Nelson's staff three hundred dollai-s and his pistol, which you can obtain by making application to the general or the lieutenant. No doubt you have heard of his death ere this. As the Third Kentucky Union Regiment fought against the Fourth Kentucky Confederate Regiment, General Crusoe of Kentucky called to see the Adjutant the evening before he died. I have nothing further to relate, but should be pleased to hear of your receiving these few lines. Yours truly, W. Hill, Surgeon 48th Reg. 111. Volunteers, Retired. Another letter from Dr. Hill, dated April 29, 1862, furnislu^s some additional details, giving information as to the situation of Lieut. Forman's grave. Dr. Hill writes : " If you go up to Pittsburg Landing be sure to call on Lieut. Calvin Sand- ford of the -ISth Reg. Ills. Vol., as he with the balance of us became very much attached to him during his suffering which he bore like a hero. ... I do, Mr. Forman, sympathize witli you, though a stranger." Notwithstanding the kind doctor's in formation the grave could not be identified. 1 %'l. Joseph Forman, son of Joseph and Mary (Dye) Forman, b. 1812, d. 1888. m. 1836 Jane. dau. of Ezekiel and Dolly (Wood) Forman. Children : 1, Mary Forman (resides at Washington, Ky.) 2, Elizabeth Taylor Forman m. Joseph Throckmorton Forman, d. 1878, son of Hon. Geo. L. Forman. 3, George T. Forman, d. in infancy. 4, Thomas Seabrooke Forman m. Maiy E. Davenport — no children. Resides at Midway, Ky. 5, William Forman (of Platte City, Mo.), attorney at law. 6, Charles Forman. d. young. 7, Alice Whiteman Forman. 8, Joseph G. Forman, d. St. Louis, Mo., June 2, 1899 133. Charles Forman, son of Joseph and Mary (Dye) Forman, b. Feb., 1814, d. near St. Louis, Mo., 1850, m. Mary R., daughter of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) Pickett. Children: 1, Bettie Forman; 2, Cornelia Forman; 3, John P. Forman m. twice, s. p. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 129 134. Samuel Forman, son of Joseph and Mary (Dye) Forman, b. Dec, 1817. 111. Anna, dan. of Colonel Alfred and Elizabeth (Chiles) Soward. Children : 1, Alfred S. Forman. 2, Fannie Forman m. Dr. Reed of Maysville, Ky. 3, HaiTiet Forman. 135. Samuel Forman, son of Thomas and Jane (Throckmorton) Forman, b. Aug. 10, 1778. m. Margaret Smith, sister of Commodore William Smith, U. S. Navy. h 1, Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman, member of Ky. legislature, 183940, and Brigadier General in Ky. militia. m. Mary, dau. of Judge Samuel Tebbs — 12 children. 2, William Forman, removed to Missouri from Kentucky. m. Agnes Yancey of Mason Co., Ky. — Children: 1, Harlow Forman; 2, Thomas Forman; 3, Mary Forman. 136. Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman, son of Samuel and Margaret (Smith) Forman. m. Mary Tebbs, dau. of Judge Samuel Tebbs. S 1, Margaret Forman. m. James M. Mitchell of Mason Co., Ky. 2, Samuel Forman. Removed to western part of Illinois, m. 1861, Elizabeth Carrington. 3, Joseph Forman, res. Mason Co., Ky. 4, William Forman, died m. Hannah C. dau. of John Samuel Forman. 5, Sallie Baxter Forman. m. first, William McDonald of St. Louis, Mo., son of John and Jane (Forman) McDonald — no children, m. second, John C. Humphreys of Mason Co., Ky., d. 1895— no children. 6, George Forman, res. Casper, Wyoming. 7, Ezekiel Forman, res. Mason Co., Ky. m. Hannah Matthews. 8, Mary Ann Forman. m. Hugh Warder of Mason Co., Ky. 9, Thomas Forman, res. Mason Co., Ky. m. Emma Perkins — no childi-en. 10, Walker Reid Forman, res. Mason Co., Ky. m. Dora Berry. 11, Lizzie Alice Forman. m. Isaac C. Clay of Lexington, Ky. 12, Harriet Perrie Forman. m. James E. Claybrooke of Mason Co., Ky. 130 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 137. Margaret Forman, daugliter of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman. HI. James M. Mitchell of Mason Co., Ky. Children : 1, Mary Bell Mitchell, d. , m. John Finch. L', IJettie Mitchell m. Andei"son Finch of Mason Co., Ky., d. . 8, Aaron Mitchell, ) r> ai ^ j , T 1- nfi 1 11 }■ Both dead. 4, Lydia Mitchell, j l;i8. Samuel Forman, son of Gen. Tliomas Morgan Forman. m. Elizabeth Carrington. Children : 1, Thomas Forman : 2, Mary Forman. l;>9. William Forman, son of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman, d. . m. Feb. 6, 1862, Hannah Chambers Forman. dan. of Joliii Samuel and Jane (Cliambers) Forman. Children: 1, John Throckmorton Forman, b. Nov. 22, 1862, m. July, 1889, Julia Ethel Potts. Resides at Kansas City, Mo. 2, George L. Forman. b. July 25, 1864. Resides at Louisville, Ky. 3, Mary Baxter Forman m. Jan. 15, 1890, Rev. Josepli A. Vance, pastor <>f Presbyterian Church, Chicago. Chihl: Dorothy Vance. 4, Laura Lyle Forman m. Oct. 26, 1899, Wm. Walter Maxwell of Baltimore. 5, William Whitenian Forman, d. aged 3 years, 1 40. Ezekiel Forman, son of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman, res. Mason Co., Ky. m. Hannah Matthews. Cliildren: 1. Walter Forman; 2, Henry Forman; 3, Hugh Forman. 141. Mary Ann Forman, daughter of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman. m. Hugh Wai-der. Cliildren : 1, Maria Warder m. Sandford Goff of Mason Co., Ky.; 2, Maiy M. Warder. 142. Walker Reid Forman, son of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman. m. Dora Berry. Cliildren: 1, Hattie Gaines Forman ; 2, Lena Warder Forman. 143. Lizzie Alice Forman, daughter of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman. m. Isaac C. Clay. Children : 1, Mary Clay m. Gerritt H. Albers of Grand Rapids, Mich.; 2, Sadie Clay m. J. W. AVaterfill of Lawreuceburg, Ky.; 3, Scott Clay. 144. Harriet Perrie Forman, daughter of Gen. Thomas Morgan Forman. m. James E. Claybrooke of Mason Co., Ky. Child : Mary Baxter Claybrooke. Willi \m Kouman. (i^i(>-iSSt>) Paragraph 59. THE FORMAN GENEALOGY. 131 DR. AARON FORMAN OF HUNTERDON CO., N. J. 145. Dr. Aaron Porman, son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Seabrooke) Foi-man, b. Feb. 4, i745(or 1746, new style, see his uncle Jonathan's will), d. January 11, 1805. m. Apr. 19, 1769, Ann Emley, daughter of John and Sarah (Lawrence) Emlev I b. Dec. 12, 1742, d. Dec. 13, 1794. n 1, Ezekiel Forman, b. June 10, 1770, d. Apr. 22, 1809. 2, John Emley Forman, b. May 15, 1772, d. Aug. 10, 1867. m. at Belvidere, N. J., Sept. 12, 1804, Sidney Paul Rakestraw, b. Jan. 13, 1777, d. Apr. 1, 1814. 3, Edward Taylor Forman, b. Dec. 12, 1774, d. unmarried. 4, Robert Emley Forman, b. Feb. 28, 1778, d. Feb. 6, 1817. m. June 26, 1802, Martha Bevan Rakestraw. 5, Mary Aune Forman, b. July 11, 1780, d. Apr. 14, 1848, unmarried. 6, Elizabeth Forman, b. April 19, 1784, d. Aug. 11, 1793. 7, Elisha Laurence Forman, b. May 30, 1787, d. Dec. 29, 1859, unmarried. DR. AARON FORMAN AND HIS SONS. Dr. Aaron Forman (1745-1805) removed from Monmouth Co. to Hunterdon Co., N. J., in 1766. He was a physician, a warm advocate of inoculation for small- pox, and introduced it extensively in his own neighborhood. He was undoubtedly a Tory and probably suffered much loss of property in consequence. He was an Episcopalian; his wife, Ann Emley, was a Quaker. Dr. Aaron Forman was of small statui'e, polished and courtly and carefully dressed, and when aroused, very irascible. When his wife died he had a large slab erected to her memory in the Friends' buiy- ing ground where no monuments were allowed, and though twice notified to remove it, he ignored the order. The elders of the meeting then waited upon him and in- formed him that if he did not remove the slab, they would. He replied, " I will shoot the first man who dares touch it," and it stands to this day. Hence the state- ment in the sketch of his life in the N. J. Medical Society Records that he erected a "monument" to his wife's memory, which sounds strange to the uninitiated. A portrait of Dr. Aaron Forman's eldest son, Ezekiel, is in the possession of Mrs. John Moses of Trenton, New Jersey. John Emley Forman, second son of Dr. Aaron Forman, lived to be very old— a just, upright, elegant old gentleman, a widower for over fifty yeai's, of consider- able fortune, and a power in his own community, a sort of gentleman farmer. He called himself a Quaker. He and his brother Robert married the two Rakestraw sisters, beautiful women, and heiresses, and very accomplished. A liandsome por- trait of John Emley Forman exists. Robert Emley Forman, fourth son, was a merchant and was ruined by the sudden lifting of the embargo after the war of 1812, having bought heavily at high prices. It broke his heart and he died a discouraged man. 132 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Elisha Formau, Dr. Aaron Fornian's fifth and youngest son, was an early convert to Metliodism. He was a small devout, artistic old gentleman, loving beau- tiful cluuches with his artistic sense, but attending the rigorously plain Methodist service because he believed it right. He was named for his great grandfather Elisha Laurence. 14:(>. John Emley Forman, son of Dr. Aaron and Ann Emley Forman, 1). May 15, 177l', d. Aug. 10, 1867. m. Sept. 12, 1804, at Belvidere, N. J., Sidney Paul Rakestraw, b. Jan. 13, 1777, d. April 1, 1814. H 1, McEvers Forman, b. Aug. 25, 1805, d. Jan. 11, 1885. m. Anne Hager — children: 1. John E. Forman, d. young; 2, Laurence H. Forman, d. in early manhond: 3, Mary Sidney Forman. 2, Caroline Forman, b. Nov. 23, 1806, d. unmarried . 3, Hamilton Forman, b. Oct. 27, 1808, d. May 4, 1879. m. Mary Van Syckel. 4, Anna Forman, b. April 14, 1810, d, Jan. 17, 1890. m. James Cooley — no children. 5, Kli^ibeth Paul Forman, b. March 11, 1812, d. April 8, 1891. m. Augustus Godley (liis second wife) —left large family of children. 6, Thomas Paul Forman. b. March 11, 1812, residence Milford, N. J. m. 1st Maiy Opdyke, b. 1818. d. 1860. h 1, John E. Forman. 2, James C. Forman. 3, Catherine O. Forman. 4, Mary O. Forman. m. 2nd Annie Smith. h 5, Smith Forman. 6, Paul Forman. 7, Harvey Forman. 147. Robert Emley Forman, son of Dr. Aaron and Ann (Emley) Forman, b. Feb. 28, 1778, d. Feb. 6, 1817. m. June 26, 1802, Martha ("Patty'') Bevan Rakestraw. S 1, Mary Ann Formau, d. unmarried at an advanced age. 2, Susan Elizabeth Forman, d. young. 8, Mortimer Paul Forman, b d. 1874. m. 1835, Sarah Stratton Gardner. 4, Sidney Paul Forman, d. unmarried at an advanced age. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 133 5, Duillins Forman. m. first, Mary Anna Barber, m. second, Mrs. Margaret (Duckworth) Van Syckel, (widow), left one son, Wm. Duckworth Forman. 148. Mortimer Paul Forman, son of Robert Emley and Martha Bevan (Rakestraw) Forman, d. 1874. m. 1835, Sarah Stratton Gardner. L I 1, Emma Augusta Forman, d. in early childhood. 2, Robert Henry Forman. m. Emmeline J. Bray. 3, Olivia Gardner Forman, b. Nov. 23, 1839. m. John Moses, d. January 20, 1902. (See following sketch). 4, Martha Elizabeth Forman, deceased. m. Wm. G. Moore — left one son, with no children. 5, Jacob Gardner Forman. m. Elizabeth Morton^one son, Morton G. Forman. 6, Mary Anna Forman, d. in infancy. 7, Edward Duillins Forman, d. in early manhood. JOHN MOSES. John Moses, who married Olivia Gardner Forman, as has been stated above, was born in Belfast, Ireland. He came first to Philadelphia and afterwards to Trenton, New Jersey, of whicli city he became one of tlie leading manufacturers. He established at Trenton one of the first large potteries of that city, and was for a number of years president of the Potters' National Association. He was active in other manufacturing enterprises, was president of the Trenton Watch Company, at one time president of the Mechanics N^ational Bank, and was one of the founders and the first president of the Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit Co. Mr. Moses was a considerate and kind employer, a good and useful citizen, and most exemplary and estimable in all the relations of life. He was a member of the Episcopal Church. He died January 20, 1902, at the age of 70, leaving several sons who wortliily fill their father's place. 1-19. Ezekiel Forman, fourth son of Ezel^iel and Elizabeth (Seabrooke) Forman, b. April 7, 1747 (a posthumous son), d. Dec. 15, 1828. Perhaps he was the Loyalist refei-red to in '''Old Times in Old Monmouth,''^ page 38. m. Feb. 7, 1771, Catherine, dan. of William and Agnes Wyckoff of Mon- _J mouth Co., N. J., b. May 11, 1740, d. Sept. 12, 1818. 1, Elizabeth Forman, b. Dec. 23, 1771, d. April 11, 1848. m. John Anderson Scudder, M. D., son of Hon. Nathaniel Scudder, M. D., b. March 22, 1759, grad. Princeton 1773, Member of Legislature 1801- 1807, Member of Congress 1810. Removed to Mason Co., Ky., then to Washington, Davis Co., Indiana. Eight children. \ 134 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 2, Agnes Forman, b. Dec. 10, 1772, d. young. 8, Jolin Wyckoft" Forman, b. Feb. 22, 1774. 4, William Wyckoff Forman, b. July 10, 1775, d. March 16, 1849. 5, Catherine Wyckoff Forman, b. 1777, d. May 13, 1855. m. Fenwick Lyell. b. 1766, d. Dec. 20, 1822. 6, Agnes Forman, b. July 26, 1779. m. John J. Post. 7, Jacob Forman, b. Nov. 20, 1783, d. June 16, 1841. 8, Sarah Forman, b. April 2, 1785, d. Dec. 20, 1849. m. Henry Green. 9, Eleanor Forman, b. June 20, 1787. m. William S. Brooks. 10, Anna Forman, b. Oct. 19, 1788. m. George Jones. 11, Mary Forman, b. Jan. 15, 1791, d. March 24, 1851. JVotk: — The foregoing list was kindly furnished by Miss Anna Matilda Wood- hull of Freehold, N. J., who stated that it is from the Wyckoff Family Kecord. In 1839 Capt. Wm. [Wyckoff] Forman was living at Middletown Point. He had been captain of a merchant vessel, and had ne\er married. His sister, Mrs. Jones, was then a widow li\ing at New Brunswick. These facts are derived from MS. account of a visit to New Jersey by Rev. Kzekiel Forman of Kentucky, while a student at Princeton Seminary. Capt. Wm. Forman at an earlier date had visited his Ken- tucky I'elatives. OTHER DESCENDANTS OF. ROBERT FORMAN OF LONG ISLAND. 150. Aaron Forman, Jr., son of Aaron, and grandson of Robert, married Susannah Townsend. They had sons: Aaron jd, Isaac and. Jacob. Jacob Forman removed from Oyster Bay to Westchester Co., N. Y., abt)ut 1726-7. He had sons: John and James. James was a loyalist and removed after the Revolution to Fredricton, New Brunswick. A son of James, whose name is not given, had the following sons: George Forman, w^ho founded the town of Forman, Lake Co., Michigan, and died in 1889 at Stratford, Canada; Col. C. H. Forman^ who founded the town of Forman, North Dakota, where he was living in 1890; xv^xA Jacob Forman, who died leaving a widow, Mrs. Emily Shaw Forman, and an only sou, Herbert Shaw Forman, both of Cambridge, Mass. John Forman, the brother of James, removed about 1798 from Westchester Co., to Tioga Co., N. Y., and had a son Miles. Miles Forman had sons: Sfttifk Forman (who had sons). Sands Forman., Miles Forman., Jr. and Ferris Forman. Ferris Forman was born in Tioga Co., N. Y. He left Tioga at an early age and settled in Vandalia, Ills., was appointed district attorney by President Van Bui'en; was a colonel in the Mexican War; removed to Sacramento, California, when gold was discovered in California; became secretary of state of California; then re- a r. yj kr ^^^ ' \ V ,-•. it.. «k.i„ # N /^rp^^^-^^^.^^ ^^^^^^z^r-^^^— >-^ ->//< I THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 135 turned to Illinois. In 1892 he was living at Stockton, Cal. with liis daughter Mrs. Anna Forman Peters, and was then in his 86th year. He had also a son,°Sands W. Forman of San Francisco. Sands Forman, brother of Col. Ferris Forman, had sons: Charles Forman, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Edward Forman of Chicago, Illinois. The foregoing information is due to Mr. Wm. Henry Forman of New York City. Other Families Whose Connection With the Foregoing Has Not Been Traced. JUDGE JOSHUA FORMAN. 151. The ancestry of this distinguished man has been certainly traced, it would seem, no fiu'ther than his father, ^Joseph Forman, who was born probably in New Jersey, according to the statement of Hon. Elias W. Leavenworth in the Leavemuorth Genealogy., on July 27, 1752. Mr. Leavenworth believed him to have been related to General David Forman, and Miss or Mrs. Ellen E. Dickinson who wrote the article on Judge Joshua Forman in the Magazine of American History, Vol. 8, held the same belief. However, a definite statement of what the supposed relationship was, is not furnished by either writer. The material for the present sketch has been obtained from both accounts. Joseph Forman, the father of Joshua, was a merchant in New York city at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War. He then retired to Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., where his eldest son Joshua was born, Sept. 6, 1777. Near the close of the eighteenth century he removed to Troy, N. Y., where he was a membei- of the firm of Forman &, Tracy, and was a deacon in the Presbyterian church. He removed to Onondaga Hollow after his distinguished son Joshua had gone there, and there he is buried. Joshua Forman, as has been just stated, was born in 1777 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., N. Y. He was educated at Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., where he graduated with honor, and studied law at Poughkeepsie and New York city. Soon after completing his professional studies he married Margaret Alexander. She was the daughter of Boyd Alexander, M. P., for Glasgow, and was on a visit to this country at the time. Their meeting is said to have been undej- romantic circum- stances — but the particulars are not given by the narrator. In 1800 Joshua Forman removed from New York City to the promising village of Onondaga Valley, then called Onondaga Hollow, and his father and brothers and sisters also removed thither. A law partnership was formed with William H. Sabine, his brother in law, in 1803. The business prospered, and the firm became widely known in the state. On the organization of the Court of Common Pleas in 'Joseph may have been, so far as the dates go, a son of Jonathan Forman, Jr. Soo paragraph 52. 136 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 1818, Joshua Kormau was appointed judge, and served ten years in that capacity. Having been elected to the state assembly in 1807, he became impressed with the im- portance of constructing a canal to connect Lake Erie with the sea, and introduced the resolution looking to the construction of the Erie canal, directing a survey to be made of the most eligible and direct route. The measure was long looked upon as visionary, but, as all know, was eventually carried out to the great benefit of the state and city of New York. In November, 1825, when the canal had at last been completed, and Governor Clinton and liis suite were making their first passage through the canal, Judge Forman was selected to make the address to the governor at Syracuse, and the governor in his speech made reference to Judge Foiinans con- nection with the inception of the great work. As a member of the committee from Syracuse, Judge Forman also attended the ceremonies of mingling tlie waters of Lake Erie with the ocean at Sandy Hook. In 1 81 '.» Judge Forman founded the city of Syracuse. Tiiere were previous to his coming but two frame houses on the site. He removed there and was the means of its becoming a growing and prosperous city. Tliere is in Syracuse a small park called "Forman Park" in honor of the founder, and a monument has been erected to his memory in the same city. In 1820 he removed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he was interested in a copper mine. Shortly after his removal to New Jersey, the banking laws of New York were seen to be defective, and on Gov. Van Buren's invitation Judge For- man presented to the legislative committee of New York a jilan which he had formed and at the governor's request drew up the " Safety Fund Banking At^t," which most successfully accomplished the objects for which it was designed. During the Civil War period the United States govennnent employed the idea of this act in establish- ing the national banks. In 1830 he removed to Ruthei-fordton. North Carolina, where he had pur- chased an extensive tract of land — some 300,000 acres — and there passed the re- mainder of his life. He established tliere a newspaper, a printing press, and a stage line, and was the leading citizen of that part of the state. His first wife having died in New Jei-sey, he married Miss Sarah Gari'ett of Warm Springs, Tenn. In 1831 \w visited Syracuse, and was j)resented by the citizens with a silver pitcher and goblets, suitably inscribed. He visited Syracuse again in 1846, and a public dinner was given in his honor. A few years after this visit he died at Rutherfordton, and was buried at Syracuse in the Oakwood cemetery. Judge Josliua Forman was an eloquent speaker, an able lawyer, and a most useful and public sjjlrited citizen. Of a social and happy disposition, well informed, and possessed of the ability to impart his knowledge to others, he had, as Mr. J. V. H. Clark (the writer of Clark's Onondaga) justly remarks, a mind of no ordinary cast. Mr. Clark's book has been freely drawn upon by Mr. Leavenworth, and also by Mr. G. S. Strong — {Early Landmarks of Syracuse, pub. 1894). Joseph Forman, b. July 27, 1752, d. Jan. 15, 1824. m. 1st Hannah Ward, m. 2d Anna Thompson — no children by second marriage. f THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 137 Children by first marriage : 1, (Judge) Joshua Forman, b. 1777, d. 1848. m. Margaret, dau. of Boyd Alexander, M. P. for Glasgow— six children, among them two sons : Boyd Alexander Forman who died, leaving a daughter, and Joseph Forman who had a son, Josliua, b. 1855. 2, Elizabeth Forman m. J. D. Bissell. 3, Marj Forman m. Dr. G. Needham— no children. 4, Sally Forman m. W. H. Sabine. 5, John Forman m. Eliza Sisson (issue extinct in male line.) 6, Samuel Forman m. Sophia Hooker — children : 1, Eugene Forman ; 2, Wm. P. Forman (father and sons, lawyers). 7, Nancy Forman ) t . 8, Caroline Forman | ^^'^^ y*^^"^^- 9, Ann Forman m. James Lyon — seven children. 10, Daniel W. Forman m. Elizabeth Bliss — children. 11, Owen Forman, married, but line apparently extinct. The foregoing is derived from the Leavenworth Genealogy, pub. 1873. 152. The Lists of Emigrants compiled by John Camden Hotten under the heading: Dead in Virginia since April last, Feb. 16, 1623, has: "At west and Sherlow hundred. — Samuel Foreman, tfec." The Pension Office Recoeds show an Aaron Forman, born in Frederic Co., Virginia, 1755. In the fall of 1776 he went to Hagerstown, Maryland, and enlisted under Captain Andrew Hines and Colonel Schryhawk, commanding Maryland troops; was at Fort Lee when Fort Washington on the Hudson was captured by the British, etc. He spent in all twenty-one months in the service, the latter part of which was on the Western frontier. He settled in Virginia after the Revolution, afterwards removed to Pennsylvania where he resided until 1805, then went to Ross Co., Ohio, where he lived about twenty years, then removed to Delaware Co., Ohio. Application for pension is dated July, 1834. Stephen W. Foeman of Martinsburg, Va., was in 1809 a member of the Union Philosophical Society of Dicldnson College, Carlisle, Pa. (Register of tlie mem- bers, 1843). The Ancestry of Hon. William S. Foeman, former Member of Congress from Illinois, has (writes Mr. William Henry Forman) been traced to his great-grand- father, William Forman, wlio, about the close of the Revolution removed from one of the Eastern states to Bourbon Co., Kentucky, near Middletown on a creek called Stoiier. He died there about 1810 or earlier. He had seven sons and three daugh- ters. Among the sons were Aaron, Joseph and John. Hon. William S. Forman has a son, Charles W., who is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Another descendant of the William just mentioned was tlie Rev. Aaron Parker Forman, D. D., an eminent Presbyterian minister, born in Ralls Co., Missouri, 138 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 1827, d. Cortland, ALi., 1875. He was a graduate of Centre College, Ky., and studied theology al the Princeton Seminary, lie had a son, William, and a grand- son, John W. Formau of Canton, Missouri. Mr. John W. Forman wrote: "Many of the name went from Kentucky to Missouri from about 1820 to 1830 and settled in Marion and Riills counties and their descendants are scattered all over N. E. Missoiu'i." 153. The following information was furnished by Hon. William Samuel Forman of Springville, St. Clair Co., Ala., in 1895. He has not traced his ancestry further than his great grandfather. Samuel Forman. Samuel Forman, of Halifax Co. North Carolina. m. Ward. h 1, Lydia Forman, b. I7r)(). 2, James Forman, b. I7ti8. 3, Sarah Forman. b. 1770. 4, Henjamin Forman. b. 1771. 5, \\ illiaiu Forman, b. 1773. m. Elizabeth Owens. 6, Mary Forman, b. 1778. 7, Eliza Forman, b. 1785. William Forman, son of Samuel and Ward Forman, b. 1773, removed to Chester District, South Carolina, when a young man: sei-ved as a private in War of 1812. m.. Elizabeth Owens. I_ 1, Dr. John O. Forman, b. 1800; removed about 1834 to Mississippi, m. in S. C. 2, David Forman, b. 1808. m. first, Martha Strange. m. second, Sarah Ann Phillips. 3, James Forman, b. 1810. m. Parthena Dean. 4, Betsey Forman. b. 1812. m. James S. Turner. 5, Ada Forman, b. 1814. m. J. K. Strange. 6, Polly Formau, b. 1816. m. Robert George. All the foregoing, except the eldest son, removed to St. Clair Co., Alabama. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 139 David Forman, son of William and Elizabeth Owens Fornian, b. 1808. m. first, Martha Strange. "n 1, Betsey Forman. m. James Venable, removed to Texas. 2, Mary Forman, m. O. H. P. Venable, of St. Clair Co., Ala. 3, William C. Forman, (Confederate soldier, severely wounded at Resaca, Georgia), resides in St. Clair Co., Ala. m. Margaret Hawkins. 4, Daniel Forman, (Confederate soldier, killed at battle of Rockyface moun- tain, Georgia). 5, Charlotte Forman. m. A. D. Mize. Ap^jC^ -£a«iel Forman, son of William and Elizabeth Owens Forman, b. 1808. m. second, Sarah Ann Phillips. •n 6, Emma E'ormau. m. Louis Mize, St. Clair Co., Ala. 7, John P. Forman. m. C. Steed. 8, Benson Forman, died aged 16. 9, Wiley Forman, res. Branchville, St. Clair Co., Ala. James Forman, son of William and Elizabeth Owens Forman, b. 1810, re- moved to St. Clair Co., Ala., about 1834, member of legislature 1853-54 and 1862-63, d. Mch. 1879. m. Partheua Dean. h 1, Isidora Forman, b. 1849. m. 1871, Dr. James M. McLaughlin, of St. Clair Co., Ala., who served throughout the Civil War, was Lieut. Col. commanding regt. at close. One child: Katie Burt McLaughlin. 2, William Samuel Forman, b. 1851, member of legislature 1890 to 1895, inclusive. m. 1873, Ella E. Wood — children: Bettie, James R., Nellie, Wm. S. 3, Elizabeth Ward Forman. m. fii-st, 1874, James P. Herring, d. 1878— child: James L. Herring, b. 1876. m. second, 1880, J. O. Turner, Superintendent of Education of Alabama. 4, James Leonidas Forman. m. Laura B. Osborn— children: Grady D., Madison W., Maggie M. 5, Gustavus Beauregard Forman. m. Burneta Green— child: Ormon. 140 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Children of the daughters of William and Elizabeth Owens Fornian. Betsy Formau, b. 1812, m. James S. Turner, ch., 2 sons, 5 dan., both sons Confederate soldiei-s under Lee, severely wounded in Virginia. Ada Formau, b. 1814, m. J. R. Strange, ch., 3 sons, 5 dau., eldest son, James Strange, severely wounded in seven days' battle around Richmond, rrijjpled for life. i*olly Forman, b. 1816, m. Robert George, ch., 8 sons, 5 dan.: sons \\illiam and James, Confederate soldiers; James George was color bearer of 10th Ala., killed in one of the great battles in Virginia, of most distinguished bravery. 154. 'In 1739, Jacobus Springsteen deeded a plot of ground (on which to l)uil(l a school, south of Newton) to his loving friends, Gabriel Furinan, Nowell Fur- n^an, Ezekiel Furman and Joseph Fui'man. ■-"Whig voters in Newtown, A^jril 3, 1775 — I^zekiel Furman, Gabriel Furman, Howard Furman, Jonathan Furman, William Furnum." ■'•• Slavery did not cease in this state till July 4, 1827, though emancipation began soon after the Revolution. Others (of the slaves) preferred to remain with their masters. • I shall never forget ' says Judge Furman, 'tlu^ quaint remarks of two aged slaves when my grandfather went to the kitchen and informed them that they were now free and at liberty to go where they pleased. The poor old woman began to shed tears, while old Simon, who sat quietly smoking his pipe began, 'why Dinah, what you crying about? Old Massa won't turn us out doors, will you, old Massa?' '\Vliy Simon, you are now as free as I am, but if you both wish to continue with me, this shall be a home for you.' On which Simon, laughing and displaying his ivory, replied: Well, old iMassa, you have had de Hour, I guess you nnist hab de bran too.'" *" James Way bought the estate of Judge Furman near Newtown; in 1815 it was bought by Garret Furman." '"Purchasers of Midelburg from the Indians, 1656. . . Joiui Farnian, Lo. 2. 6. " ^•' Charter of Newtown granted to John Furman. Josias Furman," ( THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Paragraph So. Denise 53, 71, 76 Dey - 60 Disinukcs - 10 Dix - 37 Dockory - 35, 87 Douohoo - -- — 118 Dorsey — -- 84 Diickwortli -- 147 Dunbar 90 Dupoiit - --- 10 Dye-- - 60, 124 Eagle 8 Earle --.- 97 Edwards 60 Elbert -- 8 Eldridge Ill Ely --- -- 67 Eiiiich 29 Eniley 145 Fairoiiild..- -- 54 Falconer - 120 Faiiniug- 1 Farris - - 8 Ferriday -- -- 92 Fillmore 65 Finch--- -137 Filzgeral.l 10 Fitz Randolph .- -. 73 Fobes - 66 Foote 119 Ford.-.- 54 Foster 5, 40 Fowler 28 Freneau 55 Frisby 62, 102 Gaasbeck, van 56 Gale -- --- 79 Gardner- 148 Gaston - -- 61 George -- 153 Glenn 126 Godley 146 Goff - 141 Gray ---.123 Greathouse 122 Green ....54, 62, 149, 153 Gregory - 43 Griffin 102 Grymes .100 Hager - 146 ParaKraph Hall 8 Hallani 40 Hamilton 107 Hammell 55 Hamner 16 Hankinson - 58 Hanna — 10 Harper .117 Hawkins 153 Hemsley 96 Henderson 73 Hendrickson 1, 58, 60 Henry 106 Herudou 126 Herring - 153 Hickman 130 Hituer 124 Hockenhull ...117 Hodges 100 Holden 85 Holmes 90 Hooker 151 Hotchkiss 61 Howard. 13, 62 Howell 81,83 Hoyt 44 Humphreys 136 Hunt 125 Hurd 61 Hurlbert 61 Huston 106 Hyatt 60 Iraniel 9 Jackson .123 Jefferies 92 Johnson 64, 59, 61, 63, 106 Johnston 8 Jones 12, 20, 149 Karmor (or Damer) 35 Karr 59 Kearny - 53 Kelly 121 Kelsey 65 Kennan — 127 Kenney 69 Kent 5 Kerchner — 8 King 117 Laird . . ..- ^-- — 61 Lake - 91 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 143 Paragraph No. Liiiiipson 64 Lang 46 Lanphier 117 Lawrence _. I45 Leailbeater 55 Ledyard 53_ 54 Lee 78 Lewis 122 Liucklaeu 54 Lloyd 71 Lockhart 119 Lock wood 8 Longstreet 102 Love 61 Lyell 149 Lyou 151 JIadock 50 .Magee 60 Mallow.. 15 Maiidelle 117 Marsh. 93, 102 >rarsliall 115, 127 Matthews 140 Maxwell 139 :\[eredith 8 Merrill 64 Metcalfe 92, 109 Miller 8, 18, 54,115 Minor 73 Mitchell 137 Mize 153 Mouteer - 124 Montgomery — 44 Moore - 113, 148 Morgan 100 Morrisett 11 :\[orton 125, 148 Closes -148 Mount 60 McCaleb 92 McCarthey 112 McCarty --- -- 56 McCumber 61 McDaniel 35 McDougall 64 McGee 73 Mcllvaine... 122 MacKay -. -- 95 McKee - 62 McKeel - 18 Paratrraph No. McLaughlin 153 Neodhaiu . _. igj Neilson 93^ 102 Newton _ 119 Nicholas iqq Nonis 5 Northcut _._ __ 84 Nugent 90 Oakinan 54 Ogle 95 Opdyke 146 Osborn 153 Owens 130, 153 Park... ...121 Parks... 62 Patterson 86 Pax ton ..115 Peck 65 Perriue 60, 67 Phillips 59, 153 Phijwry 9 Pickett 127, 133 Pope 10 Porter 48 Post 149 Potts 139 Powell 12 Preis 117 Quiiuby 5 Rakestraw 146, 147 Randolph, (see Fitz Randolph) Rasin 97 Raynioud 7 Reed 2, 50, 68, 85, 134 Regau --- 92 Remsen 71 Rensselaer, van. 56 Reynolds - - 5 Rhea 52 Rice 116 Roberts -- 9 Rodgers - 8 Rogers '1 Roniine 50 Rose 72 Rue 60, 67 Russel - - 116 Sabine - - 151 Sanders — - - - ^9 Screven --- - - "5 144 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. Paragraph No. Scudder 70, 103. 149 Seabrooke .- - 103 Sellers -- 23 Seymour -. 54 Shaler 72 Sharp 118 Slionnard 54 Sissou 151 Skiuuer - 5 Smith 4. 60, 66, 91, 92, 93, 135, 146 Soward — 134 Dpear . .^ 101 Speuser 64 Stanton -- Ill Steed - --- 153 Stevenson . 130 Stiles - 101 Strange - 153 Stroud ..- 84 Sutton -- 7 Sweatuara 3, 35 Sweet 35 Tabb ....101 Tappau 54 Taylor. 52, 70, 109 Tebbs 115, 130, 136 Thomas 7, 61 Thompson 93, 151 Throckmorton 71, 105 Tilghman 96, 97 Torrey -' 88 Tower 9 Townsend 44, 46 Troup 95 Tucker 119 Tufts 61 Turner 153 Vance 139 Van Bibber 93 Van Brunt- 52 Parai^raph No. Van CMeaf (or Van Kleif) 50 Vaudenbergh 61 Van Doreu 67 Van Doru 52 Van Gaasbeck (see "G") Van Mater 67 Van Rensselaer (see "R") Vanskoic 6() Van Syckel 146, 147 Van Wyck 90 Vardeu . 121 Veuable 153 Vickars 16 Voorhees 61 Ward 151, 153 Warder 141 Waitrfill 143 Watts 100 Way 66 Weckes . 43 Wellraan 64 West 60, 86, 116 Wheaton 61 Whelan 100 Whiteman 106 Whitney - 86 Wickes 100 Wilbur 48 Williams 28, 112, 116 Williamson 57 Wilson 5,114 Wood 106, 109, 130, 153 Woodford 61 Woodhull 79 Worrell 35 Wright 46 Wroth 5 WyckofE 52, 76, 149 Yancy ....135 Young 62 IINAIIIAN KilKMW. I'arat'raph ■.,). THE FORM AN GENEAL OG V. 145 APPENDIX A. FURTHER INFORMATION RELATING TO THE BOOTH FAMILY, RE- CEIVED TOO LATE FOR INSERTION IN ITS PROPER PLACE. On August 28, 1746, there was granted to George Booth a tract of land contain- ing 1440 or 1140 acres in Surry County, Virginia^ Sussex County was formed in 1752 from Surry County. An entry^ in the Parish Register of Albemarle, wliicli embraced Sussex, records the death of Geoi-ge Booth, aged 84, August 14, 17G3. This shows that he was born in 1679. He lived in Surry County before it was cut off from Sussex. WILL OF GEORGE BOOTH. IN the Name of God Amen March the 16th 1763 I George Booth Senior of the County of Sussex Being in Low Estate of body but of sound & Perfect memory Thanks be to God for the same do make and ordain this to be my Last will and Testament in manner and form following, towit, I give my soul to God that gave it ; Trusting in the merits & mercies of my LORD Jesus Christ for the Remission of all my Sins & my Body to be Buried in a Christian and Decent manner according to Discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned ; and Touching Such Worldly Goods as it has been Pleased God to Bestow upon me I Dispose and Bequeath the same as follows. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson George Booth (son of George Booth) all that part of my Land in Sussex County Lying on the south side of Sappony Creek & Southwest side of Stony Creek, Likewise one hundred acres of Land on the north side of Sappony Creek be it more or less Bounded as follows (towit) Running as the Middle Fence to some Markt Trees to a Pond, Thence down slough to a couple of markt Trees and Thence Turning off as the Court Road goes to a branch called the Ready Branch Thence Down the sd. Branch to Stoney Creek to him and his heirs forever. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson George Parham (son of John Parham) all the remaining part of my Land in Sussex County Situate & being in fork of Sappony and Stoney Creek and containing two hundred and Seventy Acres to him and to his heirs forever. Likewise Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson John Parham Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson Thos. Parham Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson Matthew Parham Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Granddaughter Anne Heath Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Daughter Mary Parham one hiuidrcd Pounds 'Book 2i, page 410, Land Office, Richmond, Va. 'Found by President Lyon G. Tyler of William and Mary College. 146 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. in money likewise the Lent of one negro Girl called Annaca During her natural life and after her Decease the sd. negro to return she and her Increase to my Grand- daugliter Anne Heatli to her and licr heirs forevei-. Item. I give and Devise to niy Grandson Kciibin Bootli Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson Tliomas Booth Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson Gilliam Booth Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson John Booth Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Granddaughter Mary Booth Forty Pounds In money. Item. I give and Devise to my Daughter Ann Malone one hundred pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Granddaugliter Lucy Jones one negro Girl called Hannah also forty pounds in money to her and to lier heirs forever. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson George Malone Forty Pounds in money Likewise three young cattle. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson Reubin Mah)ne Forty Pounds in money. Item. I givt? and Devise to my Granddaughter Winifred Robertson Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson Bootli Malone P'orty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Granddaughter Wihnotli Malone Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Grandson William Malone Forty Pounds in money. Item. I give and Devise to my Friend Lucy Hill Forty Pounds in Gold or silver coin, a piece of Double Irish Linen — a Saddle and Bridle wch she usually Rides with, and Twenty yds of check linen. Item. I Give and Devise to my Grandson George Booth above mentioned all my Estate not that above mentioned But of what nature kind or quality soever to him mmander J. E. Noel, U. S. Navy. APPENDIX C. We are unable to trace the connection of the following branch of the family with the main stem : Jonathan Forman, b near Freehold, N. J.. Ai)iil 25. 1775, d. near Cincinnati, Ohio, January 1, 1842. m. Mary Mott. dau. of Capt. or Col. Mott of Freehold. Children : 1, James Mott Forman, b. April 1, 1805. m. . Children: 1, Samuel H. Forman, b. Dec. 19, 1849, res. Carthage, Ohio; 2, Mary E. Forman; 3, Clara H.: 4. Amanda. 2, Eliza Forman. 3, Mary Forman. 4, Sallie Forman. 5, John Forman; m. — . 6, Margaret Forman. 7, Henrietta Forman. 8, Mary Ann Forman. 9, Amanda Forman. The first four are said to have been born before the family removed to Oliio. John Forman, son of Jonathan, left two sons, Ephraim and Jonathan, and a daughter, Sarah, married to Joseph Keffey of Red Lion, Ohio. Samuel H. Forman (by whom this information was furnished) has one son, Willis D. Forman, b. Nov. 26, 1877. THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. 149 APPENDIX D. Hamilton Forman, son of John Emley B'orman, (see paragrapli 140,) married Mary Van Syckel, and liad a son George V. Forman, b. 1841, now (1903) President of the Fidelity Trust Co., of Buffalo, New York. George V. Forman married Martha Carter, by whom he had a son, Howaixi A. Forman, b. 1870. Howard A. Forman married Georgia Green, by whom he had a daughter, Frances, born 1894, and a younger daughter Georgia, born 1898. APPENDIX E. Justus Miles Forman, the author, born in 1875, is the son of Jonathan Miles Forman of Le Roy, Genesee Co., New York, and is half brother to F. W. Forman of Minneapolis, referred to in paragraph 37. APPENDIX F. Robert Henry Forman, eldest son of Mortimer Paul Forman (paragraph 148) married Emmeline J. Bray, of Kingwood, N. J., granddaughter of the famous General Daniel Bray, who furnished the boats that carried Washington's army across the Delaware. Of this marriage there are two children, Charles B. Foi-man and Mrs. Charles D. Alexander, both of whom reside at Attalla, Ala. APPENDIX G. Hon. William S. Forman of East St. Louis, 111., formerly member of Congress from niinois, and later appointed Commissit)ner of Internal Revenue by President Cleveland, is a son of William Benjamin Forman, who was born and brought up in Kentucky, most of which time he resided at Bowling Green and Mt. Sterling near which he has relatives now living. Besides Hon. William S. Forman, William Ben- jamin Forman had two other sons, Hamilton A. Forman, who is President of the Fourth National Bank of St. Louis, Mo., and C. M. Forman, of East St. Louis. 111. William Benjamin Forman was the son of Hamilton Forman, who had two other sons, Harrison Forman, now living at Independence, Kansas, and Richard S. Forman of Craig, Mo. For further information the reader is referred to section 4, of pai-a- graph 152. 150 THE FORM AN GENEALOGY. APPENDIX H. A FAMILY OF WESTCHESTER CO., N. Y. Jacob Formiin, of Crotoii Lake, Town of Yorktown, Westchester Co., (now Kitchawau, N. Y.) died January 8, 1833, aged 70. His grave and that of his wife are in a graveyard near Sing Sing, N. Y. m. Jemima Ryder, d. Oct. 2, 1842, aged 76. Children: 1. Sarah Forman, b. Sept. 9, 1786, m. Samuel Garrison — 8 children: Maria, Helen, Ann, Jane, Marion, Margaret, Cornelia, Phoebe. '1. Samufl Forman, b. Mch. 5, 1789, d. July 25, 1824, m. S:uah Hyatt— 3 child- ren: Charlotte, m. Henry Whipp: William, m. Sarah Guest, Alfred, m. Lucinda Willis. 3. Mary Ann Forman, b. Sept. 6, 1791, d. Dec. 14, 1855, m. Benjamin Wright, d. Sept. 29, 1858 — 5 children: Ann Eliza, m. Dan C. Miller; Catharine, m. Abraham Miller; Susan, Charlotte, Forman and Cordelia. 4, Fanny Forman, b. Feb. 5, 1794, d. Sept. 29, 1852, m. Michael Hynard — son: Michael. 5. Barney Forman, b. May 13, 1796, d. May 26, 1860, unmarried. 6, Eliza Forman, b. June 21, 1799, ni. Dr. liaitholomew Gedney, d. April 13, 1850 — 2 children: 1, Eugene, m. Amy Washbuiu; 2, Ophelia, m. William White. 7. William Forman, b. May 19, 1802, d. Oct. 25, 1848. m. Jane Eliza Baker, b. Aug. 27, 1809, d. Dec. 19, 1892—7 children (see below). 8, Phoebe Ft»rman, b. Nov. 25, 1806, d. July 31, 1891, unmarried. 9, Jacob R. Forman, b. Sept. 25, 1808, m. Sarah Jane Knapp — 3 children: Raphelia, m. Samuel Smith: Schuyler B.. m. Melissa Moger; Annie, m. Gilbert Thomas. 10. Walter Glen Forman, b. April 14, 1811, d. January 31. 1895, m. 1st, Hannah A\'illis; m. 2d, Sarah Yale; m. 3d, Esther Haight. He lived at Croton Lake, Westchester Co., and had 3 children by his 1st marriage: 1, Edgar: 2. Willis, m. Almeda Purdy, (no children): and 3, Melanchthon Turner, (deceased). William Forman, 7th child of Jacob and Jemima (Ryder) Forman, m. Jane Eliza Baker. Children: 1, Madeline Forman. b. Jan. 8, 1833, d. June 10, 1897, m. Oct. 26, 1854, Cornelius F. Montross. 2, Cornelia Forman, b. July 22. 1834, m. Dec. 16, 1851, Jesse Ryder. 3, Irene B. Forman, b. Nov. 14, 1836, d. Dec. 25, 1891, m. Dec. 25, 1854, Josiah M. Purdy. THE FORMAN GENEALOGY. 151 4, Frances Forman, b. June 3, 1838, d. Ang. 4, 1876, m. June 1, 1857, John Elliott. 5, Horace Baker Forman, b. April 3, 1840, m. May 18, 1865, Almira Thorn. 6, Alice Forman, b. Nov. 8, 1841, d. Dec. 29, 1861. 7, Henry Forman, b. Feb. 4, 1845, d. Oct. 5, 1850. Horace Baker Forman, 5th child of William and Jane Eliza (Baker) Forman. residence Kitchawan, N. Y., m. Almira Thorn. Children: 1, Emma Idalene Forman, b. June 1, 1866, m. Oct. 18, 1888, Charles Morgan Tyson, residence New York City— 4 children: Cliarles Forman Tyson, Margerie I. Tyson, Helen Edith Tyson, and Charles Wesley Tyson. 2, Horace Baker Forman, Jr., b. July 17, 1868, m. 1st, Oct. 14, 1892, Lucy Chandlee, of Baltimore, Md., 1 child, Horace Baker Forman, 3d b. Mcli. 4, 1894. Mrs. Lucy (Chandlee) Forman, d. June 23, 1894. H. B. Forman Jr., m. 2d, Elizabeth Betterton Chandlee, of Baltimore, Md., May 30. 1903. 3, Grace Thorn Forman, b. June 1, 1874, d. July 5, 1876. Edgar Forman, son of Walter Glen Forman and Hannah (Willis) Forman, b. May 29, 1835, d. Feb. 21, 1894, resided Brooklyn, N. Y., m. June 10, 1862, Ruth Matthews, b. July 26, 1837. Children: 1, Walter Azel Forman, b. Sept. 16, 1863, owns the family homestead, 100 acres at Croton Lake, Westchester Co., N. Y., (now Kitchawan, N. Y.) m., Brook- lyn, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1889, Ellen Lee Foster— children: 1, Chester Edgar Forman, b. Mch. 19, 1891, d. Nov. 10, 1891; 2, Howard Lee Forman, b. Apr. 15, 1890; 3, Helen Elizabeth, d. an infant; 4, Walter Wilbur Forman, b. June 13, 1900. 2, Arthur Willis Forman, b. Feb. 27, 1865, m. Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1888, Henrietta Clay Baldwin — child: Harold Baldwin Forman, b. Apr. 15, 1890. 3, Frederick Peet Forman, b. 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