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Stephen David Forman 16621 E. Forrestal Montgomery, Texas 77316 United States 936-588-3664 sd4man1479@aol.com |
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| I am researching the Formans of the "Forman Colony" of Natchez, Mississippi Territory of 1790. They settled on the St. Catherine on land purchased under Spanish Land Grants of Governor Gayoso. General David Forman sent his brother Ezekiel Forman along with 67 Negro slaves from Monmouth County New Jersey in April of 1790 to establish the colony. Other Formans came from Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York,North & South Carolina, Va. and Maryland. I am looking for information on George Forman, married to Sarah Irwin, their son, William Forman, who moved with members of the Forman family to Opelousas, Louisiana. Also in the group were, Andrus,Butler, Cole, Coward, Perkins,and Simmons. They all later moved to Texas about 1857. In 1862 Ebenezer Miller Forman (son of William & Susan (Cole) Forman, joined the 26th Texas Cavalry, CSA. Many of this group were members of the "Magnolia Rangers" and Terry's Texas Ranger Regt. during the War Between the States. Other surnames: Andrus, Butler, Cole, Coward,Hayes, Perkins and Simmons. Any information will be deeply appreciated, The Formans of New York- In commemoration of the three hundredth anniversy of the Family in America 1643-1943. By Henry Chandlee Forman, Ph.D. The Formans of England- For more than six hundred years, from the earliest records of the family in Lincolnshire, England, to the present day, the spelling of the name Forman has been unchanged. In 1316 land in Lincolnshire was granted to one Ralph Forman; in 1373 Thomas Forman, and 1375 Robertus Forman, a juror, were inhabitants of this county. In the Lincolnshire Rebellion of 1536 Robert Forman gave five marks to the rebels.[Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, vol. 11, p. 249; vol. 18, p. 58; Linc. Rec. Soc. vol. 30, pp. 77, 87, 227]. All through the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries there were Formans living in England, chiefly in Lincolnshire, according to the records. The most distinguished member of the family seems to have been Sir William Forman, Knight, Lord Mayor of London, a native of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He was the son of William Forman, a yeoman of Gainsborough. His sister, Elizabeth Forman, married Morice Morgan. Sir William Forman was Knighted on October 18, 1537, and was an Alderman in Parliament form Cripplegate Ward in the City of London from 1529 to 1545. He was High Sheriff of London in 1533 and Lord Mayor from 1538 to 1539. During a Muster of Citizens in 1539 he rode in a procession and carried a coat of black velvet embroidered with a cross; on his head was a black velvet cap with a rich jewel; and about him rode four footmen apparelled in satin hose and fine white silk. By trade Sir William Forman was a haberdasher. In 1544 he, with others, leased from King Henry VIII the Manor of Tullesworth in Surrey. In the same year, on August 30, he married Blanche Palmer, a widow, of London. He died on January 13, 1547, and was buried in the Church of Saint George, Botolph Lane, in kEast Cheapside, London. A monument was erected there to his memory. His great grandson, Robert Forman went to Amersterdam and received the Charter for Flushing, New Amersterdam, which is now Queens, New York. The Forman family flurished and soon spread to New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Virginia, and Kentucky. They followed the migration patterns to North and South Carolina and on down to Louisiana and Mississippi Territories. In the Natchez area, they formed the Forman Colony, and brought the first four-wheeled cart to the Mississippi Territory. The Spanish Census of 1790 shows George "Jorge" Forman and family next to William "Guillermo" Irwin. They were settled on the Sara Bayou and Coles Creek area. And the Saga goes on........ |
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