Benjamin Foreman
Birth 1746
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death Nov 1825 (aged 78–79)
Ralls County, Missouri, USA
Benjamin lived in various states but most of his life was lived in Frederick County, Virginia. He lived in some other states and places but returned to Hampshire County and Berkeley County Virginia. He owned land in Berkeley/Frederick from 1765 to 1820s. After he was married to Mary Vandiver they lived in Hampshire County, Virginia where Mary's parents lived. They lived about ten years in Fleming County, KY, about two years in Champaign County, Ohio, and after 1816 they were living in Ralls County, Missouri. He died at the time they were trying to move their grown children and their families to Ralls County MO. He is buried on private land, no grave marker is known.
The probate record when his son James died, lists Benjamin Foreman Jr. and Benjamin Foreman Sr, and both of them signed when the final settlement was agreed to. Benjamin Jr was there in 1822 and he was working on behalf of the family, administrator. Benjamin Sr. was in Virginia and did not sign in 1822. It was reported to the court he was in Virginia at the time the lawsuit originated and the court ordered the family in Virginia to appear in Missouri. He was there and he did sign when the final settlement was worked out. That was in the fall of 1824, and he died in 1825 within a few months. After that Mary sued in Virginia for her dower rights and received payment. The other parties in the lawsuit knew her husband and did not disagree with her statements about her husband.
His parents were James and Grissell Mounts Foreman. They met and married in Frederick County MD and located to Frederick County VA about 1750. James' father was Benjamin Foreman of Freehold, Monmouth County NJ, wife's last name unknown but first name believed to be Elizabeth, who settled in Hampshire County VA. Grissell's parents were Joseph and Katharine Williams Mounts.
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