Person:Benjamin Forman (4)

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Benjamin Forman
b.Bef 18 Aug 1728
d.Bet 1765 and 1769 Hampshire County, Virginia
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Name Benjamin Forman
Gender Male
Birth? Bef 18 Aug 1728
Death? Bet 1765 and 1769 Hampshire County, Virginia

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • M-445: Benjamin Forman & Joseph Forman of Frederick Co., 384 acres on Opeckon Cr. & Potomack River in said Co. Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Robert Filson, Col. Carlyle. 21 Aug 1765, [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 145].

Records in Virginia

22 July 1754, Hampshire County, [W]Va Deed: Benjamin Forman of Hampshire County to William Forman of Hampshire County, lease and release, 287½ acres on South Branch; rec. June, 1755. Wit: William Buffington, Benjamin Kuykendall, Abraham Kuykendall, Joshua Sutton. [Source: Early records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia, including at the start most of known Va. aside from Augusta district : synopisis of wills from originals up to 1860, pg. 18]
25 May 1755, Hampshire County, [W]VA Deed: Benjamin Forman of Hampshire County to John Forman of Hampshire County, lease and release, 112½ acres on South Branch; rec. 6/16/1755. Wit: Wit: William Buffington, Benjamin Kuykendall, Abraham Kuykendall, Joshua Sutton. [Source: Early records, Hampshire County, Virginia, now West Virginia, including at the start most of known Va. aside from Augusta district : synopisis of wills from originals up to 1860, pg. 18].
2 Feb 1761, Virginia Northern Neck Land Grant: K-222: William Forman of Hampshire Co., 154 acres, 2 Ro, 6 Per. on S. Br. of Potomack in said Co. Surv. John Moffit. Adj. Mr. John Forman, Benjamin Forman, William Forman. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 123].
M-447: James Forman of Frederick County, 44 acres on Potowmack in said County. Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. Benjamin & Joseph Forman, Col. Carlyle, Robert Filson. 22 Aug 1765. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 167].
References
  1.   Find A Grave.

    5) Benjamin Foreman, Jr., born before August 18, 1728; died between 1755 and 1769 in Hampshire County, Virginia; married a woman named Elizabeth, who remarried after Benjamin’s death and removed to Craven County, South Carolina.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183827263/benjamin-forman