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Samuel, the second son, (our great-grandfather), married Gertrude Ship- man, and settled near Allentown, N. J. He was one of the charter men- bers of the Allentown Presbyterian church, and for many years a ruling elder. He had children : (1.) Garret, born 1762, our grandfather ; (2.) Jacob, who married Alice Green : (3 ) Samuel, who removed to Middle- town, Ohio ; (4.) Olive, married John Hendrickson ; (5.) Catharine, mar- ried William Croxon ; (6.) Mary, who married Thomas Sexton. Garret, the oldest son, was only 16 years old at the time of the Battle of Mon- mouth, but he took an active part in the war, and had many a thrilling incident to relate about the stirring events of that period.
To the above Notes a tradition may be added as told by Mr. D. V. Per- rine, of Freehold :- The Dutch settlers of Monmouth Co., and their de- scendants, were noted for hospitality, which received marked instances of reward during the hardships of the American Revolution. A pedler before the Revolution would at nightfall stop for shelter at one of these Dutch farm houses, whether more frequently at the home of Garret Wickoffor at
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the Vanderveer homestead between Marlboro and Tennent church is not now remembered. At any rate Garret Wickoff and Sergt. Tunis Vander- veer, two neighbors, had been captured and placed in that notorious Sugar House used by the British as a prison. The pedler, whom they had en- tertained so hospitably had become a British soldier, and while on guard took special notice of these two prisoners, and asked one of them if he had not seen them before, and if he did not remember a pedler who used to travel in their neighborhood. They said "yes." He replied "1 am that pedler, and I am grateful to you, and I will see you have enough to eat. and I will look after you both." He kept his promise; and while others were dying of starvation and filth, these two lived through their hardships, were released about the same time, started for home together, and the place is still (1904) pointed out where they separated for their homes, the one to the Vanderveer and the other to the Wiekoff homestead, where they were received by their families and neighbors who had mourned for them as dead.
From researches by W. W. Gordon, Jr. Atty., Savannah, Ga.
The Gordons of Pitlurg, Scotland, senior representatives of "Jock" Gor- don one of the two earliest known progenitors of the family, have always regarded themselves as the chiefs of the Gordon family.
John Hampton. of Freehold, Planter, b. - - d. 1702 (formerly of Elph- ingstone East Lothian, Scotland, "Gardiner") n1. Jean - - had io chldr: JOHN md. 1686-7 Martha Brown dan. Abraham. DAVID. JOSEPH. ANDREW. JONATHAN. NOAH. ELIZABETH. LYDIA md Charles Gordon. JANNETT md. 1689 Robert Rhea. JANE md. 1706-7 Nathaniel Fitzrandolph of Woodbridge.
Charles Gordon d. 1740 was on Grand Jury Feb. 22, 1703 Court held at Shrewsbury: ruling elder in old Tennent 1731: md. Lydia Hampton dau. John & Jean, will dated Mch. 1739 probated Apr. 1740 mentions chldr:
PETER b. 1703 d. 1770. JOHN, of Perth Amboy (1771) md. Elizabeth
had chld. Lydia b. 1740. CHARLES, of Monmonth, md. 1st Dec. 4, 1739 Mary Nowell had chld. ROBERT b. 1742 md. 2nd 1747 Gertrude wid. Geo. Walker had chld. Mary b. 1748. DAVID ( see Baptismal List p. 211 ).
LYDIA md. 1740 Timothy Lloyd Jr. ELIZABETH. CATHERINE b. June 14, 1705 d. Oct. 26, 1757 md. John Barclay d. Feb. 1786, grand-s. or great-grand-s. of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonston, Scotland.
Peter Gordon of New Jersey s. Charles & Lydia ind. Ist Margaret had 4 chldr:
WILLIAM & ELIZABETHI twins b. 1734. CATHARINE b. 1736. ALICE b. 1739.
Peter Gordon s. Chas. & Lydia md. 2nd 1742 Mary Craig d. Archibald & had 6 chldr. (see Baptismal List p. 211):
MARGARET b. 1743. PETER b. 1745. ARCHIBALD b. 1747 md. 1779 Sicke Van Wicklen. MARY b. 1749. SARAH b. 1752. LEWIS b. 1754. William Gordon of Freehold, s. Peter s. Charles, b. 1734 d. 1799 md. Lydia had 7 chldr:
DAVID. LEWIS. WILLIAM TENANT. DORCAS. JOHN LLOYD. CHARLES. ALICE.
David Gordon of Freehold d. 1783 mnd. 1767 Easter Parent had 9 chldr:
ANNA. REBECCA. TIMOTHY. PETER. DAVID. LEWIS JAMES. JOHN. ELIZABETH.
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Peter Gordon "of Crosswicks" (possibly bro. to Charles d. 1740 (Steen) ) d. 1725 md. Elizabeth Rhea dan. Robert and Janet, made will 1723, had at time of will 5 chldr., names not stated, said to be:
JONATHAN RHEA b. 1717 d. Aug. 1, 1800. ROBERT (of King- wood, Hunterdon Co. ? ) d. 1778 md. 1742 Patience Mount & had chld. Patience (of Crosswicks) who md. 1778 John Walton. MARGARET md. 1744 John Yatman had chldr. (see Baptismal List p. 223). (One of the men who signed the appraisement of the estate of Peter Gordon in 1725 was "Abraham Lincon.")
Jonathan Rhea Gordon. probably the s. of Peter & Elizabeth, ind. Dec. 5, 1748 Margaret Cole, had 7 chldr. (Compare Baptismal List p. 210) :
AMBROSE b. May 21, 1750 d. June 28, 1804. BARZILLAI b. Apr. 2, 1752
d. young. EZEKIEL b. July 3, 1754 d. Feb. 7. 1830. LYDIA b. Feb. 6, 1757. CATHARINE (or Jane) b. Mch 28, 1760. ELIZABETH b. Nov. 8, 1763. (GENERAL) LEWIS b. Jan. 27, 1766 d. July 3, 1841 md. Miss Jolly, bad chld. Eliza Ann.
Ambrose Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Margaret, was Capt. 3rd Continental Dragoons served in Revolution under Col. Wm. Washington, was Col. Georgia State Militia: md Elizabeth Meade b. July 30, 1764 d. Jan 31, 1838 dan. William of Va. had 6 chldr:
MARGARETTA b. Apr. 2, 1788 md. Oct. 6, 1808 John H. Matthie. ANNE b. Nov. 10. 1794 ind. Mch. 1, 1815 Wm. Clifford Wayne- WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. June 17. 1796 d. Mch. 20, 1842. MISSISSIPPI (twin) b. Jan. 18, 1799 md. Dec. 3, 1819 Richard R. Cuyler. TOMBIGBEE (twin) b Jan. 18, 1799 md. June 3, 1824 Harriet Pigott. JULIAN b. Sep. 14, 1802.
William Washington Gordon, s. Ambrose & Elizabeth, was Ist. graduate from Georgia 1815 from U. S. M. Academy, mayor of Savannah, Ga., mem- ber of State Legislature, built ist railroad in Ga., was ist President of C. R. R. of Ga., md. 1826 Sarah Anderson Stites b. 1807 d. June 25, 1882 dau. Richard Montgomery Stites & Mary (Wayne), had 6 chldr:
RICHARD. GEORGE ANDERSON b. 1830 d. Oct. 1872. MARY. WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. Oct. 14, 1834. ELIZA CLIFFORD GULIELMA CLIFFORD.
George A. Gordon, s. Wm Washington & Sarah, was Col. 63rd Ga. Con- federate Army, md. Ist June 1849 Caroline Steinbergen b. 1831 d. 1850 had chld. George Steenbergen b. 1850 d July 19, 1885 md. Mattie Eason d. 1884; - Geo. A. Gordon md. 2nd Ellen Bevine d. 1867, had 6 chldr:
LINA md. 1879 Win. P. Richardson had chld. Margaret. BEVINE b. July 20. 1857, Lieut. Col. Ist Reg. Cav. G. S. T., md 1882 Elizabeth Mc Kim Hazlehurst, had 6 chldr. Henry H., Bevine, George A., Hazlehurst. Ambrose, Julian. WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. 1860 d. Sep. 1898 md. 1891 Susan Richardson. PERCY b. 1862 md. 1884
Nannie French had chld. Geo. Anderson. RICHARD CUYLER b. Nov. 26, 1864 md. Apr 12, 1893 Alice Thomas & had chldr. Alice. Elizabeth H., Richard C., Julia T. CARTER GRAY b. Ang. 6, 1867.
William Washington Gordon, s. Wm. Washington & Sarah, was Capt. in Confederate Army, served 3 terms in State Legislature, was Brigadier General & member of Porto Rican Peace Commission in Spanish American War, md. Dec. 21, 1857 Eleanor Lytle Kinzie dan. John H. & grand dau. John the Ist settler in Chicago, Ill., had 6 chidr:
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ELEANOR KINZIE b. Sep. 27, 1858 md. Jan. 2, 1884 Richard Wayne Parker member of Congress from New Jersey, s. Cortlandt Parker & Elizabeth (Stites) had 5 childr. Alice G, Eleanor W., Elizabeth W., Wayne, Cortlandt. JULIETTE MAGILL b Oct. 31, 1860 md. Dec. 21, 1886 Win. Mackay Low. SARAH ALICE b. Aug. 7, 1863 d.
Dec 30. 1880. WILLIAM WASHINGTON b. Apr. 16, 1866, was Lient. & Aide de Camp & Attache Porto Rican Peace Commission in Sanish Amer. War, Capt. Georgia Hussars, Troop A. Ist Reg. Cav. G. S. T., md. Mch. 1, 1892 Ellen Buchanan Screven dau. Geo. P. & Ellen, & grand-dau. Admiral Franklin Buchanan Confederate States Navy, & had chldr. Win. W., Ellen B., Margaret E. MABEL MC- LANE b. Oct. 28, 1870 md. Oct. 31, 1899 Hon. Rowland Charles Fred- erick Leigh of Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth England, had childr. Margaret E., Rowland H. G. GEORGE ARTHUR b. Aug. 30, 1872, Col. ist Reg. Inf. G. S. T.
Eliza Clifford Gordon, dau. Wm. W. & Sarah, b. Nov. 11. 1837 ind. Apr. 16, 1857 William Henry Stites, had 9 childr:
WILLIAM HENRY md. Elizabeth Chadwick had chldr. Wm. H .; John C .. Hugh G., Frances D., Gulielma, Eliza G., Robert M., Joe M .. Charles P. GULIELMA CLIFFORD. WILLIAM GORDON md. Elizabeth Boales had chldr. Delcena, Eliza C., William G., Eliza- beth M. MARY COWPER md. E. J. Swann. ALFRED. ELLEN BEVINE. ETHEL, GORDON. ROBERT MACKAY. GEORGE GORDON mnd. Penelope Crumbliss had chldr. Penelope E., Ethel G.
Gulielma Clifford Gordon, dau Win. W. & Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1840 mid. Jan. 22, 1863 George Evelyn Harrison b. June 20, 1837, of Brandon Va. had 5 chldr.
GULIELMA GORDON b. July 2, 1864 md. Dec. 9. 1903 Richard Ran- dolph Cuyler. GEORGE EVELYN b. July 30, 1866 mnd. Sep. 18. 1890 Mary Walker had chldr Evelyn B., Virginia R. WILLIAM
GORDON b. Oct. 2, 1869 md. Nov. 11, 1903 Sarah Hull King.
IS-
ABELLA RITCHIE b. June 18, 1873. ROBERT CLIFFORD b. June 1, 1875 mid. Dec. 21, 1897 Eliza Mackay Huger had chld. Isabella. Ezekiel Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Margaret, md. June 24, 1784 Mary Combs d. July 7, 1832 had 4 chidr:
JONATHAN RIIEA b. Mch. 1785 d. May 13, 1831. JOHN EARL b. Sep. 26, 1791 md. Feb. 24. 1823 Lydia Hampton had chld. George C. who lived at Marlboro, N. J. & had chld. John Earl. SARAH COMBS b. Nov. 24, 1793 d Dec. 2, 1793. JOSEPH C. b. Jan. 24, 1795 mid. Mary Hampton.
Jonathan Rhea Gordon, s. Ezkiel & Mary, md. Oct. 23, 1805 Jane Coven- hoven d. 1832, liad chldr:
Seven chldr. names not known. WILLIAM JONATHAN. DR. LEWIS J. MARY, unmarried, lived on farm in Monmouth Co. N. J. owner of family Bible.
William Jonathan Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Jane, lived in Cleveland, Ohio, nid. May 25, 1843. Charlotte Gertrude Champlin dau. Win. Howard Champlin, had 4 chldr:
CHARLES md. June 15, 1871 Mary Augusta Smythe dan. H. Smythe of New York, had 5 boys & 2 girls. GEORGIANNA d. Jan. 9. 1876 nid viscount Alphonse Vilain XIII of Belgium. Two other children died in infancy.
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Dr. Lewis J. Gordon, s. Jonathan R. & Jane, md. - had 3 chldr: DR. JONATHAN RIIEA d. in New York July 1902. ROBERT BRUCE, of Bradevelt, N. J. A daughter. md. John C. Sheffield of Alachua, Fla.
From researches made and published 1885 by Wm. P. Forman, late of Manalapan, N. J., and Ex-judge of Monmouth Common Pleas: with some notes added.
Some say that the Forman Family of Monmouth Co. was descended from Robert Forman an Englishman who came to America and d. in 1691 on Long Island (see page 19.)
Others believe that the Mon. Co. family of Formans descended from John Foreman, Covenanter, who came to America 1685 and settled about one and one half miles to the southeast from what is now called Freeliold (town) : and the neighborhood became known as "Forman Neighborhood" and "Forman square." Judge Forman inclined to this latter opinion.
The chldr. of John Forman the Ist were, so far as known:
SAMUEL b. Sep. 1686. JONATHAN b. Sep. 1688 d. Dec. 1762. HANNAH b. Dec. 1690 d. Jan. 1775 md Win. Murdock. AARON b. Dec. 1693 md. Ursilla Craig, (See Craig notes), had chldr. George, Lewis, Andrew, Robert, Priscilla, Lydia, Phebe. EZEKIEL b. Sep. 1695 d. Oct. 1746 ind. Elizabeth had chldr. Samuel, Thomas went to Kentucky, Aaron. Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth. MARY b. Sep. 1697. REBECCA b Sep. 1699. CAPT. JOHN b. Sep. 1701 d. Nov. 1748, blacksmith in Freehold, md. Jane -, had 8 chldr. John, James, Thomas, Aaron, Eleanor, Hannah, Mary mnd. Joseph Throckmorton, & Rebecca. JOSEPH b. 1704 d. July 1775.
Jonathan Forman Esq. s. John Ist, b. Sep. 1688 md. Margaret Wyckoff, had chldr. so far as known :
NELLY b. Dec. 1712 md. May 13, 1733 Abraham VanDorn. SAMUEL b. 1714 d. 1793. JOHN h. Sep. 14, 1716. PETER b. May 1718 d. Nov. 1785. JONATHAN b. Nov. 1721. DAVID b. 1733. MARY md. Robert Rhea. DAVID b. 1736 d. 1798 md. Anna Denise.
Samuel Forman, s. Jolin the Ist, b. Sep. 1686, md. . - had chldr. so far as known :
JOHN I. b. 1731 d. 1811 n1d. Helena Denise b. 1734 d. 1796 : he was a practical surveyor & County judge. COL. SAMUEL d. about 1814 was in the Revolution, was md. twice, he & both wives buried in vault under St. Peter's Church Freehold : left no chldr. During the Revolution he lived on the Kildare farm in Upper Freehold, and man- ufactured large quantities of potash.
John I. Forman, s. Samuel s. John Ist, by his wife Eleanor Denise had 4 chldr:
JOHN, moved to Tuckerton, N. J. DENISE I. b. 1768 d. 1819. SAMUEL, lived at Squan, md. Polly Conover, was father of Ex judge John S. JANE md. Thomas Thompson of Stone House farm near Smithburg.
Denise I. Forman, s. John I. s. Saml. s. John Ist, md. Elizabeth Laird b. 1780, had 6 chldr:
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JOHN D. b. 1802, had 3 ehldr. Anna M. md. Steward Brown, John, and Win. H. a lawyer in Freehold. ELEANOR b. 1803. ALICE b. 1805 md. John Conover Forman s. Tunis. EMELINE b. 1809 mid. Rev. Mr. Whalan. ANNA E. b. 1813 WM. D b. 1817.
Samuel Forman, b. 1714. s. Jonathan Esq. s. John ist, md. Apr. 17, 1759 Helena Denise, had 6 chldr : (M. L. dated May 2, 1752) :
DENISE md. Feb. 5, 1782 Euphemia Kearney, of Key Grove (now Keyport.) ELEANOR md. Capt. Philip Freneau "The Poet of the Revolution." KATY d. 1775 md. Benjamin Ledyard merchant in
New York City. COL. JONATHAN. colonel in Revolution & in campaign to suppress Whiskey Insurrection in Pa. ; he md. Mary Ledyard, of New London, Conn. & had a dan. who became the mother of Governor & John F. Seymour of New York. MARGARET md. John Burroughs a merchant in Middletown Point. MAJ. SAMUEL S. d. at advanced age, md. Sarah McCarty, of New London, Conn .. early moved to State of New York & became one of the founders of city of Syracuse.
Peter Forman b. 1718, s. Jonathan Esq. s. John ist, was a Justice of Peace at time of Revolution, md. 1742 Eleanor Williamson & had 9 chldr. not named here in order of birth :
WILLIAM b. 1751 d. 1823, oldest son of Peter JONATHAN, lived on farm at Manalapan, killed suddenly by falling under wheels of loaded wagon; left no chldr. SAMUEL P. youngest son of Peter, d. at Allentown in prime of life; was several times Sheriff of Mon- mouth Co. he had a s. Peter high Sheriff of Hunterdon Co., & a s. Michael a business man of Monmouth Co., & several dans. one of whom md. John Lawrence Hendrickson, of Allentown. ANNA md. Michael Sweetman lived on farm on Sweetman's Lane road. JANE md. Henderson Sweetman, bro. to Michael, and lived ou ad- joining farm: that neighborhood took its name from those 2 men. MARY md. Col. Elisha Walton once owner of Black's Mills officer in Revolution & 3 times Sheriff of Mon. Co .; had 2 sons, Peter & Thomas, & several daus. one md. John I. Thompson, one md. William Rogers. ELEANOR md. Win. Conover grandfather of Capt. James WV. Conover who died in the Civil War. LYDIA md. Garret B. Conover & had a number of childr. Her husband once owned the David Buck farm. HELENA ind. Tunis Vanderveer & d young having no chldr. her husband Tunis md. 2nd a dau. of Dominie Du Bois of Marlboro.
William Forman b. 1751, first s. Peter, und. Fransinchy Hendrickson b. 1759 d. 1815 dau. of Garret of Middletown, her mother was Catharine Denise dan. Tunis ; had 6 chldr:
GARRET d. 1826 aged about 46 yrs. md. Anna Karr dan. of Ebenezer & had 9 childr. Fransinchy, Ebenezer. Esther, William, Jonathan, Lydia Ann, Phebe, Elizabeth, Catharine: they moved West. PETER b. 1781 d. 1838 md. ist Rebecca Ely d. 1817 dan. Isaac: md. 2nd Phebe Elv d. 1848 dau. of Allison: by ist wife Peter had 3 childr. Win. P., Sarah E., Isaac E. CATHARINE d. 1873 aged 83 yrs. unmarried ELEANOR md. Lewis Ford Hankinson & had several chldr. all lived in western country. Lewis was a bro. to Eliza D. Hankinson mother of Ex Gov Newell : their father was James who owned the farm near Manalapan where Robt. K. Wilson afterward
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lived ; James was a s. of Capt. Kenneth Hankinson captain in Revo- lution. JONATHAN d. in western country aged about 74 yrs. un- married. SAMUEL W.
William P. Forman b. 1807 d. Aug. 16, 1886 s. Peter & Rebecca, Ex judge in Mon. Co., member of N. J. Legislature ind. Mch. 12, 1828 Evelina Baird b. 1805 d. 1883 dan. of Capt. David of the Revolution ; had 3 chldr:
FRANSINCHY REBECCA ind. James Cook Rue. MARY ELI-
ZABETH md. John Van Mater of Colts Neck. PETER, practical surveyor, member of N. J Legislature, ind. Mch. 6. 1884 Margaret Loomis Van Doren dan. of John & had 3 chldr. Hope, Evelyn, John.
Sarah Ely Forman dan. of Peter & Rebecca, md. Win. I. Perrine, & had 6 chldr:
PETER FORMAN. CATHARINE E. md. 1st. David V. Hendrickson md. 2nd Joseph W. Dey. JOSEPH W. STEPHEN J. FRANCIS ROS- TEEN. SARAH E. md. Jasper H. Allen of Dutch Neck.
Isaac Ely Forman b. May 4, 1812, s. of Peter & Rebecca, ind. Elizabeth Ann Ely dau. of Richard, moved west, had I chld.
WILLIAM E. md. Lavinia Edwards of Eatontown.
Sheriff David Forman b 1733 d. 1812 (youngest s. Peter, & great grandson of John ist) md. Anna Denise b. 1736 d. 1798, had 4 chidr:
JONATHAN b. 1758 d. 1803. TUNIS b. 1761 d. 1837. DR SAMUEL b. 1764 d. 1845, lived where John Fisher Forman lived near Freehold. ANNAA ind. Corlies Lloyd, lawyer of Freehold, had several chldr.
Jonathan Forman s. of Sheriff David & Anna, had chldr.
JOHN BURROWES d. 1853 aged 66 yrs. DAVID, a physician located at Middletown, d. aged 35 yrs. unmarried. CATHERINE md. Enoch P. Rose, a merchant in Trenton. ELEANOR ind. Rev. Joseph L. Shafer.
John B. Forman s. Jonathan s. Sheriff David, md. Hope B. Henderson b. 1786 d. 1823 dan. of Dr. Thomas & Rachel, had 3 chldr:
MARY ANN, lived in Jersey City. A daughter md. Judge Bennington F. Randolph. JONATHAN md.
Tunis Forman b 1761, s. of Sheriff David & Anna, md. Eleanor Renson d. 1835, had 3 chldr:
JOHN CONOVER b. 1800 ind. Alice - & had 2 chldr. Tunis Augustus b. 1829 d. 1861 md. Maggie - & had child. Lizzie, Mary Elizabeth b. 1833 d. 1858. JONATHAN T. b. 1804 ind. & had chidr. Edward T. b. 1835 of Williamsburg, Theodocia P., and others. CATHARINE LOUISA b. ISog ind. Dr. Edward Taylor, of Middletown & had 6 chldr. Dr. Edward F. of Middletown, Dr. Win. Remsen of Long Island, Tunis Forman of Colts Neck, Henry C. farmer at Middletown, Mary unmarried, Sarah md. James Hartshorne. Dr. Samuel Forman b. 1764 s. Sheriff David & Anna, md. Ann - who d. at age of 26 yrs. mnd. 2nd Sarah d. 1837 aged 72 yrs., had 4 chldr:
DR. DAVID d. 1826 aged about 30 yrs. unmarried. JOHN FISHER T. b. 1801 d. 1877 lived on the homestead of his father. RICHARD T. d. 1867 aged about 59 yrs. md. Elizabeth dan. of Peter Bilyen Esq., had 2 chIdr. Richard, Sarah Ann md. Charles Wickoff. ANN md. Joseph F. Randolph, a lawyer & member of Congress.
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John Fisher T. Forman b. 1801. s. Dr. Samuel md. Fransinchy V. Smock d. 1877 dau. of John, had 11 chldr:
SARAH E. md. J. H. Sinniekson, of Salem, N. J. ANN d. 1863 md. U. Titus. DR. SAMUEL R., in Jersey City. MARGARETTA d. 1872. RICHARD d. in infancy. HENRY d. in infancy. MARIA d. in infancy. JOHN FISHER d. 1877 aged about 37 yrs. DR. D. MCLEAN, surgeon in Freehold. URIAHI d. in infancy. CHARLES DUBOIS, farmer on the old homestead
Gen. David Forman & his bro. Ezekiel were sons probably of Joseph the s. of John ist. Gen. David md. Sarah Marsh, of Maryland, and had i chld.
SARAH M. d. 1799 aged 26 yrs. md. Maj. Win. Gordon Forman (a cousin) a lawyer, he md. 2nd Sarah Woodhull only dau. of Rev. John (see Woodhull Notes) she d. in Natchez 1811 leaving I chld. Sarah M. b. 1808 d. 1872 md. Rev. Clifford S. Arms had 2 sons who d. in infancy : he d. 1863.
Samuel W. Forman d. about Si yrs. of age, the youngest s. Wml. & Fran- sinchy, md. Mary dau. of Jonathan Clayton who owned the David Reid farmı; mnd. a 2nd wife native of the west : by ist w. he had chldr:
MARY C. of Warren, O. MARGARET C. of Warren, O. JONATHAN C. of Cleveland, O. publisher, md. Elizabeth C. Darroch, had 2 sons Samuel W., Wm. Henry. FRANCES aged about 25 yrs. WM. HENRY, mer- chant in Cincinnati, md. Eliza J. Horn, left no childr. JOHN C. printer, md. Caroline Reid of Covington, Ky., left 1 dau. Mary J.
Chidr. by 2nd w. were :
CHARLES EDWARD d. aged about 23 yrs. unmarried. FRANCES md. Capt. Cyrus North, Braceville, O. had twins Jessie May & Grace Clayton. CATHERINE E. md. Thomas Harrison, editor, Lapier, Mich. EMMA ORMSBY ind. Newton Allen, farmer, Braceville, O.
John Forman b. Sep. 14, 1716, s. Jonathan Esq & Margaret, possibly lived near Matcheponix creek, md. Rebecca Taylor marriage license dated Mclı. 21, 1749. had chldr:
JONATHAN b. May 7, 1755 d. about 70 yrs. old: he and his father were both in the Battle of Monmouth. HANNAH ind. Win. Van- deripe. MARGARET. MARY. CATHERINE.
Jonathan Forman b. May 7, 1755, s. John & Rebecca, lived on farm about one mile northwest of Smithburg, ind. Ist May 6, 1779 Margaret Harbert, & had 5 chldr:
REBECCA b. Feb. 20, 1780. RICHARD b. Dec. 5, 1781 111d. De- borah Hammell. CATHARINE b. May 22, 1783 111d. Aaron Reid. AARON B. b. Apr. 22, 1785 moved to Olio. JOHN b. June 3, 1788
Andrews, had chldr. Delilah moved west, John A.
Jonathan Forman md. 2nd Martha Preston dan. of Joseph & Saralı (see List of Family Burial Plots p. 361), & had 6 childr:
SUSAN md. John E. Davison had chldr. Win. 1., Jonathan F, Gilbert W., Phebe Anu. & others. MARGARET b. Sep. 22, 1795 111d. Enoch Cheeseman had childr. Charlotte und. John A. Forman, Lydia mid. Jonathan F. Davison, Jonathan F. & others. PHEBE md. Thomas Davis moved west. JONATHAN d. a young man. WILLIAM mid. Gertrude Gravett moved to Wayne Co. N. Y. MARTHA md. Jesse Parker had 4 chldr. William, Margaret, Edmund, Alexander.
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Rebecca Forman b. Feb. 20, 1780 dan. of Jonathan & Margaret, md. June 10, 1797 Robert Hutchinson, had S chldr:
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ABRAHAM R. b. May 12. 1808 had s. Charles R. JONATHAN
FORMAN. SALVANUS. REV. AARON F. And other
childr. names not known.
From researches by Louis Rue, late of Manalapan, N. J., with notes added by Charles S. Jewell of Rahway, N. J. and by others : and from Records in Family Bibles in possession of Miss Hattie Reid, Englishtown, N. J., J. Bowne Reid, Ten- nent N. J. and Mrs. Wm. M. Rankin, Manasquan, N. J.
James Reid, the first of the Reid family in Mon. Co., came from Scotland 1680-86 and d. before 1714. (Also see page 33).
John Reid, one of his sons, at one time owned all the land along the north- west side of what is now the main street of Freehold, and in 1714 le trans- ferred to the county the piece of land where the Court House now stands. The dwelling house of Jolin Reid was located near the northwest corner of the present Court House. About 35 years later we find that he was living near Cranbury. The old Reid homestead was what was afterwards known as the Barcalo homestead: John Reid's two dans. mnd Barcalo's.
John Reid was b. 1677 and d. 1770 md. Anne -.
One of their sons was James b Dec. 29, 1727 d. 1809; about 1765 he moved to the farm now owned by J. Bowne Reid; he md. Ist Moyka Longstreet b. May 15. 1735 d. Aug. II, 1757 dau. Aaron & Catharine, had 2 chidr:
JOHN I. b. Wednesday Oct. 2, 1754 d. May 2, 1843. AARON b. Tuesday Jan. 27, 1756 d. 1839.
James Reid md. 2nd 1762 Mrs. Sarah (Lawrence) Smalley a descendant (?) of Sir Richard Townley, had 5 chidr:
SAMUEL b. Thursday Jan. 5, 1764. ANNA b. Wednesday Oct. 23, 1765 md. Sam. Combs had 4 chldr. Samuel, James, John, Jonathan. JOSEPH b. July 15, 1768 d. Sep. 21, 1826. WILLIAM b. Jan. 14, 1771 HANNAH b. Wednesday Ang. 31, 1774 d. 1844 mnd. Richard Conover.
John 1. Reid s. James & Moyka md. Margaret Taylor of Mon Co. b. Nov. 8, 1751 d. May 26, 1834 dan. Joseph & Anu: after their marriage they lived on the farm now owned by Aaron L. Reid near Englishtown: they had 8 chldr:
ANNA b. Dec. 26, 1776 d. Apr. 28, 1778. CATHARINE b, Feb. II, 1779 md. John Jewell s. john, went to Montgomery Co. Ohio had II chldr. (See under Jewell notes). JAMES I. b. Jan. 4, 1781 d. Oct. 17, 1854. ANNA b. June 26, 1783 d. 1849 ind. Wm. B. Irvin of Mon. Co. & had chldr. MOICAH twin b. July 31, 1785 d. Oct. 29, 1823 mid. Joseph Davison had chldr., moved to Ohio. SARAH twin b. July 31, 1785 d. May 10, 1868 md. Richard Jewell s. John had 6 chldr. (See under Jewell notes). JOSEPH I. b. Oct. 1, 1787 d. Oct. 10, 1828 JOHN b. Dec. 30, 1789 d. 1868.
Aaron Reid, s. James & Moyka, lived on the farm that belonged to his father. he md. Rebecca Clayton (?) & had chidr:
REBECCA md. Elijah Combs of Mon. Co. & had chidr. Aaron, Thomas, Joseph, Elizabeth, & Gilbert. ESTER md. Rnlif Schanck &
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had children. ANN ind. John Smith & had 7 chldr. Sarah. Thomas, Aaron, Rebecca, Elizabeth, John, & Joseph Gret 1. DAVID b. 1787 d. 1826 mnd. Amy Parker of Mon. Co. had 2 childr. Aaron & Thomas P. JAMES A. b. Apr. 6. 1789 d. Mch. S. 1867. AARON b. 1793 d. 1795 MOYKA md. James Combs had 2 chidr. Samuel, & Aaron. JOHN ind. Ellen Van Dyke had no chldr.
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