Name |
David Forman |
Prefix |
General |
Nickname |
"Devil David" |
Birth |
3 Nov 1745 |
Monmouth Co, New Jersey |
Gender |
Male |
Military |
Mar 1777 |
New Jersey militia |
brigadier general |
Military |
1778 |
Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey |
advisor of Charles Lee |
Property |
1789 |
Natchez, Mississippi |
bought property |
- sent 60 of his slaves to work the property.
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He [Samuel] later owned a flat bottom boat and took his Uncle Ezekiel Forman, his family and 67 Negro slaves down the Ohio River to Natchez, Mississippi where his Uncle General David Forman had arranged for the purchase of some 1200 acres from Spanish Governor Gayoso for the purpose of starting a tobacco plantation.
http://jeffersoncountyms.org/bios.htm#george
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Other-Begin |
Between 1791 and 1793 |
Monmouth Co, New Jersey |
- Vice president of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati.
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Residence |
1794 |
Maryland |
moved to Maryland |
Other-Begin |
1796 |
Natchez, Mississippi |
traveled to Natchez |
- In 1796 he traveled to Natchez where he had a debilitating stroke the following spring. The dying man took a ship home but it was captured by a British privateer and brought into The Bahamas where he succumbed on 12 September 1797.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forman_(general)
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In the fall of 1796, Gen. David Forman came to Natchez, remained until the following August, when he left for his home in Chestertown, Maryland, and died before he reached there."
"The Forman Genealogy" pg 99
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Politics |
Monmouth, New Jersey |
sheriff |
Death |
12 Sep 1797 |
New Province, The Bahamas |
- In 1796 he traveled to Natchez where he had a debilitating stroke the following spring. The dying man took a ship home but it was captured by a British privateer and brought into The Bahamas where he succumbed on 12 September 1797.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forman_(general)
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Will |
26 Oct 1797 |
Chestertown, Maryland |
- Will prob at Chestertown, Maryland, Oct. 26, 1797,.
"The Forman Genealogy"
http://books.google.com/books?id=DHxMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=general+david+forman&source=bl&ots=NjVcfUQnuy&sig=ehVPltay_jbLHEIzYyC7if0nwkk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pjf6UcXQHsbjrQGF04CoCw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=general%20david%20forman&f=false
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Natchez Court Records 1767-1805 by May Wilson McBee, page 454
Page 454
p 363 Claim No. 1250 Spanish grant to David Forman, 600 acres, 40 mi. SE of Fort, adj. land of Ezekiel Forman, father of the grantee. N.O. 30 Jun 1795 by Carondelet. // p 365. Will of David Forman, of Chester Town, Co. of Kent, State of Maryland. To daughter Sarah Marsh Forman all my plate and household furniture, also all my house servants, for and in consideration of the tender care she has shown towards her mother, my beloved wife. The remainder of my estate to be divided into seven equal shares. It has pleased God to deprive my beloved wife, Ann, of her reason, 1/7 to remain in the hands of my exor. for her maintenance. To my son-in-law, william Gordon Forman and Sarah Marsh Forman, his wife, 1/7 of my estate. To my daughters, Ann, Emma, Eliza, Malvina and Elvina, each 1/7, etc. Son-in-law and dau Sarah, Exrs. 30 Aug 1796. Prob Oct 26 1797. Wit Phill Reed, Wm, Burnseston, Ben Chambers. //
File. Claimant, Wm. G. Forman, 26, Mch. 1804. Nov 12, 1804, W.G. Forman suggests that he has no claim to this land but that it belongs to D. Forman, Jr. Wit: Nathaniel Ivy, 26 Nov 1804. Certif. A. 378 issued to D. Forman. Wm. Gordon Forman, surviving exr., of David Forman, decd, claims 600 acres in Wilkinson Co, subject to the uses and trusts declared and devised in the last will and testament as above, by favor of a grant from the Spanish Govt. to sd David Forman, decd. By Lyman Harding, his attorney.
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Burial |
Old Tennent Churchyard, Tennent, Monmouth Co, New Jesey |
Notes |
- David Forman (3 November 1745 ? 12 September 1797) was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey of parents Joseph Forman and Elizabeth Lee. His father was a wealthy shipowner and he was educated at Princeton. At the start of the American Revolutionary War he rallied to the patriot cause and was appointed lieutenant colonel of a New Jersey state regiment. When his commander assumed command of the brigade, he was promoted colonel of the regiment during the New York and New Jersey Campaign in 1776. At the time of the battles of Trenton and Princeton Forman's regiment waged a merciless war against the American Loyalists of Monmouth County. Then and later he became known as "Devil David" for his zeal in suppressing the local Tories. In January 1777, the Continental Congress authorized him to raise Forman's Additional Continental Regiment with the rank of colonel in the Continental Army.
In March 1777 he was promoted brigadier general of New Jersey militia. He led a militia brigade in an unsuccessful attack at Germantown in October 1777. He resigned his general's commission because of political troubles but continued to assist the revolutionary cause. At the Battle of Monmouth he served on the staff of Charles Lee as an adviser. When local guides failed to appear on time, he directed the vanguard on the correct route. When Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing's French fleet appeared off the coast soon afterward, Forman stepped in as a liaison between the French and George Washington. His regiment was absorbed by Spencer's Additional Continental Regiment in April 1779. He organized a system of outposts on the coast in 1780 that reported British and French ship movements. This information was passed on to Washington. Late in the war, he played a small role in the Asgill Affair.
After the war he had portraits done by James Sharples and by Charles Willson Peale. He and his wife Ann Marsh had eleven children; of these only five daughters survived him. A slaveowner, he bought a property at Natchez, Mississippi and sent 60 of his slaves to work there in 1789. He was Vice President of the New Jersey Society of the Cincinnati from 1791 to 1793. The following year he moved to Maryland. In 1796 he traveled to Natchez where he had a debilitating stroke the following spring. The dying man took a ship home but it was captured by a British privateer and brought into The Bahamas where he succumbed on 12 September 1797.
orn 3 November 1745
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Died 12 September 1797
New Providence, The Bahamas
Allegiance United States
Service/branch Infantry
Years of service 1776?1783
Rank Colonel (Continental Army)
Brigadier General (State militia)
Battles/wars American Revolutionary War
Battle of Germantown (1777)
Battle of Monmouth (1778)
Other work Society of the Cincinnati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Forman_(general)
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Person ID |
I28364 |
Roots |
Last Modified |
10 Aug 2013 |
Family |
Ann Marsh, b. 3 Dec 1751, Chestertown, Kent Co, Maryland d. 9 Sep 1798, Monmouth Co, New Jersey (Age 46 years) |
Marriage |
28 Feb 1767 |
New Jersey |
- "The Forman Genealogy"
Gen. David Forman (son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lee) Forman, born Nov. 3 1745, d Sep 12, 1797.
children:
1, Joseph Forman, b. March 31, 1771, d. before his father.
2, Sarah Marsh Forman, b. Feb. 1, 1773, m. Major Wm. Gordon Forman,
her 1st cousin, son of Joseph Forman of Shrewsbury, N. J.
3, Elizabeth Lee Forman, b. Dec. 4, 1775, d. before her father.
4, Ann Forman, b. Jan. 14, 1779, m. Dr. Jonathan Longstreet.
5, David Lee Forman, b. April 1, 1781, d. before his father.
6, Augustine Forman, b. Jan. 5, 1784, d. April 6, 1784.
7, Emma Forman, b. Oct. 12, 1785, d. 1853, m. Robert Cumming of Balt.
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, Rivine Forman, b. Dec. 30, 1791, d. 1816, m. James Neilson, son of
Gen. John Neilson of New Brunswick.
Only dau. m. Rev. George Griffin.
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 Forman. The other information is mainly from the article by Miss A. M. Woodhull in the Monmouth Democrat.
http://books.google.com/books?id=DHxMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA112&lpg=PA112&dq=general+david+forman&source=bl&ots=NjVcfUQnuy&sig=ehVPltay_jbLHEIzYyC7if0nwkk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pjf6UcXQHsbjrQGF04CoCw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=general%20david%20forman&f=false
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Notes |
- from "The Revolutionary Soldiers"
The list of Gen David Forman's children is as follows, the names of those who died before him, six out of eleven, being printed in italics:
1. Joseph
2. Sarah Marsh
3. Elizabeth Lee
4. Ann
5. David Lee
6. Augustine (a dau)
7. Emma
8. Eliza
9. Malvina
10. Rivine
11. Alfred
Sarah M. married her first cousin, Major William Gordon Forman; Ann married Dr. Jonathan Longstreet; Emma married Robert Cumming. Miss Malvina Forman, whose sketch of her father's life has been quoted, lived to an advanced age and died in Fauquier Co, Virginia. Rivine, the youngest daughter, married James Neilson, son of Gen. John Neilson, and died leaving an only daughter, who married the Rev. George Griffin. Mrs. Robert Edmonds, of Fauquier Co, Virginia is a daughter of the last named, and hence a great-granddaughter of Gen. Forman."
http://www.archive.org/stream/threerevolutiona00form#page/16/mode/2up
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Children |
| 1. Daniel Forman, b. 21 Apr 1769, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 8 Sep 1772, Monmouth Co, New Jersey (Age 3 years) |
| 2. Joseph Forman, b. 31 Mar 1771, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. Bef 1797 (Age 25 years) |
| 3. Sarah Marsh Forman, b. 1 Feb 1773, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 1799 (Age 25 years) |
| 4. Elizabeth Lee Forman, b. 4 Dec 1775, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. Bef 1797 (Age 21 years) |
| 5. Ann Forman, b. 14 Jan 1779, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. Aft 1797 (Age 18 years) |
| 6. David Lee Forman, b. 1 Apr 1781, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. Bef 1797, Monmouth Co, New Jersey (Age 15 years) |
| 7. Augustine Forman, b. 5 Jan 1784, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 6 Apr 1784, Monmouth Co, New Jersey (Age 0 years) |
| 8. Emma Forman, b. 12 Oct 1785, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 1853 (Age 67 years) |
| 9. Eliza Forman, b. 9 Mar 1787, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 14 Oct 1796, Monmouth Co, New Jersey (Age 9 years) |
| 10. Malvina Forman, b. 30 Jul 1788, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. Aft 1860, Fauquier Co, Virginia (Age 72 years) |
+ | 11. Rivine Forman, b. 30 Dec 1791, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 1816 (Age 24 years) |
| 12. Alfred Forman, b. 9 May 1793, Monmouth Co, New Jersey d. 29 Jun 1793, Monmouth Co, New Jersey (Age 0 years) |
| 13. Elvina Forman d. Aft 1795, of, Chestertown, Kent Co, Maryland |
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Family ID |
F9909 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
10 Aug 2013 |