Mary Forman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Opequon Creek, Berkeley Co, Virginia; Mills of Berkeley
• Property: 15 Aug 1750, Opequon Creek, Berkeley Co, Virginia; bought 800 from John Jones
• Property: 15 May 1780, Opequon Creek, Berkeley Co, Virginia; sold 800 acres

Notes:

Resttled along Opequon Creek in Berkeley County West Virginia in 1762. Some refer to this branch as "the Berkeley County Foremans". Died at the home of his grandaughter Mrs Hiram (Hannah) Hedges

James got land for Joseph and Benjamin in 1765, about the time that Rachel died and about the time he married Ann. Benjamin hung onto it, and the lawsuit over the dower rights for Mary Vandiver was over this piece of land.

publications of the Berkeley County Historical Society.
Architectural and Pictorial History of Berkeley County, volume 3, 1995, page 17 Section titled Mouth of the Opequon



Property:
Mills of Berkeley County
"The Bunker Hill mill could be put back in operation in a few days. Deed records verify that there was a mill, or two mills, here on Mill Creek in the 1730s. Morgan Bryant had a mill on his plantation in 1734 when the land was surveyed for him. This is the Bedington Mill today. The third was north of Scrabble on Jones Mill stream. It, too, was there when the land was surveyed in 1734.
The third was north of Scrabble on Jones Mill stream. It, too, was there when the land was surveyed in 1734.

Mills in the Northern Half of Berkeley County
Opequon Creek had five mills north of Martinsburg. The first mill was almost at the mouth of the Opequon Creek. It was the Forman Mill, which is listed on the John Wood Berkeley County 1820 map. The Formans also had a ferry on the Potomac River. James Forman operated the mill until he died in 1834. It was then sold to Charles Starbuck. When the new Dam No. 5 was built across the Potomac near Honeywood in 1835, it raised the Opequon Creek to a height that prevented the Forman Mill from operating. According to John P. Kearfott's 1847 map, D. Morrison had a mill there, but on the opposite side of the Opequon Creek.
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We're next going to take in the area between the east side of the Opequon Creek and the Berkeley and Jefferson county line. The first mill would have been very early, before 1734, on the run from Hard Scrabble to the Potomac. The Formans also had a mill there, first owned by James Forman and then Benjamin Forman. A third mill was established at the mouth of Jones Run where it empties into the Potomac River. Rawleigh Morgan, grandson of Richard Morgan, inherited land from his brother-in-law. Will of Van Swearingen Mill in 1792, which was at the mouth of Jones mill stream. He erected a mill. It was Thomas Swearingen II who got Jones Mill.

Grist mills were used to grind wheat into flour. The Morgan Bryan Mill was purchased by Peter Light, who owned the grist mill.
http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/572835/Mills-of-Berkeley-County.html?nav=5004

Property:
publications of the Berkeley County Historical Society.
Architectural and Pictorial History of Berkeley County, volume 3, 1995, page 17 Section titled Mouth of the Opequon

"James Foreman had come to the area by 1750 when he purchased 800 acres from John Jones on 15 August 1750.

Property:
On 15 May 1780 James sold this tract of land to his son Benjamin Foreman who established a mill along Jones Mill Stream. The 800-acre tract was in the Scrabble area of Berkeley County. For more information see Issue 13, 1989, The Berkeley Journal, published by the Berkeley County Historical Society.

On 27 June 1774 Joseph and Benjamin Foreman made a division of their mouth of the Opequon Creek 384 acres. Joseph Foreman and wife Persylla deeded the half beside the Opequon to Benjamin Foreman, apparently unmarried, who deeded the most western half along the Potomac River to brother Joseph Foreman (BCDB 3, p. 128 ...)" [more in the email file]

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=18cf&id=I332
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Mills of Berkeley County
"The Bunker Hill mill could be put back in operation in a few days. Deed records verify that there was a mill, or two mills, here on Mill Creek in the 1730s. Morgan Bryant had a mill on his plantation in 1734 when the land was surveyed for him. This is the Bedington Mill today. The third was north of Scrabble on Jones Mill stream. It, too, was there when the land was surveyed in 1734.
The third was north of Scrabble on Jones Mill stream. It, too, was there when the land was surveyed in 1734.

Opequon Creek had five mills north of Martinsburg. The first mill was almost at the mouth of the Opequon Creek. It was the Forman Mill, which is listed on the John Wood Berkeley County 1820 map. The Formans also had a ferry on the Potomac River. James Forman operated the mill until he died in 1834. It was then sold to Charles Starbuck. When the new Dam No. 5 was built across the Potomac near Honeywood in 1835, it raised the Opequon Creek to a height that prevented the Forman Mill from operating. According to John P. Kearfott's 1847 map, D. Morrison had a mill there, but on the opposite side of the Opequon Creek.

James married Rachel Mounts about 1745 in Virginia. Rachel was born in 1723; died about 1760 in Hampshire Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 1734, Orange Co, Virginia; land grant

Notes:

Likely that Benjamin had emigrated from New Jersey prior to the death of his father, Thomas, in 1723. Ultimately settled on the South Branch Potomac River near present day Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA. Received land grant from Lord Fairfax after he came to Orange County, Virginia in 1734. Was one of first 5 families to settle in present day Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA.
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Benjamin married Elizabeth Ann Hamilton, (immigrant) about 1719 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, New Jersey. Elizabeth was born on 8 Apr 1698 in Boness, Falkirk, Scotland; died about 1761 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Descendants of this marriage can be found here:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=simmonswhipp&id=I11452

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 3 Jun 1690, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; conveyed land to Thomas Youngs
• Residence: 3 Jun 1690, Jerusalem, East New Jersey
• Will: 26 Nov 1723; written

Notes:

Will:
1723, Nov. 26. Will of Thomas Forman, of Freehold;
proved Dec. 5, 1723,
mentioned: wife, Mary; daughter, Rebecca, wife of Gerard Edge, and her children Mary and Daniel; son-in-law, Isaac Forman. Benjamin Forman, given a legacy as a bar against any claim to any part of my estate as heir-at-law.
Executors: wife, and son-in-law, Isaac Forman. Witnesses: Charles Hub, Robert White, Jonathan Hutchins.

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Thomas married Mary Woolley on 24 May 1695 in New Jersey. Mary was born on 1 Nov 1657 in Newport, Newport Co, Rhode Island; died in 1723 in Freehold, Monmouth Co, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

daughter of Emmanuel Woolley, born November, 1657; married, first, Judah, son of George and Hannah Allen, born March 14,1650/1; died 1689; second, May 27, 1695, Thomas, son of Aaron and Dorothy Forman, died 1723

Notes:

Married:
1695, May 24. The original marriage license of Thomas Foreman and Mary Allen is in the New Jersey Historical Society's Library. The record of their marriage, May 27, 1695, before L. Morris, is found in Book C, of Deeds, at Freehold.