- While Gálvez was at work reducing the works at Baton Rouge, Captain Pickles sailed to Bayou La Combe and the Tauchipaho River on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, claiming the area for the United States and demanding an oath of allegiance from its citizens.
http://www.usskidd.com/battles-revolution.html
On Oct. 16, 1779 after raids by so-called patriot, John Willing, into the British West Florida settlements of Natchez, Baton Rouge and Manchac, Edward Forman and 18 others signed oaths of allegiance to the "United Independent States of North America" in the presence of Capt. Pickles who had captured the British armed vessel on Lake Ponchartrain.
"We whose names or marks are here unto set and subscribed, being settlers and inhabitants on Lake Ponchartrain between the Bayou La Combe and the River Tanchipaho, do herby acknowlege ourselves to be natives as well as true and faithful subjects to the United Independent States of North America.
An whereas on the tenth day of last month, William Pickles, captain of the navy of the said States, did arrive in this lake and made prize of the English armed sloop, West Florida, wh had kept possession of the lake for near two years before, and the said William Pickles, Esquire, did on the twenty first of the same month, land some of his people, and take possession of this settlement and gave us all the protection against indians and others that his force would admit of, and suffered us to remain on our possessions till further orders; we, therefore, consider ourselves belonging to the said States, and are willing to remain here and enjoy our property and priviledges under them, the said United States.October 16, 1779."
"Gerard Brandon, Alex McCollough, James Mosely, Mary Smith, Samuel Smith, James Farro, Abel Goffegon, Edward Foreman, Wm. Dakimore, Jacob Ambrose, Frederic Spell, Benj. Curtis, Wm. Fisher, Paul Pigg, Daniel Tuttle, Matt McCollough, Francis Fisher, John Spell, Wm. Steel" --Source, Mississippi as a Providence, Territory, and State, Claiborne, 1880.
http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/GENE8-0001.html
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- By Henry Chandlee Forman, Ph.D.
The Formans of England-
For more than six hundred years, from the earliest records of the family in Lincolnshire, England, to the present day, the spelling of the name Forman has been unchanged. In 1316 land in Lincolnshire was granted to one Ralph Forman; in 1373 Thomas Forman, and 1375 Robertus Forman, a juror, were inhabitants of this county. In the Lincolnshire Rebellion of 1536 Robert Forman gave five marks to the rebels.[Lincolnshire Notes and Queries, vol. 11, p. 249; vol. 18, p. 58; Linc. Rec. Soc. vol. 30, pp. 77, 87, 227]. All through the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries there were Formans living in England, chiefly in Lincolnshire, according to the records.
The most distinguished member of the family seems to have been Sir William Forman, Knight, Lord Mayor of London, a native of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He was the son of William Forman, a yeoman of Gainsborough. His sister, Elizabeth Forman, married Morice Morgan.
Sir William Forman was Knighted on October 18, 1537, and was an Alderman in Parliament form Cripplegate Ward in the City of London from 1529 to 1545. He was High Sheriff of London in 1533 and Lord Mayor from 1538 to 1539. During a Muster of Citizens in 1539 he rode in a procession and carried a coat of black velvet embroidered with a cross; on his head was a black velvet cap with a rich jewel; and about him rode four footmen apparelled in satin hose and fine white silk.
By trade Sir William Forman was a haberdasher. In 1544 he, with others, leased from King Henry VIII the Manor of Tullesworth in Surrey. In the same year, on August 30, he married Blanche Palmer, a widow, of London. He died on January 13, 1547, and was buried in the Church of Saint George, Botolph Lane, in East Cheapside, London. A monument was erected there to his memory.
His great grandson, Robert Forman went to Amersterdam and received the Charter for Flushing, New Amersterdam, which is now Queens, New York. The Forman family flurished and soon spread to New Jersey, Pennsylvannia, Virginia, and Kentucky. They followed the migration patterns to North and South Carolina and on down to Louisiana and Mississippi Territories.
In the Natchez area, they formed the Forman Colony, and brought the first four-wheeled cart to the Mississippi Territory.
The Spanish Census of 1790 shows George "Jorge" Forman and family next to William "Guillermo" Irwin. They were settled on the Sara Bayou and Coles Creek area.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/index.html
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Forman, Edouard m Rebecca Raveo (Opel Ch)
Forman, Edouard m Marie Bournet (Opel Ch)
Presbyterian.
1762, Halifax County, NC (will of William Everit)
1776: granted 500 acres of land on 10 December 1776 on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. It is believed Edward Forman entered the Province of British West Florida in 1772.
1785, Bayou Chicot, LA, granted land (Evangeline Par)
1785, Living with wife in Bayou Chicot
1794, sold land to Victor Richard
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In about 1758 Edward Forman was supposed to be master of the ship "Pretty Peggy." This is in the South Carolina Gazette dated Aug 18, 1758.
From: winston@asbank.com (winston)
Source: Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives, "List of Anglo-American Settlers in The Spanish colonies of America, A Finding Aid".
By: Lawrence H. Feldman, 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
10001 N. Calvert, Baltimore, Md., pp. 85,108 20
Census of Louisiana District
Item No. 347 - Forman, Ed. at Opelousas in 1785
Item No. 350 - Fourman, Edouard at Opelousas in 1794.
Census, Mississippi, Natchez District
Item No. 261 - Forman, Ezekiel, 1792, Santa Catalina area.
Item No. 262 - Forman, Ismay, 1792, Villa Gayoso area.
Item No. 263 - Forman, Jorge, 1792, Villa Gayoso area.
(my note: I have no idea where Santa Catalina and Villa Gayoso are)
Source: Acadia Parish History to 1900, by: Mary Alice Fontenot,
Chapter II, Colonial landowners, pg. 42, 51.
Item: Victor Richard bought his land from Edward Foreman in 1794. Thomas Hoffpauir age 76 testified in the land claim in 1812. Hoffpauir said the land had been occupied by Foreman "more than 30 years ago, for several years;" that after the sale to Richard, "Primo occupied same on Richard's account for 2 or 3 years., after which Foreman was employed to tend Richard's cattle, where he resided and cultivated for 5 successive years."
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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Stephen-D-Forman/GENE8-0001.html
1. EDWARD1 FORMAN was born Abt. 1720 in Va., and died 1805 in St. Landry Parish, La.. He married MARIE BURNET Bet. 1750 - 1752 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
Notes for EDWARD FORMAN:
On Oct. 16, 1779 after raids by so-called patriot, John Willing, into the British West Florida settlements of Natchez, Baton Rouge and Manchac, Edward Forman and 18 others signed oaths of allegiance to the "United Independent States of North America" in the presence of Capt. Pickles who had captured the British armed vessel on Lake Ponchartrain.
"We whose names or marks are here unto set and subscribed, being settlers and inhabitants on Lake Ponchartrain between the Bayou La Combe and the River Tanchipaho, do herby acknowlege ourselves to be natives as well as true and faithful subjects to the United Independent States of North America.
An whereas on the tenth day of last month, William Pickles, captain of the navy of the said States, did arrive in this lake and made prize of the English armed sloop, West Florida, wh had kept possession of the lake for near two years before, and the said William Pickles, Esquire, did on the twenty first of the same month, land some of his people, and take possession of this settlement and gave us all the protection against indians and others that his force would admit of, and suffered us to remain on our possessions till further orders; we, therefore, consider ourselves belonging to the said States, and are willing to remain here and enjoy our property and priviledges under them, the said United States. October 16, 1779."
"Gerard Brandon, Alex McCollough, James Mosely, Mary Smith, Samuel Smith, James Farro, Abel Goffegon, Edward Foreman, Wm. Dakimore, Jacob Ambrose, Frederic Spell, Benj. Curtis, Wm. Fisher, Paul Pigg, Daniel Tuttle, Matt McCollough, Francis Fisher, John Spell, Wm. Steel" --Source, Mississippi as a Providence, Territory, and State, Claiborne, 1880.
More About EDWARD FORMAN:
Fact 1: August 18, 1758, Noted in South Carolina Gasette as "master of the Brig "Pretty Peggy"
Fact 2: 1762, Edward is noted in Halifax County, NC Will of Wm. Everitt
Fact 3: 1772, Edward entered British West Florida with McCollugh Spell
Fact 4: 1776, Edward Forman granted 500 acres on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Fact 5: October 16, 1779, Signed Oath of Allegiance to the "United Independent States of North America"
1785-Chart prepared by Winston DeVille, at June 1963 meeting of Louisiana Genealogical Society in St. Landry Parish Court Room in Opelousas, Louisiana. Now in Jim Bowie Museum, Opelousas, La. "UNder Commandant De Cloucet 30 July 1785
Thomas Huffpower
George Forman
Ismael Forman"
Source-The Hoffpauirs of Louisiana... Rosemary Wright Hoffpauir.
1790-Edward Forman (Sr) then went to Plaqumine Brulee in Spanish La. (now Acadia Parish, La.). His sons: George & Ismael went to Jefferson County, Mississippi Census, with George F. returning to La. for the 1810 census, then back to Jefferson.
Source: Ed Roberts, Monroe, La.
Children of EDWARD FORMAN and MARIE BURNET are:
i. MARGARET2 FORMAN, b. 1748.
2. ii. EDWARD FORMAN II, b. Abt. 1749, Va.; d. 1818, St. Landry Parish, La..
3. iii. ISMAEL FORMAN, b. Abt. 1752, Va.; d. 1832, Louisiana.
4. iv. MARY FORMAN, b. 1762, North Carolina.; d. 1812, St. Landry Parish, La..
5. v. GEORGE FORMAN, b. May 01, 1764, Virginia; d. February 25, 1823, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
6. vi. EPHRAIM (EPHREM) JOSEPH FORMAN, b. 1766, Va.; d. 1835, Jefferson County, Mississippi.
7. vii. SARA ELIZABETH FORMAN, b. 1768.
viii. CATHERINE FORMAN, b. Abt. 1769; m. THOMAS LAUGHLIN JR., June 11, 1793, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
8. ix. JANE FORMAN, b. Abt. 1773, Va.; d. Abt. 1850.
9. x. JAMES FORMAN, b. 1779, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; d. 1833, Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
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1725 - 1805 (~ 90 years)
