EXPLORE THE COLLECTION

Isaac Sawyer (deed witness)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownRecorded 1772No automatic merger with Esther Spence’s son-in-law.

Detail of Edward Moseley’s 1733 map showing Joys Fork, the Pasquotank River, Dismal Swamp and Currituck.

FAMILY STORIES

Forehand — From the Forke

An Irishman in the Pasquotank records, a wife entrusted with his estate, seven named children—and earlier Forehands whose connections remain to be found.