FAMILY STORIES
Sarah Everton and the Two Hundred Acres
Two hundred acres, an Everton family, and a Forehand husband whose first name remains missing: Sarah’s records reveal a life beyond the familiar pedigree and a naming trail worth following.
EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
John Forehand (Edgecombe, Solomon’s father)
Birth: unknownDeath: unknownLand records 1762–1781; named son Solomon in 1768Not proved to be Cornelius’s Pasquotank son John. His wife and death date are unknown; the 1781 lifetime-maintenance deed is not a death record.
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