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Josiah Forehand

Birth: By 1739 (conditional militia-age bound)Death: unknownMilitia return endorsed 1755Relationship to Cornelius’s family is unknown. Not identified with Joseph Forehand in the 1754 Edgecombe survey.

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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.

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