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Luke Stallings (Daniel’s nominated executor)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed executor, 28 December 1781Nominated executor with Ezekiel Hollowell in Daniel’s 1781 will; only Ezekiel’s qualification has been established. Identification with Elias Stallings’s expressly named son Luke is Moderate confidence (probable). A brother-in-law relationship additionally depends on both Sarah inferences.

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Detail of Daniel Forehand’s 28 December 1781 will naming his wife Sarah, his children collectively, and executors Ezekiel Hollowell and Luke Stallings.

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Daniel Forehand: Sarah, the Children, and the Land He Left

Daniel Forehand’s 1781 will placed his unnamed children in Sarah’s care. His land, household inventory and family connections trace a life between Newland and Perquimans—and a probable link to the Stallings family.