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Joseph Forehand (Lemuel’s son)

Birth: unknownDeath: 23 November–5 December 1807 (recorded interval)Will executed 23 November 1807; deceased by 5 December 1807Names his father Lemuel, wife Keziah and daughter Nancy. Identifying his father with the January 1808 testator is High confidence; Keziah’s maternity of Nancy is unknown.

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Lemuel Forehand’s handwritten will of 31 January 1808 naming Lovey Williams and the alternate beneficiaries

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Lemuel Forehand and a Granddaughter’s Inheritance

Lemuel Forehand’s Newland land and two family estates reveal a granddaughter’s conditional inheritance, documented marriages, and the generations still missing from the family tree.