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Benjamin Cooper (Daniel’s land purchaser)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownPurchased land, 15 November 1779Grantee of Daniel’s 150-acre conveyance; June 1781 proof and 4 September 1782 registration are separate recordkeeping dates. No kinship assumed.

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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.

FAMILY STORIES

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.