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John Walmsley (Newland purchaser)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownPurchased land 10 August 1783The deed calls him a Hampshire merchant. The separate faint Lemuel conveyance is not automatically the same transaction.

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Historical plan of 535 acres surveyed for Thomas Forehand at Newland, 25 April 1757

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Thomas Forehand of Newland

A Newland boundary preserves Thomas Forehand’s family: three documented sons, a possible fourth, and the land and household records that distinguish evidence from tradition.

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