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Joseph / Joshua Sawyer (1764 grantor)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownConveyed 60 acres, 9 January 1764Opening reads Joshua; repeated body and signature Joseph. These are variants within one copied instrument, not two proved grantors.

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

FAMILY STORIES

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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