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Prudence Forehand

Birth: unknownDeath: by 4 April 1751Currituck estateAdministration bond establishes prior death; 12 December 1754 is the later estate return. Husband and children unknown.

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Detail of Edward Moseley’s 1733 map showing Joys Fork, the Pasquotank River, Dismal Swamp and Currituck.

FAMILY STORIES

Forehand — From the Forke

An Irishman in the Pasquotank records, a wife entrusted with his estate, seven named children—and earlier Forehands whose connections remain to be found.

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