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Sarah Forehand (Daniel’s wife)

Birth: unknownDeath: unknownNamed as wife, 28 December 1781Daniel’s wife in his will of 28 December 1781. Birth surname and vital dates unknown. Identification with Elias Stallings’s legatee Sarah Forehand is Moderate confidence (probable), separately from that legatee’s probable daughterhood. The will does not expressly identify her as mother of every child. Not Sarah Everton.

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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.

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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.