FAMILY STORIES
Sarah Everton and the Two Hundred Acres
Two hundred acres, an Everton family, and a Forehand husband whose first name remains missing: Sarah’s records reveal a life beyond the familiar pedigree and a naming trail worth following.
EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
Thomas Forehand (Newland)
Birth: By 1724 (conditional tax-age bound)Death: 1769Newland landholderBirth bound assumes the 7 June 1740 tax entry includes his own liability under the sixteen-year rule. Died 1769. Identifying Newland Thomas with Cornelius’s named son remains likely but unproved; Sarah Everton is not a proved wife.
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FAMILY STORIES
The Household Jarvis Forehand Left Behind
A Pasquotank family, a Revolutionary soldier’s name, and the estate Charity settled in 1788 help separate Jarvis Forehand’s Carolina life from a younger man’s western story.
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.