Benjamin lived in various states but most of his life was lived in Frederick County, Virginia. He lived in some other states and places but returned to Hampshire County and Berkeley County Virginia. He owned land in Berkeley/Frederick from 1765 to 1820s. After he was married to Mary Vandiver they lived in Hampshire County, Virginia where Mary's parents lived. They migrated to Fleming County, KY in 1794, about two years in Champaign County, Ohio, the didn't stay long because of the Missouri Compromise. Champaign County split from Clark County Ohio just after Benjamin lived there. The first family members (James, Benjamin Jr.) arrived in Ralls County Missouri in 1810 and the last ones arrived in 1824. Benjamin filed for a land grant in Ralls County, and after he died his wife Mary Vandiver Foreman filed for a land grant.
He died at the time they were finishing a move for their grown children and their families to move to Ralls County MO. He is buried on private land, no grave marker is known. The Foreman cemeteries that exist were established two decades after Benjamin Sr. and James died.
When Benjamin and Mary moved to Ralls County MO, a number of Mary's Vandiver relatives also moved to Ralls County. A book was written about Mary's family who moved to Missouri. The title of the book is "Vandivers of the Show Me State."
The probate record when his son James died, lists Benjamin Foreman Jr. and Benjamin Foreman Sr, and most of the children arrived to sign the final settlement agreement. Benjamin Jr was the administrator of the family estate. Benjamin Sr. was in Virginia and did not sign in 1822 but signed in 1824. It was reported to the court he was in Virginia at the time the lawsuit originated and the court ordered the family in Virginia to appear in Missouri. That was in the fall of 1824, and he died in 1825 within a few months. After that Mary sued in Virginia for her dower rights and received payment. The other parties in the lawsuit included a female cousin of Benjamin, knew her husband and did not disagree with her statements about her husband. She declared to the court that she was the widow of Benjamin Foreman in 1826.
His parents were James and Grissell Mounts Foreman. They met and married in Frederick County MD and located to Frederick County VA about 1750. James' father was Benjamin Foreman of Freehold, Monmouth County NJ, wife's last name unknown but first name believed to be Elizabeth, who settled in Hampshire County VA. Grissell's parents were Joseph and Katharine Williams Mounts.
There are land transaction records where James acquired land for his two oldest sons [Joseph and Benjamin] about the time when their mother died, about 1765. Benjamin held this land until ca 1820 when he sold it to move to Missouri. Mary's lawsuit was about this same land that James bought for Benjamin. I have copies of business records about 1822/1823, of the mill located on the property that James bought for Benjamin and family members did business at that mill including James' oldest son Joseph and Benjamin's oldest son Joseph, born ca 1787.
Both Joseph and Benjamin had mills on the property their father acquired for them.
Benjamin the son of James, served during the Revolutionary War and there is a muster roll record of his service. The officers were of the same place where James lived. Benjamin received a land grant in Hampshire County Virginia about 1783 because of his Revolutionary War service from the governor of Virginia. A state website has a copy of that record. Benjamin lived with his wife Mary Vandiver in Hampshire County for a number of years, did business with Mary Vandiver's brothers, and some of her brothers were involved in the sale of this grant of land in Hampshire County where he lived with Mary Vandiver.
There are records of James Foreman Sr.in Maryland before 1750, when the first record in Virginia appeared. This first record when he located in Virginia is published in a book and both Joseph and Benjamin were born before 1750.
Benjamin died in the fall of 1825. According to court records in Berkeley County where Benjamin lived in the 1820s and his parents had previously lived, Mary was a widow in the court records of 1826.
A list of the children of Benjamin and Mary Vandiver Foreman:
Elizabeth who married Benjamin Ellis in Virginia
Joseph who married Juliana Iseminger in Washington County, Maryland
William who married (Mary) Anna in Belmont County, Ohio
Benjamin Jr. who married Mary Polly Bowling in Missouri
Mary who married John Bennett in Virginia
James who married Mary (Polly) See in Ralls County, Missouri
Margaret (not certain but she may have married in Ohio)
TJ Forman born KY died in IL
Nancy who married Jeremiah Strode Jr. in Ralls County, Missouri
He died at the time they were finishing a move for their grown children and their families to move to Ralls County MO. He is buried on private land, no grave marker is known. The Foreman cemeteries that exist were established two decades after Benjamin Sr. and James died.
When Benjamin and Mary moved to Ralls County MO, a number of Mary's Vandiver relatives also moved to Ralls County. A book was written about Mary's family who moved to Missouri. The title of the book is "Vandivers of the Show Me State."
The probate record when his son James died, lists Benjamin Foreman Jr. and Benjamin Foreman Sr, and most of the children arrived to sign the final settlement agreement. Benjamin Jr was the administrator of the family estate. Benjamin Sr. was in Virginia and did not sign in 1822 but signed in 1824. It was reported to the court he was in Virginia at the time the lawsuit originated and the court ordered the family in Virginia to appear in Missouri. That was in the fall of 1824, and he died in 1825 within a few months. After that Mary sued in Virginia for her dower rights and received payment. The other parties in the lawsuit included a female cousin of Benjamin, knew her husband and did not disagree with her statements about her husband. She declared to the court that she was the widow of Benjamin Foreman in 1826.
His parents were James and Grissell Mounts Foreman. They met and married in Frederick County MD and located to Frederick County VA about 1750. James' father was Benjamin Foreman of Freehold, Monmouth County NJ, wife's last name unknown but first name believed to be Elizabeth, who settled in Hampshire County VA. Grissell's parents were Joseph and Katharine Williams Mounts.
There are land transaction records where James acquired land for his two oldest sons [Joseph and Benjamin] about the time when their mother died, about 1765. Benjamin held this land until ca 1820 when he sold it to move to Missouri. Mary's lawsuit was about this same land that James bought for Benjamin. I have copies of business records about 1822/1823, of the mill located on the property that James bought for Benjamin and family members did business at that mill including James' oldest son Joseph and Benjamin's oldest son Joseph, born ca 1787.
Both Joseph and Benjamin had mills on the property their father acquired for them.
Benjamin the son of James, served during the Revolutionary War and there is a muster roll record of his service. The officers were of the same place where James lived. Benjamin received a land grant in Hampshire County Virginia about 1783 because of his Revolutionary War service from the governor of Virginia. A state website has a copy of that record. Benjamin lived with his wife Mary Vandiver in Hampshire County for a number of years, did business with Mary Vandiver's brothers, and some of her brothers were involved in the sale of this grant of land in Hampshire County where he lived with Mary Vandiver.
There are records of James Foreman Sr.in Maryland before 1750, when the first record in Virginia appeared. This first record when he located in Virginia is published in a book and both Joseph and Benjamin were born before 1750.
Benjamin died in the fall of 1825. According to court records in Berkeley County where Benjamin lived in the 1820s and his parents had previously lived, Mary was a widow in the court records of 1826.
A list of the children of Benjamin and Mary Vandiver Foreman:
Elizabeth who married Benjamin Ellis in Virginia
Joseph who married Juliana Iseminger in Washington County, Maryland
William who married (Mary) Anna in Belmont County, Ohio
Benjamin Jr. who married Mary Polly Bowling in Missouri
Mary who married John Bennett in Virginia
James who married Mary (Polly) See in Ralls County, Missouri
Margaret (not certain but she may have married in Ohio)
TJ Forman born KY died in IL
Nancy who married Jeremiah Strode Jr. in Ralls County, Missouri
Benjamin lived in various states but most of his life was lived in Frederick County, Virginia. He lived in some other states and places but returned to Hampshire County and Berkeley County Virginia. He owned land in Berkeley/Frederick from 1765 to 1820s. After he was married to Mary Vandiver they lived in Hampshire County, Virginia where Mary's parents lived. They migrated to Fleming County, KY in 1794, about two years in Champaign County, Ohio, the didn't stay long because of the Missouri Compromise. Champaign County split from Clark County Ohio just after Benjamin lived there. The first family members (James, Benjamin Jr.) arrived in Ralls County Missouri in 1810 and the last ones arrived in 1824. Benjamin filed for a land grant in Ralls County, and after he died his wife Mary Vandiver Foreman filed for a land grant.
He died at the time they were finishing a move for their grown children and their families to move to Ralls County MO. He is buried on private land, no grave marker is known. The Foreman cemeteries that exist were established two decades after Benjamin Sr. and James died.
When Benjamin and Mary moved to Ralls County MO, a number of Mary's Vandiver relatives also moved to Ralls County. A book was written about Mary's family who moved to Missouri. The title of the book is "Vandivers of the Show Me State."
The probate record when his son James died, lists Benjamin Foreman Jr. and Benjamin Foreman Sr, and most of the children arrived to sign the final settlement agreement. Benjamin Jr was the administrator of the family estate. Benjamin Sr. was in Virginia and did not sign in 1822 but signed in 1824. It was reported to the court he was in Virginia at the time the lawsuit originated and the court ordered the family in Virginia to appear in Missouri. That was in the fall of 1824, and he died in 1825 within a few months. After that Mary sued in Virginia for her dower rights and received payment. The other parties in the lawsuit included a female cousin of Benjamin, knew her husband and did not disagree with her statements about her husband. She declared to the court that she was the widow of Benjamin Foreman in 1826.
His parents were James and Grissell Mounts Foreman. They met and married in Frederick County MD and located to Frederick County VA about 1750. James' father was Benjamin Foreman of Freehold, Monmouth County NJ, wife's last name unknown but first name believed to be Elizabeth, who settled in Hampshire County VA. Grissell's parents were Joseph and Katharine Williams Mounts.
There are land transaction records where James acquired land for his two oldest sons [Joseph and Benjamin] about the time when their mother died, about 1765. Benjamin held this land until ca 1820 when he sold it to move to Missouri. Mary's lawsuit was about this same land that James bought for Benjamin. I have copies of business records about 1822/1823, of the mill located on the property that James bought for Benjamin and family members did business at that mill including James' oldest son Joseph and Benjamin's oldest son Joseph, born ca 1787.
Both Joseph and Benjamin had mills on the property their father acquired for them.
Benjamin the son of James, served during the Revolutionary War and there is a muster roll record of his service. The officers were of the same place where James lived. Benjamin received a land grant in Hampshire County Virginia about 1783 because of his Revolutionary War service from the governor of Virginia. A state website has a copy of that record. Benjamin lived with his wife Mary Vandiver in Hampshire County for a number of years, did business with Mary Vandiver's brothers, and some of her brothers were involved in the sale of this grant of land in Hampshire County where he lived with Mary Vandiver.
There are records of James Foreman Sr.in Maryland before 1750, when the first record in Virginia appeared. This first record when he located in Virginia is published in a book and both Joseph and Benjamin were born before 1750.
Benjamin died in the fall of 1825. According to court records in Berkeley County where Benjamin lived in the 1820s and his parents had previously lived, Mary was a widow in the court records of 1826.
A list of the children of Benjamin and Mary Vandiver Foreman:
Elizabeth who married Benjamin Ellis in Virginia
Joseph who married Juliana Iseminger in Washington County, Maryland
William who married (Mary) Anna in Belmont County, Ohio
Benjamin Jr. who married Mary Polly Bowling in Missouri
Mary who married John Bennett in Virginia
James who married Mary (Polly) See in Ralls County, Missouri
Margaret (not certain but she may have married in Ohio)
TJ Forman born KY died in IL
Nancy who married Jeremiah Strode Jr. in Ralls County, Missouri
He died at the time they were finishing a move for their grown children and their families to move to Ralls County MO. He is buried on private land, no grave marker is known. The Foreman cemeteries that exist were established two decades after Benjamin Sr. and James died.
When Benjamin and Mary moved to Ralls County MO, a number of Mary's Vandiver relatives also moved to Ralls County. A book was written about Mary's family who moved to Missouri. The title of the book is "Vandivers of the Show Me State."
The probate record when his son James died, lists Benjamin Foreman Jr. and Benjamin Foreman Sr, and most of the children arrived to sign the final settlement agreement. Benjamin Jr was the administrator of the family estate. Benjamin Sr. was in Virginia and did not sign in 1822 but signed in 1824. It was reported to the court he was in Virginia at the time the lawsuit originated and the court ordered the family in Virginia to appear in Missouri. That was in the fall of 1824, and he died in 1825 within a few months. After that Mary sued in Virginia for her dower rights and received payment. The other parties in the lawsuit included a female cousin of Benjamin, knew her husband and did not disagree with her statements about her husband. She declared to the court that she was the widow of Benjamin Foreman in 1826.
His parents were James and Grissell Mounts Foreman. They met and married in Frederick County MD and located to Frederick County VA about 1750. James' father was Benjamin Foreman of Freehold, Monmouth County NJ, wife's last name unknown but first name believed to be Elizabeth, who settled in Hampshire County VA. Grissell's parents were Joseph and Katharine Williams Mounts.
There are land transaction records where James acquired land for his two oldest sons [Joseph and Benjamin] about the time when their mother died, about 1765. Benjamin held this land until ca 1820 when he sold it to move to Missouri. Mary's lawsuit was about this same land that James bought for Benjamin. I have copies of business records about 1822/1823, of the mill located on the property that James bought for Benjamin and family members did business at that mill including James' oldest son Joseph and Benjamin's oldest son Joseph, born ca 1787.
Both Joseph and Benjamin had mills on the property their father acquired for them.
Benjamin the son of James, served during the Revolutionary War and there is a muster roll record of his service. The officers were of the same place where James lived. Benjamin received a land grant in Hampshire County Virginia about 1783 because of his Revolutionary War service from the governor of Virginia. A state website has a copy of that record. Benjamin lived with his wife Mary Vandiver in Hampshire County for a number of years, did business with Mary Vandiver's brothers, and some of her brothers were involved in the sale of this grant of land in Hampshire County where he lived with Mary Vandiver.
There are records of James Foreman Sr.in Maryland before 1750, when the first record in Virginia appeared. This first record when he located in Virginia is published in a book and both Joseph and Benjamin were born before 1750.
Benjamin died in the fall of 1825. According to court records in Berkeley County where Benjamin lived in the 1820s and his parents had previously lived, Mary was a widow in the court records of 1826.
A list of the children of Benjamin and Mary Vandiver Foreman:
Elizabeth who married Benjamin Ellis in Virginia
Joseph who married Juliana Iseminger in Washington County, Maryland
William who married (Mary) Anna in Belmont County, Ohio
Benjamin Jr. who married Mary Polly Bowling in Missouri
Mary who married John Bennett in Virginia
James who married Mary (Polly) See in Ralls County, Missouri
Margaret (not certain but she may have married in Ohio)
TJ Forman born KY died in IL
Nancy who married Jeremiah Strode Jr. in Ralls County, Missouri
Gravesite Details
Revolutionary War Soldier
Family Members
Children
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Elizabeth Foreman Ellis
1785–1861
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Joseph Foreman Sr
1786–1853
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William Foreman
1787–1859
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James Foreman
1790–1822
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Mary Foreman Bennett
1792 – unknown
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Benjamin Franklin Forman Jr
1794–1874
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Thomas J. Foreman
1800–1881
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Joseph Foreman
1804–1891
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Margaret Foreman
1804 – unknown
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Nancy Foreman Strode
1809–1887
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