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Date: 3 Apr 2005 20:14:07 -0600

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Apparently there were two orphaned Alexander Foremans – one who was 14 in March 1780 and another who was the son of Alexander Foreman Dec’d in August 1801 (see court minutes below). Furthermore, there was an Alexander Foreman who was constable in 1785 and shoemaker in 1789. I see no mention of Alexander Foreman after 1789, so it is possible that the 1780 orphan was the constable and died by 1799, leaving a son by the same name. William Foreman, who was only head-of-household identified in Carteret County in 1790 and who died ca. 1799, could have been born as early as 1715-1725 and had a son b. 1735-1745 and a grandson (Alexander) born in 1766. However, William may have had a brother in Carteret Co. or Hyde Co. who died before 1780, leaving the orphaned Alexander. William first appears in the Carteret Co. court minutes in Dec. 1771. No other Foreman/Forman appears until 1785, when Alexander appears.

It is likely that the Carteret Co. Foremans are related to the Hyde Co. Foremans, but I can offer you no proof. Have you looked at early Carteret Co. deeds for clues.

With respect to how I can come up with all of these records so quickly, I amassed a large amount of material during 1994-2000 when I served as editor for the Carteret Co. Historical Society. During that time I digitized most of the important records that they had (court minutes, censuses, wills, marriage records, cemetery records, military records, etc.). I edited a number of these for sale by CCHS. Since I live in Cary, I am only 15 minutes from the NC State Archives and used to go once a week or more. I also have made three trips to Salt Lake City and one to the Texas State Archives, but I mostly worked on my wife’s family at those places. Since 2000, I have done nothing more than digitally photograph all the Lewis records at the Carteret County court house. However, I have been assimilating the data I accumulated and now have about 22,000 in my Family Tree Maker database. I was born in Carteret Co. and most of my ancestors back to the 1700s were also, so I !
am kin to nearly all the original families. Before this started, I had only one or two Foremans in my database (e.g., not William), but I have now added everyone that I have sent you.

Good luck and please let me know when you find the link. Here are the court minutes I mentioned.

MARCH TERM OF COURT 1780

WILLIAM FOREMAN BROUGHT INTO COURT ALEXANDER FOREMAN, AN ORPHAN BOY AGED FOURTEEN YEARS AND PRAYED AN ORDER FOR HIMTO BE BOUND AN APPRENTICE. THE BOY CHOSE THE SAID FOREMANTO BE HIS MASTER WHO AGREED TO LEARN HIM THE TRADE OF CORD WINDER AND TO LEARN HIM TO READ, WRITE AND CIPHER AS FAR AS THE RULE OF THREE. CLERK ORDERED TO MAKE OUT THE INDENTURE.

NOVEMBER COURT 1799

THE COURT APPOINTS RUSTULL FOREMAN, GUARDIAN TO ALEXANDER FORMAN, AN ORPHAN MINOR, AND HE GAVE BOND IN THE PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDS WITH WILLIAM RIPLEY AND WILLIAM THOMAS SECURITIES.

AUGUST TERM OF COURT 1801

THE COURT BINDS ALEXANDER FOREMAN, AN ORPHAN BOY, SON OF ALEXANDER FORMAN DECD., TO JOSEPH ROBINSON TO LEARN THE ART AND MYSTERY OF A SEAMAN.

DECEMBER TERM OF COURT 1771

WILLIAM FORMAN PROVED THAT HE ATTENDED TWO DAY AS AN EVIDENCE AT COURT.

SEPTEMBER TERM OF COURT 1785

DEED OF SALE FROM JESSE RIGGS TO JAMES PARTREE FOR THIRTYACRES OF LAND PROVED BY ALEXANDER FOREMAN AND ORDERED TO BE REGISTERED.

DECEMBER TERM OF COURT 1787

ALEXANDER FOREMAN APPOINTED CONSTABLE FOR THE TOWN FOR THE DISTRICT NO 3 GAVE BOND AND QUALIFIED.

MARCH TERM OF COURT 1789

ALEXANDER FOREMAN BROUGHT INTO COURT AN ORPHAN BOY NAMEDJESSE HUBBARD AGED THIRTEEN YEARS, TO LEARN TO READ AND WRITE AND THE TRADE OF A SHOEMAKER.

FEBRUARY TERM OF COURT 1793

THE GRAND JURY PRESENTS THIS COURT WITH A PETITION IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. WE THE GRAND JURY FOR THE STATE AND COUNTY AFORESAID DO PRESENT TO THE WORSHIPFULL COURT THAT THE FOLLOWING ORPHAN CHILDREN ARE EITHER IN THE CUSTODY OF POOR MOTHERS OR IN THAT OF OTHER PERSONS UNABLE DULY TO INSTRUCT CLOTHE AND PROVIDE FOR THEM ACCORDING TO LAW, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY MAY BE DULY BOUND OUT TO SOME TRADE OR EMPLOYMENT AGREEABLE TO THE ACT OF ASSEMBLY WHICH IS SUBMITTED: . . . .TWO CHILDREN IN THE CARE OF ELLENDER FOREMAN . . . .
MAY TERM OF COURT 1796

THE COURT APPOINTS WILLIAM RIPLEY AND MATTHEW NORRIS TO
EXAMINE THE ACCOUNTS BETWEEN THE ADMR, AND THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM FOREMAN DECD AND TO MAKE RETURN THEREOF.

MAY TERM OF COURT 1797

REBEKAH AND RUSSELL FOREMAN PRAYED THE COURT FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION ON THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM FOREMAN DECD WHICH WAS GRANTED. THEY QUALIFIED AND GAVE BOND WITH BENJAMIN STANTON AND ICHABOD HARRIS SECURITIES IN THE PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS. AT THE SAME TIME THEY RETURNED AN INVENTORY OF THE SAID ESTATE.

NOVEMBER TERM OF COURT 1797

ACCOUNT OF SALES OF WILLIAM FOREMAN DECD ESTATE TAKEN AND ACCORDINGLY FIND TWENTY FIVE POUNDS SIX PENCE.



JUNE TERM OF COURT 1774

DEED OF SALE FROM WILLIAM BRITAIN UNTO THOMAS BRATCHER FOR TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON CORE CREEK AND PROVED BY THE OATH OF WILLIAM FOREMAN, ONE OF THE SUBSCRIBING EVIDENCES THERETO AND ORDERED TO BE REGISTERED.

MARCH TERM OF COURT 1775

DEED OF SALE FROM JOHN RUSTULL AND HIS WIFE TO WILLIAM FOREMAN FOR THIRTY ACRES OF LAND PROVED BY THE OATH OF JOHN BLAIR A SUBSCRIBING WITNESS THERETO AND THAT HE ALSO SAW JAMES HUTCHINGSON WITNESS THE SAME AND ORDERED TO BE REGISTERED.

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