William Forehead
(William)
Forwood
aka Forehead
Born in Dublin, Dublin, , Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of George Forwood
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Maria Mary Asmundsdotter (Stedham) Forwood
— married
6 Nov 1716 in Holy Trinity Ch., Wilmington, Delaware
Descendants 
Father of
James Forwood, Margaret Forwood, John Forwood, Mary (Forwood) Allmond, William Nelson Forwood, Rebecca Forwood, Samuel Forwood, Joseph Forwood, Anna Anne Forwood, Jacob Forwood and Robert Forwood
Died
at about age 85
in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Nov 2011
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Biography
Sources
3 PAGE Will Proved in the New Castle County Courts, written, 13 Au 4 CONC g. 1771 - Date Proven, 18 Jan 1777. Quoted Text: Will Proved in the New Castle County Courts, written, 13 Aug. 1771 - Date Proven, 18 Jan 1777. Death occurred between the last quarter of 1776 and 18 Jan 1777. (K 342) Quoted" William Forwood. Brandyw ine Hundred. Wife Mary; sons, William, John, James, Joseph, Jacob and Samuel; three daughters, Margaret Denny, wife of Simon Denny; Mary Almond, widow of William Almond; Rebacca Brierly, wife of Hug h Brierly; grandsons, John Brierly, Michael Denny, William Forwood, son of Samuel; grandau.; Hannah Almond. Exc. sons, John and Samuel" Quoted. Source:1) Calendar of Delaware Wills 1777.
- William Forehead, "Delaware Marriages, 1713-1919"
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Katherine Smith
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Rodney Wood :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T928174 [compare], FTDNA kit #181639
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~0.39%
Amy (Lowers) Maurer :
23andMe, GEDmatch A858406 [compare]
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~0.39%
Michael Purcell :
23andMe, GEDmatch JM6134175 [compare]
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~0.39%
Mary (Gulish) Gilkerson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #AM36961
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