The Forman Genealogy by Anne Spottswood Danbridge

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Contents 1 The Forman Genealogy 1.1 URL 1 1.2 Archive URL 2 Citation Example 3 Excerpt 4 What Links Here

The Forman Genealogy

• by Anne Spottswood Danbridge
• Published:1903
• Publisher:Forman-Bassett-Hatch

URL 1

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Forman_Genealogy/DHxMAAAAMAAJ?hl=en

Archive URL

http://archive.org/details/formangenealogy00dand

Citation Example

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• "The Forman Genealogy" by Anne Spottswood Danbridge

• Danbridge, Anne Spottswood. The Forman Genealogy" (Forman-Bassett-Hatch, 1903)

The Forman Genealogy. United States: Forman-Bassett-Hatch, 1903.

The Forman Genealogy. (1903). United States: Forman-Bassett-Hatch.

Excerpt

From the article by Mr. S. L. Lee on Simon Forman, the astrologer, in the Dictionary of National Biography, we learn that Richard Forman, the grandfather of Simon, was Governor of Wilton Abbey. After Henry VIII. granted the Abbey to Sir William Herbert, later Earl of Pembroke, Richard Forman held some position in the park. He died in 1556. His son William, born 1524 at Quidhampton, Wiltshire, d. 1564, was page to Lord Willoughby. In 1544 he married Mary, daughter of John and Marianna (Hallam) Foster. They had eight children, the fifth son was Simon, born at Quidhampton 1552, d. 1611. Mr. Lee states that Simon Forman claimed connection with Sir William Forman, Lord Mayor of London, and with Sir George Forman, K. B., 1485, &c. Simon Forman wrote various works, among which was one on "Matters of Arms and Gentility Belonging to his Family," which is not known to have been printed. His autobiography written in 1600 has been printed. He there states that Richard Forman, his grandfather, was the son of Sir Thomas Forman of Leeds, who was the son of another Sir Thomas Forman of Furnival. The children of William and Marie (or Marianna) Foster Forman were: 1, William; 2, Jone (or Joan), m. William Hannom, gentleman, son of the Mayor of Sarum, m. 2ndly, William Brincke, both marriages were without children; 3, Henry, m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Harte, issue dau. Ann; 4, Richard, m. 1st, Cicely Parlet, sole heir of John Parlet, m. 2nd, Joan Warum, issue 3 children : John, Dorothy and Richard; 5, Simon (the astrologer); 6, Robert, m. Joan, dau. of Stephen Pore, gentleman, of Dorsetshire; 7, Joan; 8, John, d. Dec. 12, 1601.

The Autobiography says: "And it is recorded in ancient bockes that ther "ar three things specially noted in the name of the Formans, that is, ther was never 'any of them proud, covetous, nor a traitor...

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