Rebecca Forman was born in 1699, in New York, United States. She married Ambrose Stelle about 1717, in New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She died in 1748, at the age of 49.
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English: status name for a leader or spokesman for a group, from Middle English fore-man ‘foreman, reeve’ (from the Old English prefix fore- ‘foremost’ + mann ‘man’). The word is attested in this sense from the 15th century, but is not used specifically for the leader of a gang of workers before the late 16th century.
English: variant of Fordman with loss of -d-, from Middle English ford ‘ford’ (Old English ford) + man, denoting either a dweller by or a keeper of a ford. Compare Forder .
Americanized form of German Fohrmann (see Fohrman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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