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Where did the English Fourman family come from? What is the English Fourman family crest and coat of arms? When did the Fourman family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Fourman family history?

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The name, Fourman, occurred in many references, and from time to time, it was spelt Forman, Foreman, Formon, Fourman and others.

First found in Edinburghshire where they held a family seat from very early times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fourman research. Another 225 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1301, 1426, 1465, 1467, 1501, 1513, 1514, 1521, and 1562 are included under the topic Early Fourman History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 40 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Fourman Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the Fourman family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 206 words(15 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The New World beckoned settlers from the Scottish-English borders. They sailed aboard the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic. Some called them, less romantically, the "coffin ships." Among the early settlers bearing the Fourman surname who came to North America were: Samuel Foreman purchased land in Virginia in 1623. John Foreman landed in New Jersey in 1685. By the mid-1800's the Forman family had settled in Massachusetts, New York, and San Francisco..

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  2. Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
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  8. Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
  9. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  10. Cook, Chris. English Historical Facts 1603-1688. London: MacMillan, 1980. Print.
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The Fourman Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Fourman Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 8 June 2013 at 09:03.

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