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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
A foundling of mysterious parentage brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighboring squireathough he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls. When Tom is banished to make his own fortune and Sophia follows him to London to escape an arranged marriage, the adventure begins. A vivid Hogarthian panorama of eighteenth-century life, spiced with danger and intrigue, bawdy exuberance and good-natured authorial interjections, "Tom Jones" is one of the greatest and most ambitious comic novels in English literature.
The Fordhams and Related Families
Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Benjamin Fordham who was born 28 May 1703 in Annapolis, Maryland or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was the likely the son of B. Fordham who was born ca. 1650 in England and immigrated to America sometime prior to the year 1700. Benjamin married Martha LaPierre ca. 1735. They lived in North Carolina and were the parents of two sons and one daughter. Martha died soon after the year 1754. Benjamin married Alice (surname unknown) and later died ca. 1777. Descendants lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and elsewhere.
The Georgia Review
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