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Code
FTDNA Kit #
Earliest Known Forrest Ancestors
Group A
F-005
50906
John Forrest, b 1757 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, d 1825 in Orchard, Lanarkshire, m 1779 in Carstairs, Lanarkshire to Janet Nimmo, b 1751 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, d 1841 in Lanarkshire. Son John Forrest, b 1787 in Carluke, Lanarkshire, d 1880 in McNab Twp, Renfrew Co, ON, Canada, m 1805 in Lanark, Lanarkshire to Marion Gilchrist, b 1777 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, d 1858 in McNab Twp, Renfrew Co, ON. About 1830 John, Marion and their family emigrated from Scotland to Renfrew Co, ON, Canada. F-005 is a third cousin once removed of F-007 and a fourth cousin twice removed of F-009.
F-007
60773
Same as for F-005. F-007 is a third cousin once removed of F-005 and a fifth cousin once removed of F-009.
F-009
72681
John Forrest, b 1757 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, d 1825 in Orchard, Lanarkshire, m 1779 in Carstairs, Lanarkshire to Janet Nimmo, b 1751 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, d 1841 in Lanarkshire. Son Robert Forrest, b 1783 in Carstairs, Lanarkshire, emigrated 1820 to Lanark Co, ON, Canada, moved 1827 to Renfrew Co, ON, and in 1842 to McHenry Co, IL, d 1850 in McHenry Co, IL, m 1806 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Helen Logan, b 1785 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, d 1854 in McHenry Co, IL. F-009 is a fourth cousin twice removed of F-005 and a fifth cousin once removed of F-007.
F-021
142170
Gavin Forrest, b 1775 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, m Mary Cleland. Their son James Alexander Forrest, b 1815 in Glasgow, Scotland, m Jane Walker. James moved to Birkenhead, England where he operated a glass manufacturing company named J A Forrest and Co.
Group B
F-017
N2698
The great grandfather of F-017 was an orphan; he and his descendants have the surname Cain. However, the match indicated here suggests that the biological ancestor of this line is a Forrest
F-008
69284
William Henry Forrest, b about 1864 in Alabama.
F-003
49627
John H Forrest, b abt 1815, d abt 1854, m 1850 in Independence, Kenton Co, KY to Hester Ann Williams, b 1830 in Williamstown, Grant Co, KY, d 1922 in Arthur, Kanabec Co, MN. Son Cyrus Elmar Forrest, b 1852 in Gallatin Co, KY, d 1933 in Bloomington, Hennepin Co, MN, m 2nd 1893 in Gays, Moultrie Co, IL to Rose Lee Alexander, b 1862 in Mattoon, Coles Co, IL, d 1929 in St Peter, Nicollet Co, MN.
Group C
F-001
47166
Samuel Tiler Forrest, b abt 1819, lived (1850 census) in Chariton Twp, Chariton Co, MO, d bef 1860, m 1842 in Howard Co, MO to Sarah (Sally) Winn, b 1820 in MO. Son Samuel Dickenson Forrest, b 1853 in Roanoke, Howard Co, MO, d 1939 in Filton, Callaway Co, MO, m 1872 in Chariton Co, MO to Cynthia Frances Belcher, b abt 1856 in VA.
D-018
104946
Alexander Dick, b about 1792 in NC or KY, m Elizabeth Wilson, b 1802. Son George W Dick, b about 1836 in KY, d after 1905 in KS, m 1859 in KY to Elizabeth Wilson, b 1846 in KY, d about 1890 in KS. Although the surname of D-018 is Dick the DNA results suggest he has a recent common ancestor with these Group C Forrests.
D-019
51024
Reuben Dick, d on a trip from SC to MO; the family ultrimately settled in 1820 in Selmer, TN. Son Thomas Jefferson Dick. Although the surname of D-019 is Dick the DNA results suggest he has a recent common ancestor with these Group C Forrests.
F-010
74268
James Forrest, b 1787 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, m 1810 in Lanark, Lanarkshire. Son James Forrest, b 1811 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, m 1837 in Carnwath, Lanarkshire, d 1880 in Falla, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
F-015
109633
Adam Forrest, b about 1801, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Group D
F-013
N50643
William Forrest, b 1846 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d 1886 in Australia, m Katherine Murray, b 1856 in Cruden, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d 1919 in England. Son Colin Forrest, b 1886 in London, England, d 1941 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. F-013 and F-014 are first cousins once removed.
F-014
Genebase
Thomas Forrest, b about 1750 probably in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d 1821 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Son Thomas, Forrest, Jr., b 1781 and, d 1848 at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Son Thomas Forrest, III, b 1820 and d 1901 at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Son William Forrest, b 1846 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d 1886 in Australia (see F-013). F-013 and F-014 are first cousins once removed.
Group E
F-022
144559
Abraham Forrest, b about 1740, lived in Mecklenburg Co, VA in the 1770s and migrated to Montgomery Co, NC about 1782. After the Civil War some descendants migrated to Mississippi.
F-006
59396
Abraham Forrest, b 1784 in Mathews Co, VA, d abt 1865 in York Co, VA, m Mary Hudgins, b 1778 in Mathews Co, VA, d 1855 in York Co, VA. Son Thomas Humphrey Forrest, b 1799 in Mathews Co, VA, d abt 1846 in York Co, VA, m Mary Weston, b abt 1800 in Mathews Co, VA, d in York Co, VA.
Group X
F-002
49413
Edwin Henry Forrest, b abt 1814 in Montgomery Co, MD, d Harrison Co, MS. Son Edwin Frederick Forrest, b 1861 in Harrison Co, MS, d 1944 in Tangipahoa Parish, LA.
F-012
84690
George Forrest, d 1918 in CA, m Cynthia Alice York, d 1918 in CA. Son Fred Leander Forrest, b about 1895, m Edna Victoria Carlson, b 1906 in Big Springs, SD, d 1982 in Eugene, OR.
F-020
Ancestry
Henry Forrest, b about 1826, m 1848 in Missouri to Nancy, b about 1827. Their son George W Forrest, b 1851 in Alton, IL, d 1926 in Alton, m about 1887 in IL to Anna Francis Rasberry, b 1846, d 1927 in Alton, IL.
F-004
50565
William Sylvester Forrest, b 1852 in Baltimore, MD, d 1940 in Highland Park, IL. William's father is believed to be Matthias Forrest, b 1834 in VA.
F-011
RelGen
John Charles DeForrest (sometimes called himself John Charles Watson), b 1830 in KY, d about 1903, m 1864 in Independence, MO, to Malinda Reed.
F-016
120855
Hirm Forrest, b 1817 in Pennsylvania.

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