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our purposes, here's the bare-bones version:
The
"Ancestral File CD-ROM" created and maintained by the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) and available to
the public at their Family History Centers, shows Michel
de FOREST to have been born 21 Jun 1637 at Leyden,
Holland, the son of Henri/Hendrick de FOREST and his
wife Gertrude BORNSTRA. Henri/Hendrick,
however, was to die in New Amsterdam, with his wife at
his side approximately three (3) weeks later.
The
transit time by sailing ship from Holland to New Amsterdam
was then approximately 2 months. Clearly, while not entirely
impossible, it was highly improbable that Gertrude de
FOREST was in Leyden at the end of June 1637 giving
birth to her first child and in New Amsterdam, a two-month
trip away, nursing her husband in his last illness a mere
three weeks later. It was this discrepancy that led me to
start the discussion on soc.genealogy.french, as I
questioned this apparent problem.
Moreover,
Leyden records apparently show that a child Gereyt de
FOREST, the son of Crispin de FOREST and
Marguerite BORNSTRA was born on the date stated. It
is this Gereyt de FOREST that is supposed to be the
same person as Michel de FOREST who married 1)
Marie HEBERT and 2)Jacqueline BENOIT, and is
the patriarch of the Acadian FORESTS.
The
theory proposes that Gereyt de FOREST came to the new
world, possibly CT or MA, and joined Sir William Temple
(Richard Sedwick?) in a 1654 settlement expedition to
Acadia. Gereyt, a Huguenot like the rest of his
family, had to convert to Catholicism in order to marry the
Catholic Marie HEBERT and then adopted the name
Michel. While I find this latter name-change theory
to be problematic, until we find better proof either way, I
accept this line over that of Henri and Gertrude
de FOREST. Perhaps someone will run across the ship
manifest for either Sir William Temple, or for
Richard Sedwick, for a journey from Boston to Port
Royal, Acadia in 1653 or 1654, and we can prove or disprove
some part of the theory.
FORREST Links
FORRESTER,
FOREST, FOSTER, DeFORET, FORIST, FORRASTER, CORSTORPHINE web
page 18 May 1998
Forest
Webpage 18 May 1998
FOREST, SANFORD, KEYS; Alfred DEFOREST m ca 1818 CT,
?Danbury to Sally SANFORD ch: Mary Ann
DEFOREST b 30 Aug 1819 m Danbury 1842 to David
KEYS PaulS72511
FOREST, CHIASSON, DUGAS, POIRIER, BOURG, BOURQUE; Charles
FOREST (Rene - Francoise DUGAS) b ca 1723 d 1805 m 1742
to Marie CHIASSON (Abraham - Marie POIRIER) b 1725;
ch: Ursule b 1756 m 1777 Michael BOURG. Paul m
to Nanette BOURQUE [email protected]
FOREST; Ephraim DeFOREST & Nathan DeFOREST
Loyalists to Kingston, Kings Co., NB, Canada. Ephraim
from CT??? Any info. Email Ron
Strout or mail to 36 Dunning Blvd, Bangor, ME 04401.
FORREST, HILL; Ephraim P. FORREST b 22 Jun 1796 CT d
11 Jan 1873 Atascosa Co TX bur Rutledge Cem, Poteet TX m 7
Feb 1823 Maria Eliza HILL. Ephraim Postmaster
Mottomosa, TX 1868, JP Atascosa Co, TX 1869. Lenard
E. Mc Donald
FOREST, POISSANT; Felis FOREST m to Julie
POISSANT b 1802. [email protected]
FOREST, MORIN-MORANG; Francois2 FOREST
(Rene1) and Francois2 FOREST
(Jean1). Francois'2
(Rene1) family exiled to CT while
Francois'2 (Jean1) family
stayed north. Which was parent of Rosalie3
FOREST who m Jean Francois MORIN-MORANG-MORONG of
ME? Mary Cronin
NICHOLS
FOREST, MERCUOLET-MERCUSLET; Genevieve FOREST m to
Louis MERCUOLET-MERCUSLET b 1660. Ch: Louis
MERCUOLET-MERCUSLET b 1689 Port Royal, Acadia. Seeking
source.
FORREST; Howard FORREST b 14 Jul 1945; father unk but
b 1901. Contact: Harold W. Steinhoff, 1705 N. College Dr.,
Durango, CO.
FOREST, LILLARD; John FOREST res Rockingham Co., NC.
ch: Ann Richard FOREST m 1836 to James William
LILLARD Any info. E-mail KD4LJQ
FOREST; Joseph Arcade FOREST (Arcade & _?_) b ca
1890s Butte, MT; Arcade was 1 of 8 bros. Any info.
E-mail Guy Forest May
1998
FOREST, DOMINE dit ST-SAUVEUR, MORISET, GIRARD, GAUTHIER;
Madeleine FOREST m to Pierre-Henrid DOMINE dit
ST-SAUVEUR ch Marguerite-Henri DOMINE godparents:
Marie FOREST and Jacques V _?_ ineligible(?); Helaine
DOMINE; godparents: Helaine FOREST & Louis
MORISET; Madeleine M. (_?_ -Marie Madeleine oldest
daughter) godparents: Jean FOREST & Francoise GIRARD.
Madeleine Sr. m to Jacques GAUTHIER. Could
Jean FOREST be father??? E-mail Gen4Fam
4 Jul 1997
FOREST, DUGAS; Rene FOREST m ca 1695 Francoise
DUGAS ch: Marie, Marguerite, Joseph, Francois,
Mathieu-Rene, Jacques, Madeleine, Pierre, Jean-Pierre,
Charles Histoire et genealogie des Acadiens, by Bona
Arsenault) vol. 2 - Port Royal
FORREST; Willis M. FORREST b 31 Mar 1880; George
FORREST and unnamed FORREST male b 20 Apr 1901.
Contact David S. Smyth 19 Homestead Ave., New Britain, CT
06053.
6 Sep 2005
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