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History of the Forsyth Family A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY · COMPILED BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFRIES !:'\DI \:'\.U'OLI:S \\'m, B. Burford, Printing, Binding and Stationery l!JcO TO PAl.L \VILLLUl JEFFRIES a founder of the FORSYTH ASSOC'IATWX OF lXDIAX ..\. this book i~ DEDICATED rn Lo\·ing Remembrance by his :.\IOTHETI CONTENTS PAGE Preface .......................................... 7 In trnd uction 9 PART O~E Chap. I. Early Origin of the X arne Forsyth ........ Chap. II. First Forsyth of the Castle of Fronsac .... Chap. III. The Ancestral Race in Scotland .......... Chap. IV. Forsyths in Canada and New England .... Chap. V. Other Forsyths in Scotland and America .. PART Two Chap. I. D~1.\·id :?.nd :.Iargaret :.IcGibbon Fo1·syth ... 67 Chap. II. Emign,tion of the F01·syths to Indiana .... 83 Chap. III. The Earlr Homes ...................... 85 Chap. IV. Church Relations ...................... 91 Chap. V. Speech of H. C. Barnett at First Forsyth Reunion . 96 Chap. \T Thomas Forsyth . 99 Chap. VII. James Fol'Syth, His Children and Some of Their Descendants ................... 101 Chap. VIII. Xancy Fol'Syth Daniels and Family ........ 189 Chap. IX. Elizabeth Forsyth Bridges, Her Children and Some of Their Descendants. 198 Chap. X. David Forsyth II and Family ............. 205 Chap. XI. Letitia Forsyth Featherngill .............. 238 Chap. XII. John Forsyth and Family ................ 2--17 Chap. XIII. ::\Iargaret Forsyth Tucke1·. 270 Chap. XIV. -:\lary Forsyth Featherngill and Her Child1·en 282 Chap. XV. Robert Forsyth and Family ............... 290 PREFACE Few of the present generation of Fornyths know that their famib· has an authentic record nmning back ovel' many cen­ tmies :md that its membel's have played important parts in the e\·olution of Europe and America. In fact, information concerning even the simplest facts of one's ancestry is often lacking. When to ignorance of such facts indifference is added. the situation is lamentable indeed. But holding to the belief that e\·er,v pe1·son and e\·e1·,v family should leave behind fo1· posterity's sake some personal reco1·d, we have undertaken the publication of this book. Incomplete as it is, and modest in its claims, it may serve as a forernnner of later and fuller \\'()l'kS. Tlw family of Fors,vths for \Yhich this volume has been rno1·c especiall~· \\TittPn are the dPscendants of David and :\Ial'pnet :\IcGibbon Fo1·syth. The stOl'y of David and :\Ia1·­ garet \\ill be found in Part T\\·o. The facts 1·elating to the remote past of this family and herein recorded ha\·e been gathel'ed not me1·ely as a work of lo\·e ancl loyalty, but from a sense of necessity. In a few mon1 years the only rPmaining links between our present and those eal'ly days \Yould ha\·e been completely broken. :\Iuch valuable data only to be obtained from elderly members of the famil~· would ha\·e been lost forever. In the preparation of rnatl'rial relating to this distant period the writer has en­ clea vored to insel't those details which coming generations wili \\·ant to know. The information published concerning various members of the present-day family has been collected from Ycu·ious SOlll'('.eS, and while it may not all be of universal interest still it has a pl'Ope1· place in a family history. The compiler is indebted to the late C. H. E. Carmichael, antiqua1·ian edito1· of Taswell Langrnead's Constitutional His­ to1·y of England, who made the researches for nearly all the l'ecol'cls of the quaint early history of the family contained in Part One of this volume. His historical manuscripts are among the most complete of this ancient period. 8 "-\ HISTORY OP THE FORSYTH F.UIILY :\fr. Carmichael's notes contain histOl'y that befo1·e was in ancient manuscripts and old publications, now \·ery rare. Grnteful acknowledgment of \·aluable assistance is also extended to Frederic Gregory Fm·syth, "\'icomte de Frnnsac of Canada. Ful'the1· assistance has been obtained from the manuscript of James Dennett Forsyth. late of the Boston Belt­ ing Company, Boston, :\Iassachuse~tts. Historical references are :\I~ll'tin's Histoire de Fm11ce, Yolume II. a standard \\"Ork which receiwd the Gobert p1·ize from the French Academy: LaGrande's E11c,i;clo])erliu of Frn11cr: Hollingshead's Chron­ icles of the Ki11us or' Srotl(wd: E.rcheq11er Rolls of Srotl(ll1r/: Froissart's Chronicles of the Jliddle A._qes: Lru·oussr E11r·utlo­ ])Cdiu French: Frr11ch Chro11icles: Chro11ides rd Clwl'ie- 11wu11r: Chro11irlrs of thr Ki11.(J0, D11rs 011rl Pri11ces of the Oclinic Fm11rs, published in Holland in the Se\·enteenth Cen­ tury; A.11tiquaires de lrl Dordor;ue: Legr11ds Historiq11es r/e.~ Troreres. The Denys lineage is from the manuscript by Louis Den:,·s of Chateau A:,·t1·e, France. The Dl111,\"S of Hon'flet:ll', Sor~ mand:v, and of Tours (Touraine), F1·ance, by thei1· alliance with the Forsyths of Dykes pl'esened with French exacti­ tude the genealogy of thei1· relati\·cs, the Forsyths. Info1·­ mation of yai·ious othel' branches of the family has been fu1·­ nished by John Fol'syth of Sitka. Alaska; Captain James FOl'syth. Cheltenham, England: ComrnodOl'e F01·syth of the B1·itish Xav:,·, and Rufus Forsyth of Chester, Xew Hamp­ shire; also Ira Forsyth of Omaha, Texas; C. J. Forsyth of :\Iena, Arkansas; Thomas Forsyth of FrankfOl't, Indiana, and others. Katherine Forsyth Pritchard 1·ende1·ed valuable as­ sistance in the collection of data of the family of DaYid For­ syth and :\Ia1·garet :\IcGibbon. The compile1· of these records regrets the inability to make this volume a more completP history of the FOl'syth family. There ai·e many membe1·s in Scotland, America and othe1· lands who are not mentioned. Fo1· the accuracy of all early records herein published the compile1· assumes no authority further than from sources mentioned. INTRODUCTION The ancients had a saying, "Yesterday belongs to our ancestors; today belongs to us." Quite true enough; but in order to app1·eciate the present properly and to recognize full.1.· our duty thereto, we must know the past. Knmvledge of om· fathern who ,vere \'irtuous and brave helps to create fortitude and respect within ourselves, and such knov:ledge if handed down will inspi1·e future generations to ,vorthy living. It, then, is a 1J1"esent duty to record the deeds of those who ha\·e bequeathed the priceless heritage of a good name. It rests with us to impress upon the members of the 1·ising generation the real wo1·th of descent from noble blood and to help them realiz(:' what it should mean to be of a family noted in all ages past for its integl'ity, patl'iotism and high mo1·ality. In Part One of this work will be found the line of For­ syths ,,·ho occupied the ancestral castles of France and Scot­ land. ,.i:.: Forsyth de Fronsac, Dykes, ~ydie and Sterling. From this sou1-ce han' descended the Forsyths scattered now o\·e1· France, England, Ireland, America, Australia and pos­ sibl.1.· other lands. It has been a pe1·sistent family. In Scotland and Ireland, the Fol'Syths conformed fo1· many years to the clan 01·ganization. These clans, however, were gradually dissol\'ed afte1· 1628. In the 1·ecords of these coun­ trit~s are mentioned many groups who we1·e descended from those obtaining from the king hereditary fiefs, manors or barnnies. Prominent among them are the Forsyths of Fail­ zerton in County Ayr; the Forsyths of Dykes in Lanark, the Fol'Syths of ~ydie in County Fife; the Fo1·syths of Tailzer­ ton in County Sterling, and the Fol'Syths of :Mardyke in County Cork, Ireland. Coming from some of the foregoing groups are the first generations of the Forsyths in America, as represented by such pioneers as David, James, Alexander, Matthew, William, and no doubt others. ~Iatthew of 1699 and his brothers and their descendants nearly all came to Canada or the United (9) A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FA:\IIL Y States, and being the chiefs of D::kes they had the trndition and history of the family in hand. The contents of this book will deal main!~· \\"ith the his­ tory of Da,·id and his desc('ndants. In the records much is lacking. Frnm some families but little tan)2:ible historical n1c1terial is aYailable: consequently the compile!' of this \\'Ol'k has been compelled to lay aside the pen at man~· places. His­ tory can include only that ,,·hich is kno,Yn. The aim has been not to ,nite a biography but to gather the Yaried expe­ riences and interesting incidents of a past ancl nearly past generntion with others of a late1· elate and by combining them all in a simple nanatini to giYe to future F01·s~·ths a pictun· of their forebears and the times in ,,·hich the,\· liHcl. An effort has been made to follow the behest of James \Yhitcomb Tiiley when he insists on Plain fact.-, plain words of the ;rood old-fa.-hionecl 11·a>·,, Uon't tech 'em up like the poet doe, 'Til the~·'re all too fine for u.-e. Tell them a tale of the timber Ltnd:' Of the old-time pionee1·,; Tell them of the old log hou,e-abou, The loft and the puncheon flo01·- Tlw old /he-place \\·ith the crane .-11·inging· out, And the latchstring· through the door. The Forsyth family coat-of-arms as used by the Fo1·s~·ths of Failze1·ton, is 1·ep1·oduced on the Frnntispiece pag-e of this book.
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