Forrest DNA Early Ancestors Table

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 1825 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.

Ancestors came from Orange Co, NC. F-046 is a fourth cousin of Nathan Bedford Forrest.

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.

Henry Forrest, b 1632, d 1684. A decendant, Richard Forrest, went to Mississippi about 1821 and his descendants migrated to Tangipahoa Parish, LA.

Henry Forrest, d about 1780 in Dobbs, NC. His son William Forrest, b 1761 in NC, d 1843 in Greene, NC, was a revolutionary war veteran.

Robert Forrest, b 1818 in Matthews Co, VA, m Emory Jane Lewis.

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.

Abraham Forrest, b 1784 in Kingston Parish, Glouster Co, VA, d 1865 in Poquoson, York Co, VA. His son Henry Harry Forrest, b 1818 in Mathews Co, VA, d 1897 in York Co, VA.

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.

Same as for F-002. F-027 and F-002 are second cousins once removed.

Robert Henry Harrison Forrester, b 1840 in Mississippi, d 1909 in Havana Yell, Arkansas. Robert's father is believed to be William Forrester, b in NC.

Thomas Forrester, b about 1760 in NC.

Chester Randolph Forrest, b 1914 in Myersville, MD, d 1978 in Chambersburg, PA, m Mildred Virginia Myers, b 1918 in Nova, PA, d 1981 in Latrobe, PA.

Thomas Forrister, b NC, m Elizabeth.

Same as F-050; F-051 is the father of F-050.

William Forester, b 1757 in Scotland, came to US in 1776 with King Geroge's Army, d 1843 in Virginia, m Janet Mckie. F-045 is descended from their son John Forester. Therefore F-045 and F-058 are related.

William Forester, b 1757 in Scotland, came to US in 1776 with King Geroge's Army, d 1843 in Virginia, m Janet Mckie. F-058 is descended from their son Alexander Forester. Therefore F-045 and F-058 are related.

William Forrester, b about 1750, was a tennant farmer at Parkhead, Cumbernauld, Stirlingshire, Scotland, d 1818 in Cumbernauld, m 1784 in Cumbernauld to Margaret Henderson.

This Forrester line descends from the Forresters of Culmore, Ireland and back to the Forresters of Torwood, Scotland.

Alexander Forrester, b 1792 in Glasgow, Scotland, m Elizabeth Stewart, b 1810. Parents of Alexander were John Forrester and Mary Mcauley.

Same as F-048. F-060 and F-048 are fifth cousins.

Reverend Robert Forrester, b 1805 in Fife, Scotland.

Samuel Forrest, b 1804 in Braidwood or Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, m Emily Lindsay from Lanark.

Same as F-063. F-071 and F-063 are brothers.

James Forrest, b 1800 in Donegal, Ireland, d 1857 in Rothesay, m Mary Crief, b 1801, d 1876. Parents of James are thought to be Daniel Forrest and Jane Boag of Donegal.

Descendant of George Soule who arrived in the US on the Mayflower.

James Forrest, b 1798 in Scotland, d 1864 in Linlithgow, Scotland, m Elizabeth Gray, b 1804 in Scotland, d 1880 in Bo'ness, Scotland. Their son John, b 1836 in Denny, Falkirk, moved to Echuca, Australia.

Gaven Forrest, b 1788, d 1863 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Same as F-088. F-098 and F-088 are cousins.

James Forrest, b 1750 in Duntiblae, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, d 1824 in Camlachie,Lanarkshire, Scotland, m Janet Rochead, b 1762 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshie, d 1826. The parents of James are believed to be John Forrest, b 1720 in Scotland and Janet Wallace, b 1720 in Scotland.

Isaac Forrester, b 1789 in NC, d after 1871 in Greenville, SC, m Elizabeth Justice, b 1789 in NC, d before 1870 in SC.

David Forster/Foster, b 1746 probably in Lancaster Co, PA, d 1828 in Rowan Co, NC.

Henry B Foster, b 1830 in PA.

Absolom Dean, b 1780, d 1850, lived in SC. Althugh the surname for D-126 is Dean it appears likely that his all male line connects recently with the line of a Forrester from this group.

Michael George Foster, b 1768 in Rockbridge, VA, d 1815 in Fort Williams, Alabama, m Elizabeth Ogden, b 1773 in VA, d 1841 in Tazewell, IL

Great grandfather, b 1815, emigrated from Ireland. Family lore suggests his ancestors were border reivers from the Scotland/Northumbrian border area.

Hugh Forster, b about 1720 in Cecil Co, MD, d about 1778 in Rowan Co, NC.

James Hansford Forrester, b 1769 in Beaufort District, SC, d 1834 in Beaufort Co, SC, m Sarah Thames.

John Forster, b 1763 St Barton Cuthbert, UK, resided in Caldwell/St John Stanwick, North Yorkshire, UK. John's father believed to be James Forster, b 1726 and grandfather Valentine Forster, b 1690, d 1752, both of St Barton Cuthbert.

The paternal grandfather of H-093 was born Harold Foster Harrison in Lancaster England in 1899 to an unmarried mother named Mary Ellen Harrison. He grew up in Carlisle with his maternal grandparents and never knew who his father was. But it passed down through the family that the name Foster was a paternal legacy.

Great grandfather was Oliver Cromwell Forester who was the first Post master of a village that he named after his family, to wit "Forester's Falls' Ontario' Canada". His father was John Oliver Forrester b. about 1795 in Albany NY, d. about 1870, m Catharine McIntosh. John Oliver's father was Oliver Cromwell Forrester who came from NY to Upper Canada with his wife Sara O'Dell and family about 1800.

James W Forrest, b 1830 in either Maine or Massachusetts, d about 1870 in Georgia.

Alexander Forrest, lived in Scotland.

William Forrest, b 1775 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, d 1815 in Uddington, Lanarkshire, m Jean (Jane) Law, b 1775 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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.

James Forester, will dated 1755 in Orange Co, SC.

James Forster, b 1745 in Iveston, Lanchester, Durham, England, d 1825 in Brooms Chapel, Lanchester, Durham. In 1887 a descendant named Sylvester Forster emigrated to Scranton, PA.

John Charles DeForrest (sometimes called himself John Charles Watson), b 1830 in KY, d about 1903, m 1864 in Blue Township, Jackson Co, MO, to Malinda Reed.

Hirm Forrest, b 1817 in Pennsylvania.

The surname of F-070 is Lalaing; his earliest known ancestor is believed to be Gossuin de Forest, b about 1060.

Horatio Forrest, b 1795 in SC. His son Champion Forrest, b 1834 in SC.

Ggg Grandfather was from NC, m a Garner/Garmon/Gardner.

John Forrester, b 1807 Staffordshire, UK.

Robert Forrester, b 1758 in Cumbria, UK, d 1827 in Windsor, Australia. Robert Forrester was a convict who was on the First Fleet arriving in Australia in 1788.

John DeForrest, b 1870 in New York, m Esther Norris, b 1879.

James Anderson Forrest b 1850, d 1922, lived in Marshall Co, Tenn, m Julia A.

Edwin Frank Forrest b 1829, d 1906, lived in Arkansas.

Frederick Forrester, b about 1860 probably in England, came to US in 1870, in 1880 was living in New York City, m Mary Keily, b 1860 in Ireland, d 1915 in Brooklyn, NY.

Thomas Forrest, b about 1848 in Ireland, emigrated to the US in 1865, d about 1922 in Westchester Co, NY. His son Thomas Forrest, b 1885 in Westchester Co, NY, d 1955 in PEI, Canada.

Martin Forrest, b 1801.

John Forrest, b 1770 in Haddington, Scotland.

Ancestors arrived in South Africa in 1820. Rupert Claude Forrester, b Cedarville, South Africa, d Matatiele, South Africa. His son Lionel Rodney Forrester, b 1925 in Matatiele, South Africa, d 2010 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

William Forrest, b about 1819, m in 1840 to Margaret Guthrie in Calton Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Herman Guy George Forrest, supposedly b about 1890 in India, d 1985. Ancestors were believed to be military from Haddington in Scotland.

Family has been in Scotland for centuries.

George Forrest, b 1835 in Canada, emigrated to Australia and settled in Grafton.

William John Forrest, b about 1835 in Cork, Ireland, m Bridget O'Reagan. Their son George, b 1864 in Cloyne, Co Cork, Ireland, emigrated to Australia in 1884, worked in the mining industry in Queensland.

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.

Code	FTDNA Kit #	Earliest Known Forrest/Forrester 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 1825 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-0117	IN28677	Robert Forrest, b 1764 in Woodside, Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, m Isobel Frame at Woodside.
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 1825 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-035	229693	Horatio Forrester, b 1795 in Greenville, SC. Son Champion Forrester, b 1834 in SC.
F-064	440110	John Corsterphine Forrester, b 1320 in Costorphine, Midlothian, Scotland, d 1350 in Dumfries-shire, Scotland.
F-133	936940	Same as F-064.
F-083	694124	Elias W Forrester, lived in Spartansburg, SC in 1830s, m Harriet Pettit.
F-131	924527	James Forrester, Sr. (1700-1755) in SC.
F-080	540694	James Forrester, d about 1755 in Orange Co, NC. His son James Jr moved to SC and his grandson Richard moved to Humphreys Co, TN.
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-037	N57290	Dillard Forrest, b about 1813 in SC.
F-039	283350	Henry Balus Forrest, b 1832 in Spartensburg, SC, d 1916 in Brighten, IL.
F-036	231326	James Forrester, b about 1690, d 1755, lived around Henrico City, VA. This line is believed to have come from Leith, East Midlothian, Scotland.
F-008	69284	William Henry Forrest, b about 1864 in Alabama.
F-123	B434134	James Forrest, b 1793 in SC, d 1864 in Benton, Charleston Co, TN, m Polly Hensley, b 1788 in Hanover, VA, d 1870 in Columbia, Boone Co, Missouri.
F-066	491896	Richard Forrester, b 1760 in NC, d 1847 in Hickman Co, TN.
F-059	428418	F-059 was conceived in North Carolina from an encounter of his mother with an unknown man. The DNA results suggest his father was a Group B Forrest.
F-055	B15179	James Forrest, b 1630 in Scotland, transported in 1654 by Nicholas Merriwether to Westmoreland Co, VA, d 1710 in Henrico Co, VA, m Alice Porter.
F-132	929458	Edward W Forrester, b1832, d 1882, m 1861 to Sarah Payne. Both Edward and Sarah were from the state of Georgia.
F-092	779635	Shadrack Forrest, b 1751 in Orange Co, NC, d before 1830 in Bedford Co, TN, m Jane Ledbetter, b 1742 in NC, d 1806 in Sumner Co, TN. Shadrack is believed to be a son of William Forrest, and grandson of James Forrester, b about 1700, d 1755.
F-076	527569	No information.
F-067	451736	Jeremiah John Forrester, b 1774, d 1852, m Anne Fisher, b 1776, d 1852. Their son Jeremiah Glynn Forrester, b 1808 in Martins Fork, Harlan Co, Kentucky, d 1888 in Martins Fork, Harlan Co, Kentucky, m Mary Polly Osborne, b 1813 in Martins Fork, Harlan Co, Kentucky, d 1903 in Harlan Co, Kentucky.
F-127	642588	James Forrest, b 1690 in Henrico, VA, d 1755 in Orange, NC.
F-044	317086	Francis Newton Forester, b 1763, d 1856 in Rising Fawn, Dade Co, GA. F-044 is descended from his son Havelow Forester.
F-074	514579	James Horne, b 1725 in Baltimore Co, MD, d 1796. Although the surname for F-074 is Horne the DNA results indicate he shares an ancestor with these Forrest/Forresters.
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.
F-046	N28250	Ancestors came from Orange Co, NC. F-046 is a fourth cousin of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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.
F-122	B415819	David Forrest, b in West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland, d 1776 in Inverkeithing, Fifeshire, Scotland, m Christian Craich, b 1734 in Inverkeithing, Fifeshire.
F-038	251852	John Forester, b 1765 Wilkes, NC, d 1827 NC.
F-053	399969	Same as F-038. F-053 and F-038 are first cousins once removed.
F-062	433372	Eli Forester, b 1828 in SC, d 1913 in Winthrop Harbor, Lake Co, IL, m Irena Ann McConnell, b 1828 in Macon Co, NC.
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-069	512197	Salathiel Pearson Forister, b 1835 in Georgia, d 1906 in Georgia. His father John Forister, b 1786 in North Carolina, d 1860 in Missouri.
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-089	652704	No information.
F-015	109633	Adam Forrest, b about 1801, Edinburgh, Scotland.
F-054	277443	David Tracey, b 1873 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. David was born out of wedlock and took his stepfather's Tracey surname. The DNA results suggest his biological father's surname was Forrest.
F-112	IN23130	David Forrest, b 1790 in Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, d 1860 in Broxburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.
F-121	401560	Dr. James Forrest, b 1844 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, d 1887 in Cameron Twp, Murray, Minnesota, m Jane Brewster, b 1848 in Stirling, Scotland, d 1926 in Lake Wilson, Murray, Minnesota. Before residing in Stirling earlier ancestors of James are believed to have resided in West Calder, West Lothian, 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-026	182936	Henry Forrest, b 1632, d 1684. A decendant, Richard Forrest, went to Mississippi about 1821 and his descendants migrated to Tangipahoa Parish, LA.
F-028	191835	Henry Forrest, d about 1780 in Dobbs, NC. His son William Forrest, b 1761 in NC, d 1843 in Greene, NC, was a revolutionary war veteran.
F-097	836403	Robert Forrest, b 1818 in Matthews Co, VA, m Emory Jane Lewis.
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-081	647998	Abraham Forrest, b 1784 in Kingston Parish, Glouster Co, VA, d 1865 in Poquoson, York Co, VA. His son Henry Harry Forrest, b 1818 in Mathews Co, VA, d 1897 in York Co, VA.
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 F
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-027	186729	Same as for F-002. F-027 and F-002 are second cousins once removed.
Group G
F-032	B1201	William Forrester or Isaac Forister, b about 1799 in NC.
F-052	393134	Robert Henry Harrison Forrester, b 1840 in Mississippi, d 1909 in Havana Yell, Arkansas. Robert's father is believed to be William Forrester, b in NC.
F-031	36638	Thomas Forrester, b about 1760 in NC.
F-125	879237	Chester Randolph Forrest, b 1914 in Myersville, MD, d 1978 in Chambersburg, PA, m Mildred Virginia Myers, b 1918 in Nova, PA, d 1981 in Latrobe, PA.
F-042	294941	Thomas Forrister.
F-077	41288	Thomas Forrister, b NC, m Elizabeth.
Group H
F-050	359299	George Forrest, b 1767 in Mendon, Rutland, Vermont, d 1802 in NY. His son George, b about 1799.
F-051	378336	Same as F-050; F-051 is the father of F-050.
Group I
F-045	B8093	William Forester, b 1757 in Scotland, came to US in 1776 with King Geroge's Army, d 1843 in Virginia, m Janet Mckie. F-045 is descended from their son John Forester. Therefore F-045 and F-058 are related.
F-129	914349	Same as F-045.
F-058	409149	William Forester, b 1757 in Scotland, came to US in 1776 with King Geroge's Army, d 1843 in Virginia, m Janet Mckie. F-058 is descended from their son Alexander Forester. Therefore F-045 and F-058 are related.
Group J
F-048	298687	William Forrester, b about 1750, was a tennant farmer at Parkhead, Cumbernauld, Stirlingshire, Scotland, d 1818 in Cumbernauld, m 1784 in Cumbernauld to Margaret Henderson.
F-124	MI17498	This Forrester line descends from the Forresters of Culmore, Ireland and back to the Forresters of Torwood, Scotland.
F-096	433757	Alexander Forrester, b 1792 in Glasgow, Scotland, m Elizabeth Stewart, b 1810. Parents of Alexander were John Forrester and Mary Mcauley.
F-060	433757	Same as F-048. F-060 and F-048 are fifth cousins.
F-075	521982	Reverend Robert Forrester, b 1805 in Fife, Scotland.
Group K
F-063	436569	Samuel Forrest, b 1804 in Braidwood or Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, m Emily Lindsay from Lanark.
F-071	435005	Same as F-063. F-071 and F-063 are brothers.
F-106	830344	James Forrest, b 1800 in Donegal, Ireland, d 1857 in Rothesay, m Mary Crief, b 1801, d 1876. Parents of James are thought to be Daniel Forrest and Jane Boag of Donegal.
S-107	830970	Descendant of George Soule who arrived in the US on the Mayflower.
F-100	M119954	James Forrest, b 1798 in Scotland, d 1864 in Linlithgow, Scotland, m Elizabeth Gray, b 1804 in Scotland, d 1880 in Bo'ness, Scotland. Their son John, b 1836 in Denny, Falkirk, moved to Echuca, Australia.
F-041	279645	Gaven Forrest, b 1788, d 1863 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
F-099	IN15118	Same as F-088.
F-128	IN26714	Same as F-088.
F-098	B260328	Same as F-088. F-098 and F-088 are cousins.
F-088	B189107	James Forrest, b 1750 in Duntiblae, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, d 1824 in Camlachie,Lanarkshire, Scotland, m Janet Rochead, b 1762 in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshie, d 1826. The parents of James are believed to be John Forrest, b 1720 in Scotland and Janet Wallace, b 1720 in Scotland.
F-101	IN15105	Same as F-088.
F-102	IN15108	Same as F-088.
F-103	IN15109	Same as F-088.
F-104	IN15110	Same as F-088.
F-105	IN23258	Same as F-088.
Group L
F-061	43094	Isaac Forrester, b 1789 in NC, d after 1871 in Greenville, SC, m Elizabeth Justice, b 1789 in NC, d before 1870 in SC.
F-079	536995	Same as F-061.
F-085	645516	David Forster/Foster, b 1746 probably in Lancaster Co, PA, d 1828 in Rowan Co, NC.
F-130	919766	Henry B Foster, b 1830 in PA.
D-126	78544	Absolom Dean, b 1780, d 1850, lived in SC. Althugh the surname for D-126 is Dean it appears likely that his all male line connects recently with the line of a Forrester from this group.
F-073	286576	Michael George Foster, b 1768 in Rockbridge, VA, d 1815 in Fort Williams, Alabama, m Elizabeth Ogden, b 1773 in VA, d 1841 in Tazewell, IL
F-087	748057	Great grandfather, b 1815, emigrated from Ireland. Family lore suggests his ancestors were border reivers from the Scotland/Northumbrian border area.
F-090	802276	Hugh Forster, b about 1720 in Cecil Co, MD, d about 1778 in Rowan Co, NC.
F-072	45544	No information.
Group M
F-082	678020	James Hansford Forrester, b 1769 in Beaufort District, SC, d 1834 in Beaufort Co, SC, m Sarah Thames.
F-086	740018	Same as F-082.
F-091	793841	Same as F-082.
Group N
F-078	147416	John Forster, b 1763 St Barton Cuthbert, UK, resided in Caldwell/St John Stanwick, North Yorkshire, UK. John's father believed to be James Forster, b 1726 and grandfather Valentine Forster, b 1690, d 1752, both of St Barton Cuthbert.
H-093	480046	The paternal grandfather of H-093 was born Harold Foster Harrison in Lancaster England in 1899 to an unmarried mother named Mary Ellen Harrison. He grew up in Carlisle with his maternal grandparents and never knew who his father was. But it passed down through the family that the name Foster was a paternal legacy.
F-094	755379	Great grandfather was Oliver Cromwell Forester who was the first Post master of a village that he named after his family, to wit "Forester's Falls' Ontario' Canada". His father was John Oliver Forrester b. about 1795 in Albany NY, d. about 1870, m Catharine McIntosh. John Oliver's father was Oliver Cromwell Forrester who came from NY to Upper Canada with his wife Sara O'Dell and family about 1800.
Group O
F-095	825851	Same as F-023...
F-023	Ancestry	James W Forrest, b 1830 in either Maine or Massachusetts, d about 1870 in Georgia.
Group P
F-108	830348	Alexander Forrest, lived in Scotland.
F-116	B332782	William Forrest, b 1775 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, d 1815 in Uddington, Lanarkshire, m Jean (Jane) Law, b 1775 in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Group X
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-029	138053	James Forester, will dated 1755 in Orange Co, SC.
F-119	B367086	James Forster, b 1745 in Iveston, Lanchester, Durham, England, d 1825 in Brooms Chapel, Lanchester, Durham. In 1887 a descendant named Sylvester Forster emigrated to Scranton, PA.
F-115	851048	John Charles DeForrest (sometimes called himself John Charles Watson), b 1830 in KY, d about 1903, m 1864 in Blue Township, Jackson Co, MO, to Malinda Reed.
F-016	120855	Hirm Forrest, b 1817 in Pennsylvania.
F-070	338586	The surname of F-070 is Lalaing; his earliest known ancestor is believed to be Gossuin de Forest, b about 1060.
F-047	358415	No information.
F-024	157342	Horatio Forrest, b 1795 in SC. His son Champion Forrest, b 1834 in SC.
F-065	490085	Ggg Grandfather was from NC, m a Garner/Garmon/Gardner.
F-049	37874	John Forrester, b 1807 Staffordshire, UK.
F-113	IN28633	Robert Forrester, b 1758 in Cumbria, UK, d 1827 in Windsor, Australia. Robert Forrester was a convict who was on the First Fleet arriving in Australia in 1788.
F-118	862566	John DeForrest, b 1870 in New York, m Esther Norris, b 1879.
F-136	928169	James Anderson Forrest b 1850, d 1922, lived in Marshall Co, Tenn, m Julia A.
F-134	919947	Edwin Frank Forrest b 1829, d 1906, lived in Arkansas.
F-137	B483184	No information.
F-068	79219	Frederick Forrester, b about 1860 probably in England, came to US in 1870, in 1880 was living in New York City, m Mary Keily, b 1860 in Ireland, d 1915 in Brooklyn, NY.
F-030	217856	Thomas Forrest, b about 1848 in Ireland, emigrated to the US in 1865, d about 1922 in Westchester Co, NY. His son Thomas Forrest, b 1885 in Westchester Co, NY, d 1955 in PEI, Canada.
F-057	408040	Martin Forrest, b 1801.
F-120	B373882	John Forrest, b 1770 in Haddington, Scotland.
F-114	844534	Ancestors arrived in South Africa in 1820. Rupert Claude Forrester, b Cedarville, South Africa, d Matatiele, South Africa. His son Lionel Rodney Forrester, b 1925 in Matatiele, South Africa, d 2010 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
F-040	279643	William Forrest, b about 1819, m in 1840 to Margaret Guthrie in Calton Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
F-034	227594	Herman Guy George Forrest, supposedly b about 1890 in India, d 1985. Ancestors were believed to be military from Haddington in Scotland.
F-056	344430	Family has been in Scotland for centuries.
F-043	315472	George Forrest, b 1835 in Canada, emigrated to Australia and settled in Grafton.
F-084	633857	William John Forrest, b about 1835 in Cork, Ireland, m Bridget O'Reagan. Their son George, b 1864 in Cloyne, Co Cork, Ireland, emigrated to Australia in 1884, worked in the mining industry in Queensland.
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-109	830349	No information.
F-110	830346	No information.
F-111	IN23259	No information.