John Forrest
of
Ireland
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information contained on this site

This family bears the following arms: 
Sable on a fesse three hinds erect and erased argent, an oak tree ppr. crest. 
Out of a dual coronet an oak tree ppr. Motto: Vivunt dum Virent. 
{They live as long as they are green}. 
Ref. Burke's Colonial Gentry. Vol II, p. 748 
Fairbairn's "Crest of the Leading Families of Great Britain and Ireland". 

from The Forrest Lineage
Written by Mrs. Annie Sue Idol of Winston-Salem, N.C. 1935
(General Information coming from the McMinnville Genealogy Center)

Thomas Forrest arrived in what later became Jamestown, VA 1607 Coat of Arms
Walter Forrest PA

_______ Forrest		Quakers
  b: bef 1500 France ?
sp: _______

Henry Forrest
  b: aft 1500 Scotland ?
sp: _______

1-John Forrest, Lord mayor of Dublin, Ireland  http://www.bobbittville.com/Forrest-JohnIR.htm 
  b: bef  1676 Ireland ?
sp: _______
    2-Joseph Forrest
      b: 
    sp: _________
    2-Henry Forrest
      b: 	Dublin. Ieland
      d: bef 10 Dec 1689 	Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., East Jersey
    sp:  Margaret _________
      m: 	Ireland?
	3-John Forrest
	  b: 
	  d: 1797	Gloucester Co., PA ?
	    4-James Forrest		moved to Chester Co., PA before 1754
	      b: 24 Jan 1751 Chester Co., PA	moved to TN aft 1790
	      d: TN
	    4-Matthew Forrest		moved to Chester Co., PA before 1754
	      b: 17__	 Chester Co., PA
	      d: 1769 Upper Province twp, Chester Co., PA
	    sp: ________
		5-Daughter Forrest
		sp: John day
		
	    4-William Forrest		moved to Chester Co., PA before 1754
		possibly the William Forrest who later appeared in Orange County, N.C
			http://www.bobbittville.com/Forrest-Family.htm 
	      b: 1726 	 Chester Co., PA
	      d: 1778
		5-James Forrest ??
		  b: 
		5-Shadrack Forrest ??
	    4-John Forrest
	      b: 17__  	Chester Co., PA
		1749 in Chester Co., PA & 1753 Westtown Twp, Chester Co., PA, 1753 moved to Orange Co., NC
	      d: aft 1782 NC
	    sp: Ann Davies	Scottish Presbyterian
	      m: Salem Co., NJ
		5-Barbara Forrest
		  b: 1741	Salem, NJ
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		5-James Forrest
		  b: 24 Jan 1751
		sp: _________
		5-Margaret Forrest
		5-Matthew Forrest
		5-Hannah Forrest
		5-Ann Forrest
		5-John Forrest
		  b: 16 Nov 1763
		  d: 27 Aug 1855
		sp: Eleanor Russell

		5-William Forrest
		5-Matthew Forrest
		  b: 23 Feb 1767
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	3-daughter Forrest
	sp: William Watmore
	    4-
    2-James Forrest
      b: 
    sp: _________
	4-
	3-James Forrest
	  b: abt 1750
  	  d: 31 Jan 1826 
	sp: Hannah Cornog
	    4-Thomas Forrest
	      b:
	    4-Margaret Forrest
	      b:
	    4-Jane Forrest
 	      b:
	    4-William Forrest
	      b:
	    4-Sarah Forrest
	      b:
	    4-Andrew Forrest
	      b: 
	    sp: Mary Happersett
	      m: 
		5-_______ Forrest
		  b: 
		sp: _______
		    6-_______ Forrest
		      b: 
		    sp: _________
		    	7-Leslie Forrest	
		          b: 
			sp: _______ Cucino


    2-Walter Forrest	owned land in Salem County, NJ 1678
	came over to Townships of Byberry & Moreland in Philadelphia Co., PA with William Penn 1682
      b: 
    sp: _______

    2-Francis Forrest
      b: 
      d: bef 1695 Forrest's Grove, Salem Co., NJ
    sp: _______

    2-John Forrest	owned land in Salem County, NJ 1678
	Province of West Jersey in America 1676
      b: 
      d: bef 1695 Forrest's Grove, Salem Co., N.J
    sp: _______
      b:
	3-______ Forrest	Gloucester Co., NJ