!THE NAME FORSYTH OR FORSYTHE HAS BEEN SPELLED BOTH WAYS ACCORDING TO OLD LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS. MOST OF THE DESCENDENTS IN MY LINE SPELL IT WITH AN E. ON THE END AT THIS TIME, IN THE YEAR OF 1994.
SOME GENEALOGIST SAY THAT DAVID IS THE SON OF MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM
FORSYTH/E, FROM SCOTLAND. AT THIS TIME, THEIR HAS BEEN NO DOCUMENTATION TO
PROVE THIS THEORY THAT I KNOW OF, JUST SPECULATION. THE BOOK "FORSYTH
FAMILY HISTORY" HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFRIES. IT IS ABOUT
DAVID AND MARGARET MC GIBBON FORSYTH AND THEIR DESCENDENTS.
IF THE CONCEPT OF MATTHEW FORSYTH BEING THE FATHER OF DAVID IS BELIEVED OR
FURTHER RESEARCH IS TO BE DONE, THIS PEDIGREE HAS BEEN PLACED IN
THE MORMON FAMILY RECORDS BY SOMEONE ELSE.
A PEDIGREE FOR MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM FORSYTHE/E HAS ALSO BEEN COMPILED BY
FREDERIC GREGORY FORSYTH DE FRONSAC IN HIS BOOK "FORSYTH DE FRONSAC". IT WAS
PUBLISHED IN 1903 BY S. J. PARKHILL & COMPANY.
ON A TRIP I made TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, AT A LIBRARY IN THE TOWN WHERE MATTHEW AND ESTHER LIVED, THERE IS AN ENTRY IN A LOCAL HISTORY BOOK THAT SAYS THAT THEIR DAVID DIED AT THEIR HOME AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTONARY WAR, AND IS BURIED THERE.
WILLIE WINSTON (BILL) FORSYTHE
I AM THE SEVENTH GENERATION OF DAVID, MY SON, TRAVIS GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE EIGHTH GENERATION OF DAVID FORSYTH, AND HIS SON KULLEN GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE NINTH GENERATION. TRAVIS BY CHANCE RETURNED TO THE SAME AREA THAT DAVID LIVED IN THE 1780'S. (WEST VIRGINIA),AND LIVED THERE, IT WAS NOT PLANNED. TRAVIS WAS BORN IN LUFKIN, TEXAS.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OR THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID FORSYTHE
The Forsythe Surname
In modern times Forsythe is a Scotts name, but it has a history that stretches back to France and to Scandanavia. For more information on the family, see the Clan Forsyth(e) Page
Northern Ireland and the Journey to America
The Forsythes were one of the families that emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland in the 1600's to avoid war and hunger in their native land. After about a hundred years, many Scotsmen became dissatisfied with Northern Ireland and emigrated to America where they came to be known as the "Scots-Irish."
One of those emigrants to American was David Forsythe who came to American with his brother William at the same time another brother moved to France. David was born about 1735 at Kiliscovan near the Ulster/Irish border. He eloped with and married an Irish lass named Margaret McGibbon, who was said to be a native of Dublin, Ireland who was visiting relatives near Kiliscovan. It is not known if they were married before leaving Ireland or after their arrival in America.
On the ocean voyage to America, Margaret nearly died, and David nursed her back to health after their arrival.
Virginia
David and Margaret initially settled in Virginia, in what is now West Virginia before moving to Kentucky.
Floyd's Fork Kentucky
David and Margaret Forsythe settled at Floyd's Fork, Kentucky where they raised a family consisting of the following children:
Thomas, born 1775, died 1809,Washington, Mississippi, unmarried
James, born 1777, died 1821, maried Jennie Sturgeon
Nancy, born 1779, died 1851, married Thomas Daniels
Elizabeth (Betsy), born 1781, married Isham Bridges
David, Jr., born 1783, died 1868, married Margaret Hulett, then BessiePrichard, then Rachal Cambell
Letitia, born 1786, married William Featherngill
John Forsythe, born 1789 at Bunker Hill, (West) Virginia, died 1829 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, sheriff of Adams Co., Mississippi, married Mary Harman, the mother of his children. After Mary's death he then married Mary Hardin. John is the authors direct ancestor.
..
Margaret (Peggy), born 1793, died 1863, married Clark Tucker
Mary (Polly), born 1794, died 1835, married Joseph Featherngill
Robert Forsythe, born 1796, died 1870, married Nancy Prichard
Maria, born 1799 married Thomas Pettingill, then Joseph McCarthy
After David's death in 1808 at Floyd's Fork, Margaret moved to Franklin, Indiana where she died. According to the book, David is thought to have been buried at Flat Rock Cemetery in a grave nearby the grave of his son James Forsyth/e.
Natchez, Mississippi
One of David and Margaret's sons, John Forsythe, left Kentucky at the age of sixteen, and settled in the Mississippi frontier town of Natchez. Eventually he became a prosperous man as the owner of a brick factory (most of the brick of early Natchez were made by him), wagon factory and was elected sheriff of Adams County. He married the daughter of John Harman. He lived at Washington, where he built a colonial 3 story home, which was a retreat from the chaos of Natchez. (Washington is locataed about 6 miles from Natchez.)
Texas Revolution and Early Texas
John's son Thomas Harman W. Forsythe married Syrena White, the daughter of Martin D. and Sarah Dollarhide White. Thomas fought in the Battle of Bexar in which the Texians captured San Antonio and the Alamo the September preceding its recapture by Santa Anna in the Battle of the Alamo. Thomas missed that fateful fight, and there is no further information about his participation in the Revolution. Thomas received a land grant as a result of his service.
Thomas lived briefly in Sabine County, and then in Angelina County. Thomas and Syrena settled permanently at Alabama Creek in eastern Trinity County. It is said that both Thomas and Syrena died in an epidemic about 1865 and are said to have been buried in the yard of their home at Alabama Creek.
Thomas' son William Earl Forsythe served in the Confederate Army in Hood's Texas Brigade and fought in the Virginia Theater. He is known to have participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. After the War William Earl married Nancy Ann White and had two children, Blanche and Frank. Nancy died and he married Rachel Richardson, the daughter of David Felder Richardson, whose family had fled the Civil War chaos of Southwest Missouri. David was also a minister in Trinity County. William and Rachel had two children, Lena and William David ( grandfather of Willie Winston (Bill) Forsythe). William Earl died a young man only a few years after the war, some speculate from wounds he received in the Civil War.
The Angelina County, Texas Forsythes
William Earl's son William David Forsythe moved across the Neches River to the Burke area and worked in the new sawmill at Diboll. He married Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum, the daughter of Maston Lee and Mary Jane Johnson Landrum and lived near the Ryan's Chapel Church. Will eventually became a Congregationalist Methodist, and the family moved to a farm just south of Lufkin near the community of Boles. Will died there in 1925 at age 48.
Several of Will and Ren's children were ministers, Millard Forsythe, Willard E. Forsythe (Willie Winstons father) and Lola Forsythe Lane.
Willie Winston Forsythe is the son of Willard E. Forsythe and Ella Roberta Forsythe.
MY FORSYTH/E LINE
Willie Winston Forsythe, married Myrtice Gifford
Willard E. Forsythe, married Ella Roberta Franklin
William David Forsyth m. Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum
William Earl Forsyth m. Rachel Richardson
Thomas Harman W. Forsyth m. Syrena White
John Forsyth m. Mary Harman
David Forsythe m. Mary McGibbon
Other Forsythe Internet Resources
Clan Forsyth Society USA
Forsythe Surname Information
Clan Forsythe Society in Tennessee
A Brief History of the Forsyth Family
Clan Forsythe in Nova Scotia
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff
The direct story of David and Margaret McGibbon Forsyth, Part 2 starts on page 67.
For a copy of the book "A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY", BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFERIES. USE THE LINK ABOVE.
For a copy of the utube skit about the Forsyth/e Harmans in Natchez, Ms. use the link below.
http://youtu.be/PkN8EWMDIfc
The utube is named "Angels on the Bluff"
..............................
SOME GENEALOGIST SAY THAT DAVID IS THE SON OF MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM
FORSYTH/E, FROM SCOTLAND. AT THIS TIME, THEIR HAS BEEN NO DOCUMENTATION TO
PROVE THIS THEORY THAT I KNOW OF, JUST SPECULATION. THE BOOK "FORSYTH
FAMILY HISTORY" HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFRIES. IT IS ABOUT
DAVID AND MARGARET MC GIBBON FORSYTH AND THEIR DESCENDENTS.
IF THE CONCEPT OF MATTHEW FORSYTH BEING THE FATHER OF DAVID IS BELIEVED OR
FURTHER RESEARCH IS TO BE DONE, THIS PEDIGREE HAS BEEN PLACED IN
THE MORMON FAMILY RECORDS BY SOMEONE ELSE.
A PEDIGREE FOR MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM FORSYTHE/E HAS ALSO BEEN COMPILED BY
FREDERIC GREGORY FORSYTH DE FRONSAC IN HIS BOOK "FORSYTH DE FRONSAC". IT WAS
PUBLISHED IN 1903 BY S. J. PARKHILL & COMPANY.
ON A TRIP I made TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, AT A LIBRARY IN THE TOWN WHERE MATTHEW AND ESTHER LIVED, THERE IS AN ENTRY IN A LOCAL HISTORY BOOK THAT SAYS THAT THEIR DAVID DIED AT THEIR HOME AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTONARY WAR, AND IS BURIED THERE.
WILLIE WINSTON (BILL) FORSYTHE
I AM THE SEVENTH GENERATION OF DAVID, MY SON, TRAVIS GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE EIGHTH GENERATION OF DAVID FORSYTH, AND HIS SON KULLEN GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE NINTH GENERATION. TRAVIS BY CHANCE RETURNED TO THE SAME AREA THAT DAVID LIVED IN THE 1780'S. (WEST VIRGINIA),AND LIVED THERE, IT WAS NOT PLANNED. TRAVIS WAS BORN IN LUFKIN, TEXAS.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OR THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID FORSYTHE
The Forsythe Surname
In modern times Forsythe is a Scotts name, but it has a history that stretches back to France and to Scandanavia. For more information on the family, see the Clan Forsyth(e) Page
Northern Ireland and the Journey to America
The Forsythes were one of the families that emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland in the 1600's to avoid war and hunger in their native land. After about a hundred years, many Scotsmen became dissatisfied with Northern Ireland and emigrated to America where they came to be known as the "Scots-Irish."
One of those emigrants to American was David Forsythe who came to American with his brother William at the same time another brother moved to France. David was born about 1735 at Kiliscovan near the Ulster/Irish border. He eloped with and married an Irish lass named Margaret McGibbon, who was said to be a native of Dublin, Ireland who was visiting relatives near Kiliscovan. It is not known if they were married before leaving Ireland or after their arrival in America.
On the ocean voyage to America, Margaret nearly died, and David nursed her back to health after their arrival.
Virginia
David and Margaret initially settled in Virginia, in what is now West Virginia before moving to Kentucky.
Floyd's Fork Kentucky
David and Margaret Forsythe settled at Floyd's Fork, Kentucky where they raised a family consisting of the following children:
Thomas, born 1775, died 1809,Washington, Mississippi, unmarried
James, born 1777, died 1821, maried Jennie Sturgeon
Nancy, born 1779, died 1851, married Thomas Daniels
Elizabeth (Betsy), born 1781, married Isham Bridges
David, Jr., born 1783, died 1868, married Margaret Hulett, then BessiePrichard, then Rachal Cambell
Letitia, born 1786, married William Featherngill
John Forsythe, born 1789 at Bunker Hill, (West) Virginia, died 1829 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, sheriff of Adams Co., Mississippi, married Mary Harman, the mother of his children. After Mary's death he then married Mary Hardin. John is the authors direct ancestor.
..
Margaret (Peggy), born 1793, died 1863, married Clark Tucker
Mary (Polly), born 1794, died 1835, married Joseph Featherngill
Robert Forsythe, born 1796, died 1870, married Nancy Prichard
Maria, born 1799 married Thomas Pettingill, then Joseph McCarthy
After David's death in 1808 at Floyd's Fork, Margaret moved to Franklin, Indiana where she died. According to the book, David is thought to have been buried at Flat Rock Cemetery in a grave nearby the grave of his son James Forsyth/e.
Natchez, Mississippi
One of David and Margaret's sons, John Forsythe, left Kentucky at the age of sixteen, and settled in the Mississippi frontier town of Natchez. Eventually he became a prosperous man as the owner of a brick factory (most of the brick of early Natchez were made by him), wagon factory and was elected sheriff of Adams County. He married the daughter of John Harman. He lived at Washington, where he built a colonial 3 story home, which was a retreat from the chaos of Natchez. (Washington is locataed about 6 miles from Natchez.)
Texas Revolution and Early Texas
John's son Thomas Harman W. Forsythe married Syrena White, the daughter of Martin D. and Sarah Dollarhide White. Thomas fought in the Battle of Bexar in which the Texians captured San Antonio and the Alamo the September preceding its recapture by Santa Anna in the Battle of the Alamo. Thomas missed that fateful fight, and there is no further information about his participation in the Revolution. Thomas received a land grant as a result of his service.
Thomas lived briefly in Sabine County, and then in Angelina County. Thomas and Syrena settled permanently at Alabama Creek in eastern Trinity County. It is said that both Thomas and Syrena died in an epidemic about 1865 and are said to have been buried in the yard of their home at Alabama Creek.
Thomas' son William Earl Forsythe served in the Confederate Army in Hood's Texas Brigade and fought in the Virginia Theater. He is known to have participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. After the War William Earl married Nancy Ann White and had two children, Blanche and Frank. Nancy died and he married Rachel Richardson, the daughter of David Felder Richardson, whose family had fled the Civil War chaos of Southwest Missouri. David was also a minister in Trinity County. William and Rachel had two children, Lena and William David ( grandfather of Willie Winston (Bill) Forsythe). William Earl died a young man only a few years after the war, some speculate from wounds he received in the Civil War.
The Angelina County, Texas Forsythes
William Earl's son William David Forsythe moved across the Neches River to the Burke area and worked in the new sawmill at Diboll. He married Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum, the daughter of Maston Lee and Mary Jane Johnson Landrum and lived near the Ryan's Chapel Church. Will eventually became a Congregationalist Methodist, and the family moved to a farm just south of Lufkin near the community of Boles. Will died there in 1925 at age 48.
Several of Will and Ren's children were ministers, Millard Forsythe, Willard E. Forsythe (Willie Winstons father) and Lola Forsythe Lane.
Willie Winston Forsythe is the son of Willard E. Forsythe and Ella Roberta Forsythe.
MY FORSYTH/E LINE
Willie Winston Forsythe, married Myrtice Gifford
Willard E. Forsythe, married Ella Roberta Franklin
William David Forsyth m. Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum
William Earl Forsyth m. Rachel Richardson
Thomas Harman W. Forsyth m. Syrena White
John Forsyth m. Mary Harman
David Forsythe m. Mary McGibbon
Other Forsythe Internet Resources
Clan Forsyth Society USA
Forsythe Surname Information
Clan Forsythe Society in Tennessee
A Brief History of the Forsyth Family
Clan Forsythe in Nova Scotia
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff
The direct story of David and Margaret McGibbon Forsyth, Part 2 starts on page 67.
For a copy of the book "A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY", BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFERIES. USE THE LINK ABOVE.
For a copy of the utube skit about the Forsyth/e Harmans in Natchez, Ms. use the link below.
http://youtu.be/PkN8EWMDIfc
The utube is named "Angels on the Bluff"
..............................
!THE NAME FORSYTH OR FORSYTHE HAS BEEN SPELLED BOTH WAYS ACCORDING TO OLD LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS. MOST OF THE DESCENDENTS IN MY LINE SPELL IT WITH AN E. ON THE END AT THIS TIME, IN THE YEAR OF 1994.
SOME GENEALOGIST SAY THAT DAVID IS THE SON OF MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM
FORSYTH/E, FROM SCOTLAND. AT THIS TIME, THEIR HAS BEEN NO DOCUMENTATION TO
PROVE THIS THEORY THAT I KNOW OF, JUST SPECULATION. THE BOOK "FORSYTH
FAMILY HISTORY" HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFRIES. IT IS ABOUT
DAVID AND MARGARET MC GIBBON FORSYTH AND THEIR DESCENDENTS.
IF THE CONCEPT OF MATTHEW FORSYTH BEING THE FATHER OF DAVID IS BELIEVED OR
FURTHER RESEARCH IS TO BE DONE, THIS PEDIGREE HAS BEEN PLACED IN
THE MORMON FAMILY RECORDS BY SOMEONE ELSE.
A PEDIGREE FOR MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM FORSYTHE/E HAS ALSO BEEN COMPILED BY
FREDERIC GREGORY FORSYTH DE FRONSAC IN HIS BOOK "FORSYTH DE FRONSAC". IT WAS
PUBLISHED IN 1903 BY S. J. PARKHILL & COMPANY.
ON A TRIP I made TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, AT A LIBRARY IN THE TOWN WHERE MATTHEW AND ESTHER LIVED, THERE IS AN ENTRY IN A LOCAL HISTORY BOOK THAT SAYS THAT THEIR DAVID DIED AT THEIR HOME AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTONARY WAR, AND IS BURIED THERE.
WILLIE WINSTON (BILL) FORSYTHE
I AM THE SEVENTH GENERATION OF DAVID, MY SON, TRAVIS GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE EIGHTH GENERATION OF DAVID FORSYTH, AND HIS SON KULLEN GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE NINTH GENERATION. TRAVIS BY CHANCE RETURNED TO THE SAME AREA THAT DAVID LIVED IN THE 1780'S. (WEST VIRGINIA),AND LIVED THERE, IT WAS NOT PLANNED. TRAVIS WAS BORN IN LUFKIN, TEXAS.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OR THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID FORSYTHE
The Forsythe Surname
In modern times Forsythe is a Scotts name, but it has a history that stretches back to France and to Scandanavia. For more information on the family, see the Clan Forsyth(e) Page
Northern Ireland and the Journey to America
The Forsythes were one of the families that emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland in the 1600's to avoid war and hunger in their native land. After about a hundred years, many Scotsmen became dissatisfied with Northern Ireland and emigrated to America where they came to be known as the "Scots-Irish."
One of those emigrants to American was David Forsythe who came to American with his brother William at the same time another brother moved to France. David was born about 1735 at Kiliscovan near the Ulster/Irish border. He eloped with and married an Irish lass named Margaret McGibbon, who was said to be a native of Dublin, Ireland who was visiting relatives near Kiliscovan. It is not known if they were married before leaving Ireland or after their arrival in America.
On the ocean voyage to America, Margaret nearly died, and David nursed her back to health after their arrival.
Virginia
David and Margaret initially settled in Virginia, in what is now West Virginia before moving to Kentucky.
Floyd's Fork Kentucky
David and Margaret Forsythe settled at Floyd's Fork, Kentucky where they raised a family consisting of the following children:
Thomas, born 1775, died 1809,Washington, Mississippi, unmarried
James, born 1777, died 1821, maried Jennie Sturgeon
Nancy, born 1779, died 1851, married Thomas Daniels
Elizabeth (Betsy), born 1781, married Isham Bridges
David, Jr., born 1783, died 1868, married Margaret Hulett, then BessiePrichard, then Rachal Cambell
Letitia, born 1786, married William Featherngill
John Forsythe, born 1789 at Bunker Hill, (West) Virginia, died 1829 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, sheriff of Adams Co., Mississippi, married Mary Harman, the mother of his children. After Mary's death he then married Mary Hardin. John is the authors direct ancestor.
..
Margaret (Peggy), born 1793, died 1863, married Clark Tucker
Mary (Polly), born 1794, died 1835, married Joseph Featherngill
Robert Forsythe, born 1796, died 1870, married Nancy Prichard
Maria, born 1799 married Thomas Pettingill, then Joseph McCarthy
After David's death in 1808 at Floyd's Fork, Margaret moved to Franklin, Indiana where she died. According to the book, David is thought to have been buried at Flat Rock Cemetery in a grave nearby the grave of his son James Forsyth/e.
Natchez, Mississippi
One of David and Margaret's sons, John Forsythe, left Kentucky at the age of sixteen, and settled in the Mississippi frontier town of Natchez. Eventually he became a prosperous man as the owner of a brick factory (most of the brick of early Natchez were made by him), wagon factory and was elected sheriff of Adams County. He married the daughter of John Harman. He lived at Washington, where he built a colonial 3 story home, which was a retreat from the chaos of Natchez. (Washington is locataed about 6 miles from Natchez.)
Texas Revolution and Early Texas
John's son Thomas Harman W. Forsythe married Syrena White, the daughter of Martin D. and Sarah Dollarhide White. Thomas fought in the Battle of Bexar in which the Texians captured San Antonio and the Alamo the September preceding its recapture by Santa Anna in the Battle of the Alamo. Thomas missed that fateful fight, and there is no further information about his participation in the Revolution. Thomas received a land grant as a result of his service.
Thomas lived briefly in Sabine County, and then in Angelina County. Thomas and Syrena settled permanently at Alabama Creek in eastern Trinity County. It is said that both Thomas and Syrena died in an epidemic about 1865 and are said to have been buried in the yard of their home at Alabama Creek.
Thomas' son William Earl Forsythe served in the Confederate Army in Hood's Texas Brigade and fought in the Virginia Theater. He is known to have participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. After the War William Earl married Nancy Ann White and had two children, Blanche and Frank. Nancy died and he married Rachel Richardson, the daughter of David Felder Richardson, whose family had fled the Civil War chaos of Southwest Missouri. David was also a minister in Trinity County. William and Rachel had two children, Lena and William David ( grandfather of Willie Winston (Bill) Forsythe). William Earl died a young man only a few years after the war, some speculate from wounds he received in the Civil War.
The Angelina County, Texas Forsythes
William Earl's son William David Forsythe moved across the Neches River to the Burke area and worked in the new sawmill at Diboll. He married Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum, the daughter of Maston Lee and Mary Jane Johnson Landrum and lived near the Ryan's Chapel Church. Will eventually became a Congregationalist Methodist, and the family moved to a farm just south of Lufkin near the community of Boles. Will died there in 1925 at age 48.
Several of Will and Ren's children were ministers, Millard Forsythe, Willard E. Forsythe (Willie Winstons father) and Lola Forsythe Lane.
Willie Winston Forsythe is the son of Willard E. Forsythe and Ella Roberta Forsythe.
MY FORSYTH/E LINE
Willie Winston Forsythe, married Myrtice Gifford
Willard E. Forsythe, married Ella Roberta Franklin
William David Forsyth m. Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum
William Earl Forsyth m. Rachel Richardson
Thomas Harman W. Forsyth m. Syrena White
John Forsyth m. Mary Harman
David Forsythe m. Mary McGibbon
Other Forsythe Internet Resources
Clan Forsyth Society USA
Forsythe Surname Information
Clan Forsythe Society in Tennessee
A Brief History of the Forsyth Family
Clan Forsythe in Nova Scotia
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff
The direct story of David and Margaret McGibbon Forsyth, Part 2 starts on page 67.
For a copy of the book "A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY", BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFERIES. USE THE LINK ABOVE.
For a copy of the utube skit about the Forsyth/e Harmans in Natchez, Ms. use the link below.
http://youtu.be/PkN8EWMDIfc
The utube is named "Angels on the Bluff"
..............................
SOME GENEALOGIST SAY THAT DAVID IS THE SON OF MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM
FORSYTH/E, FROM SCOTLAND. AT THIS TIME, THEIR HAS BEEN NO DOCUMENTATION TO
PROVE THIS THEORY THAT I KNOW OF, JUST SPECULATION. THE BOOK "FORSYTH
FAMILY HISTORY" HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFRIES. IT IS ABOUT
DAVID AND MARGARET MC GIBBON FORSYTH AND THEIR DESCENDENTS.
IF THE CONCEPT OF MATTHEW FORSYTH BEING THE FATHER OF DAVID IS BELIEVED OR
FURTHER RESEARCH IS TO BE DONE, THIS PEDIGREE HAS BEEN PLACED IN
THE MORMON FAMILY RECORDS BY SOMEONE ELSE.
A PEDIGREE FOR MATTHEW AND ESTHER GRAHAM FORSYTHE/E HAS ALSO BEEN COMPILED BY
FREDERIC GREGORY FORSYTH DE FRONSAC IN HIS BOOK "FORSYTH DE FRONSAC". IT WAS
PUBLISHED IN 1903 BY S. J. PARKHILL & COMPANY.
ON A TRIP I made TO NEW HAMPSHIRE, AT A LIBRARY IN THE TOWN WHERE MATTHEW AND ESTHER LIVED, THERE IS AN ENTRY IN A LOCAL HISTORY BOOK THAT SAYS THAT THEIR DAVID DIED AT THEIR HOME AT THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTONARY WAR, AND IS BURIED THERE.
WILLIE WINSTON (BILL) FORSYTHE
I AM THE SEVENTH GENERATION OF DAVID, MY SON, TRAVIS GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE EIGHTH GENERATION OF DAVID FORSYTH, AND HIS SON KULLEN GIFFORD FORSYTHE IS THE NINTH GENERATION. TRAVIS BY CHANCE RETURNED TO THE SAME AREA THAT DAVID LIVED IN THE 1780'S. (WEST VIRGINIA),AND LIVED THERE, IT WAS NOT PLANNED. TRAVIS WAS BORN IN LUFKIN, TEXAS.
A BRIEF SUMMARY OR THE DESCENDANTS OF DAVID FORSYTHE
The Forsythe Surname
In modern times Forsythe is a Scotts name, but it has a history that stretches back to France and to Scandanavia. For more information on the family, see the Clan Forsyth(e) Page
Northern Ireland and the Journey to America
The Forsythes were one of the families that emigrated from Scotland to Northern Ireland in the 1600's to avoid war and hunger in their native land. After about a hundred years, many Scotsmen became dissatisfied with Northern Ireland and emigrated to America where they came to be known as the "Scots-Irish."
One of those emigrants to American was David Forsythe who came to American with his brother William at the same time another brother moved to France. David was born about 1735 at Kiliscovan near the Ulster/Irish border. He eloped with and married an Irish lass named Margaret McGibbon, who was said to be a native of Dublin, Ireland who was visiting relatives near Kiliscovan. It is not known if they were married before leaving Ireland or after their arrival in America.
On the ocean voyage to America, Margaret nearly died, and David nursed her back to health after their arrival.
Virginia
David and Margaret initially settled in Virginia, in what is now West Virginia before moving to Kentucky.
Floyd's Fork Kentucky
David and Margaret Forsythe settled at Floyd's Fork, Kentucky where they raised a family consisting of the following children:
Thomas, born 1775, died 1809,Washington, Mississippi, unmarried
James, born 1777, died 1821, maried Jennie Sturgeon
Nancy, born 1779, died 1851, married Thomas Daniels
Elizabeth (Betsy), born 1781, married Isham Bridges
David, Jr., born 1783, died 1868, married Margaret Hulett, then BessiePrichard, then Rachal Cambell
Letitia, born 1786, married William Featherngill
John Forsythe, born 1789 at Bunker Hill, (West) Virginia, died 1829 at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, sheriff of Adams Co., Mississippi, married Mary Harman, the mother of his children. After Mary's death he then married Mary Hardin. John is the authors direct ancestor.
..
Margaret (Peggy), born 1793, died 1863, married Clark Tucker
Mary (Polly), born 1794, died 1835, married Joseph Featherngill
Robert Forsythe, born 1796, died 1870, married Nancy Prichard
Maria, born 1799 married Thomas Pettingill, then Joseph McCarthy
After David's death in 1808 at Floyd's Fork, Margaret moved to Franklin, Indiana where she died. According to the book, David is thought to have been buried at Flat Rock Cemetery in a grave nearby the grave of his son James Forsyth/e.
Natchez, Mississippi
One of David and Margaret's sons, John Forsythe, left Kentucky at the age of sixteen, and settled in the Mississippi frontier town of Natchez. Eventually he became a prosperous man as the owner of a brick factory (most of the brick of early Natchez were made by him), wagon factory and was elected sheriff of Adams County. He married the daughter of John Harman. He lived at Washington, where he built a colonial 3 story home, which was a retreat from the chaos of Natchez. (Washington is locataed about 6 miles from Natchez.)
Texas Revolution and Early Texas
John's son Thomas Harman W. Forsythe married Syrena White, the daughter of Martin D. and Sarah Dollarhide White. Thomas fought in the Battle of Bexar in which the Texians captured San Antonio and the Alamo the September preceding its recapture by Santa Anna in the Battle of the Alamo. Thomas missed that fateful fight, and there is no further information about his participation in the Revolution. Thomas received a land grant as a result of his service.
Thomas lived briefly in Sabine County, and then in Angelina County. Thomas and Syrena settled permanently at Alabama Creek in eastern Trinity County. It is said that both Thomas and Syrena died in an epidemic about 1865 and are said to have been buried in the yard of their home at Alabama Creek.
Thomas' son William Earl Forsythe served in the Confederate Army in Hood's Texas Brigade and fought in the Virginia Theater. He is known to have participated in the Battle of Gettysburg. After the War William Earl married Nancy Ann White and had two children, Blanche and Frank. Nancy died and he married Rachel Richardson, the daughter of David Felder Richardson, whose family had fled the Civil War chaos of Southwest Missouri. David was also a minister in Trinity County. William and Rachel had two children, Lena and William David ( grandfather of Willie Winston (Bill) Forsythe). William Earl died a young man only a few years after the war, some speculate from wounds he received in the Civil War.
The Angelina County, Texas Forsythes
William Earl's son William David Forsythe moved across the Neches River to the Burke area and worked in the new sawmill at Diboll. He married Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum, the daughter of Maston Lee and Mary Jane Johnson Landrum and lived near the Ryan's Chapel Church. Will eventually became a Congregationalist Methodist, and the family moved to a farm just south of Lufkin near the community of Boles. Will died there in 1925 at age 48.
Several of Will and Ren's children were ministers, Millard Forsythe, Willard E. Forsythe (Willie Winstons father) and Lola Forsythe Lane.
Willie Winston Forsythe is the son of Willard E. Forsythe and Ella Roberta Forsythe.
MY FORSYTH/E LINE
Willie Winston Forsythe, married Myrtice Gifford
Willard E. Forsythe, married Ella Roberta Franklin
William David Forsyth m. Sarah Alice Darenda Landrum
William Earl Forsyth m. Rachel Richardson
Thomas Harman W. Forsyth m. Syrena White
John Forsyth m. Mary Harman
David Forsythe m. Mary McGibbon
Other Forsythe Internet Resources
Clan Forsyth Society USA
Forsythe Surname Information
Clan Forsythe Society in Tennessee
A Brief History of the Forsyth Family
Clan Forsythe in Nova Scotia
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff
The direct story of David and Margaret McGibbon Forsyth, Part 2 starts on page 67.
For a copy of the book "A HISTORY OF THE FORSYTH FAMILY", BY JENNIE FORSYTH JEFFERIES. USE THE LINK ABOVE.
For a copy of the utube skit about the Forsyth/e Harmans in Natchez, Ms. use the link below.
http://youtu.be/PkN8EWMDIfc
The utube is named "Angels on the Bluff"
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Gravesite Details
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofforsyth00jeff
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