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Where did the Scottish Forrester family come from? What is the Scottish Forrester family crest and coat of arms? When did the Forrester family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Forrester family history?
The Forrester family roots are found in the Boernician Clan of ancient Scotland. They lived in areas near or inside a forest. Some research suggests that the surname is also a shortened form of Forester. The Middle English word forest referred specifically to an area of woodland reserved by law as hunting grounds for the king or his nobles. As such, the surname, Forrester would have appeared independently in various parts of Britain.
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In the Middles Ages scribes spelled names by their sound. Often a name was written under a different spelling variation each time it was recorded. Forrester has appeared as Forrester, Forester, Forrest, Forster, Foster, Forrestor and many more.First found in Northumberland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early records include John Forester, listed in the Pipe Rolls of Surrey of 1183, and Richard le Forester listed in the Feet of Fines of Essex in 1240. There was also a Shropshire family of this name, who held custody of part of the Wrekin forest. An early record of this family lists a Hugh Forester as a witness 1187.
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The ancestors of Boernician-Scottish settlers dot North America even today. They settled all along the east coast when they came over, but some went north as United Empire Loyalists at the time of the War of Independence. However, these strong lines endured as Scottish families in the United States and Canada have rediscovered much of the heritage that was taken from them centuries ago. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Forrester, or a variant listed above:
Forrester Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Toby Forrester settled in Virginia in 1655
- Toby Forrester, who settled in Virginia in 1655
- Toby Forrester, who landed in Virginia in 1658
- John Forrester, who landed in Maryland in 1669
Forrester Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Geo Forrester, who landed in New York in 1751
Forrester Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Henry Forrester, aged 24, arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1803
- George Forrester, who arrived in Portsmouth, NH in 1810
- Robert Forrester, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1836
- Stephen Forrester, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1840
- James Forrester, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1840
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- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
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- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America. Montana: Kessinger Publishing. Print.
- Prebble, John. The Highland Clearances. London: Secker & Warburg, 1963. Print.
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- Moncrieffe, Sir Ian of That Ilk and Don Pottinger. Clan Map Scotland of Old. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1983. Print.
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