Foree History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Scotland

Early Origins of the Foree family

The surname Foree was first found in Moray, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. They were a highly religious group. In 1360 William of Forres was archdeacon of Caithness. They held a family seat at Strthylife at Kynlos. Later they held a family seat at Caithness where Geoffrey de Forays was archdeacon of Moray.

Early History of the Foree family

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Foree Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Forres, Fore, Forres, Forrays, Foray, Forays and others.

Early Notables of the Foree family

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Foree migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Foree Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Charles Foree, who arrived in Kentucky in 1881 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Foree (post 1700) +

Kentotis Alvin Foree (b. 1946), American actor, born in Indianapolis, Indiana, best known for his role in the horror film Dawn of the Dead

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)