Forgan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Forgan family

The surname Forgan was first found in Fife, 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.

Early History of the Forgan family

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Forgan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Forgan, Faugen, Faugam, Forgrund, Foreground and others.

Early Notables of the Forgan family (pre 1700)

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Forgan migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Forgan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas Forgan, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1854 [1]

Forgan migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Forgan Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. James Forgan, (b. 1822), aged 38, British labourer travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 [2]
Mrs. Isabel Forgan, (b. 1839), aged 21, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Gananoque" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 9th May 1860 [2]
Mr. John Forgan, (b. 1842), aged 20, British farm labourer from Lanarkshire, travelling from London aboard the ship "Mersey" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th September 1862 [2]
Mr. Alexander Forgan, (b. 1847), aged 15, British farm labourer from Lanarkshire, travelling from London aboard the ship "Mersey" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th September 1862 [2]
Mr. Robert Forgan, (b. 1849), aged 13, British settler from Lanarkshire, travelling from London aboard the ship "Mersey" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 25th September 1862 [2]

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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html