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 The Forsyth is, by origin, a Gascon family. The 
 name is taken from the little town of Forsyth, on the Dor- 
 dogne river, twenty miles above Bordeaux. Since the Earl 
 of Derby destroyed it in his invasion of France in the four- 
 teenth century, it was rebuilt under the name of Fronsac.'^ 
 
 By family tradition, it is asserted, that the first to bear 
 the name of Forsyth, as feudal si©ufs!X)r count, was a member 
 of the princely family or Navari ' C ^the same as that which 
 gave kings to Castile-,— A lag mi, ang I . c o n , Navarre, an d- 
 France, te- which - aloo b e long e d . - tho* celebrat e d admiral o f ' 
 the ft i xt ee ath century, Pierre do Navanr. ^ 
 
 In the time of Robert Bruce, king of Scotland, Osbert,t 
 son of Robert de Forsyth, took militarj" service of that mon- 
 arch, and received from him "for fealty " a grant oi loo soli- 
 dates in terrae tenemento de SalkilV in the sheriffdom of 
 Stirling. 
 
 He was the ancestor of all those who have a legitimate 
 right to the name in Great Britain, Ireland, and America, 
 Among his immediate descendants were John de Forsyth, 
 crown officer in 1379, and W11.LIAM de Forsyth, J crown 
 officer in 1399. 
 
 * Froissarfs Chronicles of the Middle Ages. See In^t-x.—Forsath. 
 \ Earl of Haddington' s Collections — page 71. 
 X Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. 
 
 56864 
 
The various branches into which the family is divided, 
 are offshoots of the Foksytiis ok Nydik, whose coat of arms 
 is emblazoned in Lindsay s Heraldic Mauuscript o{ 1542, A. I). 
 
 Of this family of Nydie was Jamks Forsyth,* a monk, 
 lyord of the Monastery of Dumblane in 1560, who signed a 
 feudal charter in favor of Patrick Murray's brother of Tibbi- 
 muire, for the monastery of Dumblane, " Domiuus James 
 Forsyth man u propria'' before the Lords Commissioners at 
 Edinburgh, 1560. 
 
 Another James Forsyth f of the family of Nydie, mar- 
 ried the daughter and heiress of Douglas, Lord of Dykes. 
 A son was : 
 
 ( First generation ) 
 
 I. DAVID FORSYTH of Dykes,! Lord Commissioner 
 of Revenue of Glasgow in 1 594. Issue : 
 
 (Second generation) 
 
 1. James Forsyth died unm. 
 
 2. William Forsyth, his successor. 
 
 3. Robert Forsyth, J^ ancestor of the Forsyths or 
 
 Forsayths of Failzerton, Ayreshire. 
 
 II. WILLIAM FORSYTH of Dykes, || (son of David, 
 as above) was Commissioner to Parliament for Forres in 
 1 62 1. Issue: 
 
 *Oliphants in Scotland. 
 
 tThe arms of Nydie were confirmed to his posterity through the 
 famiUes of Dykes, Tailzerton, etc., by the Heralds College of Scotland. 
 
 XAct of Scot. Pari. IV., p. 79,Jac. VI. [1594) : "Act in favor of the 
 citie of Glasgow . . . recites a commission formerly given for remeid 
 of defects . . . full power and commission ... to David Forsyth 
 of Dykes . . . and raise and lift the beer and malt mercat. 
 
 § Arms of Nydie confirmed to the Forsayths of Failzerton by Sir 
 Geo. McKenzie, King of Arms for Scociand. 
 \\ Act Scot. Purl. {1621.) 
 
5 
 
 (Third generation) 
 
 1. Wiij.iAM Forsyth of Dykes,* his successor. 
 
 Left issue : 
 
 (Fourth jjeneration) 
 
 2. John Forsyth, t M. P. for Cullen (1652) aud one 
 
 of the signers of the commission to meet the 
 English Parliament. He married a daughter 
 of Sir William Livingston of Kilsyth. Issue: 
 
 a. James (of whom here after.) 
 
 b. Walter, % Provost of the University 
 
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 * Ret. Scot. Pari. Abbrev. Inq. Spec. Lanark (/pp), Jan. 18, 1640: 
 " Heres William Forsyth dc Dykis, patris, in fo solidates terraritm 
 antiqui extentus de Gayne, 40 solidates de Untheos, infra dominium dc 
 Newburgh et baronium de Munckland.'" 
 
 ^ Act Scot. Part. {1652.) 
 
 X Act Scot. Pari. {1678.) 
 
FORSYTH OF TAILZERTON. 
 
 ( l''irst f^eiierntioii ) 
 
 I.JAMES FORSYTH* of Tailzerton, (son of John, 
 and Miss Livingston, Forsyth, as above — p. 5) inherited the 
 lands of Tailzerton and Kilsyth Faster from his mother. — 
 He was minister to the church at Airth in 1661, and to that 
 at Stirling in 1665. He married a daughter and heiress of 
 Bruce, t Laird of Gavell, cadet of Bruce of Airth through a 
 daughter of Sir William de Airth of that ilk. Issue a son : 
 
 (Second generation) 
 
 I. JAMES FORSYTH, t his successor, of Tailzerton, 
 Member of the Council of Stirling, in company with the 
 Duke of Hamilton, Earl of Calender, Lords Elphinston and 
 Livingston of Kilsyth, the Earl of Mar being the convener 
 (1685). In 1696, he sat in Parliament, as "Forsyth of 
 Gavell." Issue: 
 
 (Third generation) 
 
 I. Rebecca.^ 
 
 * Ad Scot. Pari. {1661-5.) 
 
 t General Annory (Burke), vide Bruce and Airth. Rev. James 
 Forsyth was a famous preacher. Sermons published at London, 1666. 
 
 Xl^et. Scot. Abbrev. Inq. Spec. Stirling [277), Sept. i, 1676: "Heres 
 tallia et provisionis Maffistri Jacobi Forsyth de Tailsertoune, niagistri 
 vobi Dei apud ecclesiunt de Stirling . . . in terris de fblinais, 
 vocatis Polinais-Tailzertoun pro principali, terris de Kilsyth : Easter 
 in speciale warrantum earundam.'" 
 
 \ Inq. Spec. Stirling (342), April 26, 1699 : " Heres tallia et provi- 
 sionis, Jacobi Forsyth, alias Bruce de Garell, patris in terris de Poli- 
 nais hunc vocatis Polinais-Tailzertoun pro principalis et in speciale 
 warrantum earundam in terris de Kilsyth : Easter.'' 
 
I. WILLIAM FORvSYTH,* (son of James Bruce For- 
 syth, as above) was horti 16H7 ; granted freedom of Glasgow 
 1735; married lUspet, daughter of Gerard of Walkerhill, 
 County Aberdeen. A son was : 
 
 (Fourth Keiieration) 
 
 I. WILLIAM FORvSYTH. horn Dec. 18, 1721 : Grant- 
 ed freedom of Glasgow 1746; married Jean, daughter of 
 Geo. Phynn, f Lord of the Corse of Monelly. Issue ; 
 
 (Fifth generntion) 
 
 2. Gkorgk F^iRSYTH, 1). April 2, 1756; m. a Miss 
 Taybrook. 
 
 2. William, b. Apr. 5, 1756. His daughter m. Prof. 
 
 Means, D. D., and was mother of Rev. W. 
 Means, 1). D., of Disblair, County Aberdeen. 
 
 3. Alexander, t b. Nov. 17, 1758. 
 
 4. James, b. June 23, 1759; Captain of Dragoons; m. 
 Ann., dau. of John, 9th Baron Colville.^^ 
 
 5. Thomas, b. March, 1761. 
 
 6. John, (of whom hereafter.) See p. 9. 
 
 . 7. Joseph, b. June 24, 1764; m., first. Miss Bell ; .sec- 
 ond, Alice, daughter of Maj. James Robbins, R. A. Issue: 
 
 a. William. 
 
 b. James Bell, b. Dec. 25, 1803 ; M. P. 
 
 for Quebec. His son, Burnet Bell, 
 Capt. 60th Rifles, was lost in a 
 cyclone on board H. M. S. "Per- 
 sia," in Bay of Bengal. 
 
 *Ecclesgreig Mss. : Crest of Tailzerton, a demi-griffin, vert, armed 
 and membered gu. Motto: '' Restaiirator Ruiniae.'" 
 
 t Another daughter of Geo. Phynn was mother to Right Hon. Ed- 
 ward EUice, M. P. 
 
 XEcclesgreig Mss. 
 
 I Burke's Peerage (Colville.) 
 
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 c. Thomas, Lieut. 32d Foot. 
 
 d. Jo/i7i Richardson. 
 
 e. Eurctta Jane. 
 
 f. Mary Ann. 
 
 8. Robert,* b. 1766; Ensign 6ist Foot, 1783; 68th 
 
 Foot, 1785; 72d Foot, 1785; Lieutenant 72d 
 Foot, 1787; Captain 11:2th Foot, 1795 ; 2d Bat- 
 talion 90th Foot, 1795 ; 60th Foot, 1795; Ma- 
 jor 60th Foot, 1797; Retired from service by 
 sale of his commission, Mar. 6, 1802 ; died 1824. 
 
 9. David, t b, Sept. 2, 1767; m. a Miss Jackson of 
 
 Kendall, Westmoreland, England. Lssue: 
 
 a. William, m. Susan, dau. of Judge 
 
 Leigh (sister of Maj. H. Leigh. 
 98th Foot) of Madras Presidency. 
 
 b. James, Lieut. R. A. 
 
 c. George. 
 
 d. He7iry. 
 
 e. Emily, m. William Skinner, Barri.ster, 
 
 nephew of Rght. Rev. William 
 Skinner, D. D., Lord Primate of 
 Scotland and Bishop of Aberdeen. 
 
 10. Morris, b. Jan. 27, 1771 ; minister to the church 
 
 at Mortlach ; m. Isabella, daughter of James 
 Donaldson, of Kinairdie. 
 
 11. Margaret, b. May 3, 1777. 
 
 * Record of Serz<ices of Maj. Robert Forsyth — 60th Rifles. Xo. 
 7353- ^- ■?'/■ ^or Office. London, England. 
 
 t Ecclesgreig Mss. 
 
FORSYTH OF ECCLESGREIG CASTLE, 
 COUNTY KINCARDINE, SCOTLAND. 
 
 (First generation) 
 
 I. JOHN FORvSYTH (son of William and Jean Phynn, 
 sec p. 7) was b. Dec. 8, 1762; m. Margaret, dan. of Charles 
 (iranl, third son of Grant, Laird of Kinworth. Issne : 
 
 (Second generation ) 
 I. Wii.MAM, b. Feb. 10, 1804; sncceeded his nncle, 
 Frederic Grant, to the estates of Ecclesgreig ; 
 ni. luiretta, dau. of Joseph Forsyth, Kingston, 
 Canada. Issne : 
 
 a. /'ytY/cr/i' (/ran/, h. Sept. 2. 1836; Cap- 
 
 tain 3d Hu'ssars, A. D. C. to His 
 Excellency, the Marquis of Lorn, 
 Governor-General of Canada ; ni. 
 Margaret, dau. of Col. William 
 A. Orr, C. B., of Bridgetown. 
 
 b. Jo/in Joseph, b. Oct. 23, 1840; Cap- 
 
 tain 46th Foot; m. Annie, dau. 
 1 and heiress of John Littleton of 
 
 Trewin, St. Germain, Cornwall, 
 England. 
 
 c. William, b. May 26, 1843; Captain 
 
 8 2d Foot. 
 
 d. (u'orgc Javics, b. March 7, 1847. 
 
 e. Annie Gregory, ni. William Owen, 
 
 Bridgestock, Gettydyvyl, Carmar- 
 thenshire, W^ales. 
 
 f. Eiiretta Alice. 
 
lO 
 
 2. John Blackwood, b. Nov. 21, 1805 ; m. Mar>', 
 
 dau. of Samuel Gerrard, of Montreal. Is.sue : 
 ^. John Gerrard,^ Major 57th Foot; 
 served with most distinguished 
 gallantry in the Crimean War ; 
 decorated with the Grand Cro.ss 
 of Commander of the lyCgion of 
 Honor by Napoleon III., with the 
 Sardinian War Medal and with 
 the Victoria Medal of Clasps; m. 
 Elizabeth Egberta, dau. of John 
 Horseley of the Madras Civil Ser- 
 vice, and grand daughter of John 
 Byng, 5th Viscount Torrington. 
 
 b. Frederick Arthur, b. Apr. 2, 1840; 
 
 Captain 5th Fusileers. 
 
 c. Margaret, b. Mar. 6, 183 1 ; m. Rev. 
 
 C. N. Williams, M. A., Rector of 
 St. Andrew's, Hereford, Englan'd. 
 
 d. Euretta Vivian, b. Dec. 8, 1841. 
 
 3. jANE.m.Capt. Geo. Gregory, 19th Eight Dragoons. 
 
 * Morgan's Biographies of Celebrated Canadians — p. 728: Maj. 
 Forsyth was present at the battles of Balaklava, Inkernian, Sebastapol, 
 and The Quarries, and led the storming party at the Redan and at 
 Kinbourn. 
 
FORSYTHS OF THE FIRS, 
 
 MORTIMER, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND. 
 
 I. THOMAS FORSYTH, of Liverpool; m. Jane, dau. 
 of William Hamilton, Greenock. Some issue : 
 
 1. William, b. 1812 ; Chancellor's Medalist of Cam- 
 
 bridge Universitj' and Fellow of Trinity Col- 
 lege, 1837 ; at Bar of Inner Temple, 1839 ; 
 Counsel for Secretary' of State for India ; Com- 
 missioner for Cambridge University; M. P. for 
 Cambridge, 1859; M. P. for Mar>'lebone, 1874- 
 1880; author of (i) "Law of Compensation 
 with Creditors," (2) " Hortensius, or the Du- 
 ties of an Advocate," (3) "Law relating to the 
 Custody of Infants," (4) "History of the Trial 
 byjur>'," (5) "Napoleon at St. Helena," (6) 
 "Life of Cicero," (7) "Cases and Opinions in 
 Constitutional Law, ' ' (8) ' ' Novels and Novel- 
 ists of the 1 8th Century," (9) "Hannibal in 
 Italy," (10) "Essays, Cl"itical and Narrative," 
 (11) "Scla' ..ic Provinces South of the Dan- 
 ube," etc.; m., first, Mary, dau. of Geo. Lyall, 
 M. P. for London ; second, Georgiana Char- 
 lotte, dau. of Thos. Plummer, Esq., and grand 
 dau. of Sir Thos. Plummer, Master of the Rolls. 
 
 2. Thomas Douglas,* b. 1827; took four medals at 
 
 the University examinations; Asst. Commis- 
 sioner in the Punjab, India, 1848 ; decorated 
 Companion of the Bath for active service in 
 suppressing the mutiny of 1857 ; Secretary of 
 Oudh, 1858; Civil Judge of Punjab, 1859; 
 Embassador to Yarkund, 1870 ; Envoy, 1873 ; 
 for illustrious service in India, made Knight 
 Commander of the Star of India, 1874; Envoy 
 to the king of Burmah, 1875. 
 
 ^/lurke's Peerage — List of Orders of the Bath and Star of India. 
 
FORSYTH OF GLENGORM. 
 ARGYLLSHIRE, SCOTLAND. 
 
 I. JAMEvS FORSYTH (descended from the Forsyths of 
 /rt/Zs-r/'/'o;/); was J. P. and Depnty Lieutenant of the county ; 
 m. Maria Magdellena, dau. ot F)manuel Mnller, of Clifton, 
 Crloucestershire. A son was : 
 
 I. Jamks Noj-:l Mullkr Forsyth, b. 1844; n^^ 1H72,, 
 Mary, dau. of Thomas Constable, of Kirkland, 
 Midlothian. James was Lieutenant ji2d Foot 
 and Magistrate for County Argyle. 
 
 FORSYTH OF WHITSOME, 
 NEWTON, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND. 
 
 I. REV. JAMES FORvSYTH, D. D., of Aberdeen, (de- 
 scended from Forsyth of Tailzerton) ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
 Robert Brown, of Whitsorae-Newton. Lssue: 
 
 1. Robert Brown Forsyth, b. 1834; Asst. Surgeon 
 
 1 8th Lgt. Dragoons ; afterwards Magistrate for 
 the County Berwick ; and member of the Royal 
 College of Physicians and Surgeons at Edin- 
 burgh ; m. Tempe, dau. of Loftus T. L. Clarke. 
 F. R. S., and Barri.ster at Law. Calcutta. 
 
 2. John S., b. 1841. 
 
FORSAYTH OF FAILZERTON, 
 AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. f.Hii MARDYKE, CO. CORK, IRELAND. 
 
 ( / 'idf p. 4. ) 
 
 ROBERT FORSYTH, or Forsayth. as many of his 
 descendants began to spell their name (although some have 
 returned to the original way), in addition to his estate in 
 Scotland, obtained, for military .service, a grant of land in 
 Ulster, (in if)iS) where later, .some of his posterity' .settled. 
 Among these was^/^ l^'^' '^*^'' '^ ' '^ cO^.^L-i,^y^ ^^ ^^' 
 
 CAPT. JAMES FORSAYTH. who had Thomas and 
 Matthew. >->^^«-'?< < ^ ^- ^^^^ • /^^^-^V^^^^^^v^t-^-e. 
 
 (Second generation) 
 I. THOMAS, FORSAYTH* died in Cork. Ireland, in 
 1768. Mary, his widow. sur\'ived him. having a private 
 estate. Is.sue : 
 
 (Third generation) 
 I. ROBERT FORSAYTH. merchant in Cork ; m. 
 Catherine, dau. of Thomas Campion, F^sq.. and had: 
 
 ( Fourth generation ) 
 
 I. Thomas, m. Mary Ann, relative of Sir J. Grant, of 
 Kilmurray, Fermoy. Issue : 
 
 a. Robert, b. 1807 ; Curate in Bristol ; 
 
 m. Fanny ; died 1840, leav- 
 ing a dau., Frances Jane, author 
 of poems "Armos Waters." 
 
 b. Thomas Cifford, b. 1808 ; H. M. At- 
 
 tache to the Embassy at Morocco ; 
 Musician and Poet ; m., first. Rose 
 D'Arguilar ; second. Lucy H.- 
 dau. of Col. O' Toole, of Wicklow. 
 
 * Arms of Failzerton confirmed to this family: Crest; a griffin's 
 head between two wings displayed, vert. Motto : '' Loyal an Mart."' 
 
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 c. Catherine. 
 
 d. Mary. 
 
 e. John Drabazon, Artist, settled at Bini- 
 
 bury, Western Australia, in 1845. 
 
 f. Eliza. 
 
 (Third generation) 
 
 II. JOHN FORSAYTH, b. 1735; Pensioner at Trinity 
 College, Dublin, 1749; Fellow 1762, with degree of D. D. ; 
 Archdeacon of Cork, 1782 ; fine classical scholar ; died unni.. 
 1781. 
 
 (Third generation) 
 
 III. MARGARET FORSAYTH died unm. 
 
 (Third generation) 
 
 IV. SAMUEL FORSAYTH, entered H. M. Customs 
 Service at Cork, 1752; appointed by the Viceroy, Inspector 
 General of Customs for Ireland, Dublin, July 24, 1776; m. 
 
 Margaret ; died 1801 ; buried at St. Ann's, Dublin. 
 
 Issue : 
 
 (Fourth generation.) 
 
 t. John, A. B., appointed Vicar of lycighmoney. 
 Mar. 30, 1826; Priest at Cloyne, Sept. 29, 1786; 
 in 1803 was "Thieshers Ledurer" in Cork ; 
 died Sept. 16, 1826; buried at St. Nicholas, 
 Cork. He ni. Ann Courteney, and had : 
 
 a. Thomas, educated at Trinity College 
 
 where he distinguished himself 
 
 by classical attainments ; Bai.is- 
 
 * ter at Law; Queen's Coun.sel ; 
 
 Recorder of Cork ; died 1879. 
 
 b. Samuel. 
 
 c. Robert. 
 
 d. Charlotte. 
 
 e. William. 
 
 f. John, Curate of Upper Shandon, Cork. 
 
>5 
 
 (I'ourth KtMiuratioii) 
 2. John, A. B., scholar at Trinity College, 1780; 
 Priest at Cloyne, 1784 ; Rector of Kilfetinione, 
 County Tipperary, 1798 ; m. Jane, dau. of Hugh 
 Evans, Esq., of Cashel. He was author of the 
 " History of ^ur Lord and vSaviour." Issue: 
 
 a. Samuel, settled in Halifax, N. Scotia. 
 
 b. Robert. 
 
 c. Richard Martin, studied medicine in 
 
 Dublin and Edinburgh ; degree of 
 M. D., Edinburgh, 1827; degree 
 of Surger>-, Glasgow, 1828; at 
 Hotel Dieu and other hospitals, 
 Paris; settled at Templemore, Ire- 
 land ; m. Kate Craven, dau. of 
 Wm. Chadwick, E.sq., of Ballin- 
 ard, Tipperarj' ; his children were : 
 ' Richard William, who en- 
 tered H. M. Military 
 
 Service , .sen'- 
 
 ed in India ; retired 
 in 1884, as Brigade 
 Surgeon ; m. Harri- 
 ette Margaret, dau. 
 of Rev. J. Baird, had 
 issue, and settled at 
 Cork. 
 * Kate Thomas. 
 ' John C. C, entered medi- 
 cal profession ; died 
 of fever in forest of 
 West Africa while 
 employed in an ex- 
 pedition. 
 " Jane E. , m. Dr. Robert T. 
 Huston. 
 
i6 
 
 fl. Joint, conitnaiulcdthe " Indian Qncen" 
 in the Merchant Marine, and nuule 
 the sliortest voyage then known 
 between Liverp wland Barbadoes. 
 
 (I'ourth j^riieration) 
 3. CharloTTK, ni. Richard Mart' , Esq. 
 
 irourth j(eiieratioti) •• - — ■• 
 
 „ 4. l{i,iZABKTH. ni. the Rev. Charles Smith. 
 
 ( Fourth j^eneration ) 
 5. A DAuc.HTKR, unm. 
 
 (. Second j^eneration) 
 II. MATTHKW FORSAYTH/i^ (bro. of Thomas, p. 
 13), I), in Ireland, 1700; came to Chester, N. H., 1742. He 
 brought with him considerable property and silver plate with 
 family crest thereon. He was one of the most prominent 
 >f<^ \}ie\iti<)n^dK\in the history of Chester; name very frequent 
 in town records ; filled pulpit of church of which he was a 
 deacon, during absence of minister ; several times on com- 
 mittees to petition Colonial Government for privileges and 
 improvements for the town ; chairman of local committee 
 of Public Safety ; m. in Ireland, Esther, daughter of Robert 
 Graham, t of County Fennanagh, a descendant of Lang Will 
 
 '■''Chase's Hist, of Chester — pp. 524, 109, 127, 129, 130, 140, 142, 144, 
 152, 259, 456, 621, 231 ; Toicii Papers, S. //.—Vol. XI., p. 3rj9 ; Vol. 
 IX., pp. KX), 115; State /'apers, \. //. — Vol. IX., pp. 109, 115; (iraii- 
 ite Monthly — Vol. VIII. The name is spelled on the Chester records. 
 Forsayth, Forsaith, and Forsyth. Some descendants follow the first, 
 others the last way of spelling. He had an estate in Ireland for which 
 his descendants lodged papers with Judge Lawrence, one time V . .S. 
 Minister to England. 
 
 ^ I'friiiiii>oo)i J/ss. — Rohert (iraham's wife was Janet Hume of the 
 family of Castle Hiune and Hume's Wood, whose estates adjoin those 
 of Drumgoon, and have passed into the family of Loftus, Marquis of 
 l^ly, with whom they intermarried. The Grahams bear the arms of the 
 ancient Karls of Menteath, and the Humes, those of the Earl of March- 
 mont, from whom these are descended. 
 
17 
 
 Graham of Stubble, Cuinberlatul, luiglatid, who canic lo 
 Irehiiul in 1620, as ancestor of the faniil> of (iraham of 
 Drunigooii Manour, County Fernumagh. Matthew died in 
 1 790. Issue : 
 
 (Third nt-'nt-TJilion ) 
 I. Mattiiicw, of whom hereafter. 
 "? ■ JoiiN) -b . - iu - Ir tf lan 47 from whom va de i. oe w d c d , fru i 
 
 a >K on who ^^ ttl tjtl -i ^ t- Seotlnn t K Jn n ieii liennutl ^. 
 —I^efH yth. -oHtex^ nny, Mni ^H . — 
 2- David,* b. in Ireland ; Ensign m Chester Com- 
 pany, ist N. H. Regt.. 1776; died of wounds 
 May 21, 1778. 
 g. Jonathan, f b. in Ireland ; soldier in Chester 
 Company ; killed, Ticonderoga, July 9, 1777. 
 y. Esther, d. unm. 
 
 ^ WiL,UAM,I b. in Ireland, 1740 ; linsign iU|de^ the ^. 
 King in Royal Provincials, 1763-7 ; ■ nllUral ^ m^"^^ 
 War of '76 ; a founder of Derry (N. H. ) Public 
 Library ; one of the earliest settlers of Deering, 
 Hillsborough County, N. H.; m. Jane, dau. of 
 James Wilson, J^ formerly of Ireland, "Surveyor 
 of the High Ways of Chester," whose wife. 
 Chase claims in the history of Chester, Mary, 
 dau. of John Shirley, belonged to same family 
 in Ireland, to which belonged that countess of 
 Huntington who was patron of V/esley ; Wil- 
 liam died in 1808. Issue : 
 
 *///.</. Co'., .V. //:— Vol. VII., p. 83 ; Ckasc's Hisf. of Chester— -p. 
 5^4 ; Slate J'apers A'. //.—Vo\. XIV., pp. 554, 634. 
 
 t C7tase\s Hist. 0/ Chester — pp. 377, 379. 
 
 + rrovineial Papers N. //.—Vol. VI.. p. 767 ; Toxcn Papers \. //. 
 — Vol. XL, pp. 493, 497, 498; Vol. IX., p. 759; ///,s7. 0/ //il/sboroiifr/i 
 Comity, (A'. H.) 
 
 '^ Chase's His!. Chester (Wilson Kainilyl — ^Jaiiies Wilson lived to 
 be 118 years of age. Vide, also, vShirley Family. His family was very 
 celebrated ; one of his sons, Robert Wilson, Captain in the Army, rep- 
 resented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress of 1776. 
 
a. Matthav, settled in what is now Man 
 Chester, N. H. 
 
 1). JdtHcs,-^ physician, ^racUiate of Dart- 
 month Coll. ; one of whose sons 
 Francis Flint, M. D., of Wey- 
 nionth, Mass., was one of the 
 fonnders of tlie Weynionth His. 
 vSociety, and a contrihntor to the 
 History of Weyniontli. 
 
 c. David, Captain of the Deering Rifles. 
 
 (1. T/iomas, of vSavannah (.see p. 22.) 
 
 e. Rolnrt. 
 
 f. Josia/i, t graduateof Dartnionth Coll.; 
 
 lawyer at Goffstown ; father of 
 
 Hon. William L., Associate-Jns- 
 
 • tice of Bo.ston Municipal Court. 
 
 g. Ifauna/t, m. a Mr. Paige. 
 
 K. RoBKRT, X l>- ill Chester, 1746; Ivieutenant in War 
 . of '76 ; m. Mary, dan. of Dea. William Tolford, 
 of Walnut Hill. 
 pf. Jo.siAH, S h. in Chester; Lieutenant in War of '76: 
 m. Kitty, dau. of Caleb Richard.son ; -t v t>on of - 
 ^ n a iwi ?>e t t4 cd in •jjfeiroit. and w as cUiLCiito r h -U^ — 
 G « n t Jame M A: F or.sytJt7-4J^. -^. A .^ 
 
 *Chapinaii\% Aliunni, Darlmouth CoU.,—^:^; History 0/ H'n- 
 iiiont/i. A/ass. 
 
 iC'/i(i/>iii(i>i's .l/iiDini, nartnioullt Coll. — pp. 133,427; //istorv of 
 (ioffsto7cii. 
 
 tC/iasis' Hist. Chester— ■p^. iiS, 344, 446; hovincial Papers N. 
 //.—Vol. VII., p. 755; Town Papers X. //.—Vol. XIII., pp. 196, 19S, 
 751 ; Vol. XI., pp. 320, 685. 
 
 ^.C/ia-U's' Hist. C/iester—Y>P- 23'. 373. 3^3. 457, 630; 7 0701 Papers 
 X. //.—Vol. XI., p. 315 ; State Papers X. //.—Vol. XI., p. 315. 
 
FORSYTH OF FREDERICKSBURG. 
 SPOTTSYLVANIA CO., VIRGINIA. 
 
 MATTIIKW FORSAYTH, b. in Ireland (son ot Mat- 
 thew and Ivstlicr Graliani lH)rsayth), was a jjliysician in the 
 
 Royal Navy ; ni. Orr, canie to Fretlericksl)ur^, l)efore 
 
 1774. Issue: 
 
 I. WILLIAM FORSYTH,!). 1753; anions his descend- 
 ants is Cornelius I). lujrsyth, of Rome, (k-or^ia ; vSolieitor- 
 Oeneral of Ceorgia, etc. ; formerly Colonel of the 22(1 (ia. 
 Inf., C. vS. A. ; awt-aen. C.e..irK'.- A, KoPivtlh-l^r-^tr-Ar 
 
 II. ROHKRT FORvSYTH,* h. 1754; Captain in Lee's 
 Lgt. Hor.se, 1776; Major, 1777; I^eputy Quartermaster-Gen- 
 eral of the vSouthern Army, 177H; and A. I). C. to Gen. 
 Washington ; Knight of the Virginia Order of the Cincin- 
 nati, 17H3; appointed U. S. Marshal of (ieorgia. 17S6; killed 
 in performance of duty, 1794; buried with funeral honors by 
 the Order of the Cincinnati ; a monument was erected to his 
 memory at Augusta, Ga. ; Congress voted a .sum of money 
 for the education of hi. i children ; hem. Mrs. Ininny (John- 
 ston) Houston, a widou. sister to Judge Peter Johnston, of 
 Fredericksburg, and aunt of Lieut. -Gen. JosejJ^i K. Johnston, 
 C. S. A. I.s.sue: 
 
 1. RoHKRT, died ac/. 19. 
 
 2. JoHN,tb. in Fredericksburg, Oct. 10, 17S0; mem- 
 
 ber of Society of the Cincinnati ; ist Attorney- 
 General of Georgia, 1808; Rep. of U. S. Con- 
 gress, 1813-1818; Minister Plenipotentiary to 
 Spain, 1819-22; Rep. of U. S. Congress 1823- 
 1827; Governor of Georgia, 1828-1830; U. S. 
 
 *.SV<'/>/r<v/.?' //.-.sV. of Ct'oriiia—\'o\. II., p. 302. ()ld F.nrydoptdiii 
 .liiuricaini. 
 
 ^yirginia Nisi. Cull. ; lV/nlf\s Hist, of Ca. .■ \'aii Hoist's Hist, 
 of r. S. ; Bench and Har of Ca.—XoV II., etc-. 
 
20 
 
 Senator, 1M30-4; Secretary of State for United 
 States 1H34-41 ; died in Washington, Oct. 22, 
 1S41 ; (fi'or^ia erected a nionunient to his niein 
 or\ in the CoiiKiessional lUiryinjj; (ironnd at 
 Washington ; in. Chira, (hui. of Hon. Josiah 
 Meifj.s, 1,1,. I)., ist I'rest. of the University of 
 (ieorjfia, and son of Col. Jonathan Meigs of the 
 War of '76. Issne : 
 
 a. Julia, h. i.Sc\^; ni. lion. Alfred Iver- 
 son. Judge of vSui)renie Court of 
 Ga., U. S. vSenator, and Cieneral 
 in Confederate Army, 
 1). Mary,'^' h. 1S07 ; ni. Arthur Shaafl", 
 Georgetown, I). C. 
 
 c. f'lara, h. iSio; in. Capt. Murray Ma- 
 
 son, U.S. N., afterwards Commo- 
 dore in Confederate Navy, .son of 
 Gen. John Mason, of Virginia, 
 whcse brother was U. S. Senator 
 James M. Mason, and whose sis- 
 ter was Mrs. Sidney .Smith Lee.l" 
 mother of Gen. Kitz-Hugh Lee 
 (nephew of Gen. Robert IC. Lee. 
 Commander in Chief of the South- 
 ern Confederacy); a daughter of 
 Clara Forsyth Ma.son m. Capt. S. 
 B. Davis, C. S. A., relative of the 
 Hon. Jefferson Davis, LL. D., 
 President of the Southern Conf. 
 
 d. JolinX b. in Augu.sta, Georgia, 1812; 
 
 * A (laughter of Mary (Forsyth) Shaaff m. Richard Tighlman Brice, 
 grandson of (ien. Tench Tighhnan, of Maryland. 
 
 t [ac Family History. 
 
 XStevcua' War hctivcen the States — Vol. II.; Pai'is's Rise ami Fail 
 of the Southern Confederacy — Vol. II.; Southern Historical Papers ; 
 Correspondence hetivcen the ('. S. and C. S. Governments. John For- 
 syth, Jr., enjoyed the soubriquet of " Prince of vSouthern Journalists." 
 
31 
 
 tnetn!)or of Society of the Cinciii- 
 
 iiali (S. C): Adj. ist (ia. Ri-j;t. 
 
 [ " ill Mexican War; U. S. Minister 
 
 to Mexico, 1H56; Mayor of Mo- 
 bile, 1S60; Confederate Conunis- 
 sioner IMenipoteiitiary, 1H61 ; tlie 
 I Chief of Staff of the Confederate 
 
 ! Army of Tetniessee, iH6j^; and 
 
 author of the " I'rochunation of 
 the South to the people of Ken- 
 tucky"; since the war editor of 
 Mobile Rciiiaicr until his death in 
 [ ' 1S78; he in. Marj^aret, dan. of 
 
 Latham Hull, of Augusta, (ia., 
 and hail : 
 
 'Charles. Col. of 3d Ala. 
 
 Regt. C. S. A. 
 "John. 
 
 e. \'iri>iuia, m. George Hargraves, had 
 
 Clara F.. m. Capt. Chas. Wood. 
 
 f. .hi Ha /:'., h. 1.S23. 
 
 g. /\osa M.,h. 1S23; m. Wm. Aubrey, 
 
 of Haltimorc, afterward of Carters- 
 ville, Ga., Commissary, C. S. A. 
 h. /\\ihi'rt,* b. in Augusta, Ga., 1826; 
 Capt. I.St U. S. Voltigeurs, Mexi- 
 can War; Colonel of Artillery, 
 C. S. A.; Commandant of Con- 
 federate Fortifications in Mobile 
 Bay ; m. Julia, dau. of Latham 
 Hull, of Augusta, Ga., and had: 
 
 'John. 
 
 * Angela. 
 
 ^ Margaret. 
 
 '* Str Conrsfiondi'iiiY hi'tTVi'cn the ('. S. and C. S. (•overnuicnts. 
 
FORSYTH OF FRONSAC, SAVANNAH. 
 
 ( /■/(/(• ]). IS.) 
 
 I. THOMAS KORvSYTH,* entitled de Kroiisac. (son of 
 W^illiani and Jane Forsyth) b. in Hillsborough Co., N. H.. 
 vSept. 1, 1775 ; at the age of eleven was sent to the Kcole 
 Militaire de Nonnandie. France ; in the war of the Kmigra- 
 tion joined, at the age of 17, the Brigade of Navarre (1792). 
 commanded by the Martinis de Montniart ; was with the 
 march through Coblenz, Bingen, Treves, Grevenmaker, and 
 Stadtbredimus ; in France, participated in nearly all the en- 
 gagements ; was made Captain of Illyriens, and decorated 
 with the Cross of the Order of St. Louis, at the siege of 
 Thionville, by order of the King's brother, the Comte d'Ar- 
 tois ; was at the siege of Verdun, which terminated the cam- 
 paign of 1792; remained in Europe until 1802, when he 
 came to Savannah, Ga. ; was afterwards merchant in West 
 India Trade, at Portland, Maine ; m. Sallie, dan. of Capt. 
 John Pray, f formerly of the Colonial Navy of Georgia, who 
 came from Dublin to Savainiah just be&^rg/thQ .War of '76,^ v? 
 and whose wife was Mary, dau. of Maj; Joshua Hamilton;^.^^*}^/ 
 son of Henry Hamilton, M. P. for Co. Donegal, and grand- (f^/t 
 son of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Gustavus Hamilton, G. C. B., ist 
 Vi.scount Boyne, \ Privy Counsellor of Great Britain and Vice 
 Admiral of Ulster. Thomas died in Portland, Dec. 21, 1S49. 
 Issue : 
 
 L JANE FORvSYTH, b. 1810; m. R. P. Ilsley. at one 
 time Deputy-Collector U. S. Reveiuie, Portland. Lssue : 
 I. Hamilton, m. a Miss Brown. 
 
 *Hht. of Hillsborough Co., A'. //. ,• Joms' Hist, of (in. ; (.,1. Hist. 
 Coll.; I^iifanrc's Notes Snr Lrs /uuri>irs; .liiuriai //tiii'dica ; 
 IhoKiniiii^^'s .lincricans 0/ A'oyul Ihsctiit. 
 
 iStt'pluiis' Hist, of (.'a. — p. 152. 
 
 Xliurke's Peerage (Viscount Royiie. ) 
 
23 
 
 2. ICi.izAiUvTn, 111. Ih)ii. J. Hoisc clc W'Ikt, M. IV for 
 
 St. John, New Hrun.swick, and Mayor of St. 
 
 John ( iSS6.) 
 
 II. HAMII/rON FORvSVTH. h, 1S12; Rifle Corp.s. 
 
 11832; Army of Texas, 1S34; Cajitain on StafTof Oeii. Mira- 
 
 beau H. Lamar; died in Galve.ston, 1X39-40. 
 
 III. SARAH ANN FORSYTH.* h. 1.S15: m.. as 2d 
 wife, Hon. William I*. Preble, LL. I)., A.s.sociate-Jnstice of 
 vSupreine Court of Maine ; Founder and ist Prest. of Grand 
 Trunk Railway of Canada; U. S. Minister Plenipotentiary 
 to the Netherlands ; cousin to Commodore lulward Preble, 
 IT. S. N.. and to Rear Admiral Geo. H. Preble, V. S. N..— 
 all being de.scended from Maj.-(ren. Jedediah Preble, of 
 York, Maine. Issue : 
 
 I. JvDW.VKi), b. 1S55; living at Boston. 
 
 IV. KLKANOR FORSYTH, b. 1817; m. Samuel Saw- 
 yer, of Portland. 
 
 V. FRFDKRIC FORvSYTH, i b. 1819; Rifle Corps, 
 1838; California, 1849; Ofiicer of vState Vigilant Committee; 
 afterward at Rio Lejo, Nicarauga, Central America ; Captain 
 of Portland Rifle Corps, i860: commanded battalion detailed 
 as escort and body-guard to H. R. H., The Prince of Wales, 
 on the occasion of his visit to Portland, i860; sympathized 
 with the vSouth during the War, but in 1863 was .selected to 
 command the propo.sed fortifications of the ist District of 
 Maine; m. Harriette de Marr, dau. of Maj.-Gen. Jo.seph 
 Scott Jewett, J of Portland, who commanded the 5th Division 
 of Maine Troops in 1839; and had been a commis.sioner on 
 
 * /r////.s'.v lii'iuli c^ /lar of .Ifainr : Mrs. Prelik' was a fine si-holar, 
 a poetic and prost- writer of elo(|ueiue, and the friend of the Haroness 
 de vSeddler, who was eousiii to the I'Inipre.ss of Rnssia. 
 
 ^C/aytou's //is/, of (^iiiiifn'rhuul ('oiiiity. (Maine),- (,'oii/(/'s A'lU- 
 ordsoftltc I'ortlaiid /\'ijlv Corps. 
 
 ]:(»en. Jewett belonjjed to a celebrated family from Yorkshire, 
 Uradford, W. R., Ivn^^hmd — (sec Stwimr's <,'r»i\i/oj>ita/ /)i(/. of .V. /:"., 
 and the A'.s.scr /iisfHulrs.) He m. Mary Parker Marr of ;i J^cottish 
 family, claiminjf tlesceiil from the Ivarls of Marr. His father, Jitseiih 
 
24 
 
 the boundary between Maine and New Hampshire; and had 
 represented Maine before 1820 in the Massachusetts legisla- 
 ture. Issue : 
 
 1. Frkdkric Grkgory, author under the name of 
 
 Forsytli de Fronsac, in poetry, political and 
 social science, and musical composition; author 
 of (i) "Basis of European History;" (2) "Cati- 
 line's Lesson to the Republic," (3) "Notes on 
 the Science and Art of Warfare, " ( 4 r ' History 
 of Authority, Limitable and Illimitable," (5) 
 "Ambition of the Czars," (6) "Seeds of Gov- 
 ernment," (7) "Metaphysics," (8) "Notes on 
 Problems of Mind and Matter," etc.; Founder 
 of the Aryan-Order. 
 
 2. Thomas Scott, Journalist, writer of eminence : 
 
 Supt. of Publishing Department of Boston So- 
 ciety of Natural Histor>', 1882-4; Musician, etc. 
 III. GEORGF: FORSYTH,* b. 1821; Rifle Corps, 1845; 
 Lieut. 78th U. S. C. Troops, 1863; Asst. Quartermaster and 
 Asst. Adjutant-General, with rank as Major at Camps at 
 Washington, 1865 ; Custom-House Official at Sitka, Alaska ; 
 removed to San Franci.sco, California ; m. Albertina, dau. of 
 Capt. Albert, and niece of Hon. Jedediah Jewett, Mayor of 
 Portland (1856). Issue: 
 
 I. Albertina L., m. Dr. MacAllister, of Honolulu, 
 Sandwich Islands. 
 VII. CAROLINE AUGUSTA FORSYTH, b. 1823 ; m. 
 James Albert Macnabb, of Greenock, Scotland, grandson of 
 Maj. Robert Macnabb, and cousin to Sir Allan Napier Mac- 
 nabb, at one time Governor-General of Canada. Ls.sue : 
 I. James Albert, Jr. 
 
 Jewett, who came from Mass. to Portland, had held a naval np])oint- 
 nient from Washington, and his wife was Ruth McLaughlin, of the 
 Macl^aughlins of Clan Owen, from near London<lerry, Ireland. 
 
 * Records U. S. War Dept.; Records U. S. Treasury Dept.; 
 liroiuninfr^s Amer. of Royal Descent. , 
 
FORSYTH OF ALBANY AND TROY. 
 
 •. ^d^'^l ^^^^^^ FORSYTH, of Chester-p. i8. By 
 wife Mary Tolford, had : ^ 
 
 I. Robert, who m. Sarah Luvkin, their son was : 
 
 a. /^oder/, who ni. Sabrina Ramsay, their son 
 was: 
 
 'James, one of the most promi- 
 nent men in Northern N. 
 Y., Prest. of Renssalaer 
 Polytechnic Institute, of 
 the Renss. and Saratoga 
 Ry., and of Troy Bridge 
 Co. ; Judge of Co. Court ; 
 Judge Advocate of Divi- 
 sion, .etc., Law Author of 
 Contracts; m., first, a dau. 
 of Hon. Elisha Tibbitts, of 
 N. Y. city ; second, a Miss 
 Pumpelley of the family of 
 the explorer. He was a 
 brother-in-law to Theodore 
 Frelinghuysen, of N. J., 
 and James B. Bosworth, 
 
 y Chief-Justice of New York. 
 
 Issue : 
 
 Robert, Civil Eng'r 
 and Manager 
 of the Union 
 Steel Co., of 
 Chicago. 
 
 James, Attorney-at 
 Law, Troy. 
 
26 
 
 I. JOHN, m. a Miss Smith, of Lyme, Ct., who claimed 
 descent from the Princess Pocahontas. Issue : 
 
 1. Russell, (hereafter.) 
 
 2. Dana. 
 
 3. George. 
 
 4. A DAU. m. Mr. Rathbone, of Albany, the father of 
 
 Gen. Rathbone. 
 I. Russell (as above), physician in Albany; m. Sa- 
 rah Seymour of the family of Gov. Horatio 
 Seymour. Issue : 
 
 a. Douglas. 
 
 b. William Wallace, ' Cornelia Kane 
 
 Strong, niece of Dr. Kane, the 
 explorer, and descendant of Gov. 
 Winthrop. Issue : 
 
 ' Emily Howe m. Herman 
 Bowen, of N. Y., 
 and had Emily 
 Howe and Herman. 
 *Sarah Seymour m. Mat- 
 thias Ellis, of South 
 Corner, Mass., their 
 dau. Zaidee (who 
 m. Thos. T. Gaff, 
 of Cincinnati) and 
 Helena. 
 ^Russell m. Helena An- 
 nette, dau. of Benj. 
 Davies K. Craig, of 
 N. Y. city, and had 
 Beatrice. 
 
 II. TIMOTHY, m , and had : 
 
 1. George (hereafter.) 
 
 2. David. 
 
 3. Sanford. 
 
 4. Frederic. 
 
a; 
 
 GEORGE FORSYTH, (as above) m. Lucy. dau. of 
 Abner Howe. He d. 1821. Issue: 
 
 1. Orlando. 
 
 2. Amanda M., b. 1806; m. Darwin Hill, of Clark- 
 
 son, N. Y., and had: 
 
 a. Cornelia Frances, b. 1832; m. Thos. 
 
 Southworth, Holly, N. Y. 
 
 b. Helen Louise, b. 1834; m. E. Brad- 
 
 ford Greenleaf, Milwaukee. 
 
 c. Mary Seytnour, b. 1836 ; m. W. H. 
 
 Rogers, Mount Vernon, O. 
 
 d. Harriet Evelyn. 
 
 e. Emma Amanda. 
 
 3. Russell. 
 
 4. Lucy, b. 1812; rn. Hon. J. D. Perkins. 
 
 5. George Hamilton, b. 1809; m. Julia Harman. 
 
 He d. 1857. Issue: 
 
 a. Lucy. 
 
 b. Amanda, 
 
 c. William, 
 
 6. Anne, b. 1815; m. W. M. Gorham, M. D., New- 
 
 burgh, N. Y. 
 
 7. Jane. 
 
 It is likely that I. JOHN and II. TIMOTHY, brothers, 
 were sons of an Arthur Forsyth who came from Ulster to 
 America about 1750, and was a relative of the first Matthew. 
 
CONCLUSION. 
 
 Some of the descendants of the Forsyths of Nydie, whose 
 pedigrees are not entirely known to the author, are : 
 
 /. Alexander Forsyth, author of "Culture of the Pota- 
 toe." (London.) 17 A. D. 
 
 //. Rev. Alex. Forsyth, D. D., Inventor of the Percussion 
 Lock and P\ilminate. (Scotland.) 185 — . 
 
 ///. Charles Forsyth, of Edinburgh — 1844; author of 
 "Laws of Trust." 
 
 IV. J. S. Forsyth (London), — 1825; author of "Anti- 
 quary's Portfolio," "A Synop.sis of Medical Jurisprudence," 
 etc., etc. 
 
 V. Rev. J. Hamilton Forsyth — "Sermons." London. 
 1849. 
 
 VI. Joseph Forsyth, b. in Elgin, 1765; author of "Anti- 
 quities, Arts and Letters in Italy" — the finest work on the 
 subject in English. He had a brother Isaac, and the cele- 
 brated Col. Benj. Forsyth, U. S. A. of 18 12- 15, was said to 
 be a near relative. 
 
 VII. Robt. Forsyth, Edinburgh — 1804; author of " Prin- 
 ciples and Practices of Agriculture," "Beauties of Scotland," 
 "Principles of Moral Science," etc. 
 
 VIII. William Forsyth, b. in Old Meldrum, 1737; Su- 
 perintendent of the Royal Gardens of Kensington and St. 
 James; Standard Author on "Disease of Fruit Trees," 
 "Culture and Management of Fruit Trees," etc. His son 
 was : 
 
 IX. William Forsyth, Jr., Superintendent of the Royal 
 Chelsea Gardens ; author of "A Botanical Nomenclature," 
 etc., etc. 
 
(ll'ooilstiiil; llii,tlil.\ 
 
 THE LEGEND OF THE CROOKED SWORD. 
 
 Aniotijf tlic ninny cnriouH tliiiiK^, bnnifjlit to America by fnniilifs from I-Inropf. 
 was n curved Moorish sword, orcimctcr, liclon^inRto Robert I''orsaythof I'ailzcrton, 
 an officer of Kiiij; Jan\cs, who in addition In his Scottish estate, obtained in 1618, a 
 jfrant of land in IMster, Ireland, where some of liis family afterwards settled. 
 
 It had an inscrij-tion on one side of the blade which read, that, he who possess 
 ed it should be fortunate in love and war ; on the other side, the inscription rea<l, 
 that, he who lost it shoidd experience calamities and the power of his posterity 
 should l)e shaken. 
 
 The sword was worn first in America by l^usiRii William l''<irsyth. of the Royid 
 I'rovincials, in the Indian wars in the vicinity of Chester, New Hampyhire, in 1765. 
 whose father, a native of Ireland, was a descendant of Col. Robert, the ori^iual pos- 
 sessor. 
 
 Kn.sign William I'orsyth was captured by the Indians about 176.S. and carried to 
 Canada, and was ransomed by M. de Montniarte, a Kreuch officer, whose secretary 
 he became. He was with dc Montmarte for two or three years, and when the latter 
 returned to l'"rance, he K-'ive William his liberty and money with which to reach his 
 friends. 
 
 The sword, which had been tost in his struRgle with the Indians, was discovered, 
 after his capture, and sent to his eldest brother. Dr. Matthew Forsyth, then a phy 
 sicinn in the Royal Navy. 
 
 A son of this Dr. Matthew, named Robert, came to I'Yederick.sburjf, Va.. about 
 1772, and among his effects was this sword, which he wore as Captain, and after- 
 wards as Major, in I.ee's Light Horse during the Revolution. In 177S, Robert I-'or- 
 syth was Deputy yuarter-Master-Ceneral of the Southern Army, and a letter of that 
 date written bj' him from I-'rederick.sburg, is in possession of Miss Anna Korsyth, of 
 Ivy, Albeutarle county, confirnjing, or annoiniciug theappointmentof Col. Kphraini 
 Blaine, an ancestor of Hon. James (1. Hlaine, to the position of Deputy (juarter- 
 Master-Ceneral of the Northern Army. 
 
 Robert Forsyth was appointed by Washington 1st I'. S. Marshal of deorgia. 
 The sword passed from him to his son John, together with his badge of the Society 
 of the Cincinnati. John Forsyth was Governor of and Senator from Georgia and 
 Secretary of the United States from 1H34 to 1S41. 
 
 And thus the fortune of the possessors of the sword increased until the burning 
 of Columbus, Ga., by the Federals in the late war when the sword was destroyed 
 with other effects of the late Governor Forsyth. Since then, the fortune of that 
 branch of the family has changed. 
 
 An old fashioned musket, which belonged to Knsign William Forsyth, is in pos- 
 session of one of his descendants, in Manchester, N. H. 
 
 Owing to Ku.sign William Forsyth's connection with M. de Montmarte, he was 
 enabled to educate one of his sons in France. This son, Thomas F'orsytii, was edu- 
 cated there since his tenth year. He served gallantly, at the age of 17, in the Mar- 
 quis de Montmarte's battalion of Navarre in the war of the allies and French 
 Princes in 1792 against tlie ist F'rench republic, and is described in Amcriia Hctald- 
 irti, as being decorateik»^tb.tJ;e,Or(ler ff Jiyightl^d of St. I.ouis, at the siege of 
 Thionville, in 1792. I..' I J,," J J." ', J •?•*,* ', • 1 J" 
 
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