Descendants of Henry FORREST

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Burt Worthington submitted this Forrest Family information.
Burt is rarely on the internet anymore, so he cannot really be reached.

Generation No. 1

 

 

1. HENRY1 FORREST died 1780 in Dobbs County, NC (now Greene County).

 

Child of HENRY FORREST is:

2. i.WILLIAM2 FORREST, b. October 31, 1761; d. November 05, 1843.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

 

2. WILLIAM2 FORREST (HENRY1) was born October 31, 1761, and died November 05, 1843.

He married NANCY SPIVEY, daughter of CALEB SPIVEY.

 

More About WILLIAM FORREST:

Military service: September 17, 1778, enlisted as private

unter Thomas Shoot and Co. William Caswell.

Pension: August 13, 1833, Cert. 23890 issued and pd by NC

Agency. File S8512

 

Children of WILLIAM FORREST and NANCY SPIVEY are:

3. i.     NANCY3 FORREST, b. 1789.

4. ii.    WILLIAM FRANCIS FORREST, b. 1790; d. 1873.

5. iii.   WINNEFORD FORREST, b. September 25, 1791,

         Glasgow County, NC (previously Dobbs, later Greene);

         d. October 15, 1855, Greene County, NC.

6. iv.   HENRY FORREST, b. 1793, Glasgow County, NC

       (previously Dobbs, later Greene); d. 1842, Greene

        County, NC.

7. v.    MARY FORREST, b. 1796, Glasgow County, NC

       (previously Dobbs, later Greene).

vi.     DAUGH FORREST, b. 1798, Glasgow County, NC

        (previously Dobbs, later Greene).

8. vii.  ELIZABETH FORREST, b. 1804, Greene County, NC.

9. viii. REBECCA FORREST, b. 1805.

10. ix. VICIE ANN FORREST, b. 1811, Greene County, NC.

11. x.   GRACY FORREST, b. 1812, Greene County, NC.

xi.  RICKEY FORREST, m. ALICE UNKNOWN.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

 

3. NANCY3 FORREST ( WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1789. She

married JAMES SIMMONS.

 

Children of NANCY FORREST and JAMES SIMMONS are:

i.    MARY4 SIMMONS, b. 1826.

ii. JOHN A. SIMMONS, b. 1827.

iii. ZELOTA SIMMONS, b. 1830.

iv. JESSE SIMMONS, b. 1830.

 

4. WILLIAM FRANCIS3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born

1790, and died 1873. She married WILLIAM MOORE.

 

Children of WILLIAM FORREST and WILLIAM MOORE are:

i.   ALFRED4 MOORE, b. 1812; d. 1887.

ii. MORENDA MOORE, b. 1814.

iii. HAYWOOD MOORE, b. 1815; d. 1882; m. MARY

     MCCLURE.

iv. GROVE MOORE, b. 1818; d. 1870.

v.   MARTIN MOORE, b. 1819; d. 1892.

vi. ARCENA MOORE, b. 1822; d. 1890.

vii. RUEL MOORE, b. 1827.

 

5. WINNEFORD3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born September

25, 1791 in Glasgow County, NC (previously Dobbs, later

Greene), and died October 15, 1855 in Greene County, NC.

She married DOVE M. WILLIAMS1.

 

Children of WINNEFORD FORREST and DOVE WILLIAMS are:

i.     ELIZABETH ANN4 WILLIAMS, b. July 12, 1823; d.

              March 05, 1851.

ii.   EMELY WILLIAMS, b. April 17, 1825; d. February

               04, 1883; m. TOM DAIL.

12. iii.   WILLIAM FORREST WILLIAMS, b. June 16, 1827; d.

         November 23, 1885.

13. iv.  THOMAS WILLIAMS, b. November 15, 1829; d. April

         11, 1902.

v.      JOHN HENRY WILLIAMS, b. July 16, 1831.

14. vi.  MARY ANN LUCRETIA WILLIAMS, b. May 09, 1826,

        Greene County, NC.

 

6. HENRY3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1793 in

Glasgow County, NC (previously Dobbs, later Greene), and

died 1842 in Greene County, NC. He married MARY MOORE,

daughter of WILLIAM MOORE and ANNIS LLEWELLYN.

 

Children of HENRY FORREST and MARY MOORE are:

i.WILLIAM4 FORREST, b. 1816; d. 1859; m. ELIZABETH

UNKNOWN.

 

Notes for WILLIAM FORREST:

William Forrest (1761-1843) deeded his lands with a

life estate to his grandson, William Forrest (1816-

1859), son of Henry Forrest and Mary Moore.

 

ii.     RICKY FORREST, b. 1818.

iii.     SYLVESTER FORREST, b. 1823; m. PENELOPE

UNKNOWN.

iv.    KESIAH FORREST, b. 1829.

v.      FILITIA FORREST, b. 1832.

vi.    HENRY FORREST, b. 1840; m. SUSAN UNKNOWN.

 

7. MARY3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1796 in

Glasgow County, NC (previously Dobbs, later Greene). She

married CULLIN MCCOY.

 

Children of MARY FORREST and CULLIN MCCOY are:

i.   HENRY4 MCCOY, b. 1834.

ii. ALLESS MCCOY, b. 1837.

iii. REDDING MCCOY, b. 1839.

 

8. ELIZABETH3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1804 in

Greene County, NC. She married THOMAS WERTHINGTON.

 

Children of ELIZABETH FORREST and THOMAS WERTHINGTON are:

i.  JOSEPH4 WETHURINGTON, b. 1826.

ii. ELIZABETH R. WETHURINGTON, b. 1828.

iii. ANDREW W. WETHURINGTON, b. 1836.

iv. DIANNA WETHURINGTON, b. 1838.

 

9. REBECCA3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1805. She

met BARRUM HART in apparently never married.

 

Child of REBECCA FORREST and BARRUM HART is:

15. i.   LEMUEL4 FORREST, b. September 17, 1824; d.October 10, 1870.

 

10. VICIE ANN3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1811 in

Greene County, NC. She married JOHN FRIZELLE.

 

Children of VICIE FORREST and JOHN FRIZELLE are:

i.   HENRY H.4 FRIZZELLE, b. 1839.

ii. MARGARET A. E. FRIZZELLE, b. 1841.

iii. JOSEPH W. FRIZZELLE, b. 1849.

 

11. GRACY3 FORREST (WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born 1812 in

Greene County, NC. She married ENOS CASE.

 

Children of GRACY FORREST and ENOS CASE are:

i.   JOHN4 CASE, b. 1835.

ii. MARTHA CASE, b. 1837.

iii. LOUISA CASE, b. 1842.

iv. MARY CASE, b. 1844.

v.  ENOS H. CASE, b. 1848.

vi. PERLINA CASE, b. 1849.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

 

12. WILLIAM FORREST4 WILLIAMS (WINNEFORD3 FORREST,

WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born June 16, 1827, and died November

23, 1885. He married (1) ZELOTY HART February 28, 1854,

daughter of JESSE HART and MARY UNKNOWN. He married (2)

MARY ANN SIMMONS 1873, daughter of HENRY SIMMONS and JUANITA

GARIN.

 

More About WILLIAM FORREST WILLIAMS:

Military service: 1861, Co C, 67th Regt, NC

 

Children of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and ZELOTY HART are:

i.   ALEXANDER MOTT5 WILLIAMS, m. FANNIE CLEVE.

ii. JESSE MARCELLUS WILLIAMS, b. December 13, 1854;

m. NANNIE MCKEEL.

 

Children of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and MARY SIMMONS are:

iii.  HATTIE LEIGH5 WILLIAMS, b. April 10, 1874,

      Hookerton, Greene County, NC.

iv. MATTIE ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, b. October 11, 1875,

     Hookerton, Greene County, NC; m. THADDEUS B. PARHAM,

      June 06, 1894, M. E. Church, Oxford, NC.

v.    SALINA BILLIE WILLIAMS, b. April 15, 1878,

    Vanceboro, Craven County, NC; m. A. MARVIN TURNER,

    at William Hook's home, Fremont, NC.

vi. LILLIAN FRANCES WILLIAMS, b. June 25, 1882,

    Vanceboro, Craven County, NC; m. SHELLEY FRONTIS,

    December 31, 1901, Methodist Church, Fremont, NC.

 

13. THOMAS4 WILLIAMS (WINNEFORD3 FORREST, WILLIAM2, HENRY1)

was born November 15, 1829, and died April 11, 1902. He

married NANCY JANE DAIL January 03, 1854 in At her brother,

Thomas Dail's home near Ormondsville, NC, by Henry Dixon,

daughter of THEOPHILUS DAIL and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.

 

More About THOMAS WILLIAMS:

Military service: July 01, 1862, Enlisted as cavalryman in

Co. B 63rd Regt Confederate Army

Religion: May 15, 1869, Elected deacon in Hookerton Church

of Christ

Residence: 1854, on Dick Heath farm near Hookerton, NC

 

Children of THOMAS WILLIAMS and NANCY DAIL are:

i.  LULA5 WILLIAMS, b. September 05, 1861; d. died in

     childbirth a year after her marriage; m. ANDREW JACKSON, Abt. 1883.

16. ii. EMMA CORDELIA WILLIAMS.

17. iii. WILLIAM T. WILLIAMS.

18. iv. MINNIE ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.

19. v.RODERICK DOVE WILLIAMS, b. July 19, 1856, Greene

County, NC; d. January 07, 1894.

 

14. MARY ANN LUCRETIA4 WILLIAMS (WINNEFORD3 FORREST,

WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born May 09, 1826 in Greene County,

NC. She married THOMAS DAIL, son of THEOPHILUS DAIL and

ELIZABETH UNKNOWN.

 

More About THOMAS DAIL:

Residence: 1854, about 2 mi from Ormondsville, Greene Co, NC

 

Children of MARY WILLIAMS and THOMAS DAIL are:

i.   GEORGE5 DAIL.

ii. NORA DAIL.

 

15. LEMUEL4 FORREST (REBECCA3, WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born

September 17, 1824, and died October 10, 1870. He married

ELIZABETH HART.

 

Children of LEMUEL FORREST and ELIZABETH HART are:

20. i.    JESSIE THOMAS5 FORREST, b. January 15, 1846; d.

          May 23, 1895.

ii.    WILLIAM FORREST, b. February 09, 1847; d.

        August 27, 1895.

21. iii.  BARROM FORREST, b. September 19, 1848; d.

        September 08, 1908.

iv.   EPHRAIM FORREST, b. January 12, 1850; d. July

       15, 1915.

v.MARY ANN FORREST, b. May 17, 1851.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

 

 

16. EMMA CORDELIA5 WILLIAMS (THOMAS4, WINNEFORD3 FORREST,

WILLIAM2, HENRY1). She married WILLIAM BUCK.

 

Children of EMMA WILLIAMS and WILLIAM BUCK are:

i. ORA6 BUCK.

ii. JOE BUCK.

iii. THOMAS BUCK.

iv. IRA BUCK.

v. LALA BUCK.

vi. LEON BUCK.

 

17. WILLIAM T.5 WILLIAMS (THOMAS4, WINNEFORD3 FORREST,

WILLIAM2, HENRY1). He married MARTHA W. LEWIS October 02,

1877.

 

Children of WILLIAM WILLIAMS and MARTHA LEWIS are:

i. MINNIE6 WILLIAMS.

ii. VAN WILLIAMS.

iii. ODIE WILLIAMS.

iv. CHRIS WILLIAMS.

v. ALICE WILLIAMS.

vi. EDDIE WILLIAMS.

 

18. MINNIE ELIZABETH5 WILLIAMS (THOMAS4, WINNEFORD3

FORREST, WILLIAM2, HENRY1). She married MILTON DAIL, son of

ELBERT DAIL.

 

Children of MINNIE WILLIAMS and MILTON DAIL are:

i. LULA6 DAIL, m. FITZHUGH DIXON.

ii. VERA DAIL, m. ROBERT JONES.

iii. AUTHUR LEE DAIL, m. MARY SANDERS.

iv. RALPH DAIL.

v. LILLIE DAIL, m. WILLIS ROWE.

 

19. RODERICK DOVE5 WILLIAMS (THOMAS4, WINNEFORD3 FORREST,

WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born July 19, 1856 in Greene County,

NC, and died January 07, 1894. He married PENELOPE

CASSANDRA POWELL December 15, 1880 in Vanceboro, NC by Wm.

H. Ellison, JJP, daughter of FURNIFOLD POWELL and MAHALA

LEWIS.

 

Children of RODERICK WILLIAMS and PENELOPE POWELL are:

i.    MYRTLE LENORA6 WILLIAMS, b. April 14, 1882; d.

       August 03, 1950, Portsmouth, VA; m. JOHN ROMULUS

      HOLLIS, December 07, 1898.

ii. THOMAS GUY WILLIAMS, b. May 20, 1884; d. March

      04, 1932, Charleston, WV; m. LENA ELLA HOOD, August

      05, 1907.

iii. EVA MAY WILLIAMS, b. June 13, 1887; d.

      September 30, 1966, Smithfield, NC; m. ARTHUR LEWIS

      BROWN, January 31, 1912, New Bern, NC by Dr. J.N.H.

      Summerell.

iv. MABEL DOVE WILLIAMS, b. January 30, 1892; m.

      SAMUEL HARTSFIELD COWARD, April 02, 1918, Beaufort,

      NC by Rev. Arthur L. Brown.

v.   ETHEL JANE WILLIAMS, b. August 23, 1894; m. JOHN

    WESLEY MORTON, May 03, 1921, New Bern, NC by Rev.

    Jno. Warren.

 

20. JESSIE THOMAS5 FORREST (LEMUEL4, REBECCA3, WILLIAM2,

HENRY1) was born January 15, 1846, and died May 23, 1895.

He married MARY JANE PHILLIPS June 26, 1866.

 

Children of JESSIE FORREST and MARY PHILLIPS are:

i.   FRANKLIN JEROME6 FORREST, b. January 27, 1868.

ii. BARROM FORREST, b. January 27, 1870.

 

More About BARROM FORREST:

Religion: March 23, 1889, listed as Baram Forest,

worshiping at Roundtree church.

 

22. iii.    JAMES ALONZA FORREST, b. October 12, 1871; d.

          June 09, 1937.

  iv.      JOHNNY THOMAS FORREST, b. January 10, 1874.

23. v.    WILLIAM THOMAS FORREST, b. July 03, 1877; d. July

         29, 1928.

24. vi.  ZILPHIA ANNIE REBECCA FORREST, b. January 01,

        1880.

25. vii.  JESSIE EDWARD FORREST, b. May 04, 1883; d.

          March 20, 1935.

26. viii. SUSAN OLIVIA FORREST, b. May 11, 1885.

27. ix. DOCTOR LEROY FORREST, b. July 17, 1890; d.

         March 25, 1950.

 

21. BARROM5 FORREST (LEMUEL4, REBECCA3, WILLIAM2, HENRY1)

was born September 19, 1848, and died September 08, 1908.

He married REBECCA GARRIS.

 

Child of BARROM FORREST and REBECCA GARRIS is:

i.JOSEPHUS L.6 FORREST, m. SABRA BUCK.

 

 

Generation No. 6

 

 

22. JAMES ALONZA6 FORREST (JESSIE THOMAS5, LEMUEL4,

REBECCA3, WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born October 12, 1871, and

died June 09, 1937. He married (1) NANCY DAIL May 31, 1893.

He married (2) ANNICE BILBREY SPARKS July 10, 1904.

 

More About JAMES ALONZA FORREST:

Migration: Greene County to Greenville, NC

Religion: March 23, 1889, listed asAlonzo Forest, worshiping

at Roundtree church.

 

Children of JAMES FORREST and NANCY DAIL are:

i.  SAMUEL ASHBY7 FORREST, b. May 07, 1895.

ii. NANCIE FORREST.

iii. LETHA MAE FORREST, b. December 23, 1897.

iv. JAMES GUY FORREST, b. December 19, 1899.

v.  LILLIAN FORREST, b. June 22, 1903.

 

Children of JAMES FORREST and ANNICE SPARKS are:

vi. VICK MARLTON7 FORREST, b. August 01, 1905; d.

       May 05, 1973; m. EVA FORNES, February 05, 1928.

 

More About VICK MARLTON FORREST:

Occupation: Bank Cashier

 

vii.    GARNETT THORNE FORREST, b. October 28, 1907; d.

         October 31, 1907.

viii.  GLADIE BRIGHT FORREST, b. December 10, 1909;

         d. June 03, 1989; m. JESSIE FORBES, October 05,

         1925.

ix.    SADIE BROWN FORREST, b. August 26, 1912.

x.      LUCIE MAE FORREST, b. September 26, 1914,

        Ormondsville, Greene County, NC; m. LLOYD BURTON

        WORTHINGTON, September 21, 1934, Norfolk, VA.

 

More About LLOYD BURTON WORTHINGTON:

Burial: May 18, 1995, Worthington Family Cemetery,

Winterville, NC

Cause of Death: Cancer

Honors: Winterville "Man of the Year"

Occupation: Grocer/Owner, Winterville Grocery Co.

Winterville NC

Religion: Christian Church(Disciples of Christ)

 

xi.    ALONZA EDWARD FORREST, b. November 02, 1915; d.

         June 08, 1994; m. (1) GRACE BROWN, May 30, 1938; m.

         (2) RUTH GILBERT, December 26, 1974.

xii.   LOWELL DOUGLAS FORREST, b. April 14, 1917.

xiii. WILLIAM TRAVIS FORREST, b. October 29, 1918.

xiv.  JESS TOM FORREST, b. August 28, 1920; m. (1)

        MARY ELIZABETH STOKES, June 07, 1942; m. (2) LOUISE

         STOKES, May 29, 1993.

 

23. WILLIAM THOMAS6 FORREST (JESSIE THOMAS5, LEMUEL4,

REBECCA3, WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born July 03, 1877, and died

July 29, 1928. He married GERTIE GARRIS September 27, 1899.

 

Children of WILLIAM FORREST and GERTIE GARRIS are:

i.    LOSSIE BELL7 FORREST, b. March 04, 1902; d. March

       06, 1908.

ii. RICHARD RANDOLPH FORREST, b. June 04, 1906.

 

24. ZILPHIA ANNIE REBECCA6 FORREST (JESSIE THOMAS5,

LEMUEL4, REBECCA3, WILLIAM2, HENRY1) was born January 01,

1880. She married CHARLTON B. SIMMONS February 03, 1896.

 

 

 

 

Endnotes

 

1. The Heritage of Craven County North Carolina Vol. I,

1984, 343, Article 549.

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