Robert Forest, of Morborne
Robert Forest,
born 1528.
See
wikitree.
He mar
Agnes Walcot.
His
father
died 1558.
He inherited
Morborne,
Huntingdonshire.
He died 1599 at Morborne
[VCH].
Robert and Agnes had issue:
-
Myles Forrest,
or Miles,
or Forest,
of Morborne.
Probably born around 1550.
He married in 1572.
Rectors of Morborne and their patrons.
Miles Forest from 1540 to 1557.
Robert Foreste in 1585.
From
Part V
of Vol. III
of
Transactions of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society,
1910.
Thomas Forrest the colonist
There is a claim that Thomas Forrest, the pioneer colonist of the New World,
is son of Robert and younger brother of Myles.
Extract from
p.334 of
vol.1 (1915)
of the
Makers of America
series.
This says Thomas is uncle of
Sir Anthony Forrest of Morborne.
No proof is given.
Sir Anthony Forrest of Morborne was an investor in the Virginia Company in 1609.
But so were hundreds of investors, so it may not mean anything.
The claimed link of Thomas Forrest to Morborne
The claimed link of Thomas Forrest to Morborne needs more proof.
-
Brenda Schnurrer
says Thomas was born
26 May 1572 in Morborne.
But it is unclear what the source is.
-
Wikipedia
says Thomas was born May 1572 in Morborne, and appears to say he was baptised at
Chesterton
(just N of Morborne),
Huntingdonshire.
But it is unclear what the source is.
-
An editor in the Wikipedia
Talk
says Thomas was born May 1572 in Morborne,
and his son Peter was born 1601 in Morborne.
They give as source "church records".
But I have not seen an image or transcript of the original records.
-
In the Wikipedia
page history
you can see an editor removed the link to Morborne in Sept 2011 for lack of evidence,
however later it came back.
- Thomas Forrest.
See wikipedia
and wikitree
and Geni.
See entry
in tree
by Brenda Schnurrer.
There are claims he was born 1572 but the source is unclear.
He mar 1stly to Elizabeth Dancastle.
He mar 2ndly, 16 Aug 1605, London,
to Margaret Foxe ("Mistress Forrest").
One of the first English colonists in North America, 1608:
He sailed in 1608 to
Jamestown, Virginia.
This was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
It had only been founded the year before in May 1607.
Forrest sailed on what is called the
Second supply mission,
which left England around July 1608
and arrived at Jamestown on October 1, 1608.
He brought with him his wife Margaret Foxe,
and Anne Burras her maid.
Margaret and Anne were the first two European women in Virginia.
Thomas and Margaret were the first married European couple in Virginia.
Anne Burras married in Dec 1608, becoming the first English woman to marry in the New World.
It is suspected that Margaret died shortly after arrival.
Thomas may have then gone back to England. Though he is found in America again later.
He died 1641 in
St. Mary's City, Maryland
(Maryland's first European settlement).
He had issue by 1st wife:
- Peter Forrest, born c.1601.
See his descendants on
p.229 of
Colonial Families Of The United States of America
by George Norbury Mackenzie, 1909.
The marriage of Thomas Forrest and Margaret Foxe,
16 Aug 1605,
St Giles in the Fields, London.
From
here.
"Baptism of Pocahontas" (1840 painting)
"Baptism of Pocahontas",
an 1840
painting in the
United States Capitol Rotunda.
Depicting the baptism of
Pocahontas
before her marriage to
John Rolfe in Apr 1614.
The scene includes Thomas Forrest and his wife.
See
larger
and
full size.
From
here.
See
360 view
of it inside the United States Capitol Rotunda.
And
another.
And
another.
Key to the above picture.
From here
and here.
No.11 is Thomas Forrest and his wife.
Thomas Forrest and his wife in the above picture.
The child is meant to be his son Peter by his 1st marriage.
This can be seen as artistic licence.
Forrest's wife probably died years before this event,
and
Forrest had probably left the colony.
