Brief Life History of James
When James Forrest was born about 1618, in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Johne Forrest, was 30 and his mother, Mrs. Johne Forrest, was 30. He married Beatrix Dougall on 10 December 1633, in Easthouses, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He died in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, and was buried in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- James Forrest, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Forrest, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- James Forrest in entry for James Forrest, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
1618– Male
1613– Female
Children (4)
1634– Male
1636– Male
1639–1669 Male
1640–1679 Male
Parents and Siblings
World Events (1)
1707
Age 89
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper or worker in one. Middle English forest was not, as today, a near-synonym of wood, but referred specifically to a large area of woodland reserved by law for the purposes of hunting by the king and his nobles. The same applied to the European cognates, both ancient Germanic and Romance. The English word is from Middle English forest ‘forest’, Old French forest, Late Latin forestis (silva). This is generally taken to be a derivative of foris ‘outside’; the reference was probably to woods lying outside a settlement. On the other hand, Middle High German for(e)st has been held to be a derivative of Old High German foraha ‘fir’ (see Forster ), with the addition of a collective suffix.
Irish: this name is also frequently attested in Ireland, where it may be a variant of Forrestal .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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