Johann Nikolaus Forkel was born on 22 February 1749, in Meeder, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He married Sophie Dorothea Margarethe Wedekind on 10 June 1781, in Göttingen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 17 March 1818, at the age of 69.
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Americanized form of French Fortier . Alteration of the French ending -tier to English -key is typical for American French surnames.
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