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David Forrest 1631–1647 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 01 Oct 1631

Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Death Date: 01 Jan 1647

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Thomas Forrest

Mother: Jonet Watt

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Children(s):

David Forrest was born in 1631 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Thomas Hew Forrest And Jonet Wilkie Watt. David Forrest passed away in 1647 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • David Forrest was born in 1631 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, the child of Thomas Hew Forrest And Jonet Wilkie Watt.
  • David Forrest passed away in 1647 in Scotland.

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David Forrest's Ancestors

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David Forrest
1631–1647
Birth Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Hew Forrest
1598–1632
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Jonet (Wilkie) Watt
1595–1650
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Thomas Forrester, (Forsythe) Nydie of) Fife
1575–1624
St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Rachael (Jeane) Weir
1577–1624
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
John Watt
1570–1601
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Euphame Porteous
1565–1597
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Forrest(er)
1550–1609
Isobel Yule\Yoole
1550–1587
James Weir
1546–1601
Rachel Carmichael
1549–1620
Gilbert Watt
1550–
Allison Brownlee
1550–
Issobell Kay
1542–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John (Forsyth)
1524–1573
Lady Douglas
1525–1587
Frances Sutton
1530–1588
Janet Johnston
1530–1546
Sir Carmichael
1526–1594

David Forrest's Timeline

2 Records

1631
01 Oct 1631
Birth of David Forrest in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1647
01 Jan 1647
Age 16
Death of David Forrest in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 01 Oct 1631
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Jan 1647
    Event Place: Scotland

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