Help finding the Fores surname in England?

Question

I have traced the name to William Fores (b1717) m. Susana, father of Samuel Fores (b.1737) London Eng. Lore has it that the mane chaged from Forres of Scottish origin.

Answer 1

Retagged with Scottish_clans as maybe someone from that project can help?

Answer 2

Scotlands People has two burials, but no births, in Scotland for Fores dating from before civil registration, and 24 births for Forres.

But Ancestry has this interesting information

Name:	Nicolas Fores
Gender:	Male
Event Type:	Baptism
Father:	Jaques Fores
Mother:	Anne Delpré
Baptism Date:	26 Nov 1676
Baptism Place:	Canterbury, Kent, England
Denomination:	Walloon or French Protestant
Piece Title:	Piece 4598: Walloon Church, Canterbury (Walloon and French Protestant), 1644-1704

 

Comments

I did a search on FamilySearch for any events prior to 1700 and there are Fores from Mexico, Spain, Germany, Bolivia, as well as the UK.

Answer 3

Try checking the Old Parish Register section of the following site:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

All the best

Billy

Comments

This is where my figures from the original answer came from.

Answer 4

My Fores line are from what is now South Yorkshire: Sheffield and Rotherham and before that Hemsworth.