Forrest Family Bible Transcript

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Forrest Morse

Transcription of Pages copied from the David Forrest & Abigail Morse Family Bible Transcription By James Duggan of copy provided by Fran Hardman.

Also available on Tri-Counties Site: https://www.joycetice.com/bibles/forrest1.htm

The original was passed down through the line of Josiah Hyde Forrest and Asa Beaumont Forrest. It's current location is unknown.

It appears at least some of the earlier entries were made by Abigail Forrest recording her children and grand-children's births, marriages and deaths. Dates before August 1807 likely were from memory or copied from another source. Dates after that may have been recorded at the time of the event.

1. Cover The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments …., Philadelphia, Printed by John Adams for Mathew Carey, No 122 Market Street Nov 7 1803

2.Inscription

Cambridge January the twentieth, Year 1807 Then bought this Bible. Price (Eight?) Dollars David Forrist his book given (?) To Abigail Forrist the wife of my youth To remember me by after my Death this I (?) Give her as my property for her use as long As she liveth and after her death to be Returned back to my children to this I (?) (?) and (?) David Forrist Guilford August the 30th 1807.

3. Page 677 Family Record

Daniel Forrist was Married December the forth day year one thousand Eight Hundred and five

Miss Esther Forrist was married to Mr Daniel Rice April the 24th Year One thousand Eight hundred and eight

Miss Susanna Forrist was married to Mr Johathan Stone February the 4th Year one thoustand eight hundred and ten.

Azubah Forrist was married June 28th 1813 to Tartus Rose

Oliver Forrist was married

Abigail Firrest was married to Jesse Pease Jan 2 1823

(SECOND COLUMN)

David Forrist was married April the ninth one thousand eight hundred and one to Sally Allard of conway in the twenty fourth year of her age from the twenty ninth of March.

Asa Forrist was married July the fourth one thousand eight hundred and fifteen to Esther Eames of Smithfield in the 21st year of her age from the 23rd of February

Solomon Forrist was married February(?) in the seventeenth to Familiar Oveatt of Rome in the 24th year of her age (?) (?) (?) (?) one thousand eight hundred and twenty four.

4. Page 678 Family Record

Births

David Forrist Born in Stoughton Mass June 24 1754

Abigail Forrist Born in Stoughton October 25 1755

David Forrest Junior born in Stoughton April 2, 1777

Experience Forrist Born in Stoughton June 11, 1779

Oliver ForristBorn in Foxborough July 28 1781

Daniel Forrist Born in Mansfield March 9 1783

Darius Forrist Born in Sharon May 11 1785

Esther Forrist Born in Sharon September 1 1786

Abigail Forrist born in Guilford April 30 1788

Susanna (Forrist born in Guilford July 28 1790

Azubah Forrist born in Stoughton September 12 1794

Asa Firrest Born in Guilford October 25 1792

Ira Forrist Born in Guilford November 19 1794

Solomon Forrist Born in Guilford April 19 1797

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Polly Forrest was born the 20th February 1802 on Sunday

Hanery Forrist was born the 8th March 1807 on (?)

Eliza Forrist was born on the 22 of sept 1810 on Tuesday

These are the names of the children of David Forrest

Abigail Forrest

(?) was born December the 2xth 1824 in Smithfield

Phinian Pratt Forrist was born January 13 1826

5. page 679 Birth The names of my Granchildren

Daniel Forrist june born in guilford Nove 15 1806

Dolphis Forrist Born in Guilford February 26 1809

Dena Forist born in Guilford March 31 1811

Eliza Forrist daughter of Oliver Forrist born in Eaton

Richard Forrist born in

Josiah Hyde Forrist son of Asa Forrist was born in Smith Februarty the twenty-second 1816.

David H Forrist was born in Guilford (?) 10, 1813

Death (Second Column)

Experience Forrist died September 20 1782

Darius Forrist died in the 21st year of his life in the year 1806 September

Abigail Blanchard born august 1721

Solomon Forrist died in Smithfield July the 1834 aged thirty-seven years

David Forrest Senior died July 2, 1834 aged 81 years and 8 days

Abigail Forrist wife of the above David Forrest Senior died August (?) 1839 aged 82 years and ten months and five days.

6. Page 680

Jesse Pease died May 16 1862

Esther, wife of Asa Forrest died March 25th 1877 aged Eighty Three years

Tartius Rose October 26th 1877 aged 96 years

Abigail Pease died March 9th 1880 Aged 92 years

Asa Forrest husband of Esther Forrest died in August 1881 aged 89 years (?)

Josiah Hyde Forrest died Covington PA

Catherine E. Shelton wife of Josiah H. Forrest died Covington PA

Asa B Forrest son of J. H. Forrest and Catherine E. Shelton died Raleigh NC Feb 8 1920.

Research Notes

Aim is to connect this Free Space Profile to the referenced individual.

Abigail was the daughter of Solomon Morse (1720-1804) originally of Dedham and Abigail Blanchard (1721-1814) of Norton. Solomon and Abigail were married in Norton 30 November 1747 then moved to what is now Foxborough MA.

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