Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Abraham DeForrest and Margaret Vandenberg




Husband Abraham DeForrest 1 2

           Born: 4 Mar 1749 - Readington, Hunterdon Co, NJ 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Dec 1847 - Brookfield, OH 2
         Buried:  - Brookfield, OH


         Father: Isaac DeForrest (1700/1707-1796)
         Mother: Marie Brokan (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 



Wife Margaret Vandenberg 1

           Born: 20 Feb 1755 - Readington, Hunterdon Co, NJ 3
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Brookfield, OH
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Gershom Vandenburg DeForrest 4

            AKA: Gurshum De Foreest 2
           Born: 20 Dec 1787 - Somerset Co, NJ 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1882 2
         Buried:  - Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Mercer Co, PA
         Spouse: Elanor Dunham (1793-1872) 2
           Marr: 26 Jan 1815 2


2 F Jemima DeForest 3

            AKA: Jennie DeForrest 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: G. Karhuff (      -      ) 1


3 F Hannah DeForrest 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Hall (      -      ) 1


4 F Elizabeth DeForrest 1

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Nisbot Stout (      -      ) 1 3


5 F Sarah J. DeForrest 4 5

           Born: 31 Aug 1793 - Hunterdon Co, NJ 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Oct 1860 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Charles Campbell (1797-1880) 4


6 F Jane DeForrest 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Philip Homer (      -      ) 4


7 F Mary DeForrest 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Peter Warren (      -      ) 4


8 M Isaac DeForrest 1

            AKA: DeForest 7
           Born: 7 Aug 1797 - Hunterdon Co, NJ 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Quinby (      -1885) 7
           Marr: 1822 4


9 F Catherine DeForrest 1

           Born: 7 Jun 1812 - Easton, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Brookfield, OH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Koon (      -      ) 1 3
           Marr: 22 Jan 1837 3



General Notes: Husband - Abraham DeForrest


He was an officer under Washington in the Revolutionary War and came to Mercer County, PA, in 1820, and settled near Sharon.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 641.

3 Unknown, DeForest-Campbell Family (Self-published.), Pg 1.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 864.

5 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 912.

6 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 905.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 751.


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