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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 54. -i ILincanc Tliis is a scion of im nncient Scotch fiimily. .Tambs FoKSVTii, of Njdie, m. in loot, the tlaugliter uml heiress of bouOLAS, of Dykes, ond had ii son, David i'oHSTTii, of Dykes, commissioner of revenue for (jlasf^ow in lot)-!, had issue, I. James. </. uiim. II. William, of whom presently. III. Robert, acquired the lands of Tail- zerton, Ayrshire, and was ancestor of the Forsaylhs of Tailzerton. The second son, William Forsyth, Lord of Dykes, was commissioner of Parliament fur Forrest, in 1621 ; he luul issue, I. William, of Dykes. II. John, of whom presently. The second son, John Forstth, commissioner to Parlia- ment for CuUen, 1052, and of the Lords (Jomniissioners appointed to meet the English Parliament, »>. a daughter and heir of Sir William Litixgstone, of Kilsyth, and had issue, I. James, inherited through his mother the estates of Polmaise, Tailzerton, and Kilsytli-Easter ; was minister to the church at Stirling, 1666, m. the daighter and heiress of Bruce of Gavell, a cadet of Bruck of Airth, and was ancestor of the Fousyihs of liilzerton, eo. Sti.'ling, and of Ecelea- qreifl, co. Kincardine (see Burke's Landed Gentn/). II. Walter, of whom presently. The second son, Walter Forsyth, Provost of the Uni- versity of Glasgow, in 1G87, m- Margaret, daughter of Captain James Foe.saytu, of Tailzerton, co. Ayr, and had issue, I. James, of whom presently. II. Alexander, fiom whom is de-scended Dr. Alexander Forsyth, the inventor. The elder son, James F'orsaytii, inlierited Tailzerton, from his mother, was caiilain in the army of William III at the Boyne, m. Margaret, daughterof Major Hugh M'oxtgomeiue (one of the petitioners to the King in IGUO), and had issue, I. John, of Tailzerton. II. Matthew, of whom presently. III. Alexander. The second son, Matthew Forsayth, h. at Tailzerton, 1700, went to Ireland, and m. Esther, daugliter of Kobert Graham, ancestor of the Grahams of Drumr/ooii, co. Fermanagh, by his wife, Janet Hvme, of Castlehumc. He emigrated to Cliester, New Hampshire, America, in 17i2, and was one of the wealthiest settlers there, was lay preacher and deacon, and in 1776, sided with the Colonists, and was chairman of the Chester Committee of Public Safety. Ue d. 1791, leaving issue, I. Matthew, physician R.N., b. in Ireland and left a son, Kobert, who settled in Virginia, and was Major in Lee's Light Horse in 1776, Deputy (iuarterniasier- General of tlic Southern .Vrmy in 177S, Fi:st Marshal of Gooi-gia in 17H7, having been A.D.C. to Washington. Ue was father of John Forsytli, Gov- ernor of Georgia, whose son, John Forsyth, was Commissioner Plenipoten- tiary of the .Sonlliern Confederacy to Washington in 18G1, Chief of "the Staff of tlio Confederate Army of Tennessee in 1863, and author of the Proclamation of the Soulk to Ihel'eople of Kentucktf, II. David, Ensign in Cliester Company 1778, was killed at Tieendroua. III. Jonathan, a soldier in Chester Com- pany, killed at Ticendroga. IV. William, of wliom presently. v. Robert, lieutenant in the war of 177C, in. a daughter of William Tolford, of Walnut Hill. VI. Josiah, lieutenant in the warof 1779, m. Kitty, daughter of Caleb Richard- son. I. Esther, d. unm. The fourth son, William Fop-SAYTH, h. in Ireland 1740, Ensign in the Royal New Hampshire Pro- vincials 1763-5, a founder of the Derry (New Hampshire) library ; m. Jane, daughter of James Wilson, surveyor of the highways of Chester (of an Irish family), and d. at Deer- ing in 1805, leaving issue, I. James, physician, a gi-aduate of Dart- mouth College. II. Matthew. III. David, Captain, Deering Rifles. IV. Thomas, of whom presently. V. Robert, a captain in the army. VI. Josiah, a graduate of Dartmouth College, barrister and magistrate, at Goffs Town, New Hampshire. I. Hannah, m. Paige. The fourth son, Thomas Forsayth, h. in the British Pro- vince of New Hampshire 1773, educated at the Military School in Nonnandy, entered the Brigade de Navarre, was captain at the siege of 'Ihiouvillc in 1792, was made Viscount de Fronsac in 1798, hy the Emperor Francis II. He went to Savannah in the United States of America in 1802, and m. Sallie, daughter of Admiral John Pray, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Major Joshua Hamilton, and grand-daughter of Captain John Pray, by Mirette, his wife, daughter of the Marquis de St. Veban, and sister of the Marquis de Montcalm, and d. at Portland, Maine, 1849, leaving issue, I. Cyrus Hamilton, h. 1810, member of the P.R. Kille Corps, 1832, ca|)tain on the staff of tleneral Mirahcau B. La.mak, in the Hc]niblic of Texas, 1835, d. unm. at Galviston 1839. II. Frederic, of whom presently. III. George, 4. 1821, member of the P.E. 2 N