1. Sarah Forsythe, b. 1 January 1789 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 14 July 1874 in Shelby Co., MO

Father: 2. James Forsythe Jr., b. 1 January 1756 in Chester Co., PA, d. 6 April 1850 in Allegheny Co., PA
Mother: 2. Susannah Kuykendall, b. 1767 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 10 February 1832 in Allegheny Co., PA

Spouse: James D. Livingston

Married 28 February 1805 in Allegheny Co., PA.

Children:

  1. John D. Livingston, b. 2 March 1807 in Allegheny Co., PA
  2. Joseph Livingston, b. 21 September 1808 in Allegheny Co., PA
  3. William Warren Livingston, b. May 1810 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 28 December 1862
  4. James Darragh Livingston, b. 11 February 1812 in Allegheny Co., PA

Spouse: James Carothers Jr., b. 1788 in Beaver Co., PA, d. 10 December 1865 in Shelby Co., MO

Father: James Carothers Sr., b. 1766 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA
Mother: Ayles Carruthers, b. in Strabane, Ireland
James served in the military in the Black Hawk Infantry in the Black Hawk Indian War and later in the War of 1812. He was a Sergeant when he retired.

James and Sarah lived on a farm nine miles from Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA until 1836 when they and their children came to Missouri in covered wagons, settling in Ralls Co. and coming on to Shelby Co. in 1837 settling about four miles northwest of where Shelbina now stands.

He is buried on the old family burying ground on the old homestead in Shelby County. Sec. 23, Twp. 57, R.11.
Married ca. 1813 in Allegheny Co., PA.

Children:

  1. Armstrong Carothers, b. 26 April 1815 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Elizabeth Christian, d. 27 March 1858
  2. Captain Louis Ferree Carothers, b. 14 November 1816 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Angelica Miller, 8 February 1844, d. 14 July 1871 in Clarence, MO
  3. Mary F. Carothers, b. 10 March 1821 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. John Henderson Carothers, d. 24 April 1856
  4. John Calvin Carothers (1), b. 12 August 1823 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Louisa Henniger, d. 31 October 1906
  5. James Harvey Carothers, b. 12 November 1825 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Rebecca Hardin, m. Milly G. M. Taylor, d. 18 March 1892
  6. Sarah M. Carothers, b. 7 May 1828 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Michael Heckart, d. 31 January 1891
  7. Elvira Ann Carothers, b. 7 December 1831 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, d. 5 July 1843
  8. Andrew Jackson Carothers, b. 6 September 1834 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA, m. Melinda Forsythe, 7 September 1865, d. 25 June 1891

2. James Forsythe Jr., b. 1 January 1756 in Chester Co., PA, d. 6 April 1850 in Allegheny Co., PA

Father: 3. James Forsythe Sr., b. 1720 in Ulster, Ireland, d. 11 October 1804 in Allegheny Co., PA
Mother: 3. Margaret Vail, b. 1710, d. 1790 in Allegheny Co., PA

Spouse: 2. Susannah Kuykendall, b. 1767 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 10 February 1832 in Allegheny Co., PA

Father: 4. Benjamin Kuykendall, b. 11 September 1723 in Minisink, NY, d. 18 October 1789 in Peters Creek, PA
Mother: 4. Sarah Ferree, b. 1740 in VA, d. 12 August 1802 in Allegheny Co., PA
Married ca. 1785 in Allegheny Co., PA.

Children:

  1. William Forsythe, b. 23 April 1787 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Jane Young, m. Ellen Williams, 1838?
  2. 1. Sarah Forsythe, b. 1 January 1789 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. James D. Livingston, 28 February 1805 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. James Carothers Jr., ca. 1813 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 14 July 1874 in Shelby Co., MO
  3. George Forsythe, b. 26 December 1790 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Margaret Henry, 12 October 1820, d. 20 January 1852
  4. Margaret Forsythe, b. 7 February 1793 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Thomas Murdock
  5. Rebecca Forsythe, b. 18 December 1794 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. William McGowan
  6. Mary Forsythe, b. 17 November 1796 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Henry Baird
  7. Annetje Forsythe, b. 28 March 1800 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Robert Russell
  8. Benjamin Forsythe, b. 21 June 1802 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Margaret Carroll, d. 1851
  9. James Forsythe, b. 2 February 1804 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Jane Bothwell, m. Josephene Reno, m. Mary Sarver, d. 21 November 1886
  10. Joseph Forsythe, b. 8 November 1805 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Sarah Covert, d. 14 February 1842
  11. Louis Forsythe, b. 7 June 1807 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Margaret Williams, d. 15 January 1848
  12. Zeruiah Forsythe, b. 14 June 1809 in Allegheny Co., PA, m. Samuel Henderson, m. James McCogney, d. 7 August 1839

3. James Forsythe Sr., b. 1720 in Ulster, Ireland, d. 11 October 1804 in Allegheny Co., PA

His parents were Scottish. With his elder brothers, William and John Forsythe, he immigrated to America in 1739, landing at Wilmington, Deleware. From there he went to Chester County, PA, now Chester, Delaware Co., PA. John became a teacher and is supposed to be buried at Chester where a marker is erected to his memory as an educator. Wiliam, according to tradition, moved to one of the southern states.

James married Mrs. Margaret Vail Means, a widow with six children. James and Margaret had six children while they lived in Chester County. Sometime after Pontiac's War, about 1765, they moved to Winchester, Frederick Co., VA.

Major Connelly was a justice of the peace of Augusta Co., VA, and represented Lord Dunmore, Governor of Virginia, in asserting the jurisdiction over the territory of Western PA. Later he, deciding to belong to Pennsylvania, called his company to meet him at Fort Pitt, January 25, 1774. In response to that call, James Forsythe, Jr., then a lad of 18 years, came from Winchester together with a brother-in-law, James Holliday of Major Connelly's command. On the way to the fort they stopped to eat and rest on a tract of land drained by Pine Run between nine and ten miles south of the fort. There James Forsythe stayed over night while James Holliday proceeded on to Fort Pitt. In 1783 James Forsythe, Sr. purchased for 60 lbs. that same tract of land on which his son James had decided to settle, and in 1784 he purchased a warrant of survey which was executed in 1785, and a patent was issued to him in 1787 for a tract of 328 acres and allowances under the name of "Long Knife".

Tradition states that James Forsythe, together with a man named Fife, escaped from the Indians and walked home from Wheelng, West Virginia, arriving home exhausted and nearly starved. Later it was learned that a man by the name of Fife, together with a man whose name was not learned, were the only men who escaped from the Indians when General Crawford was burned at the stake in 1782.

Seven generations of the Forsythes are buried in the Lebanon Church Cemetery, Allegheny Co., PA. Lebanon Church is "as old as the nation". James died in Mifflin township.

Spouse: 3. Margaret Vail, b. 1710, d. 1790 in Allegheny Co., PA

Mrs. Margaret Vail (Means) was a widow with six children when she married James Forsythe Sr.
Married ca. 1746 in Chester Co., PA.

Children:

  1. Sarah Forsythe (2), b. ca. 1748, m. James Holliday
  2. Margaret Forsythe (2), b. ca. 1750, m. Mayberry Evans
  3. Mary (Polly) Forsythe, b. ca. 1752, m. Isaac Plough
  4. William Forsythe (2), b. ca. 1754, d. ca. 1777 in Valley Forge, PA
  5. 2. James Forsythe Jr., b. 1 January 1756 in Chester Co., PA, m. Susannah Kuykendall, ca. 1785 in Allegheny Co., PA, d. 6 April 1850 in Allegheny Co., PA
  6. George Forsythe (2), b. ca. 1757, d. ca. 1775



Ancestor families report created by Gene 4.3.4, Sat, Sep 14, 2002

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