Christopher FORTE^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1740 - 1780  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Christopher FORTE
  Born	Abt 1740	Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England?
  Gender	Male
  Died	1780	, , Barbados
  Person ID	I1668	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Christopher FORTE,   b. 1712,   d. 26 Jul 1753  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Thomasin LESLIE,   b. 1711, , St. Johns Parish, , Barbados ,   d. 1759  (Age 48 years)
  Married	Aft 1732
  Family ID	F6542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth WEEKES,   b. Abt 1744,   d. 1780  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	27 Oct 1764	, St. Phillip Parish, , Barbados
  Children	1. Esq. Samuel FORTE,   b. 1765, , St. Phillip Parish, , Barbados ,   d. 30 Mar 1839, Leytonstone, Essex, ENG  (Age 74 years)   2. Christopher FORTE,   b. Aft 1767, , St. Phillip Parish, , Barbados ,   d. Mar 1830, , St. James Parish, BRB  (Age ~ 62 years)   3. Nathaniel Weekes FORTE,   b. 29 Aug 1767, , St. Phillip Parish, , Barbados ,   d. 12 Sep 1836, , , Barbados  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F6633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The origins of this family in England might be Clifton, Bristol, Gloucester, England. I theorize this because Christopher's great-grandson, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel and Arabella Millard, returned to live in Clifton along with multiple siblings. It was known as Clifstone in the Doomsday Book which needs checked for Forte ancestors. The surname has been suggested to have been Fortesque or Fortibus previous to their departure to Barbados for political necessities. Christopher, (b.1712) did have a son named Christopher. This Christopher's birthday or christening have not been able to be located. He was the 3rd son of Christopher. (F-194, F-205) Notice that the names Christopher and Samuel are in all 7 generations in Barbados if this line is the correct one. In fact, it supports the truth of this lineage. Both Christopher and Elizabeth died in a hurricane in Barbados in 1780. At least 79 persons died in that hurricane. However, he is not amongst the listing of burials in that year. (F-604) An article in the Advocate Magazine dated Jan. 21, 1979 in Barbados implies that the Forte family was one related branch that was in Barbados from early times. It mentions several plantation houses that the Forte Family owned. The Forte Family owned Haynes Hill Plantation, St. John's Parish in 1700 on which a tomb still exists inscribed "Within this wall are interred the remains of Samuel Forte 1711 and his wife Ursula 1700 and many members of the Forte family." (When Jim and I visited the Haynes Hill House in 1990, we saw the tomb, and learned that the house now standing had been built in 1831 after the original house the Forte's had lived in was destroyed in a hurricane.) The "Fort" family is listed as possessing land in the area of Haynes Hill House on maps in 1729 and 1794. The Forte family (A Mr. T. or J. Forte) purchased the Bennett mansion about 1831 (possibly due to the hurricane??) in St. Thomas Parish. This early Forte family was also highly involved in the government. Lt. Col. Samuel Forte was a representative in St. John's Parish House of Assembly from 1715-1719, 1721 and 1723-1727. (This is probably Samuel Forte Jr., son of the original Samuel Forte, Sr. who is buried on Haynes Hill). From 1787 to 1803, Dr. Samuel Forte of St. Thomas represented St. Thomas in the House of Assembly. His brother Nathaniel represented it from 1831 to 1836, as Speaker of the Assembly. Two William Forte's represented it between those times. (F-193)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2831] I.G.I. Files, Cntr.& S.America, Caribbean 1984 (Mormon Records). [S999] Forte, Samuel, Will, 1745. [S948] Burrowes, Rob, Ancestors of Robert Burrowes at http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz.