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From: Pat Wardell <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Calvin Forshay
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:13:06 -0500
References: <002001c4f58d$1d306040$6401a8c0@desktoppc>
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Hi Bruce --

Here's what I have for John A. Forshay & wife Jane Maria Smith --
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Forshay, John A.
John Forshay, son of Abraham Forshay & Mary -?-, m. 18 Aug 1838
Kakiat Ref Ch, Jane Maria Smith, dau. of Cornelius A. Smith & (1)
Annatje/Hannah Ackerman.
John A. Forshay was b. 9 Oct 1814 Rockland Co., NY; d. 1 Oct
1877, ae 62.11.22; buried Kakiat Ref Chyd (W. New Hempstead),
Rockland Co., NY.
Jane Maria Smith was b. 15 Feb 1818 Rockland Co.; bp. 29
March 1818 Kakiat Ref Ch; d. 22 March 1861, ae 43.1.8; buried Kakiat
Ref Chyd (W. New Hempstead).

In the Kakiat m. record they are both of Hempstead [Rockland
Co., NY]. She "dau. of Cornelius Smith."
John Forshay, 36, and Jane Forshay, 32, were listed in the
1850 Federal Census, living in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County,
NY, with their children.
John and Jane, with 7 children, are listed in the 1855 NY
State Census, Rockland Co., Town of Ramapo, 2nd ED, dwelling 95,
family 109. He is listed as a labourer.

---children of John Forshay and Jane Maria Smith:
* Cornelius Forshee, b. about 1839; d. 9 Feb 1841.1
* Mary E. Forshay, b. abt. 1841 Rockland Co.; "Idiot" in 1855
NY State Census
* Abram Forshay, b. abt. 1842-1843 Rockland Co.; m. (poss) 17
Nov 1866 Ponds Ref Ch (Oakland, NJ), Agnes Ramsey. She was b. about
1847 NJ.
* Simeon Forshay (Simon), b. abt. 1844 Rockland Co.
* Jacob Forshay, b. abt. 1846 Rockland Co.
* Henry Forshay, b. abt. 1849-1850 Rockland Co.; d. 8 June
1871, ae 22.6.7; buried Kakiat Ref Chyd (W. New Hempstead), Rockland
Co., NY.
* Caroline Forshay, b. about 1850 NY
* Hannah G. Forshay, b. 7 March 18511 Rockland Co. (Boston,
MA1); d. 20 May 1875; m. 18 May 1871 Henry Ackerman. He was b. 23 Jan
1847; d. 25 Dec 1904. They had a child, Lena Ackerman, b. about 1874.1
* William A. Forshay, b. abt. 1853 Rockland Co.
* Calvin Forshay, b. about 1855. In 1865 he was living with
his grandfather, Cornelius A. Smith.
---Sources:
[1] Information online Nov 1998 from Ed Smith
<> citing family Bible records;
1850 Federal Census, New York, Rockland County, Town of Ramapo,
Dwelling 419, Family 422; 1855 NY State Census, Rockland Co., Town of
Ramapo, 2nd ED; Kakiat Marriages; Ackerman, Herbert S., and Arthur J.
Goff, New York and New Jersey Cemeteries, 1947, p. 145; 1865 New York
State Census, Rockland County, Town of Ramapo, First Election
District, taken June 1865, family 71; Westervelt, Bergen County
Marriages, Ponds Church, p. 80; Marriage Records of the Reformed
Dutch Church of West New Hempstead, New York 1774-1898, also known as
"Kakiat" and presently referred to as "Brick Church" online at
<http://www.dutchdoorgenealogy.com/>;
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Additions? Corrections?

Pat
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>Calvin Forshay married Maggie Van Houten at Pascack on November 27,
>1878. I believe that Calvin was the son of John A. Forshay and Jane
>Maria Smith. Calvin was the last of 8 children of this couple. The
>first five of the children appear with their parents in the 1850
>Federal Census of Rockland County [Ramapo]. The immediate preceding
>family [#421] is that of Abraham and Mary Forshay, he being a 58
>year old farmer with four children ranging in ages from 20 down to
>10. John A. Forshay is age 36 and was born Oct. 9, 1814 [per Moos,
>1994, #7-6220, p. 315]. I am tempted to believe that John A. is the
>son of Abraham and Mary. Does anyone have information that would
>reinforce my suspicions?
>
>Bruce Hopper
>Nepean, Ontario, CANADA
>
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