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deforrest Name Meaning and History

Variant of French Deforest. This was a common form in colonial New York among Huguenots who fled first to the Netherlands and from there to New Netherland via the West India Company.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The deforrest name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the deforrest family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of deforrest Families in the US in 1920
Number of deforrest families
 14-25
 5-13		 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 23 - Messages: 76
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Elizabeth Sarah deForrest of Tioga New York. sgmcfeat1 3
Walter DeForrest, 1786 - 1874, NY & OH neding1 0
Deforrest-Deforest!!!!?????? Connie Callen 14
Very nice old poem to Ruth DeForrest Randall McDaniel 1
Deforrest-Deforest!!!!?????? Connie Callen 17
Barbara DeForrest Ann Booth 2
Brown, Milo Elaine Haynes 0
Bronson Elaine Haynes 0
DeForrest Elaine DeForrest Haynes 0
NY Deforrest born in the 1860's or '70's B 2
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