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 746 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. jFnmtli) of Jfovvcst. CnAELES FoEEKST, of Dublin (I he fon of William Forrest, living 17ll3,niul granclson of JuuN loEREST, Lord Mayor of UuHin), •nas father of C'HAEiES Forrest, of Bally- niahan, co. Longford, who was h. 1719, on. 21st February, 1740, Elizabeth Collins, of St. Miehans, Dublin, and had issue, two sons, William and Charles.* Charles Forrest, of Dublin, had, it is stated, another son, David Forrest, of Dublin, and afterwards of Castlcbroek, co. Longford, b. alout 1714, m. by licence, dated 29th July, 1755, Cather- ine, daughter of Eev. William Span, of Bally- macool {see ahore), and rf. from the effects of a fall, when orer 80 years of age, sometime after 1792. He had issue, I. Charles Frederick, h. 29th March, 1759, in. twice and d. at La Prairie, I,ower Canada, liaving had issue, 1. Chai"les, who entei'ed the service of the Hudson Bay Conijinny, and it is supjjosed d. of starvation, while crossing the mountains into British Columbia, with dis- patches. 2. Hamilton, d. at La Prairie, P.Q., in 1856. He had issue, three daughters. II. Henet Es.sex, of whom presently. III. Hamilton Span, 4. 9th, and d. 17th February, 1705. I. Katherine, h. 10th May, 1756. II. Ann, i. 25th June, 1757; i«. Major O'Byrne, E.A. III. Katherine, b. 19th October, 1761 ; d. 7ta May, 1762. The second son, Henry Essex Forrest, of co. Longford and Dublin, i. 27th Jinie, 1763; educated at Trinity College, Dublin ; emigrated to the West Indies about 1784; purchased an estate on the Island of Trinidad ; moved to Montreal, Canada, about 1798, was granted 2,000 acres of land in recognition of services rendered to the British Government, about 1812; was secretary to the Karl of Selkirk, and accompanied that nobleman to Eupcrt's Land, British North America, 1816-7, and later moved to St. George's Bay, Kewfound- land, where he d. 17th January, 1834. He was a cousin of Maria Fdgeworth, the authoress, and connected through the Span and MacCausland families, with W^illiam Conyngham Phmket. first Baron Plunket. He m. first, in the winter of 1786-7, Mary, daughter of John Grant, t of Cariacone or St. Vinrent, West Indies, and by her (who d. at Montreal, and was buried there 15th October, 1810) had issue. He m. secondly, Julia Ann, widow of Moefat, and daughter of — Cowan ; she d. .i. p. at Brooklyn, New York, 14th December, 1857. He had issue by the first marriage (with several other ehilcben who were b. in the West Indies, and d. young) , I. Grant, b. in Montreal, 0th October, 1800 ; ra. first, at Fort Garry, Eupert's Land, 1825, Mary Alley, a niece of Macdokald, the Governor of the Hudson Bay Territory, and by her (wlio d. at sea, 23rd November, 1838) had issue, 1. Henry Julian Hamlyn, b. 19th January, 1826 ; d. 2. Horatio Gethings Alley, b. 4th April, 1828; d. I. William Forrest, who ot. his cousin, Deborah, daughter of HrNET Ei'GEWOeth, of Cabragh Lane, co. Dublin, and of Longford, by Anne, his w ife. He was married by his ■wife's brother, Eev. Cecil Edgew'oeth, at the same time and place as his brother, Charles Forrest, and had issue, AVilliam ; Chailes; Henry; Edgeworth; Elizabeth; and Ann. This branch is supposed to be extinct. II. Charles Forrest, of Warren's Point, co. Down, Captain 90th Foot, 1762-1783, «». his cousin Ann, daughter of Henrt Edgeworth, aforesaid. He was married by her brother Eev. Cecil Edgeworth, and later moved to Warren's Point, co. Down. He left issue by her, (who m. secondly, Joseph Andrews), 1. Essex, b. 1770 ; m. Jane, daughter of Christopher Eakins, of Warren's Point, CO. Down, and had issue, (1) Charles, b. 27th March, 1805; emigrated to Ontario, m. and d. having had issue, (a) AVilliam Henry; (4) Eobert Blaekader; (c) Essex; (d) John; (c) Charles Edgeworth; (f) Christnjiher Fortescue, of Morden, Manitoba, Major90th Eifles, tn. the daughter of chief factor Lilly, of the Hudson Bay eo., and has issue, Ealph Fortescue Edgeworth, and Harriet Lilly ; (a) Jane Turner, m. King, of Ireland; (4) Mary Ann ; and (c) Elizabeth Ann. (2) Chiistopher, 4. 1807 ; (/. (3) Essex, 4. 1817; d. (1) Jane, 4. 1815. 2. Henry, 4. 1772. 1. Mary Anne, 4. 1775 ; m. Admiral Couetenat, E.N. f His family arms «ere : — A boar's head, coupetl between three antique crowns within a bordureor; the crest: — a dexter hand holding a branch of oak jipr. ; the motto : — Eadiccm firuiant frondes.
 * These two brothers,