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Hon. Col. Nathaniel Weekes Forte

Male 1767 - 1836  (~ 69 years)

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  • Name Nathaniel Weekes Forte  [1, 2, 3
    Prefix Hon. Col. 
    Baptism 29 Aug 1767  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Property 1831  Saint Thomas, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • and sold Fortress Plantation in, "Hughes/Queree Barbados Plantation Records,", Fortress, St. Thomas - N. of Dukes
      1791 Dr. Samuel Forte, bounders on Dukes
      1815 Nathaniel Forte, bounders on Dukes
      1831 285/296 Nathaniel Weeks Forte sells to Charles Frederick Sage, "Fortress" pltn in St. Thomas, 144 ac, £4551. Sage then sells to Charles St. John.
    Death 12 Sep 1836  Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Barbadian Newspaper, October 19 1836. Died. At Gloucester on 12th Sept, the Hon Nathaniel Forte, aged 67, for many years Speaker of the House of Assembly of this Island.
    Person ID I3172  Gittens Direct Line from Reunion
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2013 

    Father Christopher Forte 
    Mother Elizabeth Weekes,   b. Bef 1742   d. 1780 (Age > 38 years) 
    Marriage 27 Oct 1764  Saint Philip, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Family ID F1021  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Adamson 
    Marriage 21 Nov 1801  Saint Thomas, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Samuel Eastmond Forte,   c. 25 Oct 1802   bur. 1815, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 12 years)
     2. Caroline Leslie Forte,   b. 1806   d. Sep 1889, Barton, Regis, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Anna Christophera Forte,   b. 1808   d. Dec 1900, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     4. Amelia Nathan Forte,   c. 18 Sep 1811, Saint Thomas, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Nathaniel Forte,   c. 14 Jul 1816, Saint Thomas, Barbados Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1901 (Age ~ 84 years)
    Family ID F1029  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S208] EW, E-mail correspondence with Cliff Gittens. Privately held by Gittens,, Feb 18, 2011>, "Descendants of John Gittens Sr.,".

    2. [S251] IGI, Batch: C513861 1728 - 1847 1157946.

    3. [S251] IGI, Batch: M513861 1723 - 1834 1157946.

    4. [S251] IGI, Batch: M513932 1672 - 1848 1157935.