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Forest: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Local. The renowned family of Percy, of Northumberland, England, derived their name from Percy Forest, in the Province of Maen, Normandy, whence they came, which signifies a stony place, from pierre. It may signify a hunting place, from pirsen, Teutonic, to hunt; percer, French, to penetrate, to force one's way.
Forest Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : FOIRET | FOIREST | FOREST | FORET | FORAY
Forest: Place of Origin :  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Northumberland (United Kingdom) |  Gloucestershire (United Kingdom) |  Somerset (United Kingdom) |  Kent (United Kingdom)
Forest: Online Family Trees
du FOREST Canterbury (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1590 - 1611
du FOREST Canterbury (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1598 - 1598
du FOREST Londres (London, England, United Kingdom) 1606 - 1637
FOREST East Tytherley (Hampshire, England, United Kingdom) 1687 - 1687
FOREST  (United Kingdom) 1651 - 1651
de la FOREST-DIVONNE Kingston Hill,Gb-, (Angleterre),Royaume-Uni (Surrey, England, United Kingdom) 1957 - 1959
de la FOREST-DIVONNE Park Royal,Gb-,Middlesex, (Angleterre),Royaume-Uni (London, England, United Kingdom) 1961 - 1961
de la FOREST DIVONNE (G.-B.) (United Kingdom) 1957 - 1961
FOREST , Scotland (Scotland, United Kingdom) 1420 - 1598
FOREST Forest (Scotland, United Kingdom) 1400 - 1400

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Forest: Famous Genealogies
 The surname Forest is related to the following famous family trees :
        BELLAY (du) Joachim (1522 - 1560)
        BROGLIE (de) Louis born BROGLIE (de) Louis Victor Pierre Raymond (1892 - 1987)
        ROBIEN (de) Gilles (1941 - )
        VALMY André born DUGENET André Antoine Marius (1919 - )
        LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN Henri born DU VERGIER DE LA ROCHEJACQUELEIN Henri (1771 - 1794)
Forest: Books that contain this surname
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FORESTDecennial Record
Author: Yale University Class of 1896 - Published in 1907
... Society. His parents were Henry Grant de Forest, Amherst, '39, a New York lawyer, and Julia Mary Weeks, daughter of ...		 FORESTThe Vanderbilts and the story of their fortune [microform]
Author: Croffut, W. A. (William Augustus), 1835-1915 - Published in 1886
... E. Reid , to Mrs. Emma De Forest, wife of Frank A. Howland and daughter of the late Daniel C. ...
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