The Forsyth Family Crest

The Forsyths, of Chester, N. H., and of the South, are issued from Robert Forsyth, third son of David Forsyth, Laird of Dykes, who was Lord Commissioner of Revenue for Glasgow, Scotland, in 1594. That Robert received, in 1618, as an ex-officer in the Royal Army, a grant of land in Ulster, Ireland, and settled near Hillsborough, Co. Down. The coat of arms we give has since been painted in the Hillsborough Church. Matthew Forsyth, the son of James, was born at Hillsborough in 1699, and was the fourth in descent from the Robert who came over from Scotland. Matthew crossed the ocean in 1732, settling at Chester, N. H., and bringing with him a large amount of valuables. Among his descendants are found several distinguished southerners, and also the Chevalier Thomas Forsyth de Fronsac, decorated with the Order of St. Louis, at the investment of Thionville by the Allies and French princes, in 1792. The American writer of poetry, Frederic Gregory Forsyth ""de Fronsac"" is the grandson of the v

Family

Forsyth

Motto

Instaurator ruinœ.Reconstructor of a ruin.

Blazon

A Demi-Griffin, Segréant, Vert, Armed And Maned, Sable.

Source

America Hereldica