James Forrest

Notes

Ann Floyd, later Tanner, chose James Forrest for her guardian in 1682.

1st Marriage is not confirmed as of July 2018

From https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bhreed&i...

The question raised as to what was the exact degree of relationship existing between JAMES FORREST & THOMAS TANNER by the fact that FORREST is called grandfather to said TANNER when it seems a settled fact that Tanner's mother was ANNE FLOYD, is not definitely settled by any item in the Henrico Records, but, FORREST may have been in all probability stepfather to ANN FLOYD (who appears to have been his ward, see Henrico Records, vol. 1677-92, p. 228; quoted ante), and hence is reality step-grandfather to THOMAS TANNER. Of course it is not impossible) that Forest may have been grandfather (maternally) of Anne Floyd and great grandfather of Thomas Tanner, though the former theory seems the probable solution. At any rate the connection was through Thomas Tanner's mother for all of the women on the Tanner side whose availability to have produced such a connection were married to other parties than James Forrest.

Sources

• Early Generations of the Tanner Family of Henrico County, Virginia William Clayton Torrence The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 25, No. 2 (Oct., 1916), pp. 87-95 Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture DOI: 10.2307/1915191 Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1915191 Page Count: 9
• Virginia County Records, Volume 9, Parts 1-4 edited by William Armstrong Crozier
• https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bhreed&i...