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Abigail Forten (deceased)

Anne Henriksdatter Forten (c.1715 - 1740)

Catharine Forten (c.1815 - d.)

Charlotta Forten (deceased)

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Charlotte Forten Grimké (1837 - 1914)

Charlotte Grimke (Forten) Author of "A Free Negro in the Slave Era."Charlotte Forten Grimke was barely into her twenties when she became the first African American to teach white students.-------------...

Charlotte Forten (Vandine) (1786 - 1886)

Dammei Olsdatter Forten (c.1712 - 1754)

Dorothy Forten (c.1725 - c.1757)

Engebret Forten (c.1700 - d.)

Georgette Laflamme (Forten) (1931 - 2015)

Guri Olsdatter Forten (c.1710 - d.)

Harriet Davey Purvis (Forten) (1810 - 1875)

Harriet, married the abolitionist Robert Puvis and was active in the anti-slavery movement [Encyclopedia of Black America, 391] and suffragist. With her husband Robert, she was a leader of the Undergro...

Henrik Torstensen Forten (deceased)

Isabel Forten (Abler) (deceased)

Ivy Salmond (Forten) (deceased)

James Forten, Jr. (deceased)

James Forten (1766 - 1842)

James Forten was a wealthy African-American businessman (sail maker) and abolitionist, born free in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Forten began experimenting with different types of sails for ships and fi...

Jean Forten (1661 - d.)

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Jean Forton (Forten) (1683 - d.)

Sources: **Drouin Institute (Archived marriage record - see attached record in the Media tab)

Jennie FORTON or FORTEN (c.1875 - d.)

Jess A FORTON or FORTEN (1894 - d.)

Julien FORTON or FORTEN (deceased)

Karen Amundsdatter Forten (Næs) (1681 - 1755)

Kristen Torstensen Hensrud (Forten) (c.1693 - d.)

Major Forten (1783 - d.)

Margaretta Forten (1806 - 1875)

Margaretta Forten was secretary of the Female Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia in 1845. Her parents, brothers, and sisters were all abolitionists. Margaretta was the daughter of a free-born African...

Maria Johanna Regina Liebenow (Forten) (c.1790 - 1817)

Marie Vail (Forten) (deceased)

Mary Theresa Isabella Forten (deceased)

Mary Clarkson (Forten) (1724 - 1777)

Mary Virginia Forten (Woods) (1814 - 1840)

Ole Endresen Forten (1674 - d.)

Philopena or Philomene FORTON or FORTEN (1878 - d.)

Bride res w/father, East Bay twp, Grand Traverse co, MI. ------------------------------------- Married by James E MAHAN...witnesses: Lowell STILES & Mattie FORTON. -------------------------------------...

Sgt. Robert Bridges Forten (1813 - 1864)

Salley Forten

Samuel Forten (deceased)

Sarah Louisa Purvis (Forten) (1814 - 1884)

poet and abolitionist. From age 17, she composed and published numerous poems and articles for the Liberator under the names of "Magawisca" and "Ada". At least one of her poems, "The Grave of the Slave...

Siri Engebretsdatter Forten (c.1735 - d.)

Theodora Cornelia Forten (1880 - c.1880)

Thomas Forten (c.1740 - c.1773)

Thomas Forten, born say 1740, was the father of James Forten of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died about 1773 when his son James was seven years old. He was the father of

Thomas Willing Francis Forten (b. - 1897)

Thomas Forten (1740 - d.)

Torsten Halvorsen Forten (b. - 1703)

William Deas Forten (b. - 1909)