Nathaniel Weekes FORTE

1767 - 1836  (69 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Weekes FORTE  [1]
  Birth	29 Aug 1767	, St. Phillip Parish, , Barbados
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Sep 1836	, , Barbados
  Burial	Abt 15 Sep 1836
  Person ID	I12238	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Christopher FORTE, * (Died in the great hurricane),   b. Abt 1740, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England? d. 1780, , Barbados, West Indies (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth WEEKES, (Died in the great hurricane of 1780),   b. Abt 1744   d. 1780, , Barbados, West Indies (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Oct 1764	St Philip Parish, Barbados   [2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F5661	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane ADAMSON   d. Feb 1843, , St. Thomas Parish, , Barbados
  Marriage	21 Nov 1801
  Children	1. Samuel Eastmond FORTE,   b. 1802   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anne FORTE,   b. 1805, , , Barbados d. 1805 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Caroline Leslie FORTE,   b. 1805   d. 7 Nov 1889 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Anna Christophera FORTE,   b. 10 Sep 1811   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Amelia Isabella (Nathan) FORTE,   b. 18 Sep 1811   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Nathaniel FORTE,   b. 14 Jul 1816   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Nathaniel was the Speaker of the House of Assembly from 1829-1835, as well as J.P. and Colonel of the Militia. (F-458, 604) There is a story in the genealogical magazines of Barbados that goes like this. At an election party, a youdier, Lieutenant John Cage was, in jest, hit on the back by a young Mr. Samuel Forte. A fight followed. Lieutenant Cage was not forgiving and demanded that a duel be held in lieu of an apology. Mr. Forte of "good family and high social position" accepted the duel and shot Cage dead. When the military tried to arrest him, he was taken into hiding by "Aunt Peg" of General William's family at the Welchman Hall plantation. He is said to have escaped the island after receiving "Aunt Peg's" help and lived the rest of his life abroad. This particular story coined the phrase "AS DEAD AS CAGE". (F-162) However, a cousin in New Zeland has it handed down from his great grandfather's genealogy (Claude Forte) that this actually occurred to the above Nathaniel Weekes Forte.... and he obviously still went on to become Speaker of the House. The pistols used in the duel are still in possession of the family in New Zealand. Nigel Forte, gr.grandson of the above Claude does not know where he got the information that the duel happened to Nathaniel instead. It's really still in question. (F-602)

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Burrowes, Rob, Ancestors of Robert Burrowes at http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz. [S204] Ancestry.com, Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1849, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Barbados, Church Records, 1637-1849 [S2903] Ancestry.com, Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 [S2903] Ancestry.com, Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Barbados Marriages, Vol II, 1643-1800; Section: St Philip Parish. Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800