Pierre FOURRE, Fourré

1690 - Abt 1745  (55 years)

• Name	Pierre FOURRE
  Suffix	Fourré
  Birth	1690	Isle of Wight Co, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	GSBT-X3F
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GSBT-X3F
  _UID	8A3A0388DE80417FB95133C86A6EBA838703
  Death	Abt 1745	Pasquotank, North Carolina, US
  Person ID	I594786466	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Daniel Isaac FAURÉ,   b. 20 Sep 1647, La Rochelle, Departement de la Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 31 Aug 1710, Manakin, Goochland County, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann CHASTAIN,   b. 1652, France d. 1700, Powhatan Co, Virginia (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1668	Pas-de-Calais, France   [1]
  Family ID	F311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine ASTIER, d'Artemale,   b. 1690, La Rochelle, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France d. 18 Apr 1745, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1708	Virginia
  Children	1. Nichola FOURRE,   b. 1709, Isle Of Wight, Virginia, Colonial USA d. 1778, Onslow, North Carolina (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F536734440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  CAN'T PROVE PARENTS Biography Pierre was born in about 1690 in France or Virginia Colony, as confirmation of this person is still unproven. We have mention in a book,[1] and references to his daughter Nichola (Fourre) Williams (abt.1709-aft.1778) and links with various family trees referring to Pierre Fourre. This individual could be Pierre "Peter", or Pierre Abraham, or Jean Pierre, etc, but at this stage I am waiting firmer confirmation of details to define further. It is alleged he died either in 1745 or even 1767. Ongoing Research Pierre is likely associated with the Fourré families who fled persecution of protestants concurring in France in the late 1600's to the Colonies. Unfortunately much is subject to conjecture for this particular gentleman and although his daughter Nichola (Fourre) Williams (abt.1709-aft.1778) is very well documented we are still struggling to verify this particular Fourre gentleman. Evidence is lacking in other family trees to proceed further with exact information. I appreciate feedback and any provable sources you wish to provide. History of the Faure Family From a compilation by Mary Ford Southworth and Rosemary (Ford) Waldon with thanks also to Katherine Cox Gottschalk, Genealogist, Washington, DC. In part: "FAURE FORE FORD ORIGIN OF THE NAME The immigrant ancestor of this family was a native of Auvergne, France; who came with a party of French Huguenots who were refugees of religious persecution who fled to Virginia and were one of the founders of Manakin Town." "THE HUGUENOT FAMILY OF FAURE, FORE, FOARD, FORD" "Of the army of William of Orange, numbering eleven thousand, which sailed from Holland, and by whose aid he obtained the Crown of England, three regiments, each containing seven hundred and fifty effective men, were Huguenots. To these were added a squadron of horse. In gratitude to these zealous and effective supporters, and in sympathy with the great multitude of their suffering brethren driven violently from their homes and native country simply for their religion the King invited them to make their home in his new dominions in America. A large number sought a home in Virginia and settled along the Potomac, Rappahannock and James Rivers." "In the year 1700, more than five hundred emigrants, at the head of whom was the Marquis de la Muce, were landed in Virginia by four successive debarkations. (Beverly's History of Virginia p.244.) They appear to have settled at different points; a portion about James Town, some in Northfolk County, others in Surry, and two hundred or more at a spot some twenty miles above Richmond, on the south side of James River (now in Powhatan County), where then thousand acres of land, which had been occupied by the extinct Manakin tribe of Indians were given to them. They were also exempt from the payment of taxes for seven years, and were allowed to support their minister in their own way." Sources ? AGBI Vol 57, pg 262, Pierre Fourre: "American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)" Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 57; Page number: 262 Ancestry Record 3599 #2818989 (accessed 4 January 2025) Name: Pierre Fourre; Reference: North Carolina Hist. and Gen. Reg. Jan.1900-July 1903. Edenten, Nc, 1900-03. (V.1-2, V.3, No.1-3):1:212.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Dec 2022), entry for Daniel Isaac FOURRE, person ID LYXH-9YL. (Reliability: 3).