The Berks County Forneys are well documented from Johann Karl on. The information below comes from A book published in 1932 titled "Forney's Five Family Records" written by Charles Forney
Descendants of Johann Karl Forney
1 Johann Karl Forney 1784 - 1841
. +Mary M. Benner 1790 - 1863
... 2 Catherine Forney 1810 - 1848
....... +Henry Beard 1802 - 1890
......... 3 Mary Beard 1830 - 1860
............. +Jacob J. Hartong 1830 - 1909
......... 3 Christena Beard 1832 - 1832
......... 3 Samuel Beard 1835 - 1861
......... 3 Nancy Beard 1835 - 1872
......... 3 Otho Henry Beard 1837 - 1886
......... 3 Martin Luther Beard 1840 - 1861
......... 3 Elizabeth Beard 1842 -
......... 3 Catherine Beard 1845 -
... 2 Barbara Forney 1811 - 1904
....... +Jacob Clapper 1807 - 1891
......... 3 Henry W. Clapper 1833 -
... 2 Frederick Forney 1813 - 1880
....... +Clara Ann Ettleman 1819 - 1893
......... 3 Hiram Forney - 1846
......... 3 John Forney 1839 -
......... 3 [2] Phillip Forney 1841 - 1922
............. +[1] Mary Ann Forney 1848 -
......... 3 Fredrick Forney 1849 -
......... 3 Henry Forney 1852 -
......... 3 Heber Sylvester Forney 1855 -
......... 3 Mary Catherine Forney 1861 -
... *2nd Wife of Frederick Forney:
....... +Christena Ettleman 1822 - 1912
......... 3 Ellen Lousia Forney 1854 -
......... 3 Ephraim Forney 1856 -
... 2 Jacob Forney 1816 - 1910
....... +Margaret Smith 1820 - 1887
......... 3 Sarah Elizabeth Forney 1839 - 1931
............. +Francis Marion Bradley 1831 - 1866
......... *2nd Husband of Sarah Elizabeth Forney:
............. +Isaac Shaw 1819 - 1903
......... 3 Aron Henry Forney 1841 - 1899
............. +Rebecca Bucher 1849 -
......... 3 Mary Ann Forney 1843 - 1929
............. +Franklin Benner 1836 - 1865
......... 3 Emma Rilla Forney 1847 -
............. +George Cole Waggoneer 1838 -
......... 3 Bianca Louisa Forney 1849 -
............. +Joseph Wilson Powers 1844 - 1927
......... 3 Chauncey Sylvester Forney 1852 -
............. +Mary Nola Starr 1861 -
......... 3 Ervin Lorenzo Forney 1859 -
............. +Anna Mary Hasse 1860 -
... 2 Elizabeth Forney 1819 - 1846
....... +George Smith 1818 - 1908
......... 3 Catherine Smith 1840 -
......... 3 Levi Smith 1841 -
......... 3 William Henry Smith 1844 -
......... 3 Jacob J. Smith 1846 - 1846
... 2 George Forney 1820 - 1880
....... +Catherine Study 1821 - 1919
......... 3 Margaret Emma Forney 1841 -
......... 3 John Forney 1843 - 1843
......... 3 Henry Forney 1844 -
......... 3 Samuel Forney 1845 -
......... 3 George Washington Forney 1846 -
......... 3 [1] Mary Ann Forney 1848 -
............. +[2] Phillip Forney 1841 - 1922
......... 3 William Leonard Forney 1851 -
......... 3 David Arron Forney 1853 -
......... 3 Sarah Elizabeth Forney 1856 -
......... 3 Jacob H. Forney 1857 -
......... 3 Franklin Forney 1861 -
... 2 Mary Ann Forney 1824 -
... 2 Susan Forney 1826 -
... 2 Henry Forney 1829 - 1910
....... +Mary Ann Study 1835 - 1927
......... 3 Geroge Franklin Forney 1857 -
......... 3 John Forney 1859 -
......... 3 David Henry Forney 1860 -
......... 3 Leonard Edward Forney 1862 - 1951
............. +Rose Pierce 1873 -
......... 3 Jacob Riley Forney 1865 -
......... 3 Barbara Elizabeth Forney 1867 -
......... 3 James Albert Forney 1870 -
......... 3 Loren Forney 1874 -
......... 3 Hiram Willard Forney 1876 -
... 2 Sarah Forney 1833 -
Key researchers of this line:
David Forney See Forney Family This is my own line
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