Ancestry of Steve Forbes

 

by William Addams Reitwiesner
 
 

The following material on the immediate ancestry of Steve Forbes should not be considered either exhaustive or definitive, but rather as a first draft.

 
 

William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com

 
 

Ancestry of Steve Forbes
1 Malcolm Stevenson "Steve" Forbes, Jr., b. Morristown, N.J., 18 July 1947, president of Forbes, Inc., editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine
PARENTS
2 Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, publisher, author, b. New York, N. Y., 19 Aug. 1919, d. Far Hills, N. J., 24 Feb. 1990 [SSDI 300-16-5843]  
m. ... 21 Sept. 1946, div. ... 1985
3 Roberta Remsen Laidlaw, b. Englewood, N. J., 24 Sept. 1924, d. Bedminster, N.J., 25 March 1992 [SSDI 135-38-4537]
GRANDPARENTS
4 Bertie Charles Forbes, editor, publisher, b. New Deer, Aberdeenshire, 14 May 1880, d. New York, N.Y., 6 May 1954 [NCAB 47:432; New York Times obituary, 1954 May 7, 24:3]  
m. Brooklyn, N.Y., 20 April 1915
5 Adelaide Mary Stevenson, b. ... , N. Y., 9 Feb. 1896, d. New York, N. Y., 3 Feb. 1973, [New York Times obituary, 1973 Feb 5, 32:1; SSDI 105-36-2322]
6 Robert Remsen Laidlaw, stock broker, b. New York, N. Y., ... 1881, d. Englewood, N. J., 9 April 1928 [Onderdonk p. 214; New York Times obituary, 1928 Apr 18, 29:5]  
m. Englewood, N.J., 6 Dec. 1905
7 Isabella Wood, b. ... , Ohio, ... [ca. 1882], d. Far Hills, N. J., 31 Dec. 1954 [New York Times obituary, 1955 Jan 1, 13:6]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Robert Forbes, storekeeper and tailor, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
9 Agnes Moir, b. ... , d. ...
10 John William Stevenson, chemist, in Brooklyn, N. Y., b. ... , d. ...  
m.
11 ... , b. ... , d. ...
12 Henry Bell Laidlaw, financier, b. New York, N. Y., 25 Dec. 1838, d. New York, N. Y., ... 1902  
m. Jersey City, N. J., ... 1863
13 Elizabeth Carter Onderdonk, b. ... 26 Sept. 1841, d. New York, N. Y., 15 Oct. 1917 [Onderdonk 329 (p. 214); New York Times obituary, 1917 Oct 10, 15:5]
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
24 Robert Laidlaw, b. ... , Scotland, 4 Aug. 1798, d. Jersey City, N. J., 16 April 1862  
m.
25 Hulda Bell, b. New York, N. Y., 18 June 1805, d. New York, N. Y., 23 July 1886
26 John Remsen Onderdonk, b. ... 6 Nov. 1815, d. ... 15 April 1857 [Onderdonk 221 (p. 164)]  
m. ... 5 Jan. 1839
27 Sarah Trask, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
52 William Onderdonk, b. New York, N. Y., 1 April 1790, d. ... 14 Sept. 1839 [Onderdonk 113 (p. 104)]  
m. ... 18 March 1814
53 Maria Holmes, b. ... , d. ... 5 Aug. 1838
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
104 Dr. John Onderdonk, physician, b. Success, North Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., 22 Aug. 1763, bapt. 8 Dec. 1763, d. ... 23 Aug. 1832 [Onderdonk 51 (p. 67); Robbins 426]  
m. ... 13 March 1788
105 Deborah Ustick, b. ... 23 Feb. 1768, d. ... 28 April 1837 [Onderdonk p. 305]
106 Obadiah Holmes, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
107 Catherine Remsen, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
208 Hendrick Onderdonk, b. Jamaica, L. I., N. Y., 11 Dec. 1724, d. North Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. 31 March 1809 [Onderdonk 17 (p. 31)]  
m. by license in Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., 20 May 1750
209 Phoebe Tredwell, b. ... 12 July 1730, bapt. Hempstead, N. Y., 23 Aug. 1730, d. Hempstead Harbor, L. I., N. Y., 19 Dec. 1801, bur. Cow Neck, North Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., 20 Dec. 1801 [Robbins 425]
210 William Ustick, b. ... , N. J., 28 March 1731, d. ... 2 May 1806 [Onderdonk p. 305]  
m. ... 17 June 1757
211 Susannah Pelletreau, b. ... 26 Dec. 1733, d. ... 14 Sept. 1783
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
416 Andries Onderdonk, b. Flatbush, L. I., N. Y., 1 June 1686, bapt. 13 June 1686, d. Flower Hill, L. I., N. Y. 21 Nov. 1758 [Onderdonk 3 (p. 18)]  
m. ... 2 June 1706
417 Gertrude Lott, b. ... 4 May 1688, d. ... 9 Dec. 1731
418 Benjamin Tredwell, b. ... 27 Sept. 1702, d. Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., 27 Aug. 1782, buried on his farm [Robbins 406]  
m. Huntington, Suffolk Co., N. Y., 25 Aug. 1727
419 Phebe Platt, b. ... , d. ... 18 Jan. 1738/9 [ae. 28y4m18d]
420 Thomas Ustick, b. St. Justin, Cornwall, ... 1701, d. ... 11 Oct. 1738, bur. Trinity Churchyard, New York, N. Y. [Onderdonk p. 305]  
m.
421 Elizabeth Shackerly, b. ... , d. ...
422 Paul Pelletreau, b. ... , d. ... [Onderdonk p. 295]  
m.
423 Susannah Heartin, b. ... , d. ...
7/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
832 Andries Adrianse Onderdonk, b. New Castle, Del., to Flatbush, L. I., N. Y., by 1672, d. Jamaica, L. I., N. Y. bef. 13 Aug. 1687 [Onderdonk 1 (p. 13)]  
m. Flatbush, L. I., N. Y., 11 Dec. 1683
833 Marie van der Vliet, b. ... , d. ... [survived her husband]
834 Hendrick Petersen Lott, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
835 Catrina De Witt, b. ... , d. ...
836 Thomas Tredwell, b. ... [by 1676], d. ... [intestate in 1722, before 25 May] [Robbins 394]  
m. ... [bef. 1698]
837 Hannah Denton, b. ... , d. ... 17 Aug. 1748, ae. 75, bur. Sunk Meadow (Fort Salonga), Smithtown, N. Y.
838 Epenetus Platt, b. ... , d. ... [will dated 17 Jan. 1741/2, probated 31 Aug. 1745]  
m.
839 Elizabeth Smith, b. ... , d. ...
844 Elie Pelletreau, b. ... , d. ... [Onderdonk p. 295]  
m.
845 ... , b. ... , d. ...
846 William Heartin, b. ... , d. ... [Onderdonk p. 295]  
m.
847 Elizabeth Denis, b. ... , d. ...
8/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
1666 Dirck Janse van der Vliet, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
1667 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1672 John Tredwell, b. ... [before 7 Dec. 1644], d. ... [between 12 Jan. 1712 and 25 Jan. 1719/20] [Robbins 372]  
m. Queens Co., N. Y., license issued 6 March 1666
1673 Elizabeth Starr, d. ... , d. ... [before 5 July 1682]
1674 Samuel Denton, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
1675 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1688 Paul Pelletreau, of Arces, France, b. ... , d. ... [Onderdonk p. 295]  
m.
1689 ... , b. ... , d. ...
1694 Andrew Denis, of Bordeaux, France, b. ... , d. ... [Onderdonk p. 295]  
m.
1695 Susanna Croisette, b. ... , d. ...
9/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
3344 Edward Tredwell, bapt. St. Anne's, Epwell, Oxfordshire, 20 Dec. 1607, emigrated to America ca. 1635/1637, d. in Huntington, Suffolk Co., N. Y., between 12 May 1660 and 28 Jan. 1660/1 [Robbins 365; Tredwell 480]  
m.
3345 Sarah ... , b. ... , d. ... 27 Nov. 1684
3348 Rev. Richard Denton, b. ... , d. ...  
m.
3349 ... , b. ... , d. ...
10/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
11/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12/GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
 
 
EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS
 
 
1920 New Jersey, Bergen County, vol. 6, ED 23, sheet 16, line 52

Fountain Road, Englewood, New Jersey
                                              Father's    Mother's
                   Age   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Forbes Bertie      39      M     Scotland     Scotland    Scotland
       Adelaide    23      M     New York     England     U.S.
       Bruce       3 6/12        New York     Scotland    New York
       Duncan      2             New Jersey   Scotland    New York
       Malcolm     5/12          New Jersey   Scotland    New York

He was a magazine publisher, emigrated to the US in 1906 and 
naturalized in 1918.

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1920 New Jersey, Bergen County, vol. 6, ED 23, sheet 19, line 59

133 Dwight Place, Englewood, New Jersey
                                              Father's    Mother's
                   Age   Status  Birthplace   Birthplace  Birthplace
Laidlaw Robert R   37      M     New York     New York    New York
        Isabella   38      M     Ohio         New York    Ohio
        Anne       13            New Jersey   New York    Ohio
        Elizabeth  11            New Jersey   New York    Ohio
        Charles    7             New Jersey   New York    Ohio
        Isabella   4             New Jersey   New York    Ohio

He was a broker at a brokerage.

 
 
NOTES
 
 
 
 
6 -- See NCAB 38:21 for a biography of his brother, James Lees Laidlaw.  
 
 
 
52 -- One of his brothers, Henry Onderdonk, was Bishop of Pennsylvania. The other brother, Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, was Bishop of New York.  
 
 
 
1673 -- Possibly a child of Dr. Thomas Starr, of Charlestown, Mass.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FURTHER NOTES
 
 
 
 
 
 
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) publishes a Patriot Index, a list of persons whose honorable service in the cause of independence during the American Revolution renders their female descendants eligible for membership in the NSDAR. Several ancestors of Steve Forbes appear in the Patriot Index, including:


    Hendrick Onderdonk (number 208)

While Mr. Forbes is not eligible for membership in the NSDAR (by not being female), he is eligible for membership in the equivalent organization for men, the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.  
 
 
 
 
 

SOURCES CONSULTED AND CITED
 
 
NCAB -- National Cyclopedia of American Biography  
 
Onderdonk -- Elmer Onderdonk, Genealogy of the Onderdonk family in America [New York: 1910]  
 
Robbins -- a series of articles by William A. Robbins on the Tredwell family in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record between 1911 and 1912 (vols. LXII through LXIII) and reprinted in volume II of Genealogies of Long Island Families [Baltimore: Genealogical, 1987] (page citations to the 1987 reprint).  
 
Tredwell -- Thomas A. Tredwell, "Tredwells in search if Tredwells: Adventures in Ancestry", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Oct. 1973 (vol. 104), reprinted in volume II of Genealogies of Long Island Families [Baltimore: Genealogical, 1987] (page citations to the 1987 reprint).  
 
 
 
William Addams Reitwiesner
 
wargs@wargs.com