The Quest for a Lost Race

by Thomas Edward Pickett

Fleming. The Flemings of "Wigton" came from Flanders in the train of William the Conqueror. Sir Thomas Fleming came to Virginia in 1626. Colonel John Fleming (another Wigtonshire Fleming) came from Virginia to Kentucky in 1790. His grandson, John Donaldson Fleming, was also a pioneer and served with marked efficiency as United States District Attorney for Colorado.

Fletcher.

Flowers.

Foakes, or Fowkes.

Foley.

Folk. Governor of Missouri. A political leader of distinction.

Follett.

Force, de Forz.

Foreman, or Forman for Fairman. The Forman family of Kentucky (local pronunciation Fur-man) forms one of the largest and most influential connections in the State. They are Scandinavians of a high type.

Forrest.