Joseph Forsyth (1764-1813)
J.P., Merchant, of Kingston, Upper Canada
He was born at Huntly, Aberdeenshire. He came to Canada where his brothers (Thomas and John) were members of the influential firm of Forsyth, Richardson & Co., East India and North West merchants. He may also have been a partner in his brother's firm and although he was not a partner in the North West Company he and Richard Cartwright maintained a close business relationship with the Nor' Westers. His monument in St. Paul's Church reads in part: "Blessed by nature with a kind and liberal disposition, he was courteous and engaging in his manners. His ear was ever attentive to the call of distress and his hand always open to the poor and needy". His first wife died in 1799 without children. He married secondly Alice/Alicia, daughter of Major James Robins R.A., of Kingston and they were the parents of six children (William and those listed above). His house stood, "in the gore between Clarence and Brock Streets".
