William
Forbes
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of John (Forbes) Forbes of Monymusk
[uncertain]
and Anna (Lunan) Forbes
[uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Shewan) Forbes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Sep 2023
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Biography
William was born in 1713 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son of John Forbes and Anna Lunan
He married Elizabeth Shewan and they had 3 recorded children:
- Agnes Forbes bp 12 April 1767 in Kenmay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]
- John Forbes
- Mary Forbes bp on 15 July 1771 in Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [2]
He passed away after 1771
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYXN-BD7 : 16 September 2021), William Forbes in entry for Agnes Forbes, 1767
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBQL-SHD : 16 September 2021), William Forbes in entry for Mary Forbes, 1771
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 October 2023, 19:49), entry for William Forbes (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GWZN-F6W ); contributed by various users.
- Child's baptism record
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cert states John Forbes in Tombeg
!!! See Forbes-2687 !!!
edited by William Shand
William Forbes, was the seventh Forbes of Tolquhon, and the builder of the Castle, and of the Tolquhon Aisle in the Kirk of Tarves, a beautiful fragment of which still standing in the churchyard exhibits his and his wife's initials and the date of both buildings, WF, 15S9 ; Dochter to Lesmoir, E.G. Anna Lunan was the granddaughter of Mr. Alexander Lunan by his son William (vide p. 140). She was married to John Forbes in 1685 ; the contract of date 8th Oct. describing her, " Anna Lunan, lawful daughter to the deceased William Lunan in Abersnithock ". Her mother, Barbara Gordon (in Ramstone in 1696), and the bridegroom's father, William Forbes in Tombeg {vide Spalding, 10th April, 1640 and 1645), were consenting parties. The bride's brother William, her great grandfather. Sir John Forbes of Monymusk, and his son Robert were the witnesses. The author recovered a portion of the Pitfichie ballad (p. 405) through a descendant of the marriage—Mr. John Forbes-Robertson of London. [Inverurie and the Garioch page 597]
edited by William Shand
John Forbes in Tombeg was the son of William Forbes to whom Spalding refers as brother to Pitnacadle, son of William Forbes of Tolquhon ; and Anna Lunan was daughter to Mr. Alexander Lunan, minister at Monymusk, and afterwards at Kintore. Her mother was Jean Forbes, eldest daughter of the first Baronet of Monymusk. The genealogy of a son James, born after 1696 to these spouses, is locally interesting. James, the youngest brother of William Forbes of Badifurrow, married 13th August, 1739, Jean Forbes, daughter of James Forbes, sometime in Mill of Drum, who was the son (noted above) of Jean Forbes of Badifurrow, and had children —Alexander in 1741, and William in 1743. [Inverurie and the Garioch page 406]
edited by William Shand