FORBES, George 7th of Corse 1 2 3
- Born: About 1630
- Marriage (1): KENNEDY, Elizabeth 1 2
User ID: K552.
General Notes:
"Patrick (Forbes)'s second son, the theologian John Forbes (1593\endash 1648), inherited Corse in 1635 and died there in 1648, having opposed the National Covenant and been exiled for three years. The Corse estate then went to John Forbes' son George and then his grandson, but due to a lack of further heirs it reverted to the Forbeses of Craigievar, descended from his brother William."
from Wikipedia 4
George married Elizabeth KENNEDY, daughter of John KENNEDY of Kermucks and Elspeth FORBES.1 2 (Elizabeth KENNEDY was born about 1640.)
Marriage Notes:
"George Forbes of Corss married Kenidie, daughter to the Laird of Kermucks, qose bairns bear witnes themselves."
from Family of Forbes
"By his wife Soete Roesboom, a native of Holland, he (John Forbes) had nine children. He was survived by only one of them, a son, who, in the words of Dr Garden in his copious Life of Forbes .... was the heir of his father's property but not of his learning and virtues."
from Funeral Sermons
"George, 7th of Corse, served heir to his father, June 20th 1649, married Elizabeth Kennedy of Kermucks , and had a son, William, who died young, and had three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Henrietta
George was the last laird of the original family of Corse, as he sold part of the estate in 1656 to Duguid of Auchinhove, and the remainder in 1670 to his second cousin, Sir John Forbes of Craigievar."
from House of Forbes 1 2 5
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