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FORBES, John 2nd of Waterton, Hereditary Constable Aberdeenshire, Sir
(About 1634-1675)
GORDON, Jean
(About 1635-)
GREGORY, James F.R.S., Professor of Maths, St Andrews & Edinburgh
(1638-1675)
JAMESONE, Mary
(1644-1684)
FORBES, William Mediciner, then Minister of Tarves parish, Reverend Mr
(1668-1738)
GREGORY, Janet
(1675-1736)
FORBES, James of Pitmedden, Physician in Aberdeen, Dr
(1701-1774)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, Helen
2. ROWE, Euphemia

FORBES, James of Pitmedden, Physician in Aberdeen, Dr 1 2

  • Baptised: 4 December 1701, Leslie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, Helen 1
  • Marriage (2): ROWE, Euphemia on 9 December 1747 in Montrose parish, Angus, Scotland
  • Died: 19 July 1774 3

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James married Helen FORBES, daughter of Thomas FORBES 2nd of Thornton and Mary STRACHAN.1 (Helen FORBES was born in 1714, died on 11 May 1743 4 and was buried in Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, Scotland 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Dr James Forbes, physician in Aberdeen, son of Rev. William Forbes, of Tarves, was also for some time proprietor of Pitmedden. He died on 19th July, 1774, aged 73 years. He was twice married- first to Helen, daughter of James Forbes of Thornton"

from Aberdeen Epitaphs




"Thomas (Forbes), 2nd Laird of Thornton, married a second wife, by whom he had one daughter, Helen, born 1714, married Dr. James Forbes, physician in Aberdeen, and died in 1743 without issue."

from House of Forbes 1

James next married Euphemia ROWE on 9 December 1747 in Montrose parish, Angus, Scotland. (Euphemia ROWE was born about 1715, died on 24 May 1772 4 and was buried in Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, Scotland 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"FORBES
JAMES
EUPHENE REW/FR1852 (FR1852)
09/12/1747
312
60 / 175
Montrose"

from Index of Marriages




"Dr James Forbes .... was twice married- first to Helen, daughter of James Forbes of Thornton, and, secondly, to Euphemia, daughter of John Row of Bondeth. By the latter marriage there were three sons and one daughter -

William of Echt and Springhill; John of Bodnod, North Wales, captain, 40th Regiment; James, of New York; and Euphemia, who married George Strachan Keith of Auquhorsk."

from Aberdeen Epitaphs 1

Sources


1 e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907).

2 e-books, The Families of Moir and Byres by Andrew J. Mitchell Gill (1885).

3 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

4 e-books, A Short Memoir of James Young and Rachel Cruickshank and of their Descendants by A.W.S. Johnson (1860).

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