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FORBES, John of Bellabeg
(1709-About 1790)
SHEPHERD, Christan
(About 1710-)
STEWART, Gordon
(1713-1746)
DUNBAR, Margaret
(About 1718-After 1746)
FORBES, George Minister of Leochel and Cushnie parish, Reverend Mr
(1738-1799)
STEWART, Katherine
(About 1745-1808)
FORBES, Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel
(1774-1814)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. STEWART, Elizabeth

FORBES, Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel 1 2 3

  • Born: 7 August 1774
  • Baptised: 10 August 1774, Leochel and Cushnie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 3
  • Marriage (1): STEWART, Elizabeth on 23 October 1799 in Mortlach parish, Banffshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 10 April 1814, Toulouse, France 2 4

   Cause of his death was killed in action.4

   User ID: E625.

  General Notes:

"FORBES
THOMAS
GEORGE FORBES/
M
10/08/1774
214 10 / 162
LEOCHEL AND CUSHNIE"

from Births and Baptisms 3


Thomas married Elizabeth STEWART, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas STEWART of Keithmore, 6th of Drumin and Anne GORDON, on 23 October 1799 in Mortlach parish, Banffshire, Scotland.1 (Elizabeth STEWART was baptised on 10 June 1777 in Mortlach parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"FORBES
THOMAS
ELIZABETH STUART/
23/10/1799
162 20 / 95
Mortlach"

from Index of Marriages




"Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of Thomas Stewart and Anne Gordon: married, as already stated, her first cousin, Col. Thomas Forbes, 45th Regiment, killed at Toulouse, a son of Rev. George Forbes, Leochel, and his wife, Katherine Stewart, sister of Elizabeth's father."

from Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich




"Thomas Forbes married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Thomas Stewart of Pittyvaich. He was in the 37th and 45th Regiments, becoming Lieut.- Colonel of the latter October 6th, 1813. He served throughout the Peninsular war, having the gold medal for Badajoz, Nivelle and Orthez. Killed in action, Toulouse, April 10th, 1814. He had two sons, John, of the 33rd and 92nd Regiments, Michie, died unmarried in Aberdeen ; and a daughter, died unmarried."

from House of Forbes 1 4 5

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

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

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 e-books, The House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937) Chapter XXVIII Newe.

5 e-books, Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club 1933 www.banffshirefieldclub.org.uk Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich by J. M. Bulloch.

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