FORBES, Jean ^{1 2}

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Jean married Reverend Mr John GORDON Minister of Old Deer parish, son of John GORDON Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, MP, 'Campvere' and Janet GORDON, on 19 December 1717 in Slains parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Reverend Mr John GORDON Minister of Old Deer parish was baptised on 22 February 1683 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ³ and died in 1718 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
JOHN
JEAN FORBES/
19/12/1717
239/ 10 220
Slains"

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"He (John Gordon, minister at Old Deer) marr. (1) Barbara, youngest daugh. of John Gordon of Fechil (2) 1717, Jean (survived him, and marr. (2) James Leslie, min. of Crimond), daugh. of Alexander Forbes of Ludquharn, and had issue ..."

from Fasti Ecclesiae ^{1 2}

Jean next married Reverend Mr James LESLIE Minister of Crimond parish, then St Fergus parish on 2 November 1731.¹ (Reverend Mr James LESLIE Minister of Crimond parish, then St Fergus parish was born in 1681 ¹ and died on 29 April 1745 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

(at Crimond in 1709)

James Leslie, M.A.; called by the Presb. jure devoluto 11th Jan., and ord. 24th Feb. 1709; trans, to St Fergus 1st Oct. 1729."


(at St Fergus in 1729)

"James Leslie, born 30th April 1681, second son of James L., and brother of preceding (William Leslie); educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1697) ; ord. to Crimond 24th Feb. 1709; called 1st May, trans, and adm. 1st Oct. 1729; died 29th April 1745. He marr. 2nd Nov. 1731, Jean (died 16th Oct. 1754), eldest daugh. of Alexander Forbes of Ludquharn and Jean, daugh. of Alexander Galloway, Treasurer of Aberdeen, and widow of John Gordon, min. of Deer, and had issue Jean, born 5th Oct. 1732, died 1753; Alexander, min. of Durris, born 29th Oct. 1733; Elizabeth, born 19th Feb. 1735 (marr. William Cumine, min. of Rathen); James, captain 15th Foot, fought in America under Wolfe, born 18th March 1736, died at Kair, Kincardineshire, 1791; Isobel, buried 20th Aug. 1753. [A berdeen Tests.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae ¹