FORBES, John 9th (and last) of Newe, Major ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

"William Forbes, sixth of Newe, died 22nd July, 1699, and was succeeded by his son, John, whose grandson John, ninth laird, sold the estate of Newe, 18th November, 1779, to James Forbes of Seaton ; and, dying on 1st February, 1792, terminated the direct male line of the family ; but an only daughter, Mary, married Sir Archibald Grant, fourth baronet of Monymusk."

from Forbes of Forbesfield ⁴

John married Anne DUFF, daughter of William DUFF of Muirtown and Mary BAILLIE of Torbreck, in 1764.¹ (Anne DUFF was born in 1739 ¹ and died in 1780 in England ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Anne, born 1739; married, in 1764, Major John Forbes (29th Regiment of Foot) of Newe. She died in England in 1780, leaving an only daughter Mary who married, in 1788, Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, and died in 1852."

from Book of the Duffs (vol 2)




"Captain John Forbes died in 1775 and was buried at Kirkhill, Inverness-shire. His only son was a Major in the 29th Regiment, and married Anne Duff of Muirtown. He became a bankrupt and died in the King's Bench prison in 1792, where he had been, it is said, for nine years, having parted with the estate of Newe to James Forbes of Seaton, who resold it to Bombay Jock, brother of the Rev. George of Leochel. Major Forbes' only child was Mary who in 1788 married Sir Arthur Grant of Monymusk, and some of the family portraits and other treasures went with her to her new home."

from House of Forbes ^{1 3}