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FORBES, William 12th Lord Forbes
(About 1656-1716)
BRODIE, Anne
(About 1661-)
FORBES, Alexander 3rd Lord Pitsligo
(About 1655-)
ERSKINE, Sophia
(About 1660-)
FORBES, James 15th Lord Forbes
(1689-1761)
FORBES, Mary
(About 1690-)
FORBES, Sophia
(About 1715-1790)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. CUMMING, Charles 3rd of Kininmonth, Jacobite 1745

FORBES, Sophia 1 2

  • Born: About 1715
  • Marriage (1): CUMMING, Charles 3rd of Kininmonth, Jacobite 1745 1
  • Died: 13 March 1790, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2

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Sophia married Charles CUMMING 3rd of Kininmonth, Jacobite 1745, son of John CUMMING 2nd of Kininmonth and Mary KEITH 'of the Marischal family'.1 (Charles CUMMING 3rd of Kininmonth, Jacobite 1745 was born about 1707, died in 1764 2 3 and was buried in 1764 in Lonmay parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sophia (Forbes), married to Charles Cumine of Kininmont. She died at Aberdeen 13 March 1790, aged seventy-five, leaving issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Cumine (or Cumming), Charles, of Kininmonth

Eldest son of John Cumine, 2nd of Kininmonth, and Mary Keith, his wife, of the Marischal family. He had three brothers. Married before 1740 the Hon. Sophia, daughter of 15th Lord Forbes, who died aged 75 in 1790. After Culloden he went into hiding, but through his wife's influence he secured a pardon (she was presented to George II and described her husband as 'a fool'). He lived for 18 years after Culloden but was uncomfortable at home while others were being hunted about the country. He died in 1764 aged 57."

from Jacobites of 1745

Note:

Sophia's father is either 15th or 16th Lord Forbes, depending on the preferred numbering used.
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Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

2 e-books, Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 North East Scotland by Frances McDonnell (in paper Clearfield 1996).

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

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