FORBES, William Merchant in Kingstown ^{1 2 3 4}

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  General Notes:

"FORBES
WILLIAM
JOHN FORBES/NICOLAS HELEN FORBES
M
01/01/1716
209/ 10 50
Kincardine O'Neil"




"There were two separate entries for William Forbes in the Jamaican Quit Rent books for 1754, assumed to be two different people but not further identified. One was the owner of 600 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East; the other owner of 1620 acres of land in St Thomas-in-the-East and 300 acres of land in Clarendon, total 1920 acres. The will of William Forbes merchant of [Jamaica but now in] London [made 10/12/1762] proved 26/06/1773 might be either or neither of these men....... He left his property to be sold to support annuities and legacies to his wife Jannet (of £100 p.a. over and above her entitlement under their marriage settlement) and to family members and other individuals in and around Aberdeen. All his Jamaican executors were merchants in Kingston. His residuary legatees where his brother Harry Forbes of Aberdeen and his sister Helen, wife of Mathew Lumsden of Cushney [sic]. In a codicil of 17/12/1762 he provided that his brother and sister should pay to their mother interest at 5% p.a. on his legacies to them of £200 each ........ Either or both of these men may also be the William Forbes of Kingston mentioned in the will of Alexander Forbes, gentleman, of Kingston (written in 1769 and proved in 1771) ..... "

from Legacies of British Slavery website ^{3 4}

William married Janet JOPP, daughter of Andrew JOPP Tailor, Merchant in Insch and Unknown, on 5 July 1762 in Insch parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Janet JOPP was baptised on 10 February 1728 in Insch parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"JOPP
JANET
WILLIAM FORBES/
05/07/1762
203/ 10 228
Insch"

from Index of Marriages



Old Parish Registers
Insch parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages

"1762
July 4^th
Forbes and Jopp
William Forbes merchant in Kingstown and Janet Jopp in this Parish contracted marriage consigned Pledges and after being thrise [sic] Publickly proclaimed they were married July 5^th" ^{1 2}