FORBES, John of Pittencrieff, Lieutenant-Colonel ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for John was FORBESS, John.²

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John married Elizabeth GRAHAM, daughter of James GRAHAM of Poltoun and Edinburgh, Merchant, Burgess and Bailie and Agnes DENHOLME.¹ (Elizabeth GRAHAM was baptised on 11 April 1675 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"John (Forbes) married Elizabeth Graham, daughter to baillie Graham, in Edinburgh, and has children."

from Family of Forbes




"John, sixth son of John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, bought the estate of Pittencrieff, near Dunfermline, in 1701, for £40,402 Scots. He was Lieut.- Colonel and Brigadier, Maitland's Regiment. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Baillie Graham of Edinburgh, and had three sons: (1) Arthur, his heir. (2) Hugh, one of the Principal Clerks of Session. He married Margaret, daughter of William Aikman, painter in Edinburgh, and had a son and four daughters, whence the family of Forbes-Aikman of the Ross. (3) John, General in the Army. He took Fort du Quesne from the French."

from House of Forbes ¹