FORBES, Hugh Advocate, Principal Clerk of Session 1
Another name for Hugh was FORBES, Hew.3 User ID: V51 General Notes: "FORBES Hugh married Margaret AIKMAN, daughter of William AIKMAN of Cairnie, Artist and Marian LAWSON 'of Cairnmuir'. (Margaret AIKMAN was born in 1716,3 died in January 1800 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 3 4 and was buried on 31 January 1800 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 4.) Marriage Notes: "John, sixth son of John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, bought the estate of Pittencrieff, near Dunfermline, in 1701 .... 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." |