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FORBES, William
(About 1690-)

 

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1. GORDON, Elizabeth

FORBES, William 1

  • Born: About 1690
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Elizabeth 1

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William married Elizabeth GORDON, daughter of James GORDON tenant of Mill of Auchindoir and Unknown.1 (Elizabeth GORDON was born about 1695.)


  Marriage Notes:

"..... Elizabeth (Gordon) was twice married, first to William Forbes, and next to Charles Lumsden. By the former, who succeeded to the farm, she had, with other children, a son William, who became a coppersmith and burgess of Aberdeen,... The coppersmith, who married a daughter of the Rev. Mr.. Dyce, minister of Belhelvie, was the father of William Forbes, who bought the estates of Calender, &c., Stirlingshire, in 1783."

from Epitaphs 1

Sources


1 e-books, Epitaphs and Inscriptions from Burial Grounds and Old Buildings by Andrew Jervise (1875).

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