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FORBES, John of Pittencrieff, Lieutenant-Colonel
(1658-1701)
GRAHAM, Elizabeth
(1675-)
AIKMAN, William of Cairnie, Artist
(1682-1731)
LAWSON, Marian 'of Cairnmuir'
(About 1685-Before 1731)
FORBES, Hugh Advocate, Principal Clerk of Session
(1704-)
AIKMAN, Margaret
(1716-1800)
FORBES-AIKMAN, John of Ross House and Broomelton
(About 1746-1821)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. NAESMITH, Marion

FORBES-AIKMAN, John of Ross House and Broomelton 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: About 1746
  • Marriage (1): NAESMITH, Marion on 21 July 1771 in Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 26 September 1821, The Ross (Ross House), near Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland 2 5

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  General Notes:

"(Deaths)

1821
September
26
- At Ross, John Forbes Aikman, Esq., of Ross and Bromelton, in the 86th year of his age."

from Edinburgh Register 2


John married Marion NAESMITH on 21 July 1771 in Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 (Marion NAESMITH was born about 1750 and died on 9 April 1825 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"NAESMITH
MARION
JOHN FORBES-AIKMAN/FR703 (FR703)
21/07/1771
647
30 / 321
Hamilton"

from Index of Marriages 1

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 e-books, The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 14 J. Ballantyne and Company, 1823.

3 Internet Site, http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Forbes.pdf Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 by Neil Jeffares, online edition.

4 e-books, The Scots Magazine ..., Volumes 95-96 Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1825.

5 Internet Site, https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/08/60-robertson-aikman-of-ross-house.html Landed families of Britain and Ireland by Nicholas Kingsley.

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