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FORBES, Thomas of Waterton
(About 1595-1652)
RAMSAY, Jean
(About 1620-After 1665)
GORDON, John Baronet of Haddo, Royalist, Sir
(About 1606-1644)
FORBES, Janet
(About 1606-)
FORBES, John of Waterton, Hereditary Constable Aberdeenshire, Sir
(About 1635-1675)
GORDON, Jean
(About 1635-)
FORBES, Thomas of Waterton
(About 1664-1731)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. NICOLSON, Elizabeth
2. GALLOWAY, Catherine

FORBES, Thomas of Waterton 2 3

  • Born: About 1664
  • Marriage (1): NICOLSON, Elizabeth 1689(contract) 1 2
  • Marriage (2): GALLOWAY, Catherine on 25 March 1698 in Carnbee parish, Fife, Scotland 2 3
  • Died: 1731 2

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Thomas married Elizabeth NICOLSON, daughter of Sir George NICOLSON of Cluny, Upsetlingoun, Kemnay and Balcaskie and Margaret HALIBURTON, 1689(contract).1 2 (Elizabeth NICOLSON was baptised on 13 January 1674 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 4 and died by 1698 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Thomas Forbes of Waterton, born 1664, married first, in 1689, Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir George Nicholson of Balcaskie, afterwards Lord Glenbervie. She brought a fortune of 10,000 merks, and had two sons and a daughter:

John, killed al Sheriffnmir, 1715 - he had been admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1707. George, o.s.p. before 1722. Margaret, married John Hay of Balbithan."

from House of Forbes 2

Thomas next married Catherine GALLOWAY on 25 March 1698 in Carnbee parish, Fife, Scotland.2 3 (Catherine GALLOWAY was born about 1670.)


  Marriage Notes:

"FORBES
THOMAS
CATHERINE GALLOWAY/FR509 (FR509)
25/03/1698
413 10 / 504
CARNBEE"

from Index of Marriages




"Thomas (Forbes), married secondly, in 1690 (see Note below), Katharine Galloway, eldest daughter of Thomas, Lord Dunkeld, and had:

Thomas, his heir. James, drowned in the Don, 1731. William, o.s.p. Jean, born 1699, married J. Sandilands of Countesswells, and secondly, as his fourth wife, John Farquharson of Invercauld, the Jacobite of 1715. Mary, died unmarried. The third Laird died in 1731."

from House of Forbes

Note:

1690 is a typographical error for 1698.
2 3

Sources


1 e-books, Memoranda relating to the Family of Forbes of Waterton from a MS by John Forbes (1857).

2 e-books, House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937 and 1987) found at https://www.clan-forbes.org/house-of-forbes Waterton.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

4 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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