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FORBES, William
(About 1690-)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1695-)
DYCE, William Minister of Belhelvie parish, Reverend Mr
(1689-1724)
ANDERSON, Katherine
(1701-1773)
FORBES, William Coppersmith, Burgess of Aberdeen
(About 1715-)
DYCE, Janet
(1723-1803)
FORBES, Katharine
(1747-1785)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. ABERCROMBY, John Provost of Aberdeen

FORBES, Katharine 1 3

  • Baptised: 13 February 1747, Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 3
  • Marriage (1): ABERCROMBY, John Provost of Aberdeen on 28 January 1771 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: September 1785 4

   Other names for Katharine were FORBES, Catharine 3 and FORBES, Catherine.2

   User ID: K427.

  General Notes:

"FORBES
KATHARINE
WILLIAM FORBES/JANET DYCE
F
13/02/1747
168 / A 80 / 220
ABERDEEN"

from Births and Baptisms 3


Katharine married John ABERCROMBY Provost of Aberdeen, son of Reverend Mr Robert ABERCROMBY Minister of Leslie parish and Margaret TOASCH (TOSH), on 28 January 1771 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 2 (John ABERCROMBY Provost of Aberdeen was born on 31 July 1729 1 5 and died in June 1820 1 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"ABERCROMBIE
JOHN
CATHERINE FORBES/
28/01/1771
168 / A 130 / 545
ABERDEEN"

from Index of Marriages




"Abercrombie (John), stocking manufacturer in Aberdeen, son of the Rev. Robert Abercrombie, minister of the Parish of Leslie, and Margaret Toasch his wife, was born in 1729. He was chosen as Provost of Aberdeen in 1787, serving till 1789, and again from 1793 till 1795. He was an Elder of the East Church of Aberdeen, and died in 1820. In January, 1771 , he was married to Katharine Forbes, daughter of William Forbes, coppersmith in Aberdeen, and Janet Dyce his wife."

from Family of Dingwall Fordyce 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Family Record of the Name of Dingwall Fordyce in Aberdeenshire vol.1 compiled by Alexander Dingwall Fordyce (1885).

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).

5 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

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