FORBES, James of Echt (second family), Merchant in Aberdeen ^{1 3 4}

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  General Notes:

"FORBES
JAMES
WILLIAM FORBES/ELISABETH ARBUTHNOTT
M
21/04/1775
168 / A 90 / 89
ABERDEEN"

from Births and Baptisms ⁴

James married Jean NIVEN, daughter of John NIVEN of Thornton and Rachel LUMSDEN, on 20 September 1800 in Clova, Kildrummy parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Jean NIVEN was baptised on 4 February 1779 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"FORBES
JAMES
JANE NIVEN/FR162 (FR162)
20/09/1800
208 10 / 154
KILDRUMMY"

"FORBES
JAMES
JEAN NIVEN/FR5044 (FR5044)
20/09/1800
168 / A 160 / 131
ABERDEEN"

"FORBES
JAMES
JANE NIVEN/FR164 (FR164)
20/09/1800
208 10 / 156
KILDRUMMY"

from Index of Marriages

Old Parish Registers
Saint Nicholas parish Aberdeen
Marriages

"1800
Sep^r 20
M^r James Forbes
&
Miss Jean Niven
Upon the twentieth day of September one Thousand Eight hundred By the Rev^d M^r John Walker Episcopal Minister in Huntly were lawfuly married in the house of the Brides Father at Clova in the Parish of Kildrummie *after due proclamation of Banns (*added later in side bar) Mr James Forbes Merchant in Aberdeen & Miss Jean Niven there Daughter of John Niven Esq^r of Peebles (?) In presence of these witnesses George Hogarth Esq^r of Marshall Meadows & M^r William Forbes Merchant in Aberdeen"




"James (Forbes) .... married, 1810 (see Note below), Jane, third daughter of John Niven of Thornton, Aberdeenshire, by whom he had three sons and six daughters : William, advocate in Edinburgh and barrister in London, John and James, all died unmarried. Rachel Ann, married 1832 Patrick Watson Carnegie of Lour and Turin, Angus. Jane, married Clements Lumsden, advocate in Aberdeen, and was mother of Dame Louisa Lumsden, 1840-1934. Elizabeth, Edith, Marie aud Christina died unmarried. James Forbes of Echt died July 3Ist, 1850, but before his death he had sold the estate"

from House of Forbes

Note

1810 is typographical error for 1800.< ^{1 2 3}