FORBES, John of Bellabeg ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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  General Notes:

"FORBES
JOHN
GEORGE FORBES/
M
24/02/1709
240 10 / 231
STRATHDON AND CORGARFF"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Strathdon parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"24 George Forbes tutour off New hade a son bapt John wit: John Forbes off New Nathanael Forbes off Ardgeith and Charles (?) off (?) brother in law to the said George" ^{3 4 7}

John married Christan SHEPHERD, daughter of Reverend Mr John SHEPHERD Minister of Logie Coldstone parish and Isobel ALEXANDER, on 23 August 1732 in Strathdon parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Christan SHEPHERD was born about 1710.)

  Marriage Notes:

"FORBES
JOHN
CHRISTAN SHEPHERD/
23/08/1732
240 10 / 383
STRATHDON AND CORGARFF"

from Index of Marriages




"Bellabeg, along with Auchernach, Invererenan, Skellater, Candacraig and Newe Castle were all at some time properties of the Forbes clan .... John Forbes, born here in 1707 (baptism was 1709), married Christian Shepherd in 1737 (in fact, 1732). The armorial panel over the front door bears their initials and the motto `NON TEMERE' (Be Not Afraid). Their son (also John) established a mercantile house in Bombay and restored the family fortune, buying back ancestral estates including Newe from James Forbes of Seaton. John was a great philanthropist, he donated large sums of money to good causes including the Aberdeen Asylum and Infirmary."

from Bellabeg House ^{1 2}