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FORBES, Walter 3rd of Blackton
(About 1618-)
FORBES, Hellen
(About 1617-)
CUMMING, George 6th of Lochtervandich, Merchant, Provost of Elgin
(About 1600-1689)
LESLIE, Marjory
(About 1615-1656)
FORBES, Alexander 4th of Blackton, Burgess of Elgin
(About 1638-)
CUMMING, Daughter
(About 1655-)
FORBES, William 5th and last of Blackton
(1689-)

 

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Parents:
1. FORBES, Alexander 4th of Blackton, Burgess of Elgin & HACKETT, Isobel
2. FORBES, Alexander 4th of Blackton, Burgess of Elgin & CUMMING, Daughter

Spouses/Children:
1. CUMMING, Mary

FORBES, William 5th and last of Blackton 2

  • Born: 28 November 1689 2
  • Marriage (1): CUMMING, Mary in 1722 in Monquhitter parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1

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  General Notes:

"..... his (Alexander Forbes's) eldest son, William, the last Laird was born on November 28th, 1689. He had also a daughter, Helen Forbes, who in 1712 married William Keith, younger, of Bruxie."

from Two Scottish Soldiers 2


William married Mary CUMMING, daughter of John CUMMING of Auchry and Anna FORBES, in 1722 in Monquhitter parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 (Mary CUMMING was born about 1700.)


  Marriage Notes:

"CUMINE
MARY
WILLIAM FORBES/
00/00/1722
223
10 / 248
Monquhitter"

from Index of Marriages




"Mary Cumming m. William Forbes of Blacktown"

from stirnet.com 1

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/cc4rz/cumming02.php Cumming02.

2 e-books, Two Scottish Soldiers and A Jacobite Laird by James Ferguson (1888).

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