I am also descended from William Gutridge Garland. David was my 3rd ggrandfather. Please fill in some information for me. I have Ezekiel Garland born 1782 died abt 1817 in Burke Co., NC. Married Susanna(h) Grindstaff 30 Mar 1802. What are the particulars on Elvina? I would like to add her to my database. Bridget Hampton's parents were Ezekiel Hampton and Sarah Jane (Jenny) Griggs. She was not the niece of Col. Andrew Hampton. According to all the research done by many people Col. Andrew Hampton was not a relative. Another Andrew Hampton was Ezekiel Hampton's father. I have no information on William Gutridge Garland's parents. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jotoney@aol.com> To: <FORBES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: [FORBES] Re: Gutridge M. Forbes > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Garland, O'Brien, Scott, Toney > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/27.54 > > Message Board Post: > > I am responding to an old message so you may already have found this information. I am descended from the Garland family. My 3ggrandmother was Elvina Garland. Her father was Ezekiel Garland and his father- Gutridge Garland, b. 1753 in Halifax Co. NC, d. 1848 in Carter Co. TN. Gutridge Garland married Bridget Hampton, the niece of Col. Andrew Hampton. My entire line on my fathers side is from the Carter, Johnson, Unicoi counties in TN. > > Let me know if this has helped and especially if you know any additional information. There is a rather large controversy over the parents of Gutridge > > > ==== FORBES Mailing List ==== > *************FORBES-L Mailing List**************** > All material published on this list is copyrighted 2000 by the author. No reproduction in whole or in part is permitted without the author's written consent. > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORBES, MITCHELL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/747 Message Board Post: I have in an old family album a picture of a 'Miss Forbes, a cousin'. This is an album of my Mitchell ancestors, from Aberdeenshire Scotland. John Mitchell and Jannet Gordon Mitchell (1800's) Francis Mitchell and Marion Gilbert Mitchell - who immigrated to New Brusnwick (abt. 1840) The back of the picture says 'H. Gordon. 26 Union Terrace, Aberdeen.' I have no other information for this picture. If you believe this is from your family, I would be more than happy to e-mail a copy of this photo. Thanks, Tracie Clawson Teplayer@hotmail.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Adair, Forbes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: MSS # 53802. ADAIR PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 182) Correspondence of John Forbes, Lieutenant-Governor of the Bahamas 1796 (d.1797) 1780-1797, n.d. Some Copies. Chiefly consists of letters from Forbes to Adair, who was Forbes' executor, together with other correspondence of Forbes, his family and associates. at - http://molcat.bl.uk/msscat or http://molcat.bl.uk/ Seeking information on any Adair / Forbes marriages. There may have been a marriage perhaps late 1600s between Rachel Forbes and Robert Adair, 4th son of Sir Robert Adair and his wife Jane Edmondstone. Thankyou.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Garland, O'Brien, Scott, Toney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/27.54 Message Board Post: I am responding to an old message so you may already have found this information. I am descended from the Garland family. My 3ggrandmother was Elvina Garland. Her father was Ezekiel Garland and his father- Gutridge Garland, b. 1753 in Halifax Co. NC, d. 1848 in Carter Co. TN. Gutridge Garland married Bridget Hampton, the niece of Col. Andrew Hampton. My entire line on my fathers side is from the Carter, Johnson, Unicoi counties in TN. Let me know if this has helped and especially if you know any additional information. There is a rather large controversy over the parents of Gutridge

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORBES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/745 Message Board Post: A short history of the Clan Forbes The name Forbes is a clan-name deriving from a place -- in Aberdeenshire. The clan, however, is almost certainly of Irish/Dalriadic origin, and their presence in north-eastern Scotland may have been part of the early Dalriadic policy to 'police' the Picts. The boars' heads on the Forbes coat of arms commemorate the exploit of a distant ancestor who rid their part of Aberdeenshire of a wild boar which was terrorizing it, and their gathering cry of 'Lonach' is the name of a hill in Strathdon, where the clan asembled in times of trouble. The March of the Forbes men at the annual Lonach Gathering is now an established part of modern Highland life. The ancient seat of the chiefs was Druminor Castle, but later it became Castle Forbes. The present chief's seat is Balforbes near Craigievar Castle, which is another Forbes castle belonging to the Forbes chieftains who became Lords Sempill. John of Forbes is known to have possessed the Forbes lands in Aberdeenshire as early as the reign of King William the Lion (1165-1212). In 1236 Fergus of Forbes received a charter for these lands from the Earl of Buchan. Alexander de Forbes was made Governor of Urguhart Castle near Inverness and defended it against Edward I of England in 1204. He was forced to surrender with his garrison, but the English put every man alive to the sword after having accepted their surrender. His son, also named Alexander, supported Robert Bruce and Bruce's son King David II. He was killed in 1332 at Duplin, fighting at King David's side. Robert Bruce gave the family further lands in Aberdeen, and Sir Alexander de Forbes, who died in 1405, was Justiciar and Coroner of Aberdeenshire. Another Alexander Forbes, chief of the clan, became Lord Forbes around the year 1436, and he married a granddaughter of King Robert III. The Forbeses seem to have pursued a policy not unlike that of the Argyll Campbells, in supporting law and order and the established government. In 1488 yet another Alexander, Lord Forbes, furious over the treacherous murder of King James III, who was stabbed to death by a false priest after the Battle of Sauchieburn on 11 June of that year, raised an army to revenge the King. He carried the dead King's blood-soaked shirt on the point of his spear and was only persuaded to disband his army by the direct intervention of the new King, Jamves IV. The principal enemies of the Forbeses seem to have been the Gordons -- who were Catholic and rebellious by nature. The Forbeses had accepted the reformed faith. The 8th Lord Forbes married Lady Margaret Gordon, eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Huntly. Their son turned Catholic and entered a religious order, and Forbes disowned his wife. This led to a clan battle in 1572 at Catt in Aberdeenshire, in which the Gordons had the better of the day, killing Lord Forbes's brother. Lord Forbes, however, subsequently married Janet Seton of Touch, and not suprisingly in 1595 he was one of the lieutenants of the northern coutnies created by the King in order to suppress the 'Popish" Earls of Huntly (Gordon) and Erroll (Hay). Thereafter the chiefs pursued the Protestant line faithfully and were opposed to Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Catholic Stuarts. Nevertheless, questions of religion and of 'rightul' kings cut across ordinary loyalties, and we find the Forbeses of Pitsligo on the Jocobite side in 1745. After Culloden their chieftain was able to remain a fugitive on Forbes lands until his death fifteen years later. The Forbeses of Culloden produced Lord President Forbes, who exerted a powerful influence on many of the clans who were undecided which side to take in 1745. His success in keeping many of them at home, neutral, is said to have contributed considerably to the Government vicotory at Culloden in 1746. HIs name, it is nice to be able to say, was and is respected generally throughout the Highlands, even by the most hard-line Jacobites. The chief of Clan Forbes, Lord Forbes of Forbes, is the premier baron of Scotland. Taken from "The Scottish Highlanders" by Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin. copyright 1984 in Great Britain. The early line of Forbes The Forbes, Lord Pitsligo. A distinguished branch. A small blurb about an old relation: The Clan Rattray A visitors description of Craigevar Castle. Tension after the Battle of Culloden Scotch Drink by Robert Burns lforbes@arsc.edu For other information on the FORBES Family Name. try typing in - History of FORBES. or The History of the Clan Forbes. there quite are a few sites worth looking at. Good Hunting Every one.and to my distant COUSINS. Jeanette Shermer nee FORBES. for FORBES & GORGENS E-Mail: jeanette.shermer@ntlworld.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORBES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: A short history of the Clan Forbes The name Forbes is a clan-name deriving from a place -- in Aberdeenshire. The clan, however, is almost certainly of Irish/Dalriadic origin, and their presence in north-eastern Scotland may have been part of the early Dalriadic policy to 'police' the Picts. The boars' heads on the Forbes coat of arms commemorate the exploit of a distant ancestor who rid their part of Aberdeenshire of a wild boar which was terrorizing it, and their gathering cry of 'Lonach' is the name of a hill in Strathdon, where the clan asembled in times of trouble. The March of the Forbes men at the annual Lonach Gathering is now an established part of modern Highland life. The ancient seat of the chiefs was Druminor Castle, but later it became Castle Forbes. The present chief's seat is Balforbes near Craigievar Castle, which is another Forbes castle belonging to the Forbes chieftains who became Lords Sempill. John of Forbes is known to have possessed the Forbes lands in Aberdeenshire as early as the reign of King William the Lion (1165-1212). In 1236 Fergus of Forbes received a charter for these lands from the Earl of Buchan. Alexander de Forbes was made Governor of Urguhart Castle near Inverness and defended it against Edward I of England in 1204. He was forced to surrender with his garrison, but the English put every man alive to the sword after having accepted their surrender. His son, also named Alexander, supported Robert Bruce and Bruce's son King David II. He was killed in 1332 at Duplin, fighting at King David's side. Robert Bruce gave the family further lands in Aberdeen, and Sir Alexander de Forbes, who died in 1405, was Justiciar and Coroner of Aberdeenshire. Another Alexander Forbes, chief of the clan, became Lord Forbes around the year 1436, and he married a granddaughter of King Robert III. The Forbeses seem to have pursued a policy not unlike that of the Argyll Campbells, in supporting law and order and the established government. In 1488 yet another Alexander, Lord Forbes, furious over the treacherous murder of King James III, who was stabbed to death by a false priest after the Battle of Sauchieburn on 11 June of that year, raised an army to revenge the King. He carried the dead King's blood-soaked shirt on the point of his spear and was only persuaded to disband his army by the direct intervention of the new King, Jamves IV. The principal enemies of the Forbeses seem to have been the Gordons -- who were Catholic and rebellious by nature. The Forbeses had accepted the reformed faith. The 8th Lord Forbes married Lady Margaret Gordon, eldest daughter of the 4th Earl of Huntly. Their son turned Catholic and entered a religious order, and Forbes disowned his wife. This led to a clan battle in 1572 at Catt in Aberdeenshire, in which the Gordons had the better of the day, killing Lord Forbes's brother. Lord Forbes, however, subsequently married Janet Seton of Touch, and not suprisingly in 1595 he was one of the lieutenants of the northern coutnies created by the King in order to suppress the 'Popish" Earls of Huntly (Gordon) and Erroll (Hay). Thereafter the chiefs pursued the Protestant line faithfully and were opposed to Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Catholic Stuarts. Nevertheless, questions of religion and of 'rightul' kings cut across ordinary loyalties, and we find the Forbeses of Pitsligo on the Jocobite side in 1745. After Culloden their chieftain was able to remain a fugitive on Forbes lands until his death fifteen years later. The Forbeses of Culloden produced Lord President Forbes, who exerted a powerful influence on many of the clans who were undecided which side to take in 1745. His success in keeping many of them at home, neutral, is said to have contributed considerably to the Government vicotory at Culloden in 1746. HIs name, it is nice to be able to say, was and is respected generally throughout the Highlands, even by the most hard-line Jacobites. The chief of Clan Forbes, Lord Forbes of Forbes, is the premier baron of Scotland. Taken from "The Scottish Highlanders" by Charles MacKinnon of Dunakin. copyright 1984 in Great Britain. The early line of Forbes The Forbes, Lord Pitsligo. A distinguished branch. A small blurb about an old relation: The Clan Rattray A visitors description of Craigevar Castle. Tension after the Battle of Culloden Scotch Drink by Robert Burns lforbes@arsc.edu Sorry I cant find the rest. I think it has now been put on the web but we must now PAY for the information. Type in The History of the Forbes. or The history of the Clan Forbes. Jeanette shermer nee Forbes jeanette.shermer@ntlworld.com Good Hunting.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: hey this is what i got a a charles fobes he was born feb 27 1863 in hartfornd connecticut his parents were horace h forbes and almira carpenter he had 7 borther and sister dose any of this sound like your charles forbes hid middel name was titusone of his borhter were alferd forbesad franklin fobes any thing sound like your email me at coachbob2002@cs.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes, Foot Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I can't tell you much more about Charles Forbes but I'll try - his wife and daughter you now know. In 1853, Charles was a barrister, living at 12 Jane Street, Southwark (now Joan Street). In 1876, when Grace A-F F got married in Hammersmith, his occupation was gentleman. Grace married Alfred Foot born 1852 in Finsbury. Witnesses at the wedding were Charles Francis Forbes and Katharine Forbes. Grace and Alfred had at least two children - Alfred Forbes Foot and Grace Forbes Foot. Alfred Forbes was born in 1877 in Croydon and Grace Forbes was born in 1879. They had moved to Penge Road, Croydon, by 1881 and Alfred's sister, Mary E, was living with them too. In 1899, Alfred Forbes married Harriet Emma Rose Mason, born 1877 in Horsham. They had five children - Frederick Forbes born 1900, Beda Forbes born 1902, Alfred Forbes born 1904, Grace Forbes born ? and Albert/Herbert Forbes born ? In 1900, they were living in Tamworth Road, Croydon. At some point before 1902, they moved to West Ham. Frederick Forbes (my grandfather) married Lilian Rose Elliott in 1924 in Brighton, and they had five children - Joan Beda, Alfred Forbes, Frederick Leonard (my father), Gordon Jeffery and Maureen Lilian. Beda Forbes had five children - Jeffery, Barbara, Pauline, Clifford and ??. Alfred Forbes, Grace Forbes and Albert/Herbert Forbes are a mystery at the moment. Joan Beda went to Canada in 1945 ish and has three sons. Alfred Forbes went to Australia in 1940 ish and has a son by his first marriage. Frederick Leonard has two daughters. Gordon Jeffery has a son by his first marriage and two sons and a daughter by the second and, finally, Maureen has two daughters. Phew - if you want more details, just ask Julie

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORBES OF LONDON Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hello Julie, There is a big possiblity that there was a CHARLES FORBES in my tree. My Brother is John Henry Charles, My Grand father was Henry Charles. Mr Great Grand father was Henry..... ! I am still looking for other members of the family. It is and was the norm, to name children after ones father or mother or grand parents AND BROTHES. My Great GREAT Grand Father was James Forbes married Lucinda Johnson in shoreditch / Hackney in London England. in 1844 the first child that I have found was my Great Grand father HENRY FORBES born in 1856. then ELIZA FORBES in 1859 so it stands to reason that there most have been other children between 1844 - 1856. I think there must have been a CHARLS FORBES. There is also a LEWIS FORBES which is rear. any information you can give me would or maybe of some help. The Forbes name is my direct line. Jeanette

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes, Mudie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't suppose there was a Charles Forbes who married Frances Mudie, possibly in 1856? Daughter Grace Abercromby-Forbes Forbes.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/744 Message Board Post: Have the Forbes family trees in the tome (abt 500 pages) on the Forbes family, "The House of Forbes," by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler ever been put into a computer database and made available on the web?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/743 Message Board Post: Dear All: There is an emerging interest in looking at the possibility of developing a database of the DNA markers for the Scottish Clans and Septs. The Scottish clans are very unique in that the Clans have been identified and family relationships tracked for hundreds of years. Some Clan family have documented histories stretching back to before 1000 AD ( and some back to 500AD) . So this leads to some interesting possibilities of identifying current clan family members and determining if the Scottish ancestry line can be identified. Some have cautioned: be careful because you may find out that you are not who you think you are :-). Non-paternity events were as frequent then as they are now. There is also an interesting mailing list here on Rootsweb : Genealogy-DNA-L@rootsweb.com. It turns out that A couple of factors make this a very interesting study for the Clans to be involved in. A: The mtDNA passes down from mother to daughter only. So the matriarch of the family becomes clearly identified and traceable. Scottish history is one of the few in the world where female lineage was often documented. Note that non paternity events don't occur in this DNA since obviously the mother knows her daughter is her offspring. B: The Y DNA passes from father to son. Then we can again provide a clear line of potential coordination between the written documentation and the DNA markers. There are some other fine points of the DNA identification and you can find out a lot more in the archives of the mailing list. Anybody that is really interested in participating should please reply to me at the email address below or reply to this message post. Then just list only your interest, surname , contact info and potential Clan association. I don't want to clog up the archives with a lot of "me too" emails and board posts. :-) Any comments or questions are appropriate to post. Someone will then contact you for further details and how to proceed. Please note there will probably be cost of some amount for the DNA test. I don't know what that amount is for the test but it probably about $250. My initial survey indicates that we will want the 23 marker DNA test to get some definitive answers. I expect to get more details next week. Please feel free to pass this message along to other mailing lists and boards that may have a high per centage of Scottish Clan or Sept descendants. Should be an interesting database over the months and years :-) Was that my Chief ??? Best Regards John A Hansen jahansen@qwest.net Clan Board and List Admin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/742 Message Board Post: I am looking for any info. on Alexander Forbes I don't know his birth year but he died 3 Nov. 1926 he was married to Dana Amelia Bunker 1871-1944 I know of four children they had Alberta M. b.1894-?, Arthur D. 1895-1948, Harry T. 1897-1959, Ralph C. 1898-?. I know Alexander lived in Marysville York Co. N.B. when Harry was born and I know he died in St.Stephen Charlotte Co. N.B. but this is all I know I hope someone can help me. Thanks. ( I do have a picture of the first three children dressed in very fancy victorian style clothes when Harry was a baby.)

Hello all, I am looking for any information on John William Forbes, 28 Jun 1858 ,Kirkhill, Inverness, Scotland, who married Mary Dora Reid. I have all their down line (my wife is a Forbes of this line), but I am looking to verify the up line, of whom I believe his parents to be Thomas Forbes and Mary Chisholm, who married 28 Jul 1858 Bridgeton, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. Any information would be great. Regard, Milton Purcell

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes/VanZile Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/346.1 Message Board Post: Sarah, Elisabeth, Nancy, Mary, and Catherine are all daughters of Catherine VanZile and Nicholas Forbes (born on July 10, 1774).

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/500.1.1 Message Board Post: looking to find a memer that was know to live in NHleon eli forbes have you ever heard of him email me back thanks

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes amd Wales Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/741 Message Board Post: Hello, I wanted to get back in touch with you, I have a new e-mail address and wasn't sure that you had it, I tried e-mailing you on the above e-mail address and it was sent back to be, as user unknown, I hope we can find each other so we can continue our search of the ancesters. Wales and Forbes. Thanks Best Regards Jan Cheek

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2.1 Message Board Post: Hi Robert, My James Forbes was my Great, Great Grand Father he was born 1817- 1823 in scotland. his father was Lewis Forbes. James married in London in 1844 to Lucinda Johnson. They must have had many children one of which was my Great Grand Father HENRY FORBES. born 1856. he also had a sister ELIZA FORBES born 1859 and married a JOHN CHURCH in London in 1879. There was another son called James Lewis Forbes who we belived went to either Australia or Canada. ??

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/731.2 Message Board Post: the james forbes in my tree come from scootland in 1635 he was the husband of cathrinen and he lived in east hartford if i can help just email me at coachbob2002@cs.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FORBES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EEX.2ACIB/740 Message Board Post: 1.) LEWIS FORBES - born befor 1800 - SCOTLAND. his son 2.) JAMES FORBES - 1823. JAMES married: 1844 LONDON, Eng. to LUCINDA JOHNSON. - her father Edward Johnson. Their son: 3.) HENRY FORBES. born: London. Eng 1856 HENRY FORBES - married: Matilda Hawksbee LONDON ENG. 1876. HENRY'S SON - 4.) HENRY CHARLES FORBES. born: London. Eng. 1886. married - Charlotte Eaton- 1908 Son of HENRY CHARLES FORBES. - 5.) LEONARD GORDON FORBES born:London Eng. 1925.-- married: Dorice Walker 6.) DUAGHTER OF LEONARD GORDON FORBES - JEANETTE FORBES - born: London Eng 1951 - ME