Thanks John for taking over the list! I hope we all make some connections. My line: Jacob John FORBES 6/23/1766 Montgomery Co NY m: Catherine? son: John J.FORBES b7/23/1797 Montgomery Co NY, d1844 Onondaga Co, NY m: Lydia Sheridan children: all born NY George 1818-1903 Jacob 1820-1902 John T. 1821-1861 THOMAS 1824-1894 (my line) m: Mary Jane Colt daughter: Delina Forbes b:~1850 Merrick Alexander 1838 all brothers moved to WI in 1847 Sincerely, Debbie Mills ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Welcome John. My Forbes was THOMAS FORBES Laird of Thornton Castle near Montrose Scotland. Born about mid 1600's I think. He married ELIZABETH LYON of Glamis castle. Thomas's father was JOHN FORBES who married Lady ELIZABETH STANHOPE does anyone know the forbears of these FORBES? I have been told that my Forbes were of Tolquhon Castle near Aberdeen. I note that yours,John are of Corse Castle, yet you have a Thornton Castle incumbent in your line. William Forbes b. 1542. does this mean that my Forbes are descended from your William? Hope one of you Forbes chasers can throw some light on my ancient Forbes. Kay Middleton-Gray.

Hi Everyone, I am happy to let you know that I have assumed ownership of the FORBES-L list. Let's have a great time and help each other find our FORBES ancestors. I have recently acquired to books that might be of help to some of you: Burke's "Peerage and Baronetage" 1929 ed. and "Genealogie of the Houss of Forbes" by Matthew Lumsden 1580. Please post your FORBES line to the list so we all know what your line of FORBES is. Here is mine: GGF- Chauncy Oscar RYNERSON b. 28 Aug 1857 Tecumseh KS, d. 18 Dec 1924 Minneapolis, MN m. Mary Susan RICHARDS 26 Apr 1892 Quincy, IL 2GGF- William Henry RYNERSON b. 9 Oct 1829 Mercer Co KY, d. 21 Feb 1891 m. Eunice Ellen TICHENOR 27 Jul 1854 Vigo Co. IL 3GGF- Byram TICHENOR b. 1798 Nelson Co KY, d. Oct 1852 Prairie Creek, IN m. Eunice KESTER 26 Aug 1856 4GGF- Peter TICHENOR b. 27 Mar 1777 Morris Co NJ, d. 1822 Nelson Co KY m. Frances COTTON 3 Sep 1797 Nelson Co KY 5GGF- Daniel TICHENOR b. 1742 Morris Co NJ, d. 12 Apr 1804 Nelson Co KY m. Anna BYRAM 6 May 1776 6GGF- Ebenezer BYRAM b. 17 Sep 1716 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA, d. 14 Sep 1762 Morris Co NJ m. Abigail ALDEN 22 Nov 1738 Plymouth MA 7GGF- Capt. Ebenezer ALDEN b. 5 Jan 1694 Plymouth MA, d. 31 Dec 1776 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m. Anna KEITH 16 Apr 1717 8GGF- Lt. Joseph KEITH b. 14 Feb 1673 Plymouth MA, d. 27 Sep 1730 Plymouth MA m. Elizabeth FORBES ca 1694 Bridgewter, Plymouth MA 9GGF- Deacon Edward FORBES b. 1651 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA, d. 1732 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m. Elizabeth HOWARD 1676 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA 10GGF- Col. John FORBES b. ca 1610 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1661 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m.Constant MITCHELL 1637 11GGF- Rev. John FORBES b. 1568 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1634 Holland m. Christian BARCLAY 12GGF- William FORBES, Laird of Thornton b. ca 1542 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1 Apr 1614 m. Elizabeth STRACHAN 13GGF- Patrick FORBES b. ca 1510 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. aft 1554 m. Marjory LUMSDEN 14GGF- David "Trail of the Axe" FORBES b. ca 1478 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland m. Elizabeth PANTHER bef 1509 15GGF- Hon. Patrick FORBES b. ca 1446 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. aft 1476 m. Elspet FORBES 16GGF- James FORBES, 2nd Lord of Forbes b. ca 1424 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. ca 30 Sep 1460 Scotland m. Gille "Egidia" KEITH bef 1442 Scotland 17GGF- Baron Alexander De FORBES b. ca 1380 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1448 Aberdeenshire, Scotland m. Baroness Elizabeth DOUGLAS 6 Oct 1423 Scotland 18GGF- Lord John De FORBES b. 1332 Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d. bef 20 Nov 1446 Scotland m. Elizabeth Margaret KENNEDY 19GGF- John De FORBES b. 1302 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland m. Margaret UNKNOWN ca 1331 My best, John Brandt

Posted on: FORBES Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/f/o/FORBES/queries?read=10 Surname: Forbes, Kangas, Eldridge, Barrett, Everingham ------------------------- Looking for any information on my gggreat-grandfather Alexander Forbes. Born in NY between 1810-1852. His wifes name was Jane Everingham. She was born on June 30 between 1817-1822, place unknown. They had a son, he was named Alexander C. Forbes. He was born in Troy, Rensselaer County, NY on 16 MAR 1844. If anyone can offer any more information on any of these individuals please contact me.

Hello to all Forbes. I am new to this list - I have not explored this part of my tree before and welcome contact with anyone who fits into the following data. I am a direct descendant, g-g-g-grandson, of Christina Bruce, nee Forbes. Christina was born March 26, 1775, at Latheron, Caithness, Scotland. She died May 8, 1855 at Munsary and is buried at Latheron Church. She married Donald Bruce [1769-1857] on March 15, 1796. Christina was a daughter of Donald Forbes and Margaret Gunn who were married on Feb 12, 1774, at Latheron. Christina had a sister, Margaret, who married William Sutherland [I have a number of other Sutherland links from the same region]. She had a brother, Alexander Forbes who emigrated to Queensland, Australia. Christina's other two brothers, Robert [1784-1837] and William [1786-1852] both went to Florida in about 1820. They seem to have inherited much of the proceeds of the sale of the 1817 Forbes Purchase in Florida. John Forbes was the principal character in the Forbes Purchase and his brother Thomas was also involved. I have no idea of the relationship between Robert and William, and John and Thomas. Possibly John and Thomas were brothers of Donald Forbes, i.e. uncles of Robert, William, Christina, Alexander and Margaret. Either Robert or William was a judge. When they died, they left their fortune to their sisters, Christina and Margaret. Some of the proceeds from this trickled down to numerous relatives all over the world, including the children of 14 grandchildren of Christina in New Zealand. This money arrived in 1915, just in time to finance my grandfather to fight in France in WW1. One of Christina's sons, James Bruce, went direct from Scotland to Florida in 1849. Two grandsons, Donald and Hector Bruce, went direct from Scotland to Florida in about 1862-1865. Two grandsons, William and Alexander Bruce, went from New Zealand to Florida in 1881 to "assist with the winding up of the Forbes Estate". They remained in Florida. One grandson, James Bruce, went from NZ to Florida in 1915, lived in the "Forbes-Bruce homestead" for five years, and returned to NZ in 1920. Believe it or not, one of his descendants lives about 20 kilometres from me and, in spite of the most friendly and soft approaches, for some reason he will not explain, refuses to talk to us! We have no idea why! James Bruce married Laura Turner. We have had no contact with any of these Forbes or Bruces since about 1920. I am currently building a very comprehensive family tree and would be very pleased to make contact with any descendants of these people any where in the world, including New Zealand where one or two branches are rather vague. I hope to visit Caithness in Scotland in 2001 to visit more of the 'family places' than I had time to do in 1996. Looking forward to making contact, regards to all, Dave Collins dave.clnz@xtra.co.nz ph (09) 298 6614

As a new subscriber to this list, I am uncertain as to the resources available. I do have the following two generations of FORBES and ask if anyone has info on these people, or suggestions for research into the Forbes of the 1700's. Nicholas FORBES b abt 1761 and lived in Pownal, Bennington, VT. He married Sarah FERGUSON. Their daughter was Olive FORBES, b. 1789 and she married Jeremiah JENKS, probably in Pownal, VT. I would like to learn the names of Nicholas' ancestors and the history of this family in early America. Gary duf@ntplx.net

Dear List Looking for information re Alexander FORBES who emmigrated to Baltimore Maryland from Scotland about 1828. He married a woman who already had children. They had 2 sons and a daughter together. The daughter married a William McCandlish and was still living in Baltimore in 1873. Helen in Ontario

Any Forbes out there???? Not much activity here lately, so here is my request again. Help, I am still trying to find parents or siblings of William Forbes b NJ 1803 m Hannah Johnson b NJ 1805 (that's all I know of her,too) There may have been a sibling - Anthony Forbes or he could be a cousin. After marriages, these people moved to Clermont Co. OH and then William, Hannah, and family moved to Sullivan Co., IN. Linda Forbes Watson in Richmond, IN.

Andrew FORBES was married in 1831 to Nancy Ann Alexander AGER, possibly in PA, as first child William Wallace Forbes was b. July 1832 in PA. They had a second child b. 1834 Thomas Andrew Forbes, who may have been born in Monroe County, MO as it appears the family was in that state by then. Andrew Forbes died 1835 in Monroe County, MO. Small probate file shows no family info. I have no idea of his parents' names or where he was born or his birth year. Since he showed up in MO after the 1830 census and was dead by the 1840 census, he missed both censuses. Andrew left no trail other than acquiring some MO property through a federal land grant, which gave no birth information. Research of Pennsylvania Forbes families has not given any concrete info on my Andrew. Also do not know what happened to the two Forbes children after Nancy remarried to Robert K. CRAWFORD & the family moved to Linn Co. MO. I'd like to hear from anyone who has a "lost" Andrew Forbes! Thanks. Joanne Joanne A. Smith Mello jomello@innercite.com

Hi everyone, This is my FORBES connection: The names FOBES and FORBES are interchanged in the records. I'm going to use FORBES for this. GGF- Chauncy Oscar RYNERSON b. 28 Aug 1857 Tecumseh KS, d. 18 Dec 1924 Minneapolis, MN m. Mary Susan RICHARDS 26 Apr 1892 Quincy, IL 2GGF- William Henry RYNERSON b. 9 Oct 1829 Mercer Co KY, d. 21 Feb 1891 m. Eunice Ellen TICHENOR 27 Jul 1854 Vigo Co. IL 3GGF- Byram TICHENOR b. 1798 Nelson Co KY, d. Oct 1852 Prairie Creek, IN m. Eunice KESTER 26 Aug 1856 4GGF- Peter TICHENOR b. 27 Mar 1777 Morris Co NJ, d. 1822 Nelson Co KY m. Frances COTTON 3 Sep 1797 Nelson Co KY 5GGF- Daniel TICHENOR b. 1742 Morris Co NJ, d. 12 Apr 1804 Nelson Co KY m. Anna BYRAM 6 May 1776 6GGF- Ebenezer BYRAM b. 17 Sep 1716 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA, d. 14 Sep 1762 Morris Co NJ m. Abigail ALDEN 22 Nov 1738 Plymouth MA 7GGF- Capt. Ebenezer ALDEN b. 5 Jan 1694 Plymouth MA, d. 31 Dec 1776 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m. Anna KEITH 16 Apr 1717 8GGF- Lt. Joseph KEITH b. 14 Feb 1673 Plymouth MA, d. 27 Sep 1730 Plymouth MA m. Elizabeth FORBES ca 1694 Bridgewter, Plymouth MA 9GGF- Deacon Edward FORBES b. 1651 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA, d. 1732 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m. Elizabeth HOWARD 1676 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA 10GGF- Col. John FORBES b. ca 1610 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1661 Bridgewater, Plymouth MA m.Constant MITCHELL 1637 11GGF- Rev. John FORBES b. 1568 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1634 Holland m. Christian BARCLAY 12GGF- William FORBES, Laird of Thornton b. ca 1542 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1 Apr 1614 m. Elizabeth STRACHAN 13GGF- Patrick FORBES b. ca 1510 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. aft 1554 m. Marjory LUMSDEN 14GGF- David "Trail of the Axe" FORBES b. ca 1478 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland m. Elizabeth PANTHER bef 1509 15GGF- Hon. Patrick FORBES b. ca 1446 Corse, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. aft 1476 m. Elspet FORBES 16GGF- James FORBES, 2nd Lord of Forbes b. ca 1424 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. ca 30 Sep 1460 Scotland m. Gille "Egidia" KEITH bef 1442 Scotland 17GGF- Baron Alexander De FORBES b. ca 1380 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1448 Aberdeenshire, Scotland m. Baroness Elizabeth DOUGLAS 6 Oct 1423 Scotland 18GGF- Lord John De FORBES b. 1332 Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, d. bef 20 Nov 1446 Scotland m. Elizabeth Margaret KENNEDY 19GGF- John De FORBES b. 1302 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland m. Margaret UNKNOWN ca 1331 20GGF- Alexander De FORBES b. ca 1286 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. Battle of Duplin m. UNKNOWN 21GGF- Alexander De FORBES b. ca 1256 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. aft 1304 Murray, Scotland m. UNKNOWN 22GGF- Ferglex (?) De FORBES b. ca 1226 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland M. UNKNOWN 23GGF- Sir John De FORBES b. ca 1176 Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland m. UNKNOWN ************************************************************** JOHN BRANDT 1601 Venice Boulevard Apt # 105 Venice CA 90291 **************************************************************

Seeking any information concerning the origin of my great grandfather, Rufus Forbes. Born approx mid 1800's, possibly Redford or Redhook, New York area. Maybe of ?Dutch or French origin. Married Marie Louise Bourdo (born 1866) of Redford, New York and resided in Adams, MA until his death. One daughter, Rut h May Forbes born 1895. Any leads would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Barbara (cittypaw@aol.com)

Seeking any information concerning my grt grandfather Rufus (or Rafael) Forbes or (Forgue(s)) who might have been born in Rennselier sp? NY Thank you. Barbara

Hello: I am a new subscriber to this list and am hoping that someone may have a connection to the lines I am researching. I have a George FORBES ( born 8 Feb 1742/53 in Dyke) married to Isobel GORDON (born 27 Sept 1760 in Boharme) in Bellie, Moray, Scotland on 19 Apr 1788. Their FORBES children were: James, George, Alexander, Ann and Isabel, all born between 1789 and 1800 Does anyone have a connection with this branch? Be well, Gary Gary Young (New York, USA) GYoung4450@aol.com Researching in Scotland: YOUNG (Moray, Old Kilpatrick, Lanark) JACK (Moray, Lanark) RICHARDSON (Moray) MAIN (Moray) EDWARD (Moray) RALPH (Moray) McKAY (Nairn, Moray) FINDLAY (Moray) JENKINS (Moray) WINCHESTER (Moray) PETRIE (Moray) RHIND (Moray) GRAY (Moray) FORBES (Moray) HARDIE (Moray)

Fellow Listers; My name is Cherryl Ball and I live in Texas, USA. I am researching my LAWS line from Foveran, Aberdeenshire. I don't know anything about Margaret except that she married John VALENTINE in Foveran. John was born 13 Sep 1766 in Udny, Aberdeenshire. Their daughter Christian/Christine VALENTINE was born 31 Dec 1801 in Udny. She married John FORBES 8 Nov 1818 in Udny. John was born 31 March 1792 in Culsalmond. If anyone has any information about any of these families I would really appreciate it. Here are IGI records from familysearch.com: Margt. LAWS Marriage(s): Spouse: John VALENTINE Marriage: 12 Dec 1788 Foveran, Aberdeen, Scotland Source Information: Batch number: M111952 Christian VALENTINE Christened: 13 Jan 1802 Udny, Aberdeen, Scotland Parents: Father: John VALENTINE Mother: Margaret LAWS Source Information: Batch number: C112494 Christian VALENTINE Marriage(s): Spouse: John FORBES Marriage: 8 Nov 1818 Udny, Aberdeen, Scotland Source Information: Batch number: M112494 Thanks, Cherryl

Shelia, the Forbes name was often spelled Forgue(s) in the olden days. Have you tried that? Good Luck. Barb

Hi I am looking for Charles FORBES, born in 1796, probably in Kilkenny West, county Westmeath, Ireland. He had 3 sons, born in county Longford, Ireland. Charles FORBES, born 1830 George FORBES, born 1838 Robert FORBES, born 1842 Can anyone give me any suggestions ? Thanks Sheila Forbes

My line is Claude -1894 Pryor Creek,IT/OK<Charles William -1850 Iowa <Simion B. - 1815 Butler co,Ohio <William James- 1777 NY < Joseph jr. -1751 NY <Joseph -1718/19 NY < William-1678 Scotland. I don't have any of your names in my data base but I do have a son for William -Alexander .b.16 march 1718/19 and a son for William James - Alexander H.,b. abt1820. There is also a Johannes( John) that was the son of William .,b.1721 in NY city NY . Rebecca Forbes Martinez Rebelkaye@aol.com

Happy New Year to one and all This is my first posting for the new year, in the hope someone may be able to help locate this family. Jennie david.jennie@xtra.co.nz P O Box 34150 Birkenhead North Shore City 1310 New Zealand Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 FORBES was born in ?, and died Bef. 1893 in ?. He married HELEN MACKAY Unknown in ?, daughter of CHARLES MCKAY and MARGARET. She was born in ?, and died in ?. More About JOHN FORBES: Burial: ? Occupation: seaman More About HELEN MACKAY: Burial: ? Children of JOHN FORBES and HELEN MACKAY are: i. JOHN2 FORBES, b. 3 December 1868, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland; d. ?. More About JOHN FORBES: Burial: ? ii. GEORGE MACKAY FORBES, b. 30 September 1870, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland; d. ?; m. CATHERINE MACBEATH ADAMSON, 10 August 1893, The Manse, North Leith, Scotland After Banns according to the terms of the Church of Scotland; b. 1867, ?; d. ?. More About GEORGE MACKAY FORBES: Burial: ? Occupation 1: 1894, seaman Occupation 2: 1924, Mariner Residence: 1893, 31 Queen Street Leith, Scotland More About CATHERINE MACBEATH ADAMSON: Residence: 1893, 48 Shore, Leith, Scotland iii. MARGARET WOOD MACKAY FORBES, b. 6 September 1872, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland; d. ?. More About MARGARET WOOD MACKAY FORBES: Burial: ?

Happy New Year all Forbes searchers, My husband's Forbes family consists of one daughter, Ellen or Eleanor Forbes or Forbus, probably b. ca. 1793 in Scotland, m. Daniel Smith, d. Steubenville, OH about 1879. They had: Elizabeth Smith, b. 5/8/1831, m. Lachlin McLean Catherine Smith Nancy Smith Ellen Smith Daniel Smith, b.ca. 1828, m. Mary McKenzie, then Marjorie McBane James Smith, b. ca. 1830, m. Elizabeth McBane Andrew Smith, m. Agnes Adams Duncan Smith, m. Mary Hamilton Anexander Smith, b. ca. 1826 Jeannette Smith m. Unknown Frazier Does anyone have any info about our Ellen (Eleanor) Forbes (Forbus)? Nan Eckfeld

Hello all you Forbes searchers, Here is my line for all old and new researchers: William Forbes b. Nov 11, 1803 m. Hannah Johnson b. Feb 28, 1805 In Gloucester Co. NJ Nov l5, 1828 Moved to OH>IN and settled Vigo Co IN children:William Calvin Forbes b 8/23/1829 NJ Rebecca b.7/6/1833 NJ Elizabeth A. b. 1/6/1836 may have had a twin Susannah Sarah Elizabeth b. 3/28/1838 OH John Wesley b. 7/19/1842 OH James H. b. 11/12/1843 OH Mary Eliza b. abt 1847 OH This family may have spelled name Forbus. I am wanting to find William and Hannah's parents. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Linda in Richmond, IN.