This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forsyth, Thomson, Petrie Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BgC.2ACI/1289.1 Message Board Post: He might have been a son of William Forsyth (b. 1706 Duffus, Moray) and Elspeth Thomson (b. 12 May 1709 Rafford, Moray) who were married in 1739 in Rafford. I am a descendant of their daughter Marjorie who married James Petrie. They named sons John and William.