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Benjamin Forbes 1712–1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1712

Birth Location: Kittery, York, Maine, USA

Death Date: 10 Jul 1786

Death Location: Eliot, York, Maine, USA

Father: Daniel II

Mother: Dorothy Forbes

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Benjamin Forbes / was born in 1712 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA, the child of Daniel Forbes Ii And Dorothy Pray Forbes. Benjamin Forbes / passed away in 1786 in Eliot, York, Maine, USA.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Forbes // was born in 1712 in Kittery, York, Maine, USA, the child of Daniel Forbes Ii And Dorothy Pray Forbes.
  • Benjamin Forbes // passed away in 1786 in Eliot, York, Maine, USA.

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Benjamin Forbes's Ancestors

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Benjamin Forbes
1712–1786
Birth Place: Kittery, York, Maine, USA
Parents
Daniel Forbes II
1620–1687
Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Dorothy (Pray) Forbes
1664–1753
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Daniel (Forbes) I
1620–1687
Culloden, Inverness-shire, Scotland
Rebecca (Perriman) Forbes
1639–1677
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
John Pray
1632–1676
Suffolk, England
Joanna (Downan) Pray
1640–1699
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Duncan I
1572–1654
Jonat Forbes
1598–1651
John Jr.
1615–1659
Mary Perriman
1618–1693
Quinton Pray
1595–1667
Joan Pray
1599–1672
John Downan
1621–1658
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Forbes
1530–1614
Elizabeth Forbes
1547–1616
John Sr.
1580–1618
Susan Perriman
1574–1615
John Snelling
1580–1639
Frances Snelling
1590–1653
Richard Sr.
1566–1632
Marion Pray
1565–1632
Richard Valliance
1580–1650
Margaret Valliance
1585–1665
Rev. Downing
1585–1658
Anne Downing
1592–1621

Benjamin Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1712
1712
Birth of Benjamin Forbes // in Kittery, York, Maine, USA
Kittery, York, Maine, USA
1786
10 Jul 1786
Age 74
Death of Benjamin Forbes // in Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
Lebanon, York, Maine, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1712
    Event Place: Kittery, York, Maine, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jul 1786
    Event Place: Lebanon, York, Maine, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Eliot, York, Maine, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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