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Jean Forbes 1703–1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: December 1703

Birth Location: Scotland

Death Date: 12 Jan 1785

Death Location: Virginia, USA

Father: William Forbes

Mother: Jean Keith

Spouse(s): William Johnston

Children(s): Anna Johnson

Jean Forbes was born in 1703 in Scotland, the child of William Forbes And Jean Keith. Jean Forbes married William Johnston, and had children including Anna Nancy Johnson. Jean Forbes passed away in 1785 in Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Jean Forbes was born in 1703 in Scotland, the child of William Forbes And Jean Keith.
  • Jean Forbes married William Johnston, and had children including Anna Nancy Johnson.
  • Jean Forbes passed away in 1785 in Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Jean Forbes's Ancestors

Self
Jean Forbes
1703–1785
Birth Place: Scotland
Parents
William Forbes
1680–1715
Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jean Keith
1661–
Scotland
Grandparents
John (Forbes, 3rd Baronet of) Monymusk
1650–1702
Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret Arbuthnot
1642–1677
John Keith
1630–1715
Margaret (Hamilton, Countess of) Kintore
1641–
Great-Grandparents
William Monymusk
1601–1654
Jean Burnett
1612–1677
William Keith
1585–1635
Mary Erkskine
1557–1665
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Monymusk
1578–1650
Elizabeth Wishart
1604–1640
George Keith
1553–1623
Margaret Home
–1598
John Mar
1558–1634
Mary Stewart
1576–1644

Jean Forbes's Descendants

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Jean Forbes (December 1703–12 Jan 1785) m. William Johnston (1699–1764)
  1. 1. Anna (Nancy) Johnson 1731–1788 m. John Sellers 1731–1783
    1. 1. John Sellers 1760–1817 m. Maria (Anna) Summers 1762–1813
      1. 1. Catherine Sellers 1782–1864 m. Frederick Rock 1782–1844
        1. 1. George Rock 1806–1837 m. Dorothea Dull 1813–1897

Jean Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1703
December 1703
Birth of Jean Forbes in Scotland
Scotland
1785
12 Jan 1785
Age 82
Death of Jean Forbes in Virginia, USA
Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: December 1703
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jan 1785
    Event Place: Virginia, USA

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