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John Forbes 1425 – 1460 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1425

Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 30 Sep 1460

Death Location: Scotland

Father: Alexander Forbes

Mother: Elizabeth Douglas

Spouse(s): Katherine Coutts

Children(s):

John Forbes was born in 1425 in Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Forbes and Elizabeth Mary Douglas. John Forbes married Katherine Coutts. John Forbes passed away in 1460 in Scotland.

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Biography

  • John Forbes was born in 1425 in Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Forbes and Elizabeth Mary Douglas.
  • John Forbes married Katherine Coutts.
  • John Forbes passed away in 1460 in Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Forbes's Ancestors

Self
John Forbes
1425 – 1460
Birth Place: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Forbes
1377 – 1448
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas
1398 – 1460
Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John ('Black Lip') Forbes
1350 – 1406
Forbes Aberdeenshire Scotland
Elizabeth ((Margaret)) Kennedy
1350 – 1425
Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
William Edmonstone
1384 – 1460
MRS (WILLIAM) EDMONSTONE
Great-Grandparents
John Forbes
1302 – 1387
Margaret Aberdeen
John Carrick
1310 – 1385
Mary Montgomery
1310 – 1400
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Unknown
Gilbert Carrick
1280 – 1358
Agnes Maxwell
1291 – 1345
Neil Montgomery
1276 – 1296
Elizabeth Cuninghame
1287 –

John Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1425
1425
Birth of John Forbes in Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1460
30 Sep 1460
Age 35
Death of John Forbes in Scotland
Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1425
    Event Place: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Sep 1460
    Event Place: Scotland

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