Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of John Arthur
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Alexander Forbes
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Forbes
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Bess was born about 1550, the daughter of John Arthur, a merchant in Aberdeen. She married Alexander Forbes and they had five sons: Duncan, John, Robert, Walter, and William.
Sources
- Publications of the Scottish History Society, Vol. 34, p 247, T. and A. Constable, 1900.
- Clan MacFarlane Genealogy: Beggs Arthur.
- Genealogical collections concerning families in Scotland / made by Walter Macfarlane, 1750-1751 ; edited from the original manuscripts in the Advocates Library by James Toshach Clark (Vol. II). Edinburgh: Constable for the Scottish History Society, 1900, p 247.
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