William (Forbes) Forbes Fourth Baronet of Monymusk (abt. 1660 - abt. 1715)

Born about 1660 in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Jean (Keith) Keith Baroness Monymusk — married 1683 in Monymusk

Descendants

Died about 1715 at about age 55 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Biography

William (Forbes) Forbes Fourth Baronet of Monymusk is a member of Clan Forbes.

He was the son of Sir John Forbes and Hon Margaret Arbuthnot. He passed away about 1720. ^[1]

Sir William died in 1654, and was succeeded by his son John as third baronet. He was twice married—first, to Lady Margaret, daughter of the first Viscount Arbuthnott ; and, secondly, to Barbara, daughter of Sir John Dalmahoy of Dalmahoy, Midlothian. The eldest son, William, succeeded as fourth baronet in 1702. He married Lady Jane Keith, eldest daughter of John, first Earl of Kintore ; and their elder son, John, who married Mary, daughter of John, Lord Pitsligo, died before his father, survived by two sons, the eldest of whom, William, succeeded his grandfather and became fifth baronet. (Aberdeenshire Epitaphs)

Sir William Forbes, fourth Baronet, was served heir to his father in 1702. On 17 June 1683 he married Lady Jean Keith, daughter of John, first Earl of Kintore. ^[2]

Their third daughter, Jean, married in 1719, Mr. George Moir, Minister of Towie. Mary, their fourth daughter, married William Urquhart of Meldrum. Their elder son, John Forbes, who predeceased his father, married the Honourable Mary Forbes, daughter of Alexander, third Lord Pitsligo. She was the oidy sister of Alexander, fourth Lord Pitsligo, who was forfeited for his joining in the rebellion of 1745, and died at Auchiries in Eathen, in December, 1762 ; and when Lord Pitsligo's only son John died without issue in 1781, her descendants represented the Pitsligo line. The Forbeses sold the estate of Monymusk, in 1712, for £116,000 Scots, to Sir Francis Grant of Cullen, one of the Senators of the College of Justice. Sir William Forbes, fifth Baronet, son of John, succeeded his grandfather. [Inverurie and the Garioch]

1715. Jan. 17. Sr. Wm. Forbes of Monimusk buried wtin the Isle of Old Machar Church' . £13 6 8. (Records of Old Aberdeen) session accounts.

Research Notes

Possible birth record: Born 22 July 1661, in Monymusk and baptised 20 September 1668 in St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Sir William Arbuthnot, Saturday, August 3, 2013.
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910" database Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTNB-JJ5 : 11 February 2020), William Forbes, 1683
3. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" database Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY6L-HFJ: 16 September 2021), William Forbes, 1668