James Forbes (1615)

Born 3 Jan 1615 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Born 3 Jan 1615 and baptised in Edinburgh, Scotland 31 Jan 1615^[1]

Apprenticed to Patrick Forbes, of Edinburgh, Merchant, 18 June 1634^[2]

Referred to as Captain James Forbes in family genealogies. Possibilities for this title include being a Captain in one of his brothers Army Troops, or being a Captain of a merchant ship, or perhaps fought in one of the European wars.^[3]

Married........Burnet, sister to Burnet of Coweardie^[4]

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1. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Scotlands People, Old Parish Registers – Births and Baptisms; FORBES, JAMES; Parents: WILLIAME FORBES/MARGARET UDWART FR350 VDWART (FR350); Male; Date: 31/01/1615; Parish: 685/1; Ref: 20 122; Parish; Edinburgh
2. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/registerofappren35edin/registerofappren35edin_djvu.txt; The register of apprentices of the city of Edinburgh, 1583-1666 (Volume 28) Publisher: Edinburgh, Printed for the Society by J. Skinner & company; "James, son to late Mr. William F., of Craigievar, with Patrick Forbes, merchant “ 18 June 1634.
3. ↑ "Lineage of the Families of White, Warren, Birch & Forbes, by Algernon Warren White, 1904", State Library of Victoria
4. ↑ Extracted From "Lineage of the Families of White, Warren, Birch & Forbes, by Algernon Warren White, 1904, State Library of Victoria, "In the original manuscript of "The Genealogy of the name of Forbes" by Mr Mathew Lumsden of Tillicherne 1580, and carried on from then to 1667 by William Forbes of Leslie, and examined by Dr. Forbes, Professor of Law at the University of Glasgow, to the year 1806; and which is preserved in the Advocate's Library, Edinburgh, the following passage will be found at page 98, "Capt. James Forbes married........Burnet, sister to Burnet of Coweardie, who bore him a son John, writer at Edinburgh. John Forbes was born in 1668, married Sarah Robertson, and left issue:- James (Rev) Forbes born 1700, married Beatrix Campbell, dau of Campbell of Craignish Castle, Argyleshire."