Barbara Forbes

Abt 1605 - 1673  (68 years)

• Name	Barbara Forbes  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1605	King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	5th daughter of Abraham Forbes of Blacktoune and Janet Duncan, daughter of James Duncan of Meldrum
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Abt 1645	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Property	1647	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Donation of her late husband's mathematical books and instruments to the 'Bibliotheck' of the University
  Religion	1666	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Quaker
  Residence	6 Oct 1668	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Excommunicated on grounds of apostasy to Quakerism by the Presbytery of Aberdeen, along with her daughter Elizabeth, Alexander Gellie and Jean Williamson
  Origin	King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Blackton/ Blacktoune
  Burial	1673	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Kingswells Quaker Burial Ground
  Death	19 Nov 1673	Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Baillieston
  Person ID	I18879	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Doctor William Johnston,   b. 1588, Keithhall and Kinkell, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Abt 1640, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Johnstone,   b. Abt 1640, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1704, London, England (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anna Johnston,   b. 2 Apr 1636, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1605 - King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - Abt 1645 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Donation of her late husband's mathematical books and instruments to the 'Bibliotheck' of the University - 1647 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1666 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - Excommunicated on grounds of apostasy to Quakerism by the Presbytery of Aberdeen, along with her daughter Elizabeth, Alexander Gellie and Jean Williamson - 6 Oct 1668 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Origin - Blackton/ Blacktoune - - King Edward, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Burial - 1673 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - 19 Nov 1673 - Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S147] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S3641] Miller, William F., The Record Book of Friends at the Monethly Meeting Att Urie, (Name: Friends Historical Society; Location: London; Date: 1910;), Part I, p92.