John Forbes

1653 - 1726  (73 years)

• Name	John Forbes
  Birth	1653	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Legal	1673	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Accused of attending a conventicle in the Kirkgate and fined £25
  Religion	1673	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Residence	1676  [2]
  	Achinhamper
  Legal	17 Jul 1678	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen
  Legal	1696	Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Court of Session action v Duke of Gordon and Lord Aberdeen
  Title Suffix	of Aquhorties and Lethenty  [1]
  	British National Grid (BNG) Coordinates: 372892, 820014 Ordnance Survey (OS) National Grid Reference: NJ 72892 20014 Latitude: 57.26997 Longitude: -2.45113
  Origin	Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Auquhorties/ Auchorties/ Achorties/ Aquhorthies/ Acquharties/ Awhorties/ Aquahorthies/ Aquahorties/ Achortes/ Auquhorthies
  Death	1726  [1]
  Person ID	I44778	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander Forbes,   b. 1625, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 16 Apr 1681, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anna Seaton,   b. Abt 1633, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 4 Jul 1697, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Skene,   b. 1655, Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1709 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1676	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Recorded by the Aberdeen Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Children	1. Alexander Forbes,   b. Abt 1677, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 25 May 1740 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Barbara Forbes  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Forbes  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. John Forbes  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1653 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Legal - Accused of attending a conventicle in the Kirkgate and fined £25 - 1673 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1673 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - 6 Oct 1676 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Legal - With other Quakers, fined by the Privy Council for keeping conventicles at a house on the north side of Kirkgate, Aberdeen - 17 Jul 1678 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - Court of Session action v Duke of Gordon and Lord Aberdeen - 1696 - Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Origin - Auquhorties/ Auchorties/ Achorties/ Aquhorthies/ Acquharties/ Awhorties/ Aquahorthies/ Aquahorties/ Achortes/ Auquhorthies - - Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3684] Temple, William, The Thanage of Fermartyn, p99. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p112. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), CS236/F/1/7. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p143.