Jean Forbes

• Name	Jean Forbes
  Gender	Female
  Origin	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Bonhand (possibly Boyndlie?)
  Person ID	I44875	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander Forbes   d. 1672
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elphinstone,   b. 1631
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1656	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Marriage Contract	12 Jan 1655/56  [2]
  	Contract of Marriage between Alexander Forbes elder of Boynlie and Mary Elphingstoune, lawful daughter to Harie Elphingstoune of Calderhall with consent of her said father and also of Thomas Elphinstoune, fiar of Calderhall, her brother 12 Jan 1656 (GD37/144)
  Family ID	F31236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Elphinstone,   b. Abt 1648   d. Mar 1694/95 (Age 47 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth Elphinstone,   b. 1679, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Origin - Bonhand (possibly Boyndlie?) - - Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3632] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol II, 1835, p371. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD37/144.