Arthur Forbes

• Name	Arthur Forbes
  Birth	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	18 Jun 1680	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Servitor to Thomas Gordon, when he was witness to a bond
  Occupation	21 Sep 1680	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Merchant, date admitted as a guild burgess of Aberdeen
  Property	14 Sep 1681	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Deed relating to loan of £282 of Gilbert Black, merchant burgess of Aberdeen
  Role	Abt Jun 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Free emigrant
  Departure	31 Aug 1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the Exchange of Stockton
  Arrival	19 Dec 1683	Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA
  Residence	29 Mar 1684	Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA
  	Where he wrote a letter with Gawen Lawrie and David Barclay to the Scots Proprietors
  Departure	Abt Apr 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Returned to Scotland with David Barclay
  	Check year
  Occupation	Abt Jul 1684	Scotland
  	Agent given instructions by the Scots Proprietors, along with John and David Barclay
  Property	9 Apr 1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Listed as one of those having a share in proprieties
  Legal	10 Apr 1686	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [5]
  	Protest by Arthur Forbes against John Johnstoune and Thomas Foulerton regarding a bill of exchange signed at Woodbridge, 17 May 1685 for £9 sterling to Mr George Mackenzie
  Person ID	I45165	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Servitor to Thomas Gordon, when he was witness to a bond - 18 Jun 1680 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant, date admitted as a guild burgess of Aberdeen - 21 Sep 1680 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Deed relating to loan of £282 of Gilbert Black, merchant burgess of Aberdeen - 14 Sep 1681 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Free emigrant - Abt Jun 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Departure - Aboard the Exchange of Stockton - 31 Aug 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - 19 Dec 1683 - Staten Island, Richmond, New York, USA Residence - Where he wrote a letter with Gawen Lawrie and David Barclay to the Scots Proprietors - 29 Mar 1684 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New York, USA Departure - Returned to Scotland with David Barclay - Abt Apr 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Agent given instructions by the Scots Proprietors, along with John and David Barclay - Abt Jul 1684 - Scotland Legal - Protest by Arthur Forbes against John Johnstoune and Thomas Foulerton regarding a bill of exchange signed at Woodbridge, 17 May 1685 for £9 sterling to Mr George Mackenzie - 10 Apr 1686 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), RD2/59/33. [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p93. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), RD4/54/398. [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, p44. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), RD2/66/875.