Alexander Forbes

1625 - 1681  (56 years)

• Name	Alexander Forbes
  Birth	1625	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Second son of John Forbes og Leslie and Margaret Skene of Skene
  Gender	Male
  Imprisonment	1665	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Held in Canongate Tolbooth for a short time, having been sentenced to six months
  Religion	1665	Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Religion	1675	Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Quaker
  Residence	1676	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Achinhamper
  Imprisonment	12 Mar 1675/76	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth with other Quakers
  Title Suffix	of Achinhamper  [1]
  Title Suffix	of Achorties
  	Also 'of Blackford' on his gravestone
  Death	16 Apr 1681	Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Achorties. Reported to Aberdeen and Kinmuck Quaker Monthly meetings.
  Burial	18 Apr 1681	Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	On monument in Fyvie. See The Kirkyard of Fyvie: Monumental Inscriptions of Northeast, Aberdeenshire and North East Family History Society, ed. Spiers Achorties
  Person ID	I45596	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Forbes
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Skene,   b. 1585, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31460	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Seaton,   b. Abt 1633, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 4 Jul 1697, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)
  Children	1. John Forbes,   b. 1653, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1726 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Alexander Forbes,   b. Abt 1657, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1712 (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Doctor Samuel Forbes,   b. 1667   d. 9 Feb 1721/22, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Forbes,   b. 1672, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1734, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. George Forbes,   b. 1666   d. 23 Jan 1729/30, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Jean Forbes,   b. 1662, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 10 Aug 1675, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 13 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Timothy Forbes,   b. 1670, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. Abt 1742, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Barbara Forbes,   b. 1674, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1746, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1625 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Held in Canongate Tolbooth for a short time, having been sentenced to six months - 1665 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1675 - Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - Achinhamper - 1676 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth with other Quakers - 12 Mar 1675/76 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - 16 Apr 1681 - Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Burial - 18 Apr 1681 - Tarves, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3565] Burnet, George B., The Rise, Progress and Decline of the Quaker Movement in Scotland, p99. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p172. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p112.