Alexander Forbes

Abt 1657 - 1712  (55 years)

• Name	Alexander Forbes
  Birth	Abt 1657	Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Second son of Alexander Forbes of Achortes
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	31 Oct 1673	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Merchant apprentice to John Skene
  Imprisonment	12 Mar 1675/76	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth
  Title Suffix	of Blackford
  Property	7 Dec 1682	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Bond by Mr Thomas Forbes of Robslaw and Mr Alexander Robertson, town clerk of Aberdeen, for 1,000 merks to Alexander Forbes, 2nd son to Alexander Forbes of Aquhorties. Later translation and assignation, Walter Robertson, late Baillie of Aberdeen, pro James Gordon of Seatoun.
  Occupation	2 Sep 1686	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted, as second son of Alexander Forbes of Achortes
  Religion	1702	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Quaker
  Death	1712  [4]
  Burial	Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	See The Kirkyard of Fyvie: Monumental Inscriptions of Northeast, Aberdeenshire and North East Family History Society, ed. Spiers
  Person ID	I45598	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	Helen Gellie,   b. 18 Dec 1681, Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1731, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1702	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Reported at the Aberdeen Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Children	1. Alexander Forbes,   b. 16 Jul 1703, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Margrat Forbes,   b. 14 Jun 1704, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1657 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant apprentice to John Skene - 31 Oct 1673 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Imprisonment - Imprisoned in Aberdeen Tolbooth - 12 Mar 1675/76 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Bond by Mr Thomas Forbes of Robslaw and Mr Alexander Robertson, town clerk of Aberdeen, for 1,000 merks to Alexander Forbes, 2nd son to Alexander Forbes of Aquhorties. Later translation and assignation, Walter Robertson, late Baillie of Aberdeen, pro James Gordon of Seatoun. - 7 Dec 1682 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Burgess of Aberdeen - date admitted, as second son of Alexander Forbes of Achortes - 2 Sep 1686 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Religion - Quaker - 1702 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Marriage - 27 Jun 1702 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3596] Munro, Alexander Macdonald, p101. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD244/1/157. [S3534] Dobson, David, Scottish Quakers and Early America: 1650-1700, p8. [S3684] Temple, William, The Thanage of Fermartyn, p100. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p113.