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Male William Forbes Click to view William Forbes in the family tree

William was born in 1510 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.  William's father was John Forbes and his mother is Christian Lundin.  His paternal grandfather was William Forbes and his paternal grandmother is Christian Gordon; his maternal grandparents are John Lundin and Elizabeth De Lindsay. He had two sisters named Marjorie and Elizabeth.  He was the second oldest of the three children. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, named John, Arthur, Elizabeth and Janet Jean.  He died at the age of 83 in 1593.


William's family with Elizabeth Keith

‌William and Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony on December 19th, 1538.  They had seven sons and eight daughters, named John, Alexander, William, Arthur, James, Robert, Abraham, Jean, Christina, Isabel, Elizabeth, Catherine, Margaret, Barbara and Anne.


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