The Forbes Family of Edinburgh, Scotland Family History

I.  Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo
            mar. Jean Erskine

• David Forbes

II.  Dr. David Forbes (1751 - 8 Jan 1789) born in  in Edinburgh, Scotland, died in Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA
            mar. Margaret Stirling

• John Murray Erskine Forbes (10 Sep 1776 - 31 Jan 1791)
• Jean Sterling Forbes (26 Jul 1778 - 3 Aug 1782)
• Delia Forbes
• Murray Forbes

III.  Murray Forbes (4 Jul 1782 - 30 Jul 1863) born in Dumfries, Prince William Co., VA [Documents]
            mar. (1815) Sallie Innes Thornton 

• John Murray Forbes
• Delia Smith Forbes (b. 1818)
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes
• Katherine M. Forbes (b. 1822)
• Sallie Innes Forbes (c. 1821 - c. 1890) mar. ? Mason
• Frank Thornton Forbes
• James Fitzgerald Forbes died in Battle of Chancellorsville
• William Smith Forbes
• David Stirling Forbes
• Alfred Thornton Forbes

IV.  John Murray Forbes (17 Nov 1816 - 24 May 1890) born in Falmouth, VA
            mar. (14 May 1840) Mary Elizabeth Semmes

• Sallie Innes Forbes (b. 5 Jan 1844 - 13 Sep 1881) born in Fredericksburg, VA mar. (1 Jul 1869) Hermann Bartels born in Hamburg, Germany
• Sophia Semmes Forbes (b. 1 May 1846) mar. (2 Feb 1864) David W. Kyle
• Murray Forbes (b. 25 Mar 1858) born in Fredericksburg, VA mar. (31 Dec 1875) Emily Klein North
• Mary Douglass Forbes (15 Mar 1852 - 3 Aug 1853) died in Fredericksurg, VA
• Catherine Ramsay Forbes
• Rev. Thomas Semmes Forbes (11 Apr 1858 - 27 May 1939) born at "Innes Hill", Warrenton, VA, died in Accomack, VA mar. (4 Sep 1889) Charlotte Coleman Shepard

V.  Catherine Ramsay "Kate" Forbes (29 Dec 1853 - 9 Apr 1927) born in Rockhill, Fauquier Co., VA, died in Birmingham, AL
            mar. (in Warrenton, VA) Florian Otto Wittichen

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