John Forbes 2nd of Culloden

John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden[1]

1609 - 1687

Suffix 2nd of Culloden

   Birth  	1609  [1] 

   Gender  	Male 

   Name  	John Forbes  [2] 

   Died  	1687  [1] 

Father Duncan "Grey Duncan" Forbes, 1st of Culloden, Provost of Inverness, b. 1572, Corsindae, Aberdeen, Scotland

   Mother  	Janet Forbes 

Family Anne Dunbar

   Married  	1643  [1] 

Children

   >	1. Duncan Forbes, 3rd of Culloden, b. 2 Mar 1644, Culloden, Invernesshire, Scotland

    	2. David Forbes, of Newhall, b. 11 Apr 1649

   >	3. Johnathon Forbes, b. 12 Dec 1656

   >	4. John Forbes, of Pittencrieff, b. 5 Apr 1658

   >	5. Jean Forbes, b. 18 Dec 1659

    	6. Naomi Forbes, b. 7 Sep 1662

Notes

       John Forbes of Culloden, the eldest son, was also provost of Inverness. He was the friend and supporter of the marquis of Argyle, and from his strong support of presbyterian principles, he suffered much in the persecuting times in the reign of Charles the Second and his brother James. In the introduction to the Culloden papers, it is stated that "the frowning aspect of government, by introducing the habits of economical and private living, instead of hospitality and expense into his family, must have conduced to the accumulation of his fortune; and about the year 1670, he landed estate was doubled by the purchase of the barony of Ferintosh and the estate of Bunchrew." On being chosen member of parliament for the shire of Elgin or Inverness, he refused to take the test, when tendered to him on 10th February 1685, and could not therefore take his seat. He was an active friend and supporter of the Revolution, and his estates were in consequence ravaged by the troops of Colonel Cannan and Major-general Buchan, who had assumed the command of James' army after the fall of Dundee. As a compensation for the loss which the family had sustained, his eldest son and successor, Duncan Forbes third of Culloden, received from the Scots parliament, the privilege of distilling into spirits the grain of the barony of Ferintosh,

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Sources

       [S541] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Forbes07 (Reliability: 3)

[S149] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of February 1, 2006), downloaded 25 September 2005 (Reliability: 3)
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