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About Ralph Bennet Forbes
Captain Robert Bennet Forbes (1804–1889), was a sea captain, China merchant, ship owner, and writer. He was active in ship construction, maritime safety, the opium trade, and charitable activities.
In 1834 Captain Forbes married Rose Greene Smith. She died September 18, 1885, having borne her husband three children: Robert Bennet Forbes, born 1837, died June 30, 1891; Edith Forbes, married Charles Eliot Perkins; James Murray Forbes, born July 17, 1845.
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House Museum He built a Greek Revival mansion for his mother in Milton, Massachusetts, designed by Isaiah Rogers (1833), that is now the Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House Museum.
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- An Unconscious Autobiography • William Osborn Payne's Diary and Letters • 1796-1804 (1939) Privately Printed (New York)
This 103 page work is replete with genealogical information including R.B. Forbes and his wife
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Ralph Bennet Forbes's Timeline
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June 11, 1773
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Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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1802
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1804
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Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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February 23, 1813
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Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France
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October 5, 1824
Age 51
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Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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