Sir William Forbes, 1st Baronet

Biographical Summary

"William Forbes of Monymusk, co Aberdeen, con and heir of William Forbes of the same, by Margaret, daughter of William (Douglas), Earl of Angus [S], succeeded his father between 1608 and 1618, and was created a Baronet [S] as 'of Monymusk', 20 March, sealed 2 May 1626 with rem. to heirs male whatsoever, and with a grant of, presumably, 16,000 acres in Nova Scotia, called the Barony of Forbes, of which he had seizin in the said month of May 1626. He married Elizabeth, daughter (--) Wishart, of Pittarrow. He died before July 1661."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 305