Genealogy of the family of Forbes

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Margaret, eldest daughter of William Lord Forbes. Mr. David
Forbes is married to Catherine Clerk, sister to Sir John Clerk
of Pennycuck, and has several children.
Thomas is married to Jean Cuthbert, daughter to David
Cuthbert, in Inverness, and has by her several childi'en.
Alexander, unmarried as yet, for aught known ; Jonathan
married with Jane Brodie, daughter to Mr. James Brodie of Le-
then, and has several children ; John married Elizabeth Graham,
daughter to baillie Graham, in Edinburgh, and has children. The
next to mind are the younger children of Duncan of CuUoden,
with Corsenday's daughter, viz. Captain James and Captain
Duncan ; James married Agnes Monro, daughter to Mr. George
of Pitlundie, elder brother to Sir Alexander of Bearcrofts, and
had by her several children, who came to be men and women.
Next to give an account of John the exempt, and black Patrick,
younger bretheren of Duncan Forbes of CuUoden, and sons to
.John of Badenley and Elizabeth Keith : — and first of John.
The father being dead, all the children were taken to the house
of Tolquhoun by their grandfather, as I suppose, Laird William,
his son, Alexander, aud his other son, John, being dead, for that
word passes upon him, that he regretted of his two oys that Wil-
liam got all, and John got nothing at all, for indeed he was never
in possession of any thing but Badenley, which some time after
his decease behooft to be sold, and the price was parted betwixt
the widow and the bairns, she getting the greatest part of it, and
marrying the Laird of Troup. The bairnes had the rest, after the
payment of the debts, parted amongst them according to the dis-
cretion of friends : what portion fell to Duncan the eldest, was
put inio the Tutor of Lovat's hands, who had married his aunt,
and he brought Duncan with him to the west, where it has
pleased God to cast the lot of him and his family.
John, the 2d, when he came to be about 18 or 20 years of
age, raised his patrimony out of the Laird of Tolquhon's hands,
which was no more than 2000 merks, and went to France with
it, where he became a Captain and exempt in the Guards, then
married a French woman, and had by her a son called Malcome,
who also became a pretty man ; thereafter Captain John being
deputy-governor of the castle of Dieppe, under the Marquis of
I^Iontilly, after the Marquis his death, Ma4»i»e de Montilly naar'