Memoranda relating to the family of Forbes of Waterton

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rent, and, if they should have no sons, he binds himself to settle 10,000
on one daughter, 1 5,000 marks if two, and 20,000 marks if three or more,
to be equally divided between them. Consents : for him — George, Earl
of Aberdeen, his uncle ; for her — Sir George Nicolsone, her father, Mar-
garet Halliburton, her mother, Thomas Nicolsone, her brother.
1691. Thomas Forbes admitted a burgess of Aberdeen, jure pater-
nitatis.
1692. Contract of marriage between John Strachan of Belly, son of
Sir James Strachan of Thorntoun, and Isobel Forbes, younger daughter of
Sir John Forbes — he to give 7000 marks, and she 3000 marks, to be settled
on her and her children. Signatures — John Strachan, Sir James Strachan,
his father ; Isobel Forbes, Thomas Forbes, William Forbes, apothecary in
Aberdeen, John Forbes, merchant in London, her brothers.
1698. Letter from John Saltoun of Carnbie, who had been employed
by Lady Dunkeld and family, to solicit for the forfeiture of her son,
which, he supposes, might be obtained without much difficulty, as Lord
Dunkeld, though outlawed, had never had any commission from the late
Government.
1698. Thomas Forbes makes provision for his younger children, by
his deceased wife, Elizabeth Nicolsone, George and Margaret, viz. : — 8000
marks each, but in case her brothers, John and George, should both die,
then Margaret to have 18,000 marks.
1707. Thomas Forbes granted a mortgage on the lands of Picktillem,
Cassiegills, and Srniddie-croft, to Thomas Leslie, for 2000 marks, at 6 per
centum.
1707. John Forbes, jun. of Watertoun, admitted burgess of Aber-
deen.
1708. Letter from Margaret Thomson to Thomas Forbes, by which it
appears that their application for the forfeited lands of the late Lord Dun-
keld had been successful, and that they were disputing about the division.
The Dowager Lady Dunkeld wished to have an equal division, while Thomas
Forbes, who, in 1690, had married Katherine Galloway, claimed the
greatest part, in right of his wife, who was her eldest daughter, and eldest
sister of the forfeited Lord.
1711. Thomas Forbes commenced a suit against the Earl of Aber-
deen, his uncle, alleging that Sir John Forbes, having entered into an