Memoranda relating to the family of Forbes of Waterton

FORBES OF WATERTOWN. 17
1735. Letter from Martha Chancellor aux Dames Angloises, Rue
Charenton, a Paris.
1735. Discharge of Robert Stuart for 1000 marks.
1736. Discharge by Alexander Forbes, junior, of Lochermick, to
Waterton.
1739. Letter from Mary Galloway, of Dunkeld, mentioning her
profession as a nun.
1741. Thomas Forbes of Watertown, and M. Montgomery his wife,
sell the three pound land of the Holms of Dundonald, in the Shire of Ayr,
to Robert Cunningham of St Christopher, for £1008 14*.,
1746. Order for supplying the army with provisions.
1748. Letter from Major James Dundas, of Halkett's Regiment, at
Osterhout, near Breda, announcing the death of John Forbes, younger of
Watertown, a lieutenant in the Scots Dutch regiment.
1748. Inhibition by Thomas Forbes against Sir Alexander Forbes of
Foveran. Sundry receipts from Mary Strachan.
1752. Thomas Forbes disponed the superiority of the lands of
Watertown, with part of the moss of Monfothie, to Thomas Forbes, junior,
his eldest surviving son, in order to give him a vote for the County.
1763. John Forbes, draper on Tower Hill, descended from Sir
John Forbes of Watertown, dying without any will which could affect his
real estate, Thomas Forbes, as his heir-at-law, took possession of an estate
called Borshall Down, near Dover, in Kent, and, in order to clear off some
incumbrances on his Scotch estate, mortgaged it to Albany Wallis,
attorney in London, for £1000.
1768. Thomas Forbes, junior, died in the East Indies, and by his will
left Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy, James Ligertwood of Tillery, and
others, executors.
1770. Thomas Forbes sold the lands of Watertown, by public sale,
to George, earl of Aberdeen, but died, in August, 1771, before the purchase
was completed ; by the articles he obliged his grandson, John, the son of
Thomas Forbes, junior, deceased, to dispone the superiority and moss, under
the penalty of £500.
1775. John Forbes, coming of age, was served heir to his grand-
father, and implemented the above articles of sale.
1777. John Forbes wishing to sell the estate of Borshall Down,
c