FORBES, ELIZABETH [SSNE 6304]

Surname

FORBES

First name

ELIZABETH

Title/rank

LADY

Nationality

SCOT

Region

RIRES, ABERDEENSHIRE

Text source

Elizabeth Forbes was the daughter of Robert Forbes of Rires. She married Alexander 11th Lord Forbes and moved with him to the continent, giving birth to a daughter in Bremen in 1636. She remained for about a year in the Dutch Republic c.1645 and thereafter spent 33 years in Sweden and Swedish controlled Germany c.1649-1672. She gave birth to a daughter in Stade in 1651

A. and H. Tayler, The House of Forbes (revised edition, Bruceton Mills, 1987), pp.190, 199-200. Female.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, BREMEN

Arrived 1636-03-31

Purpose MISC

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ROTTERDAM

Arrived 1644-01-01

Departed 1645-09-30

Purpose MISC.

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1645-10-01

Departed 1645-12-31

Purpose MISC.

 

Arrived 1649-01-01

Departed 1672-10-30

Purpose MISC.

STUART KINGDOMS, STADE, BREMEN STIFT

Arrived 1651-07-26

Purpose MISC.