FORBES af LUND, BEATA [SSNE 6371]

Surname

FORBES af LUND, FORBUS

First name

BEATA

Nationality

SCOT

Region

LUND

Text source

Beata Forbes was a daughter of James Forbes of Lund [SSNE 779] and his wife Maria Lilleram. She married Major Claes Ankarfjell and they had a son cavalry captain Claes Anckarfjell (d. 1714), who married his cousin Anna Christina Forbes, daughter of Major Peter Forbes af Lund [SSNE 6343] and Margaretha Svinhufvud af Qvalstad. 

 

Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Svenska Sjöofficerare vol. ii, Biografiska anteckningar om officerare anställda vid örlogsflottan åren 1600-1699, unpublished typescript. Section 'Namnregister över kvinnor', p.24; Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 2, p.780; A. and H. Tayler, The House of Forbes (Bruceton Mills, 1987), p.470. 

 

It is most likely she mentioned in a letter by Albrecht Forbes [SSNE 2445]  as his maternal aunt, in relation to an allegation she made against him. Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069586_00155#?c=&m=&s=&cv=154&xywh=1261%2C417%2C5208%2C2855

 

Female. 

 

Information kindly updated by Robin Easton.

Service record

SWEDEN, LUND

Arrived 1640-01-01

Departed 1707-12-27

Purpose MISC.