Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: James Grant FORBES
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 22 Nov 1769 in St Augustine, Florida b
  • Death: Abt Sep 1825 in New York d
  • Burial: 25 Sep 1825 in St Marks, New York u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John Rev FORBES Birth: Aug 1740 in Strathdon, Scotland Death: 17 Sep 1783 in Scotland
    • Mother:
  • Dorothy MURRAY Birth: 1745 Death: Jun 1811 in Milton, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John Murray FORBES Birth: 5 May 1807 in New York Death: 11 Oct 1885 in Elizabeth, New Jersey

Bibliography
  1. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of Sen John Kerry, 2004. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY].
  2. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
parents:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p573]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt Sep 1825 [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]
Sources with Information about marriage to Frances Elizabeth BLACKWELL
date:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
place:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY],
child:
[Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Roberts RD600 p573]
Research Notes:
Colonel [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY]



Pedigree of James Grant FORBES
                                                                /-----Alexander FORBES
                                                       /-----William FORBES
                                                      |         \-----Jean LUMSDEN
                                              /-----John FORBES
                                             |         \-----Margaret GORDON
                                     /-----Alexander FORBES
                                    |         \-----Isabel BURNETT
                            /-----William FORBES
                           |         \-----Janet ROBERTSON
                   /-----John FORBES
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander FORBES
                  |        |                           /-----William FORBES
                  |        |                          |         \-----Jean LUMSDEN
                  |        |                  /-----John FORBES
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret GORDON
                  |        |         /-----William FORBES
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel BURNETT
                  |         \-----Helen FORBES
                  |                  \-----Isabel GORDON
          /-----Archibald FORBES
         |         \-----Margaret FARQUHARSON
 /-----John Rev FORBES
|         \-----Agnes LUMSDEN
James Grant FORBES
|                           /-----John MURRAY
|                  /-----John MURRAY
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John SCOTT
|                 |         \-----Margaret SCOTT
|                 |                 |                           /-----Walter SCOTT, Lord Scott Of Buccleuch
|                 |                 |                  /-----Walter SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret KERR
|                 |                 |         /-----Francis SCOTT, Earl Of Buccleuch
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Francis HAY, Earl Of Erroll
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Mary HAY
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                  \-----Margaret SCOTT
|                 |                          |                  /-----James LESLIE, Master Of Rothes
|                 |                          |         /-----John LESLIE, Earl of Rothes
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Katherine DRUMMOND
|                 |                           \-----Margaret LESLIE
|                 |                                   |         /-----John ERSKINE, Earl Of Mar
|                 |                                    \-----Anna ERSKINE
|                 |                                             \-----Mary STEWART
|         /-----James MURRAY
|        |        |         /-----Archibald BENNET
|        |         \-----Anne BENNET
|        |                 |                           /-----Thomas RUTHERFORD
|        |                 |                  /-----Robert RUTHERFORD
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----William ELIOT
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Jean ELIOT
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Mary SCOTT
|        |                 |         /-----John RUTHERFORD
|        |                 |        |         \-----Marion RIDDELL
|        |                  \-----Barbara RUTHERFORD
|        |                           \-----Barbara ABERNETHY
 \-----Dorothy MURRAY
         |                  /-----Archibald BENNET
         |         /-----Andrew BENNET
         |        |        |                           /-----Thomas RUTHERFORD
         |        |        |                  /-----Robert RUTHERFORD
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William ELIOT
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Jean ELIOT
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Mary SCOTT
         |        |        |         /-----John RUTHERFORD
         |        |        |        |         \-----Marion RIDDELL
         |        |         \-----Barbara RUTHERFORD
         |        |                  \-----Barbara ABERNETHY
          \-----Barbara BENNET
                  |         /-----Alexander COLLINGWOOD
                   \-----Dorothy COLLINGWOOD
                            \-----Dorothy LAWSON



Descendants of James Grant FORBES
1. James Grant FORBES m. Frances Elizabeth BLACKWELL
m. Frances Elizabeth BLACKWELL

2nd generation

2. John Murray FORBES m. Anne HOWELL
m. Anne HOWELL

3rd generation

3. Francis Blackwell FORBES m. Isabel CLARKE
m. Isabel CLARKE

4th generation

4. James Grant FORBES m. Margaret Tyndal WINTHROP
m. Margaret Tyndal WINTHROP father: Robert Charles Jr WINTHROP mother: Elizabeth MASON

5th generation

5. Fiona FORBES m. Alain-Gauthier LEVY
m. Alain-Gauthier LEVY
6. Rosemary Isabel FORBES m. Richard John KERRY
m. Richard John KERRY father: Fritz KOHN mother: Ida LOWE