James FORBES

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James Forbes lived in Burnside in 1688. This section was until 1865 known as Scotland, deriving that name from the Forbes family, which was of Scotch origin. "East Hartford: Its History and Traditions," by Joseph O. Goodwin, page 89. =========================================================== "The History of Ancient Wethersfield" Volume II (1904) by Henry Reed Stites, Page 330. FORBES, JAMES, b. prob. in Scotland, m. Catteran (Catharine) _____; sett. prob. at Burnside, in E. Htfd., Ct., abt 1645? where he d. intestate, 27 Nov., 1692; adm. gr. on his est. at Htfd., 11 Jan., 1702-3; he is said to have settled first at Windsor, Ct., Hinman credits him with 15 ch. in all; but those ment. below are all which appear in Prob. Ct. Recs. There are indications that James Forbes of East Htfd., was the Capt. James Forbes, of Culloden, Scotland, who m. Agnes Munro, in 1643, and by her had ch. who "came to be men and women," and that "Catteran" was his second wife. ==== "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain" by Sir Bernard Burke (1914), shows Captain James FORBES dying at Culloden on April 15, 1672. He married Agnes MUNRO, daughter of George MUNRO, of Pitlundie, Ross, in 1643. =========================================================== "Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825, Volume II" by David Dobson (1984), page 50: FORBES, James "Born in Scotland. Possibly a Cromwellian prisoner transported to America after the Battle of Dunbar in 1650. Resident at Goodwin's farm, Hartford, Connecticut by 5 August 1659. Married Katherine . . . . in Hartford, c1660. Father of John, Mary, Sarah, David, Dorothy, and James. Died on 27 March 1692." ==== 10,000 Scottish prisoners were taken by Lord Cromwell at the Battle of Dunbar on Sep 3, 1650 and many were "exiled" to the colonies. He could have been among that group. ==== Battle of Dunbar 1650 The Calvinists were in support of Charles II when he became King and signed both the Covenants in 1649. Cromwell, however, was not. With sixteen thousand men he invaded Scotland in Jul and headed for Edinburgh, expecting to rendezvous with his supply ships at Leith. David Leslie and the Scots army did not let him. By August Cromwell had backtracked to Dunbar. As the Scots followed, Covenanting ministers dismissed from among them any who did not meet their godly standards. Least satisfactory were the professional soldiers, most of whom were told to leave, and Leslie's force dropped by five thousand, leaving what was described by an appalled officer as ‘an army of clerks and ministers' sons'. Even so, by Sep Cromwell's men were pushed up against the sea at Dunbar with no sign of their supplies, and with their premium position on Doune Hill above, the Scots had only to wait for the already weak enemy to surrender. Patience was not among the fervent ministers' virtues. Ignoring Leslie and knowing nothing of military tactics, they sent his twenty thousand men down the hill. It was the consummate military blunder. Three thousand were killed and ten thousand captured. Edinburgh Castle belonged to Cromwell by Dec. =========================================================== "Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut" by Lucius Barnes Barbour (1977) Originally published by Clearfield Company, Inc. Page 251. =========================================================== Place: Hartford, CT Year: 1658 Primary Individual: Forbes, James Source Code: 9761 Source Name: WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A. Vol. 2, with an appendix and corrections to vol. 1. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1986. 200p.

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