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== Biography ==John was born about 1384, the son of Sir John "of the black lips" Forbes" and Margaret Kennedy.[https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffamil00lums/page/76/mode/2up? Edinburgh, U.K.: D. Douglas. LUMSDEN, M., & FORBES, W. (1819). Genealogy of the Family of Forbes. From the account of M.L. of Tulliekerne, written in 1580. Inverness, U.K.: Publisher not stated, p 76.]He married Marjorie, the widow of Alexander Chisholm and daughter of Henry Preston.[https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffamil00lums/page/30/mode/2up Edinburgh, U.K.: D. Douglas. LUMSDEN, M., & FORBES, W. (1819). Genealogy of the Family of Forbes. From the account of M.L. of Tulliekerne, written in 1580. Inverness, U.K.: Publisher not stated, p 31.] and their children included Sir John Forbes of Tolquhon, Duncan Forbes of Ardgeighten, and David, called David Foddan.[https://archive.org/details/genealogyoffamil00lums/page/30/mode/2up Edinburgh, U.K.: D. Douglas. LUMSDEN, M., & FORBES, W. (1819). Genealogy of the Family of Forbes. From the account of M.L. of Tulliekerne, written in 1580. Inverness, U.K.: Publisher not stated, p 33.][https://archive.org/details/thanageoffermart00tempuoft/page/380/mode/2up Temple, W. (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn, including the district commonly called Formartine, its proprietors, with genealogical deductions; its parishes, ministers, Churches, churchyards, antiquities,. Aberdeen, U.K.: Wyllie, pp 379-380.]
Sir John Forbes died between August 6, 1453 and July, 1454.[https://archive.org/details/thanageoffermart00tempuoft/page/380/mode/2up Temple, W. (1894). The Thanage of Fermartyn, including the district commonly called Formartine, its proprietors, with genealogical deductions; its parishes, ministers, Churches, churchyards, antiquities,. Aberdeen, U.K.: Wyllie, p 380.]

== Sources ==

*'''The Scots Peerage - James Balfour Paul'''>"The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. Accessed November 17 2019. [https://archive.org/details/scotspeeragefoun04pauluoft/page/46 John Forbes, pp 46-47]
*[http://www.thepeerage.com/p44741.htm#i447405 thepeerage.com.]

Birth	Abt 1384	Druminnor, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death	Bef Jul 1454
Reference No		28455091
Reference No		31259966
Reference No		60

Father	Sir John "of the black lip" Forbes (1332 - 1406)
Mother	Elizabeth "Margaret" Kennedy (1336 - 1395)
Sibling	Alexander "1st Lord Forbes" Forbes (1380 - 1448)
Sibling	Sir William Forbes 1st (1382 - 1446)
Sibling	Alaster Forbes (1386 - 1466)