Re: Forbes' of St. Andrew/Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
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Forbes' of St. Andrew/Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Joanna Forbes 7/19/08
Hi Joanna,
My mother is a Forbes and grew up in Manchester parish.I too have started to research the Forbes family in Jamaica.
She has told me that the Forbes family founder may have been a relative of the Glaves family who owned property in the parish.I do not have any first names; however, she told me that possibly the Glaves estate founder (who we believe originated from England) brought over a nephew by the name of Forbes (possibly from Scotland) to manage the bookkeeping. I recently went to Jamaica and visited the villages around where she grew up which include Craighead, Heavytree, Wait-a-bit. Any information you learn would be greatly appreciated.I am happy to share.
-Akira
PS - sorry if this posted twice.
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Re: Forbes' of St. Andrew/Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Joanna Forbes 10/13/08
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Re: Forbes' of St. Andrew/Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Akira Sugihara 2/16/14
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Re: Forbes' of St. Andrew/Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies