Ancestry of
John Kerry

68th U.S. Secretary of State

Francis Blackwell Forbes

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• • Great-grandfather of John Kerry — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • John Murray Forbes 
  • Mother:
  • Anna Howell   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Aug 1839 
  • Birth Location:
  • New York, New York 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 21 May 1908 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Isabel Clarke
  • Marriage Date:
  • 8 May 1867 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Trinity Chapel, Manhattan, New York, New York 
  • Child:

  James Grant Forbes (Ahnentafel No:6 )

  • Notes: 

  • Francis Forbes's given name is also seen as Frank.

    Francis Forbe lived with his wife in China from 1868 to 1878 where he was a member of the firm Russell and Co.

• Sources for Francis Blackwell Forbes

  • ¹ Boston Herald (Boston, Massachusetts), 02 SEP 1931, p. 15, Obituary for spouse Isabel Clarke Forbes.
  • ² Federal Census, MA, Suffolk County, 1900, Boston Ward 11, E.D. 1316, Sheet 8B, Image 16 of 43.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/23/2019).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924, Death record for Francis B Forbes.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915, Marriage record for son James G Forbes and Margaret T Winthrop.
  • ⁶ New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, Marriage record for Frank Forbes and Isabelle Clarke.
  • ⁷ New York Marriages, 1686-1980, Marriage record for Frank Blackwell Forbes and Isabel Clarke.
  • ⁸ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, New York Evening Post, 09 MAY 1867, Wedding notice for Frank B Forbes and Isabel Clarke.
  • ⁹ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 23 AUG 1919, Application for son James Grant Forbes.
  • ¹⁰ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 21 SEP 1923, Application for spouse Isabel Clarke Forbes.
  • ¹¹ U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925, 10 APR 1920, Application for spouse Isabel C Forbes.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 573.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 923.
  • ¹⁴ Tayler, Alistair and Henrietta, The House of Forbes, Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press Limited (1937), 385.