Clan Forbes Society Blogs

One of the most enduring and consequential legacies of the House of Forbes is the Church of St. John the Apostle Scottish Church in the...

Sara Forbes Bonetta (1843 –1880) was a West African Egbado princess of the Yoruba people who was orphaned in intertribal warfare, forced...

The feud between Clan Forbes and Clan Leslie started in 1400 with a Leslie stealing and marrying the fiancée of a Forbes – and ended with...

The wars of Scottish Independence began with the death of King Alexander III (1241 – 1286) and his primary heirs. This left his...

John Forbes was born in Gamrie Parish in Banffshire, Scotland, to James Forbes and Sarah Gordon. His father's farm, the Mains of...

Overhead view of New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland To honor his family estate forfeited after the failed 1745 Jacobite Uprising,...

The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc with the many highland games and Scottish festivals throughout North America and Great Britain....

Captain Robert Bennet (Ben) Forbes (1804 –1889) commanded the USS Jamestown during America’s first international relief effort, bringing...

The House of Forbes Family Tree on Ancestry.com has been blooming, thanks to Member Catherine Forbes McCausland. Until April 2020, the...

With the spread of coronavirus, we are all going through a difficult time. Some more than others. For some, the more difficult times are...

Clan Forbes Society is one of the first clan societies to join the brand new Clan Partner program of the National Trust for Scotland USA...

Battle of Cowpens, by William Ranney, 1845 By Ben J. Forbus John Faubus was born August 25, 1759, in Frederick County, Virginia, which...