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Notes for John Fobes
The son of Rev. John Forbes (1568-1634), moderator of the Presbyterian Church
in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a descendant of the first and second Lords
of Forbes.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~legends/fobes.html:
He was left in Holland when his father returned to Scotland after being granted a reprieve by King James. In Holland, it is said, he acquired a soft accent resulting in the recording of the name as Vobes, or Ffobes and finally Fobes. He was one of the fifteen young men who landed in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1636, with Rev. Robinson's group. He was indentured to Isaac Allerton, richest man in Plymouth Colony, to pay for his passage. In 1637 he was known to have been at Powder Point, also at Green Harbor. He was granted land at Powder Point where he built a home and lived there for five years. He was a tailor by trade.
He first appears in colonial records as a resident of Duxbury, Ma. 5 Aug. 1636.
Information confirmed by Harry Hadaway (hhadaway@mail.tds.net) on his Website.
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