Mike Mahoney's Related Ancestors
Notes for John Forbes, Rev.
Moderator of Presbyterian Church in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Banished from Scotland, he left for Holland on 7 Mar. 1606. In 1611 he became the pastor of the British congegation at Middleburg, Holland. In 1621 he became pastor of the congregation at Delft.
John earned his degree in 1583 at University of St. Andrews and was ordained a minister of Alford in 1593. He was received by King James of England in 1605 and granted favor for the church. In July 1605 he was appointed head of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. King James, however, concluded that the Presbyterian church was becoming too strong from his Episcopalian viewpoint and issued an order banning future assemblies. Nineteen preachers felt a firm stand should be taken and met with Rev. Forbes, Moderator. They declined to appear before a privy council and Forbes and five others were imprisoned, tried for high treason, found guilty by a packed jury and banished from the king's domain. The exlies sailed from Leith to Bordeaux 7 November 1606. On reaching France, Forbes visited Boyd of Trochrig at Saumer and then went on to Sedan. He traveled for some years visiting reformed churches and universities. In 1611, he was settled as pastor of a British congregation at Middleburg, Holland. Soon after he was offered a release from banishment on terms he did not accept. In 1616 he was in London where King James promised to revoke his sentence of exile but never did. After a ten year ministry at Middleburg he became pastor of the British Church at Delft, Holland, twelve miles from the Pilgrim church at Leyden. By 1628, Charles I began to interfere with English and Scottish churches in Holland and Forbes was ultimately removed as pastor. In later years he became bishop in the Episcopal Church much to the dismay of his Presbyterian brethren. He died in 1634, aged about 66.
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