CUMMING, Jean ¹

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Jean married Captain Robert FORBES in Park, son of John FORBES of Asloun and Elizabeth FORBES.¹ (Captain Robert FORBES in Park was born about 1647.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Robert Forbes in Park, Captain in the Earl of Dumbarton's Regiment, married Jean, daughter of Gavin Cumming, factor for the Earl of Erroll, and by her had three sons : Alexander, o.s.p ; John, Clerk to the Bills in the Court of Session ; Robert."

from House of Forbes

Note:

Jean Cumming's parent presents some diffculty as outlined in the information from this source.

Gavin Cumming is not generally reputed to have been the factor for the Earl of Erroll; his father and elder brother, Alexander, held that position. Gavin may have assisted them and Jean may have been Gavin's daughter. Or, as the chronology suggests there may have been a simple error in naming the 'factor for the Earl of Erroll'., in which case James or Alexander might have been her father.

If Jean was the daughter of Gavin then, if a legitimate child, she would have been born in the 1660s. If born before or outside of marriage, her birth year could be earlier.Since we do not know exact dates of birth or marriage of the parties involved, the matter is uncertain. ¹