Person:Robert Forbes (8)

Born in northern northern Ireland. Settled in Londonderry, Nova Scotia with his father, William.

Moved to Black Rock, Nova Scotia around 1790, by trading his Londonderry farm with that of Francis Creelman of Black Rock.(citation 2) Another source lists the location of the original farm at Debert, which is just east of Londonderry.(citation 8)

Before 1811, he operated a ferry over across the Shubenacadie river with son, William.(citation 5) Died in Black Rock, 1812.

Children

Possible names of children:

"Robert Forbes had five sons, William, Robert, Samuel, Francis and David, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Nancy and Lettice. Robert Forbes (Sr.) died at Black Rock in 1812, aged 70 years." (see citation 2)

These names come up again in a different source: "Robert Forbes, born ca. 1742 in Ireland, died 1812 at Black Rock, Nova Scotia, married Lettice McLean, born before 1754 in Ireland.

Robert Forbes and Lettice McLean had 8 children:

1. William Forbes
2. Lettice Forbes
3. Robert Forbes
4. Nancy Forbes
5. Samuel Forbes, born 1790
6. Elizabeth Forbes, who married Elias Nelson.
7. Francis Forbes, born ca. 1794
8. David Forbes.

This information is from Jane Wile's website of early Colchester County settlers. The website is: genealogynet.com/resident/genejane/index.html Click on surnames, click on any surname (the indices are all inter-related), click on view database, and then find the range that will include your ancestor. Good luck!" [8] Unfortunately, this reference is behind a paywall.

1.   Ancestry.com page
   [1].
2. ↑ My pioneer ancestors (family history)
   [2].

   movement to Black rock, death date, possible children's names p.29

3. ↑ Family tree legends
   [3].
4. ↑ Smith, Leonard H, and Norma H. (Norma Helen) Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., c1992-)
   Vol. 2/pp.91.
5.   Central Colchester Communities
   [4].
6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management - Poll tax rolls, 1791-1793
   [5].

   Robert Forbis
   Londonderry, Colchester County — 1792
   
   Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. no. 444 — Poll Tax 1791-1794 Sheet 048

7. ↑ 1774 Census Nova Scotia
   [6].

   Robert Forbes
   Londonderry, Colchester County — 1774
   Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 443 no. 16

8.   Creelman Family of Nova Scotia
   [7].

   "[Francis Creelman] lived on his father’s farm at the Black Rock until 1792 when he exchanged farms with Robert Forbes and moved across the bay to Debert."