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The Forbes family is one of the components of the Boston Brahmins—they are a wealthy extended American family long prominent in Boston, Massachusetts. The family's fortune originates fromtrading opium and teabetween North America and China in the 19th century plus other investments in the same period. The name descends from Scottish immigrants and can be traced back to Sir John de Forbes in Scotland in the 12th century. Family members include businessman John Murray Forbes (1813–1898), part of the first generation who accumulated wealth, and politician John Forbes Kerry (born 1943).
Other family members
The first members of the family to live in the United States was John Forbes, clergyman, son of Archibald Forbes, although the family retained its connections with Europe and John Murray Forbes was born in France.
John Murray Forbes (1807–1885), m. to Anne Howell, (d. 1849)
Brice Lalonde, a French politician, who ran for President of France as the Green Party candidate in 1981.
Rosemary Forbes Kerry (1913–2002), m. to Richard Kerry.
Elliot Forbes (1917–2006), conductor and musicologist
John Murray Forbes (1813–1898), an American railroad magnate, merchant, philanthropist and abolitionist, m. to Sarah Swain Hathaway, (1813–1900).
John Malcolm Forbes (1847–1904), American businessman and sportsman.
Michael R. Paine (born 1928), m. to Ruth Hyde Paine, Oswald family benefactors in whose garage family friend Lee Harvey Oswald stored his rifle and in whose home Marina Oswald lived.
William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), investment banker and diplomat, served as Governor-General of the Philippines from 1908 to 1913.
China Forbes (born 1970), singer and songwriter, best known as lead singer of Pink Martini.
Maya Forbes (born 1968) is an American screenwriter and television producer, sister of China Forbes.
Ed Droste (born 1978), singer and musician, lead singer of Grizzly Bear, grandson of Elliot Forbes.
Beatrice Forbes Manz, professor of history at Tufts University