When Right Rev. Patrick Forbes Lord Bishop Of Aberdeen was born on 24 August 1564, in Corse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, his father, William Forbes 4th Laird of Corse, was 34 and his mother, Lady Elizabeth Strachan of Thornton, was 20. He married Lady Lucrece Spence of Wormeston on 25 June 1588, in Anstruther Wester, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. In 1618, at the age of 54, his occupation is listed as bishop of aberdeen in St. Andrews, Midlothian, Scotland. He died on 28 March 1635, in St. Andrews, Midlothian, Scotland, at the age of 70, and was buried in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.