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FORBES, Alexander 2nd of Pitsligo, Sir
(About 1424-1477)
HAY, Maria
(About 1425-)
OGILVY, John of Lintrathen, Sir
(About 1402-1489)
SETON, Margaret
(About 1408-)
FORBES, William heir-apparent of Pitsligo
(About 1441-1470)
OGILVY, Mariota
(About 1442-)
FORBES, Alexander 3rd of Pitsligo, Sir
(About 1464-About 1496)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WEMYSS, Isabel

FORBES, Alexander 3rd of Pitsligo, Sir 1 3 4

  • Born: About 1464
  • Marriage (1): WEMYSS, Isabel 1 2
  • Died: About 1496 1

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Alexander married Isabel WEMYSS.1 2 (Isabel WEMYSS was born about 1467 and died after 16 August 1524 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"III. Alexander (Forbes), who married Isabel, daughter of Sir Patrick Wernyss (who subsequently married Thomas Blair), by whom he had a son John, and four daughters, who married respectively, Calder of Asloun, Williarn Woodman of Fenzies, William White of Aberdour, and William Lawson of Dysart. He died about 1496 and was succeeded by his son, IV. John"

from House of Forbes




"Alexander (Forbes), on 29 April 1477, was served heir to his grandfather in the barony of Pitsligo. He married Isobel (or Elizabeth) Wemyss, of what family is not certain, who survived him, and in 1501 was the wife of Thomas Blair. She was alive 16 August 1524, when she granted a tack of her terce lands to her 'lovit carnale sone,' John Forbes of Pitsligo, for £40 yearly, payable to her at Dysart in Fife. By her he had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2

Sources


1 Internet Site, House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937 and 1987) found at https://www.clan-forbes.org/house-of-forbes Chapter XXVI Pitsligo.

2 Internet Site, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

3 e-books, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes from the account of Mathew Lumsden 1580 ed. William Forbes (1819).

4 e-books, House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937 and 1987) found at https://www.clan-forbes.org/house-of-forbes Chapter XXVI Pitsligo.

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