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FORBES, Alexander 6th of Tolquhon
(About 1507-1547)
ANDERSON, Alison
(About 1515-)
GORDON, George 2nd of Lesmoir
(About 1509-)
FORBES, Katharine
(About 1512-)
FORBES, William 7th of Tolquhon, gratis Burgess of Aberdeen
(About 1537-Before 1595)
GORDON, Elizabeth
(About 1538-)
FORBES, John 1st of Pitnacaddell
(About 1557-Before 1631)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. HAY, Daughter 'of Brunthill'

FORBES, John 1st of Pitnacaddell 1

  • Born: About 1557
  • Marriage (1): HAY, Daughter 'of Brunthill' 1 2
  • Died: Before 1 June 1631 2

   Another name for John was FORBES, John of Pitnacalder.2

   User ID: Y251


John married Daughter HAY 'of Brunthill'.1 2 (Daughter HAY 'of Brunthill' was born about 1576.)


  Marriage Notes:

"John Forbes of Pitnacaddell, married (blank) Hay, daughter to Hay of Brunthill, who did bear to him John Forbes of Pitnacaddeli, Al. Forbes and Wm. Forbes of Tom-beg, Livetenant Collonell George Forbes, with some daughters, all qch. bear witnes themselves."

from Family of Forbes




"He (John Forbes, younger, of Pitnacalder) was grandson of William Forbes, laird of Tolquhon, in Tarves, while his mother was a daughter of Hay, laird of Burnthill. (Lumsden's Gen.)"

from Aberdeenshire Epitaphs




"John Forbes of Pitnacaddel, second son of William, 7th Laird of Tolquhon, married a daughter of Hay of Burnthill, by whom he had four sons and several daughters :

(1 ) John, his heir. (2) Alexander of Pitblae (or Pitblaen), who married and had issue : Jean, married Alex. Crawfurd of Rathen ; Magdalen, married William Ogston in Auchinachie; and Elizabeth. On December 7th, 1688, these three daughters were served heirs to their uncle, William of Tombeg, in an annual rent of £200 out of the lands of Aberdour. (3) William in Tombeg (see p. 411), and (4) George, Lieut.-Colonel, o.s.p."

from House of Forbes 1 2

Sources


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

2 e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907) Lonmay parish.

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