FORBES, Marjorie 1 2User ID: H676. Marjorie married John LEITH of Bucharn and of New Leslie, son of Laurence LEITH of Kirktown of Rayne and Bessie GORDON.1 2 (John LEITH of Bucharn and of New Leslie was born about 1588.) Marriage Notes: "John Leith of Bucharne and New Leslie, who sold Kirktown of Rayne, and bought the lands, afterwards called Leith-hall, at that time New Leslie, Peill, Syde, Arnbog, &c. His wife, daughter of Arthur Forbes, and grand-daughter of Alexander Forbes, 6th Lord Pitsligo, bare him two sons, James, his heir ; and Alexander, progenitor of the Leiths of Bucharne, Leiths of Blair, and Leiths of Whiteriggs in the Mearns." |
1 e-books, Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch by John Davidson (1878).
2 e-books, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes from the account of Mathew Lumsden 1580 ed. William Forbes (1819).
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