FORBES, Janet 1 2
- Born: About 1527
- Marriage (1): STEWART, John 3rd Earl of Atholl in May 1542 1
- Marriage (2): HAY, Alexander 5th of Ardendraught and Delgaty in November 1545 1
- Marriage (3): LESLIE, William 9th of Balquhain on 9 January 1547 1 2
Other names for Janet were FORBES, Jean and FORBES, Joanna.3
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Janet married John STEWART 3rd Earl of Atholl, son of John STEWART 2nd Earl of Atholl and Janet CAMPBELL, in May 1542.1 (John STEWART 3rd Earl of Atholl was born on 6 October 1507 4 and died about November 1542 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"Janet, married, first, in 1542, to John Stewart, third Earl of Atholl ....."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
"On 7 November 1545, he (Alexander Hay 5th Laird of Delgaty) granted a Charter of Auchinschogill to Janet Forbes Countess of Atholl (Great Seal, No. 3193). Janet was the daughter of John 6th Lord Forbes (Scots Peerage, IV. 55) and had married in 1542, John 3rd Earl of Atholl, who died within six months, and after the death of Alexander Hay, her second husband, she married as his first wife, John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547/8 (Great Seal, 20 Feb. 1547/8; Records of the Family of Leslie, III. 46)."
from Transactions 1 5
Janet next married Alexander HAY 5th of Ardendraught and Delgaty, son of Alexander HAY 4th of Ardendraught and Delgaty and Elizabeth ABERNETHY, in November 1545.1 (Alexander HAY 5th of Ardendraught and Delgaty was born about 1512 and died 1546(1547) 6.)
Marriage Notes:
"Janet, married ... secondly, to Alexander Hay of Delgaty...."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
"Alexander Hay of Delgaty, who succeeded as 5th laird and to the representation of the family, on his father's death, had as abovementioned, already received conveyance of the fee on 9 Feb. 1518/19. In March 1532, he was affianced to Mariota Shaw, who took steps to enforce the contract of marriage on 6 March 1534/5 (Antiquities of Aberdeen and Banff, 2357), but he successfully avoided the contract.
.....On 7 November 1545, he granted a Charter of Auchinschogill to Janet Forbes Countess of Atholl (Great Seal, No. 3193). Janet was the daughter of John 6th Lord Forbes (Scots Peerage, IV. 55) and had married in 1542, John 3rd Earl of Atholl, who died within six months, and after the death of Alexander Hay, her second husband, she married as his first wife, John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547/8 (Great Seal, 20 Feb. 1547/8; Records of the Family of Leslie, III. 46)."
from Transactions 1 5
Janet next married William LESLIE 9th of Balquhain, son of John LESLIE 8th of Balquhain and Elizabeth LESLIE, on 9 January 1547.1 2 (William LESLIE 9th of Balquhain was born about 1526 and died in 1571.)
Marriage Notes:
"William Leslie, ninth Baron of Balquhain, married, first, Janet Forbes, daughter of John, sixth Lord Forbes, and widow of John, Earl of Atholl, and by her had issue ... "
from Family of Leslie
"On 7 November 1545, he (Alexander Hay 5th Laird of Delgaty) granted a Charter of Auchinschogill to Janet Forbes Countess of Atholl (Great Seal, No. 3193). Janet was the daughter of John 6th Lord Forbes (Scots Peerage, IV. 55) and had married in 1542, John 3rd Earl of Atholl, who died within six months, and after the death of Alexander Hay, her second husband, she married as his first wife, John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547/8 (Great Seal, 20 Feb. 1547/8; Records of the Family of Leslie, III. 46)."
from Transactions
"Janet, married ... thirdly, to William Lesly of Balquhain. Janet Forbes, Countess of Atholl, had a charter of part of Balquhain from John Leslie of Balquhain, 9 January 1547-48."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2 5
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