ALEXANDER, Jean ¹

   Another name for Jean was ALEXANDER, Margaret.²

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Jean married Alexander FORBES 2nd of Inverernan, son of John FORBES of Inverernan, bailie for Earl of Mar, 'Black Jock', Jacobite 1715 and Margaret ALEXANDER, by 1733.^{1 2} (Alexander FORBES 2nd of Inverernan was baptised in 1710 in Strathdon parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Black Jock was the eldest son of Skellater by a second marriage ; and being out in the rebellion, was taken prisoner, and died at Carlisle the night before the day on which he was to have been executed. His son .... succeeded to Inverernan, and married Jean, daughter of Alexander Alexander of Auchmull, a bailie in Aberdeen. Their eldest son, who died unmarried, made the entail of Inverernan, and was succeeded by his next brother, Alex. Forbes"

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions




"Alexander (Forbes), 2nd Laird of Inverernan, married in 1733 Margaret (see Note) Alexander, daughter of the Laird of Auchmull, baillie of Aberdeen, and had : John, his heir, born 1739. Alexander, who succeeded John. Charles, born 1748, student of Divinity, died 1771. Helen, married Alexander Mitchell, merchant in Aberdeen, and five others died unmarried, Janet, Agnes, Jean, Isabel and Ann."

from House of Forbes

Note: Elsewhere Alexander's wife is named as Jean, though she may have had both names. ^{1 2}