FORBES, George of Alford, then 3rd of Balfluig (2nd family, not Corsindae) ¹

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George married Jeane SKEN, daughter of Alexander SKENE 16th of that Ilk and Jeils AEDIE.^{1 2} (Jeane SKEN was born on 2 November 1696 ¹ and died in March 1723 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"My daughter Jeane (Skene) was born at Skene the twa of November, 1696 years ; married to George Forbes of Alford ; died in March, 1723, at Skene."

from Family of Skene




"George (Forbes), married Jean, daughter of Alexander Skene of Skene, and had John, his heir; and Mary, who married her cousin, George Skene of Skene, and had five sons, two of whom were the last lairds of Skene ; and two daughters, Mary, married the 3rd Lord Fife, and Sarah . He died about 1741, and was succeeded by his son John, last laird of Balfluig, who sold the estate in 1753 to Francis Farquharson of Haughton, and went to live at Rotterdam, where he he died unmarried."

from Forbes of Leslie ^{1 2}