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FORBES, Thomas 1st of Echt, 'Thom in the Loch'
(About 1408-)
STEWART, Marjorie heiress of Echt
(About 1412-)
SKENE, James 6th of that Ilk
(About 1390-About 1461)
WIFE, Unnamed later, 'widow Fraser of Cornton'
(About 1395-1458)
FORBES, Alexander 2nd of Echt
(About 1427-)
SKENE, Daughter
(About 1429-)
FORBES, John 3rd of Echt
(About 1445-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. STEWART, Margaret

FORBES, John 3rd of Echt 1

  • Born: About 1445
  • Marriage (1): STEWART, Margaret 1

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John married Margaret STEWART, daughter of Robert STEWART of Laithers and Isobel LESLIE.1 (Margaret STEWART was born about 1462.)


  Marriage Notes:

"III. John (Forbes) married his cousin, Margaret, sister of Robert Stewart of Laithers, by whom he had eight sons:

(1) Alexander, his heir. (2) William, killed at Flodden. (3) John, married a daughter of Strachan of Linturk, and had a son, Alexander of Tilliechink and William. (4) Robert, married a daughter of Fraser of Durris, and had four sons, Alexander, George, William and Arthur (minister of Echt). (5) Alexander, married a daughter of Calder of Asloun, and had issue. (6) Thomas, married a daughter of Crichton of Conland. (7) Gilbert, unmarried. (8) James, married a daughter of Gordon of Invermarkie.
One daughter married (1) William Cumming, and (2) Richard Irvine of Cullerlie. The younger daughter married William Wiseman."

from House of Forbes 1

Sources


1 e-books, The House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937) Chapter XXXVI Echt.

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