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FORBES, Robert 6th of Echt
(About 1520-1569)
FRASER, Janet
(About 1522-)
STRACHAN, John of Thornton, Sir
(About 1514-1587)
LIVINGSTON, Margaret
(About 1516-)
FORBES, John 7th of Echt
(About 1552-1609)
STRACHAN, Helen
(About 1553-)
FORBES, John of Echt
(About 1578-1609)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Beatrice

FORBES, John of Echt 1 2

  • Born: About 1578
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Beatrice 1
  • Died: before 1609(dvp) 2

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  General Notes:

"John Forbes of Echt, son to the sd. Robert, married Helen Strauchin, daughter to the Laird of Thorntoune, who did bear to him John Forbes; and both the Johns, father and son, dyed without succession : the estate fell by lyne to Mr. Arthur Forbes, who was married to Bessie Lyon, relict of John Master of Forbes, who dyed without succession."

from Family of Forbes 2


John married Beatrice GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON 5th of Abergeldie and Margaret MACINTOSH.1 (Beatrice GORDON was born about 1586 and died after 20 January 1601 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"John Forbes of Echt m. Beatrix Gordon (dau of Alexander Gordon of Abergeldie)"

from stirnet.com 1

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/ff/forbes08.php 'Forbes08'.

2 e-books, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes from the account of Mathew Lumsden 1580 ed. William Forbes (1819).

3 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1903) Abergeldie by J.M.Bulloch.

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