FORBES, Isobel

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Isobel married John STRACHAN of Bellie, Jacobite 1715?, son of Sir James STRACHAN 3rd Baronet of Thornton, Minister of Keith parish and Katharine ROSE, 1692(1693) (contract).¹ (John STRACHAN of Bellie, Jacobite 1715? was born about 1670 and died 1715 ? ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"1693. Contract of marriage between John Strachan of Belly, son of Sir James Strachan of Thorntoun, and Isobel Forbes, younger daughter of Sir John Forbes - he to give 7000 marks, and she 3000 marks, to be settled on her and her children. Signatures - John Strachan, Sir James Strachan, his father ; Isobel Forbes, Thomas Forbes, William Forbes, apothecary in Aberdeen, John Forbes, merchant in London, her brothers."

from Memoranda relating to the Family of Waterton




"Sir James Strachan of Thornton .... marr.... (2) 1663, Katherine (died in childbed 6th April 1689), only child of John Rose of Kellas, and Margaret Douglas, and had issue John of Kellas [which he sold in 1690 to John Farquharson of Binns], said to have been killed in the Rising of 1715"

from Fasti Ecclesiae




"Isobel (Forbes), married 1692 John Strachan of Bellie, son of Sir John (see Note below) Strachan of Thornton, and received the same tocher, her husband settling on her 7000 merks."

from House of Forbes

Note:

John's father was Sir James Strachan, not Sir John Strachan. ^{1 2}