FORBES, Ann? 1
User ID: G881. Ann? married Francis GORDON 8th of Craig, son of Francis GORDON 7th of Craig, Jacobite 1715 and Agnes OGILVY.1 (Francis GORDON 8th of Craig was born about 1679 and died in September 1727 1.) Marriage Notes: "John (Gordon), ninth laird of Craig, was the eldest son of Francis, VIIIth laird, probably by A. Forbes, daughter of the laird of Balfluig, a property near Alford, where the old Castle is still standing. The first laird of Balfluig, John Forbes, was, according to Lumsden's 'Hist, of the Forbeses,' a son of John Forbes of Leslie, a son of William Forbes of Monymusk. who was grandson of William Forbes of Corsindae. The lands of Balfluig were erected into a barony, called the Barony of Alford, and a new charter thereof granted in 1702 in favour of John Forbes and George Forbes, his son. George was succeeded by his son John, who made up his titles in 1742, and appears to have settled as a merchant in Rotterdam ; and in 1753 he sold the barony to Francis Farquharson of Haughton. ('Castles of Aberdeenshire,' p. 14.)" |