FORBES, Margaret ^{1 2}

   Cause of her death was childbirth.²

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Margaret married Alexander SUTHERLAND Lord Duffus, son of William SUTHERLAND 10th of Duffus and Janet GRANT, about 1668.^{1 2 3} (Alexander SUTHERLAND Lord Duffus was born in 1622 ¹ and died on 31 August 1674 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

The first Lord Duffus was four times married ... He married fourthly, Margaret, eldest daughter of William, eleventh Lord Forbes, who survived him and was married, about 1675, to Robert Gordon, afterwards third Baronet of Gordonston, but died on 16 April 1677."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Margaret, married, first, about 1668, to Alexander, Lord Duffus; secondly, about 1675, to Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, Bart. She died in April 1677."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Margaret (Forbes), married first about 1668, Alexander, 1st Lord Duffus, who died 1674. She was his fourth wife and had no children by him .."

from House of Forbes ^{1 2 3}

Margaret next married Sir Robert GORDON of Gordonstoun, 3rd Baronet, son of Sir Ludovick GORDON of Gordonstoun, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth FARQUHAR, about 1675.^{1 2 3} (Sir Robert GORDON of Gordonstoun, 3rd Baronet was baptised on 9 April 1647 in Drainie parish, Moray, Scotland,^{4 5} died in 1704 and was buried on 28 September 1704 in Drainie parish, Moray, Scotland ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The first Lord Duffus was four times married ... He married fourthly, Margaret, eldest daughter of William, eleventh Lord Forbes, who survived him and was married, about 1675, to Robert Gordon, afterwards third Baronet of Gordonston, but died on 16 April 1677."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Margaret, married, first, about 1668, to Alexander, Lord Duffus; secondly, about 1675, to Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, Bart. She died in April 1677."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Margaret (Forbes), married .... secondly, about 1675, Sir Robert Gordon, 2nd Bart. of Gordonstoun, and son of the 1st Sir Robert, who was fourth son of the 12th Earl of Sutherland and Jean Gordon (formerly Lady Bothwell). Margaret Forbes died in April 1677 at the birth of her only child, a daughter, Jean"

from House of Forbes

Note:

Robert Gordon was 3rd baronet, and grandson of Robert, 1st Baronet. ^{1 2 3}