FORBES, Thomas of Clova 1
- Born: About 1570
- Marriage (1): BURNET, Isobel 1
User ID: D268.
Thomas married Isobel BURNET, daughter of Reverend Mr Thomas BURNET Parson of Methlick, Commissary of Aberdeen and Unknown.1 (Isobel BURNET was born about 1570 and died after 1597 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Thomas Forbes of Clova, who is a witness (to a legal charter), was son of Alexander Forbes in Finask. He married Isobel, daughter to Thomas Burnet of Cluny, who is another witness. In 1597, the 'Gud wyfe' of Clova and her daughter, Elspet, were by their 'unfriendis delaitit of witchcraft.' They protested their innocence of a 'cryme maist diuillsche and damnable,' and procured an exemption from King James VI., dated at Holyrood, 14th April 1597 (Miscellany of Spalding Club, i., 163)."
from Records of Aboyne 1
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