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SKENE, James 12th of that Ilk
(About 1542-1605)
DOUGLAS, Johanna
(About 1534-)
JOHNSTON, George of that Ilk
(About 1546-1593)
FORBES, Christian
(1547-1622)
SKENE, Alexander fiar of Skene
(About 1565-1599)
JOHNSTON, Margaret
(About 1567-)
SKENE, Alexander 13th of that Ilk
(About 1587-About 1634)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BURNET, Janet

SKENE, Alexander 13th of that Ilk 1

  • Born: About 1587
  • Marriage (1): BURNET, Janet 1 2
  • Died: About 1634 2

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Alexander married Janet BURNET, daughter of Alexander BURNET 12th of Leys and Katherine GORDON.1 2 (Janet BURNET was born about 1591.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Janet (Burnet), married, 1st, Alexander Skene of Skene (Skene Mem., p. 37) ; 2nd, c. 1642, Sir Alexander Cumyn of Culter. Her portrait is at Crathes. As widow of Skene, and intended wife of Sir Alexander Cumyn, she had, on 24th March, 1641-2, sasine of Robertstoun (Aberdeenshire Sasines)."

from The Family of Burnett




"Alexander (Skene) married Janet Burnet, daughter of Sir Thomas Burnet of Leyes ... "

from Skene of Skene 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Family of Burnett of Leys by George Burnett, ed. James Allardyce (1901).

2 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Skene of Skene ed. William Forbes Skene (1887).

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