KENNEDY, Elizabeth ^{2 3}

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Elizabeth married George FORBES 7th of Corse, son of Dr John FORBES 6th of Corse, Professor of Divinity King's College Aberdeen and Soete ROESBOOM.^{1 2} (George FORBES 7th of Corse was born about 1630.)

  Marriage Notes:

"George Forbes of Corss married Kenidie, daughter to the Laird of Kermucks, qose bairns bear witnes themselves."

from Family of Forbes




"By his wife Soete Roesboom, a native of Holland, he (John Forbes) had nine children. He was survived by only one of them, a son, who, in the words of Dr Garden in his copious Life of Forbes .... was the heir of his father's property but not of his learning and virtues."

from Funeral Sermons




"George, 7th of Corse, served heir to his father, June 20th 1649, married Elizabeth Kennedy of Kermucks , and had a son, William, who died young, and had three daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Henrietta

George was the last laird of the original family of Corse, as he sold part of the estate in 1656 to Duguid of Auchinhove, and the remainder in 1670 to his second cousin, Sir John Forbes of Craigievar."

from House of Forbes ^{1 2 4}