FORBES, Elizabeth
User ID: P111. Elizabeth married James SKENE 14th of that Ilk, son of Alexander SKENE 13th of that Ilk and Janet BURNET, about 14 July 1637(sasine). (James SKENE 14th of that Ilk was born about 1611.) Marriage Notes: "XIV. James Skene of Skene 1634-1656 succeeded his father in 1634, and was infeft in that year in the lands and barony of Skene as heir served and retoured to Alexander Skene of Skene, his father. He married Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of Arthur Lord Forbes, in 1637, as on I4th July, in that year, there is a sasine in her favour in his jointure lands of Letter and Broomhill. On 17th October, 1639, there is a sasine in favour of James Skene de eodem, upon letters of four forms, dated 6th April, in a tenement in Aberdeen, 'ex boreali parte ly Keyhead,' in payment of 4000 merks,contained in an obligation by Alexander, Master of Forbes, to Elizabeth Forbes, his sister, 'nunc sponse dicti Jacobi Skene de eodem,' dated 20th December, 1629, and assigned by the said Elizabeth Forbes,with consent of Arthur Lord Forbes, to James Skene, on 5th July, 1637 |