FORBES, Alexander 6th of Tolquhon ^{1 2}

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Alexander married Alison ANDERSON by 2 December 1536 (charter). (Alison ANDERSON was born about 1515.)

  Marriage Notes:

" .... Alison, daughter of ------- Anderson, relict of Alexander Forbes of Tolquhoun"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"On June 6th, 1527, William Forbes of Tolquhon granted to his eldest son John, and to ' Janet Chein, wife of John, ' a charter of the lands of Mynnony, signed at ' Essilmont,' the residence of Sir Patrick Cheyne, the bride's father. John died in his father's lifetime, and the next item in the Tolquhon writs is a charter under the Great Seal, given at Edinburgh, December 2nd, 1536, to Alexander Forbes, son and heir of William Forbes of Tolquhon, of the lands and barony, with tower and fortalice, and to the said Alexander Forbes and Alison Anderson, his wife, of the park and lands of Tiftie (presumably not the Tifty known in song, since that was part of the estate of Fyvie). One of the witnesses was George, Earl of Huntlie. A charter of conformation under the Great Seal and the usual sasine followed.

Alexander, the 6th Laird, succeeded his father shortly after the granting of the above charter. His wife was Alison Anderson, daughter of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. He had two sons and two daughters :-
William, his heir; John of Bandley, whence the family of Culloden. (See p. 403.) Janet, who married (1) William Forbes of Corsindae, (2) William Forbes of Fodderbirse. Isabel, who married (1) Thomas Cheyne of Stricken, and (2) the Tutor of Lovat."

from House of Forbes ²