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SKENE, Alexander 11th of that Ilk, 'the little Laird'
(About 1520-1604)
FORBES, Elizabeth
(About 1523-)
MERCER, Laurence Burgess of Aberdeen
(About 1540-)
SKENE, Patrick of Dyce, Burgess of Aberdeen, Mr
(About 1548-1635)
MERCER, Elspett
(About 1570-)
SKENE, Gilbert 3rd of Dyce, Burgess of Aberdeen
(About 1598-1665)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BUCHAN, Marjorie

2. FORBES, Barbra

SKENE, Gilbert 3rd of Dyce, Burgess of Aberdeen 3

  • Born: About 1598
  • Marriage (1): BUCHAN, Marjorie in 1628 1
  • Marriage (2): FORBES, Barbra on 16 November 1648 in Dyce parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2
  • Died: March 1665 1

   Other names for Gilbert were SKEIN, Gilbert 2 and SKEYNE, Gilbert.2

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Gilbert married Marjorie BUCHAN, daughter of William BUCHAN of Oikhorn, Merchant and Burgess of Aberdeen and Unknown, in 1628.1 (Marjorie BUCHAN was born about 1600.)


  Marriage Notes:

"III. Gilbert Skene of Dyce was a burgess of Aberdeen, and married, in 1628, Marjorie Buchan, daughter of William Buchan of Auchmacoy, who succeeded to one half of the lands of Dyce. On 8th December, 1628, Gilbert Skene, burgess of Aberdeen, is infeft in the just and equal half of the barony of Dyce, and also in the Kirkton of Dyce, and on 6th January, 1629, in the half town and lands of Pitmedden."

from Family of Skene 1

Gilbert next married Barbra FORBES, daughter of William FORBES of Cotton and Elizabeth MORISON, on 16 November 1648 in Dyce parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.2 (Barbra FORBES was baptised on 25 May 1614 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"SKEYNE
GILBERT
BARBRAY FORBES/
28/10/1648
168/B 60 70
Old Machar"

"SKEIN
GILBERT
BARBARA FORBES/
16/11/1648
190/ 10 27
Dyce"

from Index of Marriages 2

Sources


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

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, Moir Genealogy and Collateral Lines by Alexander L. Moir (1913): Powis Papers - Moir References by John George Burnett, Esq., of Aberdeen.

4 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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