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FORBES, John 8th Lord Forbes
(1542-1606)
SETON, Janet
(About 1544-1616)
ELPHINSTONE, Alexander 4th Lord Elphinstone, Lord High Treasurer
(1552-1638)
LIVINGSTON, Jane
(About 1555-1621)
FORBES, Arthur 9th Lord Forbes
(1581-)
ELPHINSTONE, Jane
(1582-After 1628)
FORBES, Alexander 10th Lord Forbes, Lieutenant-General
(About 1600-1672)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, Anna

2. FORBES, Elizabeth

FORBES, Alexander 10th Lord Forbes, Lieutenant-General 1 3 4

  • Born: About 1600
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, Anna in 1618 1 2 3
  • Marriage (2): FORBES, Elizabeth in 1627 1
  • Died: 20 April 1672 3

   Another name for Alexander was FORBES, Alexander Master of Forbes.2

   User ID: W67.

  Research Notes:

10TH or 11TH LORD Forbes

In some presentations of this family, the Capuchin monk, John Forbes, the son of John Forbes and Lady Margaret Gordon, is not counted as the 9th Lord Forbes. This has the effect of putting all the following Lord Forbes one place out in their designation.


Alexander married Anna FORBES, daughter of Sir John FORBES 8th of Pitsligo and Christian OGILVY, in 1618.1 2 3 (Anna FORBES was born about 1598.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Forbes married first to Anna Forbes, daughter of John Forbes of Pitsligo in 1618."

from ISHR website



"Forbes, Ann, relict of William Turing of Foverane, and spouse of Alexander, Master of Forbes 4 Feb. 1625 (vol.5, 560, Aberdeen)"

from Aberdeen Sasines




"He (Alexander Forbes) married, first, Anne, daughter of Sir John Forbes of Pitsligo, by whom he had, besides several children who died young, one son, William"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 2 3

Alexander next married Elizabeth FORBES, daughter of Robert FORBES 6th of Rires and Unknown, in 1627.1 (Elizabeth FORBES was born about 1605.)


  Marriage Notes:

"His (Alexander Forbes') second marriage was to Elizabeth Forbes daughter of Robert Forbes of Rires in 1627."

from ISHR website




"He (Alexander Forbes) married, secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Forbes of Rires, in Fife, by whom he had, besides eight children who died young, two sons and three daughters"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) 1 3

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/ssne/item.php?id=1616 University of St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research Forbes, Alexander [SSNE 1616].

2 Internet Site, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-H7N3-S?i=83&cat=666861 Aberdeen Register of Sasines 1599-1609 1617-1629 page 145.

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

4 e-books, A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock by Hew Rose and Lachlan Shaw (1848).

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