ELPHINSTONE, Jane ²

   Another name for Jane was ELPHINSTONE, Jean.¹

Jane married Arthur FORBES 9th Lord Forbes, son of John FORBES 8th Lord Forbes and Janet SETON, on 5 February 1600 in Edinburgh, Scotland.¹ (Arthur FORBES 9th Lord Forbes was born on 25 April 1581 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Arthur Forbes was born on 25 April 1581 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was the first-born son of John, 8th Lord Forbes and his 2nd wife, Janet Seton. Arthur Forbes had a charter to the lordship and barony of Forbes on 20 Dec. 1598: 'to Arthur Forbes, eldest son of John, Lord Forbes, by Jonet Seytoun his wife'. This was confirmed 28 Dec. 1598. By this charter it was evidently intended to exclude John Forbes II, Arthur's older half-brother, from all succession to their father's estate. John Forbes II had followed his mother, Lady Margaret (Gordon) Forbes, a Roman Catholic, when his father divorced her in 1574, in part for religious reasons. In 1593 he had joined the Roman Catholic Capucin Religious Order as a celibate Friar (Monk). He lived in Tournai, Hainaut, Spanish Netherlands, not Scotland. John was nevertheless the 9th Lord being the eldest son by his father's first wife.

Apparently, the 2 brothers were not estranged, as in 1600 Arthur was found writing to his brother in a friendly manner. Arthur only succeeded to the estates and the title on August 2, 1606, after the closely-following deaths of their father (29 Jun 1606) and half-brother (2 Aug 1606). On 8 Feb. 1610/1 a charter was granted to Jean Elphinstone, spouse of Arthur, Lord Forbes, and Alexander, Master of Forbes, their son, confirming his holding the lordship of Forbes.

Even before his accession, Arthur Forbes, at 19 years old, married Lady Jean Elphinstone, daughter of Alexander Elphinstone, 4th Lord Elphinstone, on February 5, 1600."

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