FORBES, George 3rd of Skellater 1 2 3User ID: J441. Research Notes: CHILDREN Noted events in his life were: 1. Witness: baptism of Jean Downie, August 1675, Strathdon parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. George married Daughter FARQUHARSON, daughter of Robert FARQUHARSON of Allargue, 1st of Crathie and Elspet ANDERSON.1 (Daughter FARQUHARSON was born about 1647.) Marriage Notes: "George (Forbes), married first a daughter of Farquharson of Allargue, by whom he had (1) George, his heir, and John, and six daughters, Jean, Elspet, Barbara, Mary, Helen and Marjorie." George next married Isobel FORBES, daughter of William FORBES 5th of Newe and Helen FORBES.1 (Isobel FORBES was born about 1660.) Marriage Notes: "He (George Forbes) married, secondly, Isobel, daughter of William Forbes of Newe by whom he had (2) Nathaniel, born 1676, of Rippachie, married Jean, daughter of William Forbes of Newe . (3) Lachlan, born 1677, of Edinglassie, married Margaret Irvine, and had three sons, William, Benjamin and John; and four daughters: Margaret, born 1680. Isobel, born 1684, Agnes, born 1687, married Robert Lumsden of Corrachrie, Beatrix, unmarried. John, James, died young." |
1 e-books, House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937 and 1987) found at https://www.clan-forbes.org/house-of-forbes Chapter XXXIV Barnes Whence Skellater.
2 e-books, Family Record of the Name of Dingwall Fordyce in Aberdeenshire compiled by Alexander Dingwall Fordyce (1885).
3 e-books, The Chiefs of Grant vol. 1 by William Fraser (1883).
4 GRO Scotland, Strathdon parish Aberdeenshire Baptisms.
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