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CHEYNE, John 7th of Arnage
(About 1505-About 1546)
FRASER, Janet
(About 1522-)
IRVINE, Alexander younger, of Lonmay
(About 1497-1547)
OGILVY, Elizabeth
(About 1493-)
CHEYNE, William 8th of Arnage
(About 1539-)
IRVINE, Margaret
(About 1535-)
CHEYNE, Isobel
(About 1565-After 1642)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. KENNEDY, John of Kermucks
2. MOWAT, Magnus of Balquholly

CHEYNE, Isobel 1 2

  • Born: About 1565 1
  • Marriage (1): KENNEDY, John of Kermucks 1
  • Marriage (2): MOWAT, Magnus of Balquholly 3 November 1592(contract) 2
  • Died: After July 1642 2

   Other names for Isobel were CHEYNE, Elizabeth 2 and CHEYNE, Isabella.

   User ID: F28


Isobel married John KENNEDY of Kermucks.1 (John KENNEDY of Kermucks was born about 1560 and died on 6 November 1591 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

" John Kennedy of Carmuk married Isobel Cheyne.

John Kennedy of Carmuk died 6 November 1591.

Family

Isobel Cheyne b. c 1565, d. b 21 Sep 1645

Children

James Kennedy of Carmuk b. c 1585, d. 1608

John Kennedy b. c 1590

Hugh Kennedy b. c 1590

Margaret Kennedy b. c 1590

William Kennedy b. c 1590"

from the cheyne family website 1

Isobel next married Magnus MOWAT of Balquholly, son of Patrick MOWAT 2nd of Balquholly and Christian OGILVY, 3 November 1592(contract).2 (Magnus MOWAT of Balquholly was born about 1562 and died in March 1634 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Magnus Mowat, of Balquholly. Died March 1634. Married (contract 3 Nov 1592) Elizabeth (Isobel) Cheyne, daughter of William Cheyne of Arnage and Margaret Irvine. She died after July 1642."

from Mowat of Balquholly




"Magnus Mowat of Freswick obtained a charter from his father in 1602. He married Isabella Cheyne, relict of John Kennedy of Kermuick, Aberdeenshire, and died in 1634, leaving two daughters,

1 Elizabeth

2 Christian, who married Sir John Sinclair of Dunbeath

He was succeeded by his brother, James Mowat of Freswick"

from fionamsinclair.co.uk

Note:

According to some secondary sources Magnus Mowat's daughter, Elizabeth, married John Forbes of Asloun. No primary source is quoted for this statement.

Both the
Family of Forbes and the House of Forbes state that John Forbes, son of John Forbes 3rd of Balfluig and 7th of Corsendae, who was later 'of Asloun', married Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of Sir William Forbes 3rd of Monymusk.




"Judicial Enactments: Vol. L, Contents

1607. Jany. 8.

Commission by principal Sheriff depute and Sheriff Clerk. John Forbes of Gask or Patrick Con of Auchrye, as Sheriff depute and Wm. Ogistowne in Turriff or Thomas Bruce, both Notaries, as Sheriffs Clerk depute, were appointed by this Commission, which was dated in Novr. 1606 (i) to take the renunciation of Wm. Gordoun in Lestcragie and Janet Con, his wife, of the lands of Lestcragie, Breidgrenis and Breidfurd in favor of Magnus Mowat of Buquhollie and Isobel Cheyne his wife. (2) To receive the consent of the said Isobel Cheyne to the alienation by her husband, with consent of Walter Innes and Janet Gordoun, his wife, of the above lands of Lestcragie, &c., and (3) to take the renunciation of Jeane Mowat, Lady of Asloun of the lands of Woidendis or of any part of the lands of Buquhollie or of lands in Caithness, to which she had got right or title from the late Patrick Mowat of Buquhollie, in favor of the said Magnus Mowat."

from Records of the Sheriff Court 2 3 4

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cheyne/p2404.htm John Kennedy of Carmuk.

2 Internet Site, http://www.cosoft.org/mowat/balquholly.html Mowat of Balquholly.

3 e-books, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes from the account of Mathew Lumsden 1580 ed. William Forbes (1819) Page 19.

4 e-books, The House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937) Asloun and Park Page 298.

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