FORBES, Elizabeth 1
- Born: About 1647
- Marriage (1): STRACHAN, Alexander of Kinaldie on 14 May 1663 in Inverurie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2
Another name for Elizabeth was FORBES, Bessie.
User ID: X692.
General Notes:
1671, 10th Nov. Elizabeth Forbes, spouse to Alexander Strachan of Kinadie, heritable proprietor of the barony and lands of Aquhorties, ratified a Disposition of these to Sir Alexander Forbes of Tolquhon and his brother, Thomas Forbes, Advocate in Edinburgh.
from Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch by the Reverend John Davidson, Minister of Inverurie 3
Research Notes:
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Elizabeth Forbes is reported in various quarters to have been the daughter of Thomas Forbes of Waterton. He did have a daughter of this name living at the same period, but she was married to Sir James Strachan of Thornton, and died married to him. he had a daughter Isobel but she was married to John Reed of Barra. He had a sister Elizabeth Forbes but she was married to George Johnston of Caskieben. He had a nephew Thomas Forbes of Auchry, who was an advocate in Edinburgh, but had he been Elizabeth's father -he was born a bit too late to be so - this surely would have been mentioned in the disposition of land. He had a grandson know as Thomas Forbes of Waterton, who was certainly born too late. S who was the father of Elizabeth Forbes, married to Alexander Strachan in 1663? The supposed link to this family may have come about because of the ratification of the disposition of land tp the laird of Tolquhon and Thomas Forbes Advocate.
We know that a man called Thomas Forbes of Aquhorthies had debt problems in the middle of the 17th century. We know also that the family known as 'Forbes of Aquhorthies (in its various spellings) were descendants of a laird, William Forbes - as Thomas Forbes of Waterton was - but not 'of Tolquhon', rather 'of Corsindae'. Moreover, some of these descendants had links with the merchant burgesses of Aberdeen, as this family of Elizabeth seem to have had.
Elizabeth married Alexander STRACHAN of Kinaldie, son of Patrick STRACHAN of Kinaldie and Barbara ROSS, on 14 May 1663 in Inverurie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (Alexander STRACHAN of Kinaldie was baptised on 10 April 1642 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"FORBES
ELIZABETH
ALLEXR. STRACHAN/FR547 (FR547)
14/05/1663
204/ 20 312
Inverurie"
from Index of Marriages
Old Parish Registers
Inverurie parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages
"May 14 1663 ar maried Allexr Strachan of Kinadie and Elizabeth Forbes after ane orderly proclamationns"
"Country code: GB
Repository code: 234
Repository: National Records of Scotland
Reference: GD52/1661
Title: Charter by Alexander Straquhan [Strachan] of Kinaidye to Elizabeth Forbes, his spouse, daughter of deceased Thomas Forbes of Auquhorthies [Achquhorthies], in liferent of the sun and shadow halves of Overtoune of Auquhorthies, lands of Wester Nather Bigging, sun and shadow halves of Easter Nather Bigging, Milnetoun of Auquhorthies, Bograxes and Milne of Auquhorthies.
Dates: 6/1/1671"
from National Archives of Scotland 1 2 5
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