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FORBES, John 3rd of Newe, 'Bluebonnet'
(About 1548-1616)
BURNET, Isobel
(About 1562-)
ROBERTSON, Alexander 7th of Lude
(About 1550-1615)
GORDON, Agnes
(About 1556-)
FORBES, Alexander 4th of Newe
(About 1585-1654)
ROBERTSON, Janet
(About 1597-)
FORBES, Isabel
(About 1618-1656)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, William 2nd of Skellater

FORBES, Isabel 1 3

  • Born: About 1618
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, William 2nd of Skellater 1 2
  • Died: 1656

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Isabel married William FORBES 2nd of Skellater, son of George FORBES 1st of Skellater and Euphemia SKENE co-heiress of Auchtererne.1 2 (William FORBES 2nd of Skellater was born about 1612 and died in 1700 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Forbes of Newe) married Janet Robertson of Lude and had two sons and three daughters [....] Isabel married William Forbes of Skellater"

from House of Forbes (Newe)




"II. William Forbes, 2nd of Skellater, born 1615, married (i) Isobel, daughter of Alexander Forbes of Newe, by whom he had four sons : (1) George, his heir, born 1667 (see Note below). (2) William of Edinglassie, born 1668 (see Note below). (3) Lachlan ; and ( 4) Nathaniel."

from House of Forbes (Skellater)

Note:

Likely a typographical or authorial error. In the same text
House of Forbes states that Nathaniel, George's son, was born in 1676. This birth year is borne out by the baptism record in the parish register. 1 2

Sources


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 XXVIII Newe.

2 e-books, The House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937) Chapter XXXIV Barnes Whence Skellater.

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

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