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CHEYNE, Thomas of Strichen
(About 1530-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, Isabel

CHEYNE, Thomas of Strichen 1

  • Born: About 1530
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, Isabel 1

   User ID: N603.

  Research Notes:

IDENTITY

This Thomas Cheyne's family has not yet been identified.

The Cheyne Family WebSite lists a father and son named Thomas, the father being approximately chronologically consistent with this man. Citing Guild Burgesses, 1399-1631 page 84, it states:

" Thomas Cheyne, elder, sailor, married to a daughter of a burgess and his son Thomas Cheyne, younger, sailor, married to a daughter of a burgess were made burgesses of Aberdeen, 23 September 1594. No other details were included. (Council Register XXXV.)" 2


Thomas married Isabel FORBES, daughter of Alexander FORBES 6th of Tolquhon and Alison ANDERSON.1 (Isabel FORBES was born about 1538.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Isabel (Forbes), who married (1) Thomas Cheyne of Stricken, and (2) the Tutor of Lovat."

from House of Forbes 1

Sources

1 e-books, The House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937) Chapter XXIX Tolquhon.

2 Internet Site, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cheyne/p18617.htm Unlinked Cheynes in Aberdeen before the 1696 Poll Thomas Cheyne.

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