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FORBES, William 2nd of Newe
(About 1517-1571)
GORDON, Isobel
(About 1520-)
BURNET, John 10th of Leys
(About 1528-1575)
LUMSDEN, Elizabeth
(About 1539-)
FORBES, John 3rd of Newe, 'Bluebonnet'
(About 1548-1616)
BURNET, Isobel
(About 1562-)
FORBES, Alexander 4th of Newe
(About 1585-1654)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. ROBERTSON, Janet

FORBES, Alexander 4th of Newe 1 3

  • Born: About 1585
  • Marriage (1): ROBERTSON, Janet 1 2
  • Died: 14 November 1654 1

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Alexander married Janet ROBERTSON, daughter of Alexander ROBERTSON 7th of Lude and Agnes GORDON.1 2 (Janet ROBERTSON was born about 1597.)


  Marriage Notes:

"IV. Alexander (Forbes) had sasine from Alexander, Lord Elphinstone, as heir to his father, December 12nd 1616; and another sasine of Miltown of Towie, December 16th 1633. He married Janet Robertson of Lude and had two sons and three daughters: William his heir; John, who married his cousin Isabel and acquired Newlands; Isabel married William Forbes of Skellater; ----- married Gordon of Blelack; ----- married Donald Cattanach of Toldaquhill."

from House of Forbes 1

Sources

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

2 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Forbes of Forbesfield by Alexander Forbes (1905).

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

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