SKENE, James 12th of that Ilk 1User ID: D746. James married Johanna DOUGLAS, daughter of Archibald DOUGLAS 2nd of Glenbervie and Agnes KEITH, about 1563.1 (Johanna DOUGLAS was born about 1534.) Marriage Notes: "James Skene of that ilk was upwards of sixty years old when he succeeded his father, and appears to have died within the year, as in 1605 Johanna Skene or Douglas, widow of James Skene of that ilk, is served to her terce. She was daughter of Sir Archibald Douglas of Glenbervie, and sister of the ninth Earl of Angus; married to him about 1563 ; and it was through this marriage that the connection between the families of Glenbervie and Skene arose which led to MS.A being compiled in 1678." |