JOHNSTON, Margaret ²

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Margaret married Alexander SKENE Fiar of Skene, son of James SKENE 12th of that Ilk and Johanna DOUGLAS, 1584(contract).¹ (Alexander SKENE Fiar of Skene was born about 1565 and died by 1599(dvp) ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"There is among the Skene papers a contract of marriage in the year 1584, between Alexander Skene of that ilk, younger, with consent of his father, James, then liferenter of Bandodle, and his grandfather, Alexander Skene of that ilk ; and Margaret Johnston, daughter of Sir George Johnston of Caskieben, with whom he got 5000 merks of tocher."

from Family of Skene ¹

Margaret next married Duncan FORBES of Lethenty, then of Asloun, son of Duncan FORBES of Monymusk and Agnes GRAY.² (Duncan FORBES of Lethenty, then of Asloun was born about 1559.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Mr. Duncan Forbes of Lethentie 3d Son to the first Laird of Monimusk Married Margaret Johnston Relict of the Laird of Skene and Daughter to Caskiben who bear to him John Forbes, Capn Duncan Forbes who dyed without Succession Isobell Lady Brux. He Sold Lethentie and Bought Asloune in Alford."

from MacFarlane Collections ²