FORBES, John of Tolquhon, Sir ¹

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John married Mariote PRESTON co-heiress of Fermartyn, daughter of Sir Henry DE PRESTOUN and Elizabeth LINDSAY, by 6 July 1420(charter).¹ (Mariote PRESTON co-heiress of Fermartyn was born about 1393.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The one Mariote Preston was married to Sir John Forbes, son of Sir John Forbes, knight, and on July 6, 1420, she as daughter and one of the heiresses of Sir Henry Preston, Knight of Fermartyn, granted a charter to the said Sir John on marriage of one half of the Thanage of Fermartyn. This part is called Tolquhon, where Mariote's descendants were for many generations (and are now represented in the male line by Rev. Henry Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh), all of whom are detailed in the article 'Tolquhon.' "

from Thanage of Fermartyn




"Sir John Forbes, who obtained the thanedom of Formartin and lands of Tolquhoun by marriage with Mariota, daughter and heir of Sir Henry Preston of Formartin, knight, widow of Alexander Chisholm, and was ancestor of the Forbeses of Tolquhoun, Foveran, Watertoun, Culloden, and others."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ^{1 3}