FORBES, Margaret ¹

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Margaret married John GORDON of Botary, Langar and later of Pitlurg, son of John GORDON of Botary, ancestor of the Gordons of Pitlurg and Elizabeth ABERNETHY. (John GORDON of Botary, Langar and later of Pitlurg was born about 1436 and died in 1496.)

  Marriage Notes:

"His (John Gordon's) eldest son John Gordon of Botarie Langar and Pitlurge married my Lord Pitsligo's daughter Forbes, with whom he begat two sons John Gordon Laird of Pittlurge Botarie and Langar, his second son James Gordon of Cairnborrow."

from Balbithan MS

Note:

The Balbithan MS has the 'eldest son John Gordon of Botarie Langar and Pitlurge', who married a Forbes daughter, as the eldest son of the 'heretrix', ie John Gordon of Essie or Scudargue. The dates suggest a missing generation, with another 'John Gordon of Botarie, hence the conflation. Similarly the Balbithan MS has James Gordon of Cairnborrow the grandson of the 'heretrix', whereas he was more likely the great-grandson. ¹