FORBES, Katherine 2
- Born: 1583 3
- Marriage (1): GORDON, William 1st of Rothiemay and Stock of Cairnborrow in 1603 1
- Died: After 1637 2
Another name for Katherine was FORBESS, Katharin.1
User ID: J835.
Katherine married William GORDON 1st of Rothiemay and Stock of Cairnborrow, son of John GORDON 4th of Cairnborrow, and of Edinglassie and Elizabeth BANNERMAN, in 1603.1 (William GORDON 1st of Rothiemay and Stock of Cairnborrow was born about 1575 and died on 2 January 1630 1.). The cause of his death was killing by lairds Crichton of Frendraught and Ogilvy of Banff and their entourage.
Marriage Notes:
"[....] after her (Lady Foulis') death he married my Lord Forbes daughter Katharin Forbess with whom he begat two sons and five daughters."
from Balbithan MS
"{....] one daughter, Katharine (Forbes), born in 1583, who married in 1603 William Gordon of Rothiemay, and had a very tragic life, her husband being murdered before her eyes"
from House of Forbes
"(Nathaniel Gordon, about 1634/1635) Ever a favourite with women, the dashing young cavalier was harboured by the lady of Rothiemay (nee Katherine Forbes), whose son had also been burned. She got nearly a year's imprisonment in Edinburgh for her trouble (being liberated in the autumn of 1637), but Nathaniel escaped and lived to fight another day."
from Gight 1 2 3
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