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FORBES, John 4th of Pitsligo, Sir
(About 1487-)
KEITH, Jean
(About 1487-)
ABERNETHY, Alexander 4th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy
(About 1468-1527)
STEWART, Daughter
(About 1468-)
FORBES, Alexander 5th of Pitsligo, 'the Red Laird'
(About 1502-1562)
ABERNETHY, Beatrix
(About 1502-)
FORBES, William 6th of Pitsligo
(About 1517-Before 1574)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Katharine

FORBES, William 6th of Pitsligo 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1517
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Katharine 1 2
  • Died: Before 22 June 1574 3

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William married Katharine GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON of Strathavon, and of Cluny and Daughter GRANT.1 2 (Katharine GORDON was born about 1534.)


  Marriage Notes:

"The said Alexander first Laird of Strathawen married the Laird of Grants Daughter with whom he begat two sons and four daughters, his eldest son Alexander, heir of Strathawen, and John Gordon. His eldest daughter married the Laird of Altar Gumming, one married the Laird of Pitsligo Forbes...."

from House of Gordon (Balbithan)

"William Forbes of Pitsligo married Katharine Gordon, daughter to the Laird of Strathdown, who did bear to him only two daughters - one married on James Forbes of Lethintie, the oy'r, on the Laird of Auchinhuife."

from Family of Forbes 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) The Balbithan MS.

2 e-books, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes from the account of Mathew Lumsden 1580 ed. William Forbes (1819).

3 e-books, Historical Records of the Family of Leslie 1067-1869 vol. 3 by Col. Leslie of Balquhain (1869).

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