FORBES, Alexander of Foveran, 2nd Baronet, Sir
User ID: R423 General Notes: "Sir Alexander was served heir general to his father and grandfather in 1718, and in 1725 was served heir to his father in the lands and barony of Pitsligo. As seen under Lord Pitsligo, Sir Samuel had by some sharp practices succeeded in having some of the titles of the Pitsligo estates conveyed into his own name, but matters were righted by arrangements between his son and the 4th Lord Pitsligo." Alexander married Jean SKENE, daughter of George SKENE of Caraldstone (Careston) and Elizabeth BAIRD. (Jean SKENE was born about 1700.) Marriage Notes: "Sir Alexander (Forbes) married Jean, daughter of Major George Skene of Caraidstone (Careston), and had two sons and four daughters : George, an officer in the Dutch Service, died unmarried in September, 1751. He it was who was present at the deathbed of young John Forbes of Waterton in Holland. Alexander died unmarried 1752. Isabel, married 1749 Captain Robert Sutton of the 14th Regiment. Jean, married 1754 Captain James Macfarlane of Beauclerk's Regiment. Elizabeth, married 1755 Archibald Hamilton, M.D., of Edinburgh. Katherine, died unmarried. |