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GORDON, James of Methlick and Haddo
(About 1423-Before 1475)
HARPER, Anna or Canea heretrix of Methlick
(About 1430-)
OGILVY, James 2nd of Deskford and Findlater, Sir
(About 1438-1509)
INNES, Margaret
(About 1435-)
GORDON, Patrick of Methlick and Haddo
(About 1454-1532)
OGILVY, Marion
(About 1459-)
GORDON, Janet
(About 1495-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, Alexander 3rd of Towie

GORDON, Janet 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1495
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, Alexander 3rd of Towie 1 2

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Janet married Alexander FORBES 3rd of Towie, son of William FORBES 'of Little Kildrimmie', 2nd of Towie and Katherine SETON.1 2 (Alexander FORBES 3rd of Towie was born about 1488 and died before 16 January 1549 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"... and after ye sd. Christian's death, the sd. Alex. Forbes of Towie married Janet Gordon, daughter to Patrick Gordon of Haddo, who did bear to him John Forbes of Towie, Alex, and Wm. Forbesses, and Duncan Forbes in Findlost, James Forbes in Tonlev, and Pat. Forbes, with Katharine, who was married on George Gordon of Lesmoir, and Elizabeth., who was married on John Calwill of Asloune..."

from Family of Forbes




"He (Alexander Forbes of Towie, son of William) married secondly Janet Gordon, daughter of the laird of Haddo, and by her had John Forbes of Towie and five other sons, also two daughters, namely, Lady Lesmoir and Lady Asloun Calder (Forbes' Genealogy of the House of Forbes)."

from Lesmoir




"Janet (Gordon) married, as his second wife, Alexander Forbes of Groddie and Towie."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 1 2 3

Sources


1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Lesmoir by Douglas Wimberley.

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

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

4 The register of the Great Seal of Scotland, AD 1306-1668, Volume 4 AD 1549 16 January Charter 271.

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