ELPHINSTONE, Elizabeth

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LINKS TO STRATHDON

"Site Name Strathdon, Strathdon Parish Church

Classification Church

Alternative Name(s) Invernochtie; Kirk Of Invernochty...

Kirk of Invernochty, 1853, James Matthews. Retaining ancient name for parish, the kirk and manse form a pleasing group, the former rubble-built but with precise Gothic windows to nave and transept and a tower at the southeast with a short broach spire. Within are wooden heraldic panels of Elphinstone of Bellabeg, and the Forbes and Skellater families, dated 1597, 1636 and 1688, and many marble monuments....

Taken from 'Aberdeenshire: Donside and Strathbogie - An Illustrated Architectural Guide', by Ian Shepherd, 2006. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk"

from Canmore ¹

Elizabeth married someone William FORBES of Edinglassie, son of William FORBES 2nd of Skellater and Isabel FORBES. (William FORBES of Edinglassie was born about 1643 and died in 1692 ^{2 3}.)