LEITH, Elizabeth co-heiress of Barnes ³

   Another name for Elizabeth was LEITH, Bessie.³

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Elizabeth married John FORBES of Barnes, son of William FORBES 'of Little Kildrimmie', 2nd of Towie and Katherine SETON.^{1 2} (John FORBES of Barnes was born about 1489.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Mr. John Forbes, second son of William Forbes, 2nd Laird of Towie, acquired the half of the lands of Barnes by his marriage with Elizabeth Leith, heiress thereof. They had issue four sons and a daughter : James, killed at Pinkie, 1547, William, succeeded, Duncan and John, Elizabeth, married William Leslie of New Leslie. John Forbes died before 1560, and was succeeded by his second son, William."

from House of Forbes




"Leith of Leith-Hall.

This family had at different periods the designations of Barnes, Edingarroch, and Licklyhead ; and was resident in the Garioch half a century before the Reformation.

I. George Leith of Barnes, eldest son of Henry, died without male issue in 1505, leaving a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Mr, John Forbes of Towie. Their son, William Forbes of Towie, had a crown charter, 1550, of part of Barnes as his mother's apparent heir."

from Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch< ^{1 2}