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Alexander Forbes 1377 – 1448 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 20 Jun 1377

Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 16 Oct 1448

Death Location: Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland

Father: John Forbes

Mother: Elizabeth Kennedy

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Douglas, dau. Stewart, Errol None

Children(s): Elizabeth Forbes, Susanna Forbes, Annabella Forbes, James Forbes, John Forbes, William Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Lady Forbes, Susanna Forbes, Richard Forbes

In 1377, Alexander Forbes entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to John 'Black Lip' Forbes and Elizabeth (Margaret) Kennedy. Alexander Forbes married Elizabeth Mary Douglas, dau. Stewart, Errol, and had children including Elizabeth Marion Forbes, Susanna Forbes, Annabella Forbes, James Forbes, John Forbes, William Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Lady Elizabeth Marion Forbes, Susanna Forbes, Richard Forbes. Alexander Forbes passed away in 1448 in Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1377, Alexander Forbes entered the world in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, born to John 'Black Lip' Forbes and Elizabeth (Margaret) Kennedy.
  • Alexander Forbes married Elizabeth Mary Douglas, dau. Stewart, Errol, and had children including Elizabeth Marion Forbes, Susanna Forbes, Annabella Forbes, James Forbes, John Forbes, William Forbes, Margaret Forbes, Lady Elizabeth Marion Forbes, Susanna Forbes, Richard Forbes.
  • Alexander Forbes passed away in 1448 in Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Forbes
1350 – 1406
Birth Location: Forbes Aberdeenshire Scotland
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Elizabeth Kennedy
1350 – 1425
Birth Location: Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Douglas
1398 – 1460
Birth Location: Mar Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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dau. Stewart
1390 –
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
dS
Errol None
Birth Location: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Forbes
1417 – 1460
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Susanna Forbes
1419 – 1460
Birth Location: Of, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
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Annabella Forbes
1423 – 1497
Birth Location: Forbes Aberdeenshire
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James Forbes
1424 – 1462
Birth Location: Druminor, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JF
John Forbes
1425 – 1460
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JF
William Forbes
1426 – 1500
Birth Location: Druminnor, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Margaret Forbes
1428 – 1460
Birth Location: Forbes Castle, County Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MF
Lady Forbes
1432 – 1497
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Susanna Forbes
1405 – 1500
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SF
Richard Forbes
1425 –
Birth Location: Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland
RF

Alexander Forbes's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Forbes
1377 – 1448
Birth Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
John 'Black Lip' Forbes
1350 – 1406
Forbes Aberdeenshire Scotland
Elizabeth ((Margaret)) Kennedy
1350 – 1425
Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (De) Forbes
1302 – 1387
Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret Aberdeen
Skene, Aberdeen, Scotland
John (Kennedy of Dunure and) Carrick
1310 – 1385
Dunure, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary Montgomery
1310 – 1400
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Unknown
Gilbert Carrick
1280 – 1358
Agnes Maxwell
1291 – 1345
Neil Montgomery
1276 – 1296
Elizabeth Cuninghame
1287 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Carrick
1253 – 1306
Mary Carrick
1295 –
John Maxwell
1260 – 1311
Lady Maxwell
1265 – 1304
Alan Montgomery
1250 – 1297
Margaret FitzWalter

Alexander Forbes's Descendants

1.
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Alexander Forbes (20 Jun 1377 – 16 Oct 1448) m. Elizabeth (Mary) Douglas (24 Feb 1398 – 1460) m. dau. Stewart (Abt 1390 – ) m. Errol
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Marion) Forbes (Abt 1417 – 1460) m. Alexander Irvine (1386 – Jul 1457)
  2. 2. Susanna Forbes (1419 – 1460)
  3. 3. Annabella Forbes (Oct 1423 – 1497) m. Patrick Gray (1420 – 23 Aug 1463) m. Patrick ((Master of Gray)) GRAY (Abt 1410 – Abt 1462)
    1. 1. Andrew Gray (1432 – Feb 1514) m. Janet (Mary) Keith (Abt 1445 – ) m. Countess (Elizabeth) Stewart (9 Apr 1465 – 9 Dec 1529) m. Margaret Houstoun
      1. 1. Gilbert Gray (Abt 1480 – Apr 1541) m. Egidia (Aegidia Giles) Mercer (Abt 1484 – 1543)
        1. 1. Marjory Gray (Abt 1500 – Deceased)
        2. 2. Elizabeth Gray (1502 – Deceased)
        3. 3. Locheil (De) Gray (Abt 1505 – )
        4. 4. Patrick (1510 – ) m. Marion Ogilvy (Bet 11 Jan 1512 and 10 Jan 1513 – Bet 11 Jan 1569 and 10 Jan 1570)
        5. 5. Jeanette Grey (1515 – )
        6. 6. Robert Gray (1518 – 15 May 1570) m. Marjorie Strachan (Bet 11 Jan 1522 and 10 Jan 1523 – )
        7. 7. Patrick Gray (Mar 1518 – 1583) m. Marion Ogilvy (Bet 11 Jan 1512 and 10 Jan 1513 – Bet 11 Jan 1569 and 10 Jan 1570) m. Margaret Ker (Abt 1537 – )
        8. 8. Alice Gray (1520 – Sep 1591) m. William (Thorneton) Arnold (1520 – 2 Dec 1592)
        9. 9. James Gray (1520 – 1595)
        10. 10. Geilis Gray (1521 – Deceased) m. Alexander Whitelaw (1517 – ) m. Alexander Gardin (1517 – )
        11. 11. Joan Collins (1530 – 1623) m. Thomas Benjamine (1520 – 21 Feb 1553) m. John (Pinney) Benjamin (3 Nov 1522 – 16 Sep 1565)
      2. 2. Janet Gray (Abt 1482 – 21 Oct 1539) m. William Keith (Jan 1487 – 9 Sep 1513)
    2. 2. Patrick Gray (1447 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Grey (1448 – *) m. David Rollo (Abt 1440 – Bef 1510)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Gray (1449 – )
    5. 5. Annabelle Gray (1452 – )
    6. 6. Janet Gray (1454 – 5 Feb 1550)
  4. 4. James Forbes (Jan 1424 – 30 Sep 1462) m. Lady (Egidia (Geilis)) Keith (1424 – 14 Aug 1473)
  5. 5. John Forbes (1425 – 30 Sep 1460) m. Katherine Coutts (1415 – )
  6. 6. William Forbes (Abt 1426 – Abt 1500)
  7. 7. Margaret Forbes (1428 – 1460) m. Alexander Meldrum (6 Oct 1406 – 8 Aug 1468) m. Lord (Baron Gilbert Johnston of) Ballindalloch (1410 – 1480) m. Alexander (George) Meldrum (1430 – 1470)
  8. 8. Lady (Elizabeth Marion) Forbes (1432 – 1497) m. Alexander Irvine (Abt 1430 – Dec 1493) m. Alexander (Irvin Laird van Drum, Sherriff van Aberdeenshire III) Irvine (1434 – Dec 1493)
  9. 9. Susanna Forbes (Abt 1405 – Abt 1500) m. William Urquhart (Abt 1397 – 8 Sep 1475)
    1. 1. William Urquhart (1421 – 1475) m. Marior ((Mariot)) Rose (Abt 1440 – ) m. Elizabeth ((Elze)) Forbes (Abt 1451 – )
    2. 2. Alexander URQUHART (Abt 1425 – 25 Aug 1503) m. Catherine Ogilvy (1430 – ) m.
      1. 1. John Urquhart (Abt 1476 – )
      2. 2. Agnes Urquhart (1 Oct 1485 – 1556) m. Hugh Rose (1484 – 1543)
        1. 1. William Rose (1510 – 10 Jun 1597)
        2. 2. John Rose (1512 – 10 Jun 1597) m. Janet Falconer (Abt 1544 – ) m. Miss Stewart (1544 – ) m. Margaret Vause (1525 – ) m. Miss Falconer
        3. 3. Margaret Rose (1512 – )
        4. 4. Ian ('Mac-a-Baron') Rose (1514 – )
        5. 5. Janet ROSE (Abt 1517 – )
        6. 6. Helen Rose (Abt 1523 – ) m. Henry (Dollas() Dallas) (Abt 1522 – 1561)
        7. 7. Katherine Rose (Abt 1525 – ) m. John Fraser (Abt 1522 – 15 Jul 1544) m. Donald (Williamson Allanson) Mackintosh (1538 – Bef 1576)
        8. 8. John Rose (1530 – ) m. Margaret Vause (1525 – )
        9. 9. Rose m. James Grant (Abt 1525 – 23 Feb 1591)
  10. 10. Richard Forbes (1425 – Deceased)

Alexander Forbes's Timeline

3 Records

1377
20 Jun 1377
Birth of Alexander Forbes in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1448
16 Oct 1448
Age 71
Death of Alexander Forbes in Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
1448
1448
Age 71
Burial of Alexander Forbes in Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen City, Scotland
Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen City, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jun 1377
    Event Place: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Oct 1448
    Event Place: Gifford, Yester, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1448
    Event Place: Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, , Aberdeen City, Scotland
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