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Grizel Forbes 1636–1718 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1636

Birth Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1718

Death Location: Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Father: Thomas {PEERAGE}-FORBES

Mother: Jean Ramsay

Spouse(s): John Douglas

Children(s): Sir Tilquhillie

Grizel Forbes was born in 1636 in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas 1St Laird Of Watertown Forbes Peerage Forbes And Jean Ramsay. Grizel Forbes married John Douglas, and had children including Sir John Douglas Of Tilquhillie. Grizel Forbes passed away in 1718 in Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Grizel Forbes was born in 1636 in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Thomas 1St Laird Of Watertown Forbes Peerage Forbes And Jean Ramsay.
  • Grizel Forbes married John Douglas, and had children including Sir John Douglas Of Tilquhillie.
  • Grizel Forbes passed away in 1718 in Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Grizel Forbes's Ancestors

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Grizel Forbes
1636–1718
Birth Place: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Thomas '1st Laird of Watertown' Forbes {PEERAGE}-FORBES
1606–1652
Tolguhoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jean Ramsay
1606–1646
Aberdeen, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (William Forbes, 8th Lord Forbes van) Tolquhoun
1576–1634
Tolquhon Castle, Tarves, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Janet\Jane Ogilvie
1576–1631
Dunlugas Boyne, Banff, Banffshire, Scotland
Gilbert (Baron of Bamff) Ramsay
1580–1620
Bamff, Perthshire, Scotland -prob
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Forbes
1550–1596
Janet Gordon
1558–1595
George Dunglas
1539–1621
George Banff
1560–1620
Elizabeth Mercer
1562–1633
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Janet Ogilvy
1523–1604
Margaret Mitchell
1540–1566
Laird Boyne
1509–1558
Alison Ogilvy
1507–1557
George Ramsay
1535–1593
Elspet Scott
1539–
Andrew Potterhill
1540–1597
Mariota Blackwood
1540–1614

Grizel Forbes's Descendants

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Grizel Forbes (1636–1718) m. John Douglas (1636–21 Sep 1714)
  1. 1. Sir (John Douglas of) Tilquhillie 1675–1747 m. Agnes Horne 1660–1748
    1. 1. David Douglass 1710–1769 m. Katherine Forbes 1719–1805
      1. 1. Margaret (Douglas) Chalmers 1745–1818 m. James (Chalmers Editor of "Aberdeen) Journal" 1742–1810
        1. 1. Jane (Jean) Chalmers 1781–1859

Grizel Forbes's Timeline

5 Records

1636
1636
Birth of Grizel Forbes in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1645
1645
Age 9
Birth of Grizel Forbes in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1666
15 Feb 1666
Age 30
Grizel Forbes was married in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1666
15 Feb 1666
Age 30
Grizel Forbes was married in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1718
1718
Age 82
Death of Grizel Forbes in Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1645
    Event Place: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1666
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 15 Feb 1666
    Event Place: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1718
    Event Place: Tilquhillie, Kincardineshire, Scotland

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