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Katherine Forbes 1516–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1570

Death Location: Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Alexander Tolquhoun)

Mother: Alison Anderson

Spouse(s): George Lesmoir, James Gordon

Children(s): Jean Sutherland, Alexander Gordon

The story of Katherine Forbes began in 1516 in Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom. Katherine Forbes married George Iii Gordon Of Lesmoir, James Of Lochinvar Gordon, and had children including Alexander 3Rd Lord Of Gight Gordon, Jean Elizabeth Gordon Countess Of Bothwell And Sutherland. Katherine Forbes passed away in 1570 in Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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  • The story of Katherine Forbes began in 1516 in Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Katherine Forbes married George Iii Gordon Of Lesmoir, James Of Lochinvar Gordon, and had children including Alexander 3Rd Lord Of Gight Gordon, Jean Elizabeth Gordon Countess Of Bothwell And Sutherland.
  • Katherine Forbes passed away in 1570 in Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Katherine Forbes's Ancestors

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Katherine Forbes
1516–1570
Birth Place: Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Alexander Forbes 16 6th Lord of Tolquhoun)
1493–1547
Tolquhoun Castle, Aberdeenshire, Schotland
Alison (Elison Elizabeth) Anderson
1501–1591
Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Grandparents
Edmund (Anderson Lord Chief Justice of The) Comm
1480–1557
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Magdalen (Margaret) Smythe
1480–1550
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Katherine Forbes's Descendants

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Katherine Forbes (1516–1570) m. George (III. Gordon of) Lesmoir (1510–4 April 1593) m. James (of Lochinvar) Gordon (1495–10 September 1547)
  1. 1. Jean (Elizabeth Gordon Countess of Bothwell and) Sutherland 1546–1629 m. Alexander (Gordon 12th Earl of) Sutherland 1552–1594
    1. 1. Jane (Gordon) Sutherland 1574–1615 m. Hugh (MacKay 13 MacCoy of) Borley 1561–1614
      1. 1. Capt. (William MacCoy 12 MacKay Lord of) Borley 1610–1660 m. Marie (Corbet) MacAuley 1619–1670
        1. 1. Mary (Margaret Anna MacCoy) MacKay 1648–1689 m. Patrick (Peter Petter Campbell 11 of Moyris +) Magharubber 1613–1689 m. John (Duncan) Campbell 1645–1728
        2. 2. Elizabeth ("Bessie" Grey of) Borley 1653–1705
        3. 3. John (Mackay of Durness &) Lairg 1653–1732
        4. 4. James Mackay 1640–1719
        5. 5. Mary McCoy 1648–1689
        6. 6. Isobell MacKay 1675–
  2. 2. Alexander (3rd Lord of Gight,) Gordon 1532–1609

Katherine Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1516
1516
Birth of Katherine Forbes in Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1570
1570
Age 54
Death of Katherine Forbes in Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Tonley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Edinburgh, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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