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Lady Jean Forbes 1541–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 April 1541

Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1 October 1578

Death Location: Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angusshire, Scotland

Father: Lord Forbes

Mother: Elizabeth ***

Spouse(s): Sir Ogilvy

Children(s): Margaret Miltoun

Lady Jean Forbes was born in 1541 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Lord William Forbes And Elizabeth Keith. Lady Jean Forbes married Sir James Ogilvy 5Th Lord Ogilvy, and had children including Margaret Ogilvie Of Miltoun. Lady Jean Forbes passed away in 1578 in Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angusshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Lady Jean Forbes was born in 1541 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Lord William Forbes And Elizabeth Keith.
  • Lady Jean Forbes married Sir James Ogilvy 5Th Lord Ogilvy, and had children including Margaret Ogilvie Of Miltoun.
  • Lady Jean Forbes passed away in 1578 in Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angusshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Forbes
1490–
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth ***
1355–1436
Birth Location: Dunottar Castle, Kincaid, Perthshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Sir Ogilvy
1540–1606
Birth Location: Airlie, Angusshire, Schotland
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Children(s)

Margaret Miltoun
1565–1598
Birth Location: Milton, Banffshire, Scotland
MM

Lady Forbes's Ancestors

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Lady Forbes
1541–1578
Birth Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord William Forbes
1490–
Elizabeth (Keith) ***
1355–1436
Dunottar Castle, Kincaid, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Keith
1470–1521
Inverugie, Morayshire, Scotland
Janet (Gray Lady) Wemyss
–1539
Roxburghshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Forbes's Descendants

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Lady (Jean) Forbes (25 April 1541–1 October 1578) m. Sir (James Ogilvy 5th Lord) Ogilvy (1540–October 1606)
  1. 1. Margaret (Ogilvie ** of) Miltoun 1565–1598 m. John (Leslie 4th Lord of) Kininvie 1556–1625
    1. 1. Isabel Lesley 1595–1671 m. William (Robert) Sharpe 1592–1638
      1. 1. Dr (James Sharp Episcopal Archbisop of) St.Andrew 1613–1679 m. Helen Moncrieff 1622–1679
        1. 1. John Sharp 1633–1681 m. Isobel Dundas 1634–1694

Lady Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1541
25 April 1541
Birth of Lady Jean Forbes in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1578
1 October 1578
Age 37
Death of Lady Jean Forbes in Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angusshire, Scotland
Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angusshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 April 1541
    Event Place: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 October 1578
    Event Place: Brechin Castle, Brechin, Angusshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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