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Lady Margaret Skene Forbes 1566 – 1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1566

Birth Location: Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1616

Death Location: Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...

Father: Gilbert Skene

Mother: Barbara Skene

Spouse(s): Duncan Forbes

Children(s): Patrick Forbes

Lady Margaret Skene Forbes was born in 1566 in Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Skene and Barbara Elspett Forbes Skene. Lady Margaret Skene Forbes married Duncan Forbes, and had children including Patrick Forbes. Lady Margaret Skene Forbes passed away in 1616 in Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland....

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Biography

  • Lady Margaret Skene Forbes was born in 1566 in Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Gilbert Skene and Barbara Elspett Forbes Skene.
  • Lady Margaret Skene Forbes married Duncan Forbes, and had children including Patrick Forbes.
  • Lady Margaret Skene Forbes passed away in 1616 in Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland....

Immediate Family

Parents

Gilbert Skene
1538 – 1604
Birth Location: Lyne of Skene, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Barbara Skene
1542 – 1596
Birth Location: Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Duncan Forbes
1555 – 1590
Birth Location: Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Patrick Forbes
1590 – 1675
Birth Location: Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Lady Forbes's Ancestors

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Lady Forbes
1566 – 1616
Birth Place: Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Gilbert Skene
1538 – 1604
Lyne of Skene, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Barbara (Elspett Forbes) Skene
1542 – 1596
Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Alexander Skene) XI
1517 – 1604
Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Eleanor or Ellen) Forbes
1517 – 1611
Corsendae, Aberdeen, Scotland
Sir (Duncan William) Forbes
1505 – 1587
Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Agnes Moffat) Gray
– 1586
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander DeSkene
– 1573
Elizabeth Black
1495 – 1573
Mrs. Forbes
1489 –
Sir Lumsden
1478 – 1587
William Gray
1502 – 1585
Lady Fullarton
1495 – 1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Black
1495 – 1573

Lady Forbes's Descendants

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Lady (Margaret Skene) Forbes (1566 – 1616) m. Duncan Forbes (1555 – Abt 1590)
  1. 1. Patrick Forbes (1590 – 1675) m. Elizabeth Newton (1600 – 17 May 1654)
    1. 1. Arthur (Captain) Forbes (1620 – 1675) m. Jeane Cockburne (1612 – 1655)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Forbes (24 Jan 1641 – 7 November 1737) m. Alexander Strachan\Strain (27 Nov 1641 – 22 Jun 1690)
        1. 1. Sir (Robert John (Graham) Strain Strachan, Viscount Of) Dundee (3 Aug 1667 – 19 Dec 1735) m. Elspet (Deanis \) Dennis (Mar – 1700)

Lady Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1566
1566
Birth of Lady Margaret Skene Forbes in Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1616
1616
Age 50
Death of Lady Margaret Skene Forbes in Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...
Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1566
    Event Place: Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1616
    Event Place: Dumbreck, Aberdeenshire, Scotland...
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