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Margaret Peggy Forbes 1557–1655 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 October 1557

Birth Location: Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1655

Death Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: John Forbes

Mother: Margaret Gordon

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In 1557, Margaret Peggy Forbes entered the world in Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John Lord Of Forbes And Margaret Gordon. Margaret Peggy Forbes passed away in 1655 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1557, Margaret Peggy Forbes entered the world in Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John Lord Of Forbes And Margaret Gordon.
  • Margaret Peggy Forbes passed away in 1655 in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Forbes's Ancestors

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Margaret Forbes
1557–1655
Birth Place: Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Lord of Forbes
1542–1606
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Gordon
1543–1606
Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Lord (William Forbes (7th Laird) Tolquhon)
1513–1584
Balfour Castle, Kingoldrum Parish, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Keith
1520–1604
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
George (Lord Gordon 4th Earl of) Huntly
1513–1562
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Elizabeth (Beatrice) Gordon
1511–1562
Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Forbes
1500–1547
Christian Lundin
1470–1510
William Keith
1470–1521
Jane Aitken
1494–1539
James Gordon
1500–1558
Robert Keith
1483–1513
Elizabeth Douglas
1488–1527
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Keith
1458–1521
Janet Dunbar
1457–1506
William Keith
1458–1521
Elisabeth Gordon
1541–1600
John Douglas
1460–1515
Jeanette Crichton
1463–1493

Margaret Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1557
14 October 1557
Birth of Margaret Peggy Forbes in Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1655
1655
Age 98
Death of Margaret Peggy Forbes in Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 October 1557
    Event Place: Forbes Castle, Aberdeen, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1655
    Event Place: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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