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Margaret Forbes 1586 – 1651 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1586

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

Death Date: 8 November 1651

Death Location: Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Forbes

Mother: Janet Seton

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In 1586, Margaret Forbes entered the world in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir John Forbes 8th Baron Forbes and Janet Seton. Margaret Forbes passed away in 1651 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1586, Margaret Forbes entered the world in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to Sir John Forbes 8th Baron Forbes and Janet Seton.
  • Margaret Forbes passed away in 1651 in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Margaret Forbes's Ancestors

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Margaret Forbes
1586 – 1651
Birth Place: Alford, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir John Forbes 8th Baron Forbes
1542 – 1606
Castle Forbes, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Janet Seton
1544 – 1616
Touch Castle, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (of) Forbes
1516 –
Findlost-Towie, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Beatrice Keith, Countess) Huntly
1522 – 1604
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Sir (Walter Seaton 4th Earl of) Touch
1529 – 1552
Touch, Stirlingshire, Central, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth) Erskine
1531 – 1578
Erskine, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Keith
1470 – 1521
Janet Grey
1494 – 1539
John Erskine
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Andrew
1446 – 1514
SCOT Argyll\CAMPBELL
1476 – 1529

Margaret Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1586
1586
Birth of Margaret Forbes in Alford, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alford, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
1651
8 November 1651
Age 65
Death of Margaret Forbes in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1586
    Event Place: Alford, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 November 1651
    Event Place: Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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