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Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes 1534–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1534

Birth Location: New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: Alexander Forbes,

Mother: Lady Abernathy

Spouse(s): Alexander Gordon

Children(s): Alexander Gordon, James Gordon, Maria Gordon, John Gordon, George Gordon, Rachel Gordon, Agnes Gordon, Agnes Gordon, Janet-nic-Alexander Gordon, John Gordon, George Forest, Katherine Gordon, James Gordon

Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes was born in 1534 in New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Forbes And Lady Beatrix Elizabeth Abernathy. Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes married Alexander Gordon, and had children including Agnes Gordon, Alexander Gordon, George Gordon, George Gordon Of Glasgow Forest, James Gordon, Janet Nic Alexander Gordon, John Gordon, Katherine Gordon, Maria Gordon, Rachel Gordon. Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes passed away in 1580 in Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes was born in 1534 in New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Alexander Forbes And Lady Beatrix Elizabeth Abernathy.
  • Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes married Alexander Gordon, and had children including Agnes Gordon, Alexander Gordon, George Gordon, George Gordon Of Glasgow Forest, James Gordon, Janet Nic Alexander Gordon, John Gordon, Katherine Gordon, Maria Gordon, Rachel Gordon.
  • Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes passed away in 1580 in Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Mariota Forbes's Ancestors

Self
Mariota Forbes
1534–1580
Birth Place: New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Alexander Forbes,
1510–1562
Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Beatrix Elizabeth) Abernathy
1505–1570
Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
John Forbes
1486–1556
Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jean Keith
1484–1530
Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Alexander Abernethy
1485–1527
Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Margaret (Jane) Stewart
1482–1530
Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Forbes
1444–1495
William Keith
1458–1525
Janet Dunbar
1457–1520
James Abernethy
1454–1510
Margaret Forbes
1458–1520
James Stewart
1442–1499
Margaret Ogilvy
1445–1486
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Forbes
1425–1477
Maria Hay
1412–1470
Gilbert Keith
1418–1490
Lady Graham
1418–1491
James Dunbar
1456–1504
Isabella Brodie
1435–1480
Laurence Abernethy
1403–1461
Margaret -
1410–1460
James Forbes
1414–1461
Egidia Keith
1424–1473
James Stewart
1399–1451
Joan Beaufort
1407–1445
Janet Towers
1430–1490

Mariota Forbes's Descendants

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Mariota (or Mary Anne) Forbes (1534–1580) m. Alexander Gordon (1532–JUL 1619)
  1. 1. Alexander Gordon 1552–1619 m. Anna Mercer 1560–1605
    1. 1. John (Strachan) Gordon 1587–1649 m. Lady (Margaret) Arbuthnot 1587–1670
      1. 1. Lady (Margaret Strachan) Gordon 1605–1668 m. John (McKnight) McNaught 1605–1659 m. John McNaught 1625–1680
        1. 1. Donegal McKnight 1630–1659
        2. 2. Roger McNaught 1633–
        3. 3. James McKnitt 1642–1708
        4. 4. Nicola McNutt 1647–
        5. 5. John McKnaught 1625– m. Nicola McNaught 1605– m. John McNaughton 1625–
        6. 6. James McKnight 1625–1689 m. Dorothy Blank 1628– m. Victoria (Lynn) Meredith 1627–1670 m. Florence Gordon 1625–1659
        7. 7. George McKnight 1620–1691 m. Margaret Miller 1622–1684
        8. 8. John McNitt 1627–1708 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Wallace 1632–1708
      2. 2. Robert Gordon 1610–
      3. 3. John Gordon 1608–1615
      4. 4. Beatrix Gordon 1606–1682 m. Robert Arbuthnot 1610–1682
    2. 2. Gordon 1585– m. Gordon 1589–
    3. 3. James Gordon 1590–1620 m. Hellen Donald 1590– m. Helen Urquhart 1591–
  2. 2. James Gordon 1555–1584 m. Anna Mercer 1560–1605
  3. 3. Maria Gordon 1560–1585 m. John (Henry) Leslie 1556–1635
  4. 4. John Gordon 1567–1622
  5. 5. George Gordon 1574–
  6. 6. Rachel Gordon 1573–
  7. 7. Agnes Gordon 1579–1640 m. Thomas Bannerman 1575–1625
  8. 8. Agnes Gordon 1562– m. George (Bannerman) Buttertown 1563–1620 m. George Bannerman 1560–
  9. 9. Janet-nic-Alexander Gordon 1560–1619 m. James Crichton 1568–1620
  10. 10. John Gordon 1570–1610 m. Margaret Udny 1581–1620 m. Margaret Udney 1562–
  11. 11. George (Gordon of Glasgow) Forest 1560–1630 m. Isobel Keith 1565–
  12. 12. Katherine Gordon 1578–1641 m. Alexander Burnett 1555–1619
  13. 13. James Gordon –1642 m. Rebecca Keith 1550–1610

Mariota Forbes's Timeline

2 Records

1534
1534
Birth of Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes in New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 46
Death of Mariota or Mary Anne Forbes in Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1534
    Event Place: New Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Lesmoir, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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