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  1. Alexander FORBES Birth: 1 Death: 1562

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1487 [Ref: SP IV p72]
first son [Ref: SP IV p71],
parents:
[Ref: SP IV p71],
father:
[Ref: CP V p550(b)]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: SP IV p72]
1556 [Ref: CP V p550(b)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jean KEITH
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: SP IV p72],
child:
[Ref: SP IV p72]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isobel INNES
date:
second marriage of both [Ref: SP IV p72]
Research Notes:
heir of his father [Ref: CP V p550(b)]



Pedigree of John FORBES
                                              /-----John De FORBES
                                     /-----Sir John FORBES
                                    |         \-----Margaret
                            /-----Sir William FORBES
                           |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
                           |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                           |                  \-----Mary
                   /-----Alexander FORBES
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William FRASER
                  |        |                          |         \-----Mary De BRUS
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MORAY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Christian BRUCE
                  |        |         /-----Sir William FRASER
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |        |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Matilda De BRUS
                  |        |        |         \-----Janet De ROSS
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Angus Og Lord Of The Isles
                  |        |        |                  \-----Mary Of The Isles
                  |        |        |                           \-----Agnes Of Cathan Of Ulster
                  |         \-----Agnes FRASER
                  |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
                  |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
                  |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Donald Earl Of Mar
                  |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel STEWART
                  |                  \-----Eleanor DOUGLAS
          /-----William FORBES
         |        |                                             /-----David De HAYA
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
         |        |                                   |         \-----(Unk) KEITH
         |        |                           /-----Sir William HAY, Constable Of Scotland
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |        |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John GRAY
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
         |        |                 |         \-----Margaret GRAY
         |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret
         |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De HAYA
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh GIFFORD
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joanna DOUGLAS
         |        |        |         \-----Alice HAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas De BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) SINCLAIR
         |        |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
         |        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
         |         \-----Maria HAY
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
         |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
         |                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
         |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORHAM
         |                 |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Andrew MORAY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Christian BRUCE
         |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Maurice MORAY, Earl Of Strathern
         |                 |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
         |                 |        |                           \-----Joan De MONTEITH
         |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
         |                          |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
         |                          |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
         |                          |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Malise Earl Of Strathern, Caithness, And Orkney
         |                          |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
         |                          |        |                  \-----Margery Of Ross
         |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
         |                                   |                  /-----Sir Adam HALIBURTON
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
         |                                   |        |         \-----Isabella
         |                                    \-----Jean HALYBURTON
 /-----Alexander FORBES
|        |                                                      /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                                             /-----Patrick De OGILVY
|        |                                    /-----Walter De OGILVY
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Robert RAMSAY
|        |                                   |         \-----Marjorie RAMSAY
|        |                           /-----Sir Walter OGILVY
|        |                  /-----Sir Walter OGILVY, High Treasurer Of Scotland
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Malcolm RAMSAY, Lord Of Auchterhouse
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel RAMSAY
|        |         /-----Sir John OGILVY
|        |        |         \-----Isabel
|         \-----Mariota OGILVY
|                 |                                    /-----Alan De WINTOUN
|                 |                           /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Alexander SETON
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
|                 |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Malcolm FLEMING
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Christian KEITH
|                 |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir David BARCLAY, Lord Of Brechin
|                 |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
|                 |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Brechin
|                 |         /-----Sir William SETON
|                 |        |        |                           /-----William De St CLAIR
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|                 |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
|                  \-----Margaret SETON
|                          |                                    /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
|                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
|                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
|                          |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
|                          |                 |                  \-----Isabella De ROSS
|                          |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
|                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
|                           \-----Janet DUNBAR
|                                    \-----Beatrice
John FORBES
 \-----Isobel WEMYSS



Descendants of John FORBES
1. John FORBES m1. Jean KEITH m2. Isobel INNES
m. Jean KEITH father: Sir William De KEITH mother: Janet GREY
m. Isobel INNES father: James INNES

2nd generation

2. Alexander FORBES m. Beatrix ABERNETHY
m. Beatrix ABERNETHY father: Alexander ABERNETHY, Lord Saltoun Of Abernethy mother: (Unk) STEWART

3rd generation

3. Marion FORBES m. Alexander GORDON
m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON mother: Katherine FORBES
4. Alexander FORBES m.

4th generation

5. Sir James GORDON m1. Anna MERCER m2. Rebecca KEITH
m. Anna MERCER
m. Rebecca KEITH father: Andrew KEITH
6. Katherine GORDON m. Alexander BURNET
m. Alexander BURNET
7. John FORBES m. Christian OGILVY
m. Christian OGILVY father: Walter OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy of Deskford mother: Mary DOUGLAS

5th generation

8. Sir James GORDON m. Helen URQUHART
m. Helen URQUHART father: Walter URQUHART
14. Janet GORDON m. James CRICHTON
m. James CRICHTON
15. Robert BURNET m. Rachel JOHNSTON
m. Rachel JOHNSTON
16. Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo m. Jean KEITH
m. Jean KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Mary ERSKINE