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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Marion FORBES
  2. Alexander FORBES Birth: 2 Death: Abt 1586

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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 VII p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: SP IV p72],
parents:
[Ref: SP IV p72],
father:
[Ref: CP V p550(b)]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p550(b), SP IV p72]
Sources with Information about marriage to Beatrix ABERNETHY
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1779, SP IV p72, SP VII p410],
child:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p133]
Research Notes:
of Pitsligo [Ref: Roberts RD600 p133, SP VII p410]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p550(b)]



Pedigree of Alexander FORBES
                                                       /-----John De FORBES
                                              /-----Sir John FORBES
                                             |         \-----Margaret
                                     /-----Sir William FORBES
                                    |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
                                    |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
                                    |                  \-----Mary
                            /-----Alexander FORBES
                           |        |                           /-----Sir William FRASER
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER
                           |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MORAY
                           |        |         /-----Sir William FRASER
                           |        |        |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
                           |        |        |         \-----Janet De ROSS
                           |        |        |                  \-----Mary Of The Isles
                           |         \-----Agnes FRASER
                           |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Countess Of Mar
                           |                  \-----Eleanor DOUGLAS
                   /-----William FORBES
                  |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas HAY, Constable Of Scotland
                  |        |                           /-----Sir William HAY, Constable Of Scotland
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                  |        |                  /-----Gilbert HAY
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
                  |        |                 |         \-----Margaret GRAY
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Margaret
                  |        |         /-----Sir William HAY, Earl Of Erroll
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas HAY
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William HAY
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Janet GIFFORD
                  |        |        |         \-----Alice HAY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BORTHWICK
                  |        |        |                  \-----Alicia BORTHWICK
                  |        |        |                           \-----(Unk)
                  |         \-----Maria HAY
                  |                 |                           /-----James DOUGLAS
                  |                 |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                  |                 |         /-----James DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
                  |                 |        |         \-----Joan MORAY
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Joan MORAY
                  |                  \-----Beatrice DOUGLAS
                  |                          |                  /-----Sir William SINCLAIR, Lord Of Roslin
                  |                          |         /-----Henry SINCLAIR, Earl Of Orkney
                  |                          |        |         \-----Isabel Of Strathern
                  |                           \-----Beatrice SINCLAIR
                  |                                   |         /-----Sir Walter HALIBURTON
                  |                                    \-----Jean HALYBURTON
          /-----Alexander FORBES
         |        |                                             /-----Patrick De OGILVY
         |        |                                    /-----Walter De OGILVY
         |        |                                   |         \-----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
         |                 |                          |         \-----Margaret SETON
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John SETON, Lord Of Seton
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir David FLEMING
         |                 |                 |         \-----Janet FLEMING
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Jean BARCLAY
         |                 |         /-----Sir William SETON
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
         |                 |        |         \-----Katherine De St CLAIR
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick POLWARTH
         |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth POLWARCH
         |                  \-----Margaret SETON
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |                          |                  /-----George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                          |                 |         \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |                          |         /-----Sir George DUNBAR, Earl Of March Or Dunbar
         |                          |        |         \-----Christiana WARDLAW
         |                           \-----Janet DUNBAR
         |                                    \-----Beatrice
 /-----John FORBES
|         \-----Isobel WEMYSS
Alexander FORBES
|                                                               /-----Hervey De KEITH
|                                                      /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                                             /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                            |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                                            |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                                            |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                                    /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                   |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                                   |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                           /-----John De KEITH
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander De SYNTON
|                          |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                          |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                          |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                          |                  \-----Maria
|                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                 |        |                           /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Reginald CHEYNE
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Walter De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eupheme Of Ross
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----John HARALDSSON, Jarl Of Orkney
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
|                 |         \-----Mariota Le CHEYNE
|                 |                 |                           /-----William De ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |                  /-----William De ABERNETHY
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret
|                 |                 |         /-----Laurence De ABERNETHY
|                 |                  \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
|         /-----Sir William De KEITH
|        |        |         /-----Sir James DUNBAR
|        |         \-----Janet DUNBAR
 \-----Jean KEITH
         |                                                      /-----Sir John GRAY
         |                                             /-----Sir Patrick GRAY
         |                                    /-----Sir Andrew GRAY
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret
         |                           /-----Andrew GRAY, Lord Gray
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Roger MORTIMER
         |                          |         \-----Janet MORTIMER
         |                          |                 |         /-----Alexander MENTEITH
         |                          |                  \-----Margaret MENTEITH
         |                  /-----Patrick GRAY, Master Of Gray
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |                 |        |                  /-----(Unk) WEMYSS
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John WEMYSS
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WEMYSS
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William ERSKINE
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Allan ERSKINE
         |                 |                  \-----Isabella ERSKINE
         |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John INCHMARTINE
         |                 |                           \-----Isabel INCHMARTINE
         |                 |                                    \-----Margaret WEMYSS
         |         /-----Andrew GREY, Lord Grey
         |        |        |                           /-----John De FORBES
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John FORBES
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Mary
         |        |         \-----Annabel FORBES
         |        |                 |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
         |        |                 |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
         |        |                 |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
         |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
         |        |                          |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
         |        |                           \-----Mary STEWART
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
         |        |                                    \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
         |        |                                             \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
          \-----Janet GREY
                  |                                             /-----Sir James STEWART
                  |                                    /-----Sir Robert STEWART
                  |                           /-----Sir John STEWART
                  |                  /-----Sir James STEWART, Black Knight Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John Of Argyll, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |        |         /-----John De ERGADIA, Lord Of Lorn
                  |                 |         \-----Isabel Of Argyll
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas ISAAC
                  |                 |                  \-----Joanna ISAAC
                  |                 |                           \-----Mathilda De BRUS
                  |         /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl
                  |        |        |                           /-----Edward III King Of England
                  |        |        |                  /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
                  |        |        |         /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Payn Roet Of Hainault, Gulenne King Of Arms
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Katharine Of Hainault
                  |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOLLAND, K.G., Earl Of Kent
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET, Fair Maid Of Kent, Countess
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
                  |        |                           \-----Alice FITZALAN
                  |        |                                    \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
                   \-----Elizabeth STEWART
                           |                                    /-----James DOUGLAS
                           |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                          |         \-----Euphemia De MORHAM
                           |                  /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MORAY, Lord Of Bothwell
                           |                 |         \-----Joan MORAY
                           |                 |                  \-----Joan MORAY
                           |         /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
                           |        |        |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                           |        |        |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
                           |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
                           |        |                  \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
                           |        |                           \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
                            \-----Margaret DOUGLAS, Countess Of Douglas
                                    |                           /-----Sir David GRAHAM
                                    |                  /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
                                    |                 |         \-----Helen De ABERNETHY
                                    |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM, Earl Of Strathern
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir John STEWART
                                    |        |         \-----Euphemia STEWART
                                     \-----Eupheme GRAHAM
                                             |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
                                             |         /-----David STEWART, Earl Of Strathern And Caithness
                                             |        |         \-----Euphemia Of Ross
                                              \-----Eupheme STEWART, Countess Palatine Of Strathern
                                                      |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
                                                       \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
                                                                \-----Catherine STIRLING



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

2nd generation

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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

16. Katherine GORDON m. John ABERCROMBY
m. John ABERCROMBY
17. Sir James CRICHTON m. Elizabeth GORDON
m. Elizabeth GORDON father: John GORDON, Earl Of Sutherland mother: Agnes ELPHINSTONE