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FORBES, Alexander of Towie
(About 1488-Before 1549)
GORDON, Janet
(About 1495-)
CAMPBELL, John of Cawdor(Calder), jure uxoris, Sir
(About 1495-)
CALDER, Muriel 9th Thane and heiress of Cawdor
(About 1494-About 1575)
FORBES, John of Towie
(About 1515-Before 1582)
CAMPBELL, Margaret
(About 1532-1571)
FORBES, Alexander Fiar of Towie
(About 1550-Before 1597)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORBES, Elspet

FORBES, Alexander Fiar of Towie 1 2

  • Born: About 1550
  • Marriage (1): FORBES, Elspet 1 2
  • Died: Before 29 June 1597 2

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  General Notes:

Alexander Forbes died without succession.


Alexander married Elspet FORBES, daughter of Duncan FORBES of Monymusk and Agnes GRAY.1 2 (Elspet FORBES was born about 1565.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Forbes of Towie married Elizabeth Forbes, daughter to Mr. Duncan Forbes of Monymusk, and yr' after to the Laird of Glenkindie; and ye sd. Alex. Forbes dyed but successione"

from Family of Forbes




The Strachans of Glenkindie states that Elspet Forbes was the widow of Alexander Forbes of Towie, and that with Alexander Straqhan, her spouse, she raised an action, on 29 June 1597, against Towie tenants, obtaining a decree against them. 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes from the account of Mathew Lumsden 1580 ed. William Forbes (1819).

2 James Allardyce, The Strachans of Glenkindie 1357-1726 (1899).

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