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FORBES, George 3rd of Rires, Sir
(About 1500-)
LUNDY, Margaret
(About 1500-)
BETON (BETHUNE), John 2nd of Creich, Sir
(About 1495-)
HAY, Janet
(About 1495-)
FORBES, Arthur 4th of Rires
(About 1518-1586)
BETON, Margaret
(About 1523-)
FORBES, John Fiar of Rires
(About 1538-1571)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SANDILANDS, Barbara

FORBES, John Fiar of Rires 1 2

  • Born: About 1538
  • Marriage (1): SANDILANDS, Barbara January 1556(1557) (contract 19 December 1556 1
  • Died: by 1571 2

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John married Barbara SANDILANDS, daughter of James SANDILANDS of Cruivie and Catherine SCOT 'of Balwearie', January 1556(1557) (contract 19 December 1556.1 The marriage ended in divorced 15 january 1564(1565). (Barbara SANDILANDS was born about 1536.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Barbara (Sandilands), married January 1556-7 (contract 19 December 1556) to John Forbes of Rires, and had by him two daughters. She was divorced 15 January 1564-5 for adultery with Patrick Hunter of Balcarres, by whom she had a son in May 1563."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 1

Sources

1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

2 e-books, House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937 and 1987) Part 2 Boyndlie and Minor Branches of Pitsligo Rires found at https://www.clan-forbes.org/house-of-forbes.

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