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FORRESTER, Robert 1st of Torwood
(About 1413-)
FORRESTER, Matthew of Gunnershaw
(About 1434-)
FORRESTER, Duncan 6th of Torwood, 1st of Garden, Comptroller of the Household of King James IV, Sir
(About 1455-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FORSYTH, Margaret

FORRESTER, Duncan 6th of Torwood, 1st of Garden, Comptroller of the Household of King James IV, Sir 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1455
  • Marriage (1): FORSYTH, Margaret 1

   Another name for Duncan was FORESTARE, Duncan of Skypynche, Sir.

   User ID: D486


Duncan married Margaret FORSYTH.1 (Margaret FORSYTH was born about 1462.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Duncan Forrester, 6th of Torwood, 1st of Garden married Margaret Forsyth"

from thepeerage.com

Note:

In the
stirnet.com website Margaret Forsyth is designated as "(dau. of Forsyth of Harthill)". This is possibly a misreading of 'Forsyth of Halhill (or Hallhill)'. The Forsyth stronghold, Dykes Castle, was situated in Wiston and Roberton parish, Lanarkshire, near Strathaven, and was also known as Hallhill. David Forsyth. burgess of Stirling, purchased the lands of Dykes before 1488. 1 4

Sources


1 Internet Site, https://www.thepeerage.com/p56848.htm#i568477 Sir Duncan Forrester, 6th of Torwood, 1st of Garden.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

4 Internet Site, http://www.clanforsythsociety.net/ History of the Forsyth Clan.

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