SKENE, James 14th of that Ilk
User ID: P110. James married Elizabeth FORBES, daughter of Arthur FORBES 9th (10th) Lord Forbes and Jean ELPHINSTONE, about 14 July 1637(sasine). (Elizabeth FORBES was born on 8 March 1611 and died in 1695.) Marriage Notes: "XIV. James Skene of Skene 1634-1656 succeeded his father in 1634, and was infeft in that year in the lands and barony of Skene as heir served and retoured to Alexander Skene of Skene, his father. He married Elizabeth Forbes, daughter of Arthur Lord Forbes, in 1637, as on I4th July, in that year, there is a sasine in her favour in his jointure lands of Letter and Broomhill. On 17th October, 1639, there is a sasine in favour of James Skene de eodem, upon letters of four forms, dated 6th April, in a tenement in Aberdeen, 'ex boreali parte ly Keyhead,' in payment of 4000 merks,contained in an obligation by Alexander, Master of Forbes, to Elizabeth Forbes, his sister, 'nunc sponse dicti Jacobi Skene de eodem,' dated 20th December, 1629, and assigned by the said Elizabeth Forbes,with consent of Arthur Lord Forbes, to James Skene, on 5th July, 1637 |