LINDSAY, Margaret ^{1 2 3}

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Margaret married Sir Robert FORBES of Newton, son of William FORBES of Menie and Craigievar, 'Merchant Willie of Danzig' and Margaret UDWARD.¹ (Sir Robert FORBES of Newton was born about 1612.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Robert Forbes. second son of 'Merchant Willie,' 1st of Craigievar, is variously designed as of Newton, Disblair (which he only held for 7 years), and Ludquharn. He was tutor to his young nephew, the 2nd Baronet, who succeeded his father in 1648. Robert married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Lindsay of Meanie and Williamston, and had a son William, who succeeded, and a daughter Margaret, who married Thomas Fraser of Cairnbulg, son of Lord Fraser."

from House of Forbes




"Rot. Forbes of Newtoune, tutor of Craigievarr, married Margaret Lindsay, daughter to Alexr. Lindsay of Mearne, whose bairns bear witnes themselves."

from Family of Forbes





"The subsequent career of Lindsay, and its tragic close, are traceable amid the local records of the period. He does not seem to have retained, for any length of time, his lands of Birnes. In 1653, he is described as 'sometime of Birnes, now of Meany,' and ten years later is designed 'of Williamston '. This last-named acquisition cost him dear. A daughter, Margaret, had become the wife of Captain Robert Forbes, tutor of Craigievar ; and with him Lindsay appears to have engaged in various transactions of a money-lending character."

from In Defence of the Regalia<


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