BURNET, Isobel ^{1 2}

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Isobel married John FORBES 3rd of Newe, 'Bluebonnet', son of William FORBES 2nd of Newe and Isobel GORDON.^{1 2} (John FORBES 3rd of Newe, 'Bluebonnet' was born about 1548, died on 28 January 1616 in Aberdeen, Scotland ¹ and was buried in 1616 in Aberdeen, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"John Forbes

Married Isobel, daughter of Burnet of Leys, by whom he had three sons and two daughters: -

1. Alexander, his heir.

2. Arthur of Culquhanny.

3. John, called 'Blind John.'

4. Marjory, married to William Leith of Newlands, to whom she had a daughter Isobel, who on 22nd November, 1645, obtained by a jury at Aberdeen a certificate of her descent.

5. Another daughter died young."

from Forbes of Forbesfield




"John, the 3rd Laird, called 'Bluebonnet,' had a sasine from Lord Elphinstone the year after his father's death and a charter from Alexander, Master of Elphinstone in 1591. He married Isobel Burnett of Leys, and had three sons and two daughters : Alexander, his heir, William of Culquhonny (see page 388), and John, called Blind John ; Marjory, married William Leith of Newlands ; and Isobel, died young.
John died in Aberdeen, January 28th, 1616"

from House of Forbes

Note:

The second son of yhe third laird of Newe is named differently by the two sorces above.
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