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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Christian FORBES
  2. Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes Birth: 1 Death: Before 6 May 1491
  3. Arthur FORBES, Lord Forbes Birth: 2 Death: 1493
  4. John FORBES, Lord Forbes Birth: 3 Death: 1547

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  5. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  6. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].
  7. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Burke Peerage p776, CP V p545, SP IV p51],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p776, CP V p545, Roberts RD600 p127, SP IV p51, Weis AR7 #256]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 5 Jul 1483 [Ref: SP IV p52]
between 9 Jul 1477 and 5 Jul 1483 [Ref: CP V p545, Weis AR7 #256]
Sources with Information about marriage to Christian GORDON
date:
before 8 Jul 1468 [Ref: SP IV p525]
charter dated 8 Jul 1468 [Ref: CP V p545, Weis AR7 #256],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p239],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p776, CP V p545, Roberts RD600 p127, SP IV p52, Weis AR7 #256]
Research Notes:
3rd Lord Forbes, of Barony cr 1444 [Ref: CP V p545]
3rd Lord Forbes [Ref: Roberts RD600 p127, Weis AR7 #256]

heir of his father [Ref: CP V p545]

styled "Gray Willie" [Ref: CP V p545, SP IV p51]



Pedigree of William FORBES, Lord Forbes
                            /-----John De FORBES
                   /-----Sir John FORBES
                  |         \-----Margaret
          /-----Sir Alexander FORBES, Lord Forbes
         |        |         /-----John KENNEDY
         |         \-----Margaret KENNEDY
         |                  \-----Mary
 /-----James FORBES, Lord Forbes
|        |                                                      /-----Archibald DOUGLAS
|        |                                             /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret CRAWFORD
|        |                                    /-----Sir William DOUGLAS
|        |                                   |         \-----Constance
|        |                           /-----Archibald DOUGLAS, Regent Of Scotland
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
|        |                          |        |         /-----Matthew De LOUVAINE, Baron Of Little Easton
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Muriel (Amy)
|        |                          |         \-----Eleanor LOVAINE
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Thomas of Perche
|        |                          |                  \-----Helisant
|        |                          |                           \-----Catherine LESMAYE
|        |                  /-----William DOUGLAS, Earl Of Douglas
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir David De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Alexander LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LINDSAY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Christian
|        |                 |         \-----Beatrice LINDSAY
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|        |                 |                           \-----(Unk) STEWART
|        |                 |                                    \-----Joanna
|        |         /-----George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John STEWART
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Alexander STEWART
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) RANDOLPH
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas STEWART, Earl Of Angus
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Alexander ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Argyll
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret ABERNETHY
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Alexander De MENTEITH, Earl Of Menteith
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De MENTEITH
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Matilda
|        |        |         \-----Margaret STEWART, Countess Of Angus And Mar
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Amicia
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William SINCLAIR
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----William De FENTON
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alice De FENTON
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Cecilia BYSET
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret SINCLAIR
|         \-----Elizabeth DOUGLAS
|                 |                                             /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                    /-----James STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                                   |         \-----Joanna
|                 |                           /-----Walter High Steward Of Scotland
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Walter De BURG, Earl Of Ulster
|                 |                          |         \-----Egidia De BURGH
|                 |                          |                  \-----Aveline FITZJOHN
|                 |                  /-----Robert II STEWART, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De BRUS, Earl Of Carrick, Lord Of Annand
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert De BRUS, King Of Scots
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Carrick, Countess Of Carrick
|                 |                 |         \-----Marjorie De BRUCE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Donald Earl Of Mar
|                 |                 |                  \-----Isabel Of Mar
|                 |                 |                           \-----Helen
|                 |         /-----Robert III King Of Scots
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Archibald MURE
|                 |        |        |                  /-----William MURE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret MONTGOMERY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth MURE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Edward CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                 |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) STEWART
|                 |        |                  \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
|                 |        |                           \-----Elen De KALENTIR
|                  \-----Mary STEWART
|                          |                                    /-----John DRUMMOND
|                          |                           /-----Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                          |                          |         \-----(Unk) Of Lennox
|                          |                  /-----Sir Malcolm DRUMMOND
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Patrick GRAHAM
|                          |                 |         \-----(Unk) GRAHAM
|                          |                 |                  \-----Annabelle Of Strathearn
|                          |         /-----Sir John DRUMMOND
|                           \-----Annabella DRUMMOND
|                                   |                           /-----William De MONTFICHET
|                                   |                  /-----William De MONTFICHET
|                                   |         /-----Sir William De MONTIFICHET
|                                    \-----Mary De MONTIFICHET
William FORBES, Lord Forbes
|                                                               /-----Sir John De KEITH
|                                                      /-----Sir William De KEITH
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret COMYN
|                                             /-----Sir Edward De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                            |        |         /-----Adam De SETON
|                                            |         \-----Barbara De SETON
|                                    /-----Sir William De KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                                   |        |                  /-----Andrew De SYNTON
|                                   |        |         /-----Alexander De SYNTON
|                                   |         \-----Isabel De SYNTON
|                                   |                  \-----Maria
|                           /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                  /-----Sir Robert KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|                 |        |                                    /-----Richard FRASER
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Andrew FRASER
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Alexander FRASER, Lord Great Chamberlain Of Scotla
|                 |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEN
|                 |        |         /-----John FRASER
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Reginald Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) Le CHEYNE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Freskin De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Mary De MORAVIA
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Johanna Lady Of Strathnaver
|                 |         \-----Margaret FRASER
|         /-----Sir William KEITH, Marischal Of Scotland
|        |         \-----(Unk) Of TROUP
 \-----Egidia KEITH
         |                                                      /-----Gilbert
         |                                             /-----Sir Walter FITZ GILBERT
         |                                            |         \-----Isabella RANDOLPH
         |                                    /-----Sir David FITZ WALTER
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Adam GORDON
         |                                   |         \-----Mary GORDON
         |                                   |                  \-----Amabilia
         |                           /-----Sir David HAMILTON
         |                          |        |                  /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                          |        |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Jean COMYN
         |                          |         \-----Margaret De ROSS
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh De BARCLAY
         |                          |                  \-----Eupheme
         |                  /-----Sir John HAMILTON
         |                 |        |                           /-----Robert De KEITH
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William De KEITH
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William KEITH
         |                 |         \-----Janet KEITH
         |                 |                 |                  /-----William MURE
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Adam MURE
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----(Unk) LINDSAY
         |                 |                  \-----(Unk dau) MURE
         |                 |                          |         /-----James CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |                           \-----Jannet CUNNINGHAM
         |                 |                                    \-----Elen De KALENTIR
         |         /-----Sir James HAMILTON
         |        |        |                                    /-----William DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John DOUGLAS
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan
         |        |        |         /-----Sir James DOUGLAS
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GRAHAM
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John GRAHAM
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Mary Of Strathearn
         |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes GRAHAM
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Isabella
         |        |         \-----Jacoba DOUGLAS
         |        |                 |                           /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Alexander DUNBAR
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Cecilia
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patrick DUNBAR
         |        |                  \-----Agnes DUNBAR
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir Thomas RANDOLPH
         |        |                          |         /-----Thomas RANDOLPH, Earl Of Moray
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Isabella De KILCONQUHAR
         |        |                           \-----Isabel RANDOLPH
         |        |                                   |         /-----William De ROSS, Earl Of Ross
         |        |                                    \-----Isabella De ROSS
         |        |                                             \-----Eupheme
          \-----Mary HAMILTON
                  |                                             /-----Sir Andrew LIVINGSTON
                  |                                    /-----William LIVINGSTON
                  |                                   |         \-----Elena
                  |                           /-----Sir William LIVINGSTON, Lord Callendar
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret
                  |                  /-----Sir John LIVINGSTON
                  |                 |        |         /-----Patrick De CALLENDAR, Lord Callendar
                  |                 |         \-----Christian De CALLENDAR
                  |         /-----Sir Alexander LIVINGSTON
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De MONTEITH
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter De MONTEITH
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir John MENTEITH
                  |        |         \-----(Unk) MENTEITH
                  |        |                  \-----Margery STIRLING
                   \-----Janet LIVINGSTON
                           |                  /-----John De DUNDAS
                           |         /-----James DUNDAS
                            \-----(Unk) DUNDAS



Descendants of William FORBES, Lord Forbes
1. William FORBES, Lord Forbes m. Christian GORDON
m. Christian GORDON father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON

2nd generation

2. Christian FORBES m. William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven
m. William RUTHVEN, Lord Ruthven father: Sir Patrick RUTHVEN mother: (Unk) CRANSTON
5. John FORBES, Lord Forbes m1. m2. Katherine STEWART m3. Christian LUNDIN m4. Elizabeth BARLOW
m. Katherine STEWART father: Sir John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Eleanor SINCLAIR
m. Christian LUNDIN father: Sir John LUNDIN
m. Elizabeth BARLOW

3rd generation

6. Elizabeth RUTHVEN m1. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead
m. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: William HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Christian LYON
m. Ninian ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead father: John ROSS, Lord Ross Of Halkhead mother: Christian EDMONSTONE
9. Elizabeth FORBES m. James GRANT
m. James GRANT father: John GRANT mother: Margaret OGILVY
12. William FORBES, Lord Forbes m. Elizabeth KEITH
m. Elizabeth KEITH father: Sir William De KEITH mother: Janet GREY
15. Elizabeth FORBES m1. Alexander DUNBAR m2. Gilbert KEITH m3. Alexander INNES
m. Alexander DUNBAR
m. Gilbert KEITH father: William KEITH, Earl Marischal mother: Elizabeth GORDON
m. Alexander INNES

4th generation

19. William HAY, Earl Of Erroll m. Helen STEWART
m. Helen STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth STEWART
20. John GRANT m. Margaret STEWART
m. Margaret STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Grizel RATTRAY
22. Jean FORBES m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie
m. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie father: James OGILVY, Master of Ogilvy mother: Catherine CAMPBELL
23. Elizabeth FORBES m. Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair
m. Henry SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair father: William SINCLAIR, Lord Sinclair mother: Elizabeth KEITH
24. Isabel FORBES m. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg
m. Sir John GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg father: John GORDON mother: Janet OGILVIE
25. William DUNBAR m. Margaret ANDERSON
m. Margaret ANDERSON

5th generation

26. Jean HAY m1. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll m2. Alexander GORDON
m. Andrew HAY, Earl Of Erroll father: George HAY, Earl Of Erroll mother: Margaret ROBERTSON
m. Alexander GORDON father: George GORDON, Earl Of Huntley mother: Anne HAMILTON
27. Barbara GRANT m. Colin MACKENZIE
m. Colin MACKENZIE father: Sir Kenneth MacKENZIE mother: Elizabeth STEWART
28. Duncan GRANT m. Margaret MACKINTOSH
m. Margaret MACKINTOSH father: William MACKINTOSH
29. James OGILVY, Lord Ogilvy Of Airlie m1. Jean RUTHVEN m2. Elizabeth NAPIER
m. Jean RUTHVEN father: William RUTHVEN, Earl of Gowrie mother: Dorothy STEWART
m. Elizabeth NAPIER father: Archibald NAPIER mother: Elizabeth MOUBRAY
30. Margaret OGILVY m1. George KEITH, Earl Marischal m2. Sir Alexander STRACHAN
m. George KEITH, Earl Marischal father: William KEITH, Lord Keith mother: Elizabeth HAY
m. Sir Alexander STRACHAN
31. Elizabeth SINCLAIR m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL
m. Sir Duncan CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL mother: Katherine RUTHVEN
33. Robert GORDON, Laird Of Pitlurg m. Katherine IRVINE
m. Katherine IRVINE father: Alexander IRVINE, Laird Of Lynturk
34. John DUNBAR m.