FORBES, John 6th Lord Forbes

1461 - 1547  (86 years)

• Name	FORBES, John
  Suffix	6th Lord Forbes
  Born	1461	Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	1547	Forbes, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I13577	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	FORBES, William 3rd Lord Forbes
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F20170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	BARLOW, Lady Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1476, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Sep 1518, Flodden, Northumberland, England  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	29 Jul 1515
  Children	1. FORBES, Arthur of Putachie,   d. Oct 1571  [natural]   2. FORBES, Jean (Janet),   b. Abt 1516,   d. Aft 20 Dec 1554  (Age ~ 38 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F3656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	STEWART, Catherine,   b. 1473, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 1515, Scotland  (Age 42 years)
  Children	1. FORBES, Elizabeth  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F20171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	LUNDIE, Christian
  Children	1. FORBES, William 7th Lord Forbes,   b. 1513,   d. 1593  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   2. FORBES, John Master of Forbes,   d. 1537  [natural]   3. FORBES, Margaret  [natural]   4. FORBES, Elizabeth  [natural]   5. FORBES, Marjorie  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F20168	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes (died 1547) was a Scottish landowner. He was the son of William Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes and Christian Gordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly. He became Lord Forbes after the death of his brother Arthur in 1493.[1] In 1528 he accompanied James V to Edinburgh from Stirling Castle and swore the "great oath" against the Douglas family.[2] He was involved in a feud in Aberdeen and the killing of Alexander Seton of Meldrum. In 1530 he was ordered to compensate Lord Elphinstone for an attack on Kildrummy Castle in 1525.[3] In 1536 he was charged with treason and was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle and was released in 1538.[4] In 1542 Forbes and the Earl of Huntly fought in the north of Scotland.[5] He died in 1547. Marriages and children John Forbes married Catherine Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl and Eleanor Sinclair. Their children included: • Elizabeth Forbes, who married John Grant of Freuchie (died 1585) John Forbes married secondly Christian Lundie or Lundin. Their children included: • John Forbes, Master of Forbes (d. 1537), who married Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 6th Lord Glamis and Janet Douglas. He was executed for treason on three counts, plotting to kill the king with a handgun, sedition at Jedburgh, and assisting the English against the king's army in 1533.[6] • William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes (d. 1593) • Margaret Forbes • Elizabeth Forbes • Marjory Forbes John Forbes' third wife was Elizabeth Berlay, widow of Lord Elphinstone. Their children included: • Arthur Forbes of Putachie, known as "Black Arthur", who was killed at the battle of Tillieangus in October 1571. • Jean or Janet Forbes, who married (1) John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Atholl, (2) Alexander Hay of Delgatie, (3) William Leslie of Balquhain.[7] His daughter with Helen Rutherford, Annabell Forbes, married the family genealogist Matthew Lumsden.[8] References 1 James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 53. 2 Jamie Cameron, James V (East Linton, 1998), p. 161. 3 Jamie Cameron, James V (East Linton, 1998), pp. 161-2. 4 James Balfour Paul, Scots Peerage, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 53: Jamie Cameron, James V (East Linton, 1998), p. 165. 5 Jamie Cameron, James V (East Linton, 1998), p. 166. 6 Jamie Cameron, James V (East Linton, 1998), pp. 163-4. 7 Matthew Lumsden, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes (Inverness, 1819), p. 12. 8 Matthew Lumsden, Genealogy of the Family of Forbes (Inverness, 1819), p. 12.