Genealogy of the family of Forbes

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C'omitem de INIortoun) of Isabel Countess of Marr, of the lanas
of Bonjedworth, to Thomas Douglas, son of John, and her be-
loved sister Margaret, of the date the 10th of Xoveitiber 1404.
Which Sir John Forbes married a daughter of Kennedy of Dun-
Jiure, by whom he had three sons, Alexander Forbes his succes-
sor, William the ancestor of Pitsligo, and John, the founder of
the family of Tolquhon.
Which Alexander was father of James who was knighted by
King James III. and was the first Lord Forbes. He had two
sons by a daughter 'of William Earl Marischal, William, his
successor, and Patrick the first of the family of Corse. William,
second Lord Forbes, married Christian Gordon, a daughter of
the Earl of Huntly ; and with her he had four sons, Alexander,
Arthur, and John, all three successively Lords, and Duncan,
ancestor of the Forbesses of Corsindae ; the first two died with-
out issue, and Jnhn became Lord Forbes, to whom King James
IV. gives a charter of confirmation of the barony of King-Ed-
ward?, wherein that King tells, that these lands " fuerunt quon-
dam Alexandri Forbes niihtis, proavi & predecessoris dicti Joh-
annis Domini Forbes, per hereditariam infeodationem, chartam
j& sasinam, dicto quondam Alexandre, per quondam Johanera
Stewart Comitem Buchanise, & Baroniag de Kinedward, desu-
per confectam cum confirmatione progenitoris nostri Jacobi Re-
gis primi, sub magno sigillo ;" for which see Haddington's Col-
lections, p. 389. Of whom is descended the present Lord For-
Ijes, who carries azure, three beilr.^' heads couped argent, muz-
zled gules, supported by two grey hounds tirgent, col lared gules ;
erf St, a stag's head attired, proper ; motto, Grace me guide.
The armorial bearings of the cadets of this family which I
have met with in our ancient and modern books are these :
Forbes Lord Pitsligo carries quarterly, first and fourth For-
bes witii a crescent for (hfference; second and third azure, three
cinquefoils argent, for Frazer; supporters, two bears, proper;
crest, a falcon, proper ; motto, Altius ibunt qui ad summa ni-
tunter. And at other times, for a crest, a hand holding a sword,
proper ; with the motto, Nee timide ncc temere.
The first of this family was Sir William Forbes, second bro-
ther to Sir Alexauder Forbes of that ilk. In the reign of King
James I. he married Margaret Fraser, only daughter of Sir Wil-
liam Fraser of Philortii, and got with her these lands, for which