David
Forrester
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of James Forrester
and Elizabeth Erskine
Brother of
Margaret Forrester
Husband of
Elizabeth (Sandilands) Forrester
— married
before 1542 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alexander Forrester
Died
at about age 25
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
David Forrester, son of James Forrester and Elizabeth Erskine, was born say 1522 (married by 1542).[1]
He married Elizabeth Sandilands by 1542.[2][3]
He died at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in September 1547.[4][5]
For more on the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, please see Wikipedia.
Sources
- ↑ John C. Gibson, Lands and Lairds of Larbert and Dunipace Parishes (Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins, 1908), Genealogical Chart of Forrester Family, Internet Archive.
- ↑ Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland: Part II of III: Identifying their maternal great-grandmother Margaret Forrester," The Genealogist 27 (2013): 162-181 at 179-81, American Ancestors.
- ↑ W. B. Cook, ed., The Stirling Antiquary: Reprinted from "The Stirling Sentinel," 1888-[1906] (Stirling: Cook & Wylie, 1893), 1: 173-174, "Goosecroft and Claycroft," Google Books.
- ↑ George Powell M'Neill, Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum: The Exchequer rolls of Scotland 23 vols. (Edinburgh: General Register House, 1878-1908), 18: lxix, Internet Archive.
- ↑ Burke, "Livingston Ancestry, pt 2," 181, citing Registrum Secreti Sigilli Regnum Scotorum: The Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland, 23 vols. (Edinburgh: Stationery Office, 1908-1966) 5 pt 1: 178 #786, 181 #796.
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