GORDON, Jean ¹

Jean married Robert GORDON in Corncatterach, son of Assorted GORDONS in Gartly parish, Banffshire and Unknown. (Robert GORDON in Corncatterach was born about 1687.)

  Marriage Notes:

"From a sett, dated 1488, of the lands of Murthlich in Mar (now Morlich), which belonged to the Abbey of Cupar, it appears that Margaret Charteris was the name of the lady of Glenkindie at that date, and that she had 'twa sonnis callit Johnne and Alexander of Strathaquhyn.' "

"31 July, 1504. Margaret, Lady of Glenkindie, and her sone, Sande Gordone, raised an action of spulzie before the Assize, who declarit yai could (not?) decide nor determine in the actioune of spulzie of a mair."

from The Strachans of Glenkindie

Note:

The author, James Allardyce, concludes, that Margaret, Lady of Glenkindie, may have been a widow as early as 1488, and certainly by 1504. He also adds that she must have been married before to a man surnamed Gordon. No reference has been found to this possible marriage, so far, in the Gordon literature, and it is noteworthy that in the first extract quoted above 'Sande Gordon' is called 'Alexander de Strathaquhyn'.

However it does, also, raise the question as to whether Margaret was the first or second wife of Alexander Strachan, and indeed the mother of Duncan, the 4th laird, since 'her' sons are named, but not Duncan himself, who succeeded Alexander. It may be that Duncan was the child of a first marriage, and that his mother have died after his birth. ²