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GORDON, Robert in Knowhead
(About 1745-)
INNES, Margaret
(About 1750-)
GORDON, Robert in Arndilly
(1785-)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. SIMPSON, Jean in Bogincur

2. BARBER, Charles

GORDON, Robert in Arndilly 4

  • Christened: 13 Mar 1785, Boharm Parish, Moray, Scotland 1 4
  • Marriage (1): SIMPSON, Jean in Bogincur on 17 Aug 1807 in Rothes Parish, Moray, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (2): BARBER, Charles on 26 Apr 1738 in Saint Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 2 3

  General Notes:

Old Parish Register
Boharm Parish Moray
Baptisms

"Gordon
Robert Lawful Son to Robert Gordon & Margaret Innes was baptized this 13th day of March 1785 - Witnesses were Robert Russel & Isabel Wright" 4


Robert married Jean SIMPSON in Bogincur on 17 Aug 1807 in Rothes Parish, Moray, Scotland.1 (Jean SIMPSON in Bogincur was born about 1785.)


  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Register
Rothes and Dundurcas Parish Moray
Marriages

"1807
17 August
Gordon and Simpson
Robert Gordon in Arndilly and Jean Simpson in Bogincur were married without porclamations" 5

Robert next married Charles BARBER on 26 Apr 1738 in Saint Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.2 3 (Charles BARBER was born about 1948.)


  Marriage Notes:

"STRACHAN
ALEXANDER
ELIZABETH WILSON/
10/04/1738
168/A 130 284
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages




(at St Clement's or Footdee in 1731)

"Alexander Strachan, pres. 21st July, and ord. 28th Aug. 1731; trans. to Keig 30th April 1740."


(at Keig in 1740)

"Alexander Strachan, born 1696, son of James S., plasterer, Aberdeen; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1712-16; licen, by Presb. of Fordoun 21st March 1722; ord. to Footdee 28th Aug. 1731; called 30th Jan., trans, and adm. 30th April 1740; his house was entered on the morning of 16th Oct. 1746, by a party of armed men, who robbed him of his watch, clothes, silver, etc.; died 10th Oct. 1771. He marr. 26th April 1738, Elizabeth Wilson, who died 27th Aug. 1789, aged 82, and left £50 to the poor of the parish."

from Fasti Ecclesiae < 3 6

Sources


1 LDS, IGI.

2 ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

4 Old Parish Registers, Boharm Parish Moray Baptisms.

5 Old Parish Registers, Rothes and Dundurcas Marriages 1807 17 August 141/0030 0373.

6 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

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