GORDON, Margaret ^{3 4}

   Other names for Margaret were Lady Scotstown,⁵ MOIR, of Scotstown, Mrs ⁵ and MOIR, Margaret, Mrs.⁵

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  General Notes:

"Plan of Scotstown's burial place at St. Peter's Church, Aberdeen

6) Lady Scotstown, 1800.....

.... In order to identify the persons here mentioned, I have examined the first register, 13th April, 1769, to 30 December, 1797; and the second register, 5th January, 1798, to 31st July, 1831. The following is the result......

.....(6). 1800. January 22. Mrs. Moir of Scotstown. (Margaret Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Leicheston, Morayshire.)"

from Moir Genealogy

  Research Notes:

PARENTAGE

This entry makes it clear that Mary Hay was not the mother of the Margaret Gordon who married Alexander Moir 6th of Scotstown in 1798:

"Plan of Scotstown's burial place at St. Peter's Church, Aberdeen

(5) Mrs. Gordon of Glastirum, 1811....

.... In order to identify the persons here mentioned, I have examined the first register, 13th April, 1769, to 30 December, 1797; and the second register, 5th January, 1798, to 31st July, 1831. The following is the result......
.....(5) 1811. March 1. Mrs. Isabel Gordon, 80 years, rehct of James Gordon, of Glastirum, and mother of the late Mrs. Margaret Moir."

from Moir Genealogy ⁵

Margaret married Alexander MOIR 6th of Scotstown, Advocate, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, son of George MOIR 5th of Scotstown and Elizabeth GORDON, on 13 May 1798 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.^{1 2} (Alexander MOIR 6th of Scotstown, Advocate, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire was baptised on 18 August 1760 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland,³ died in June 1824 ⁵ and was buried on 26 June 1824 in Scotstown's Burial Place, St Peter's Church, Aberdeen, Scotland ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
MARGARET
ALEXANDER MOIR/FR5029 (FR5029)
13/05/1798
168/A 160 100
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages ²