SANDERS, Janet ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Janet was SAUNDERS, Janet.³

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Janet married John GORDON of Balmad, Merchant, Provost of Banff, son of John GORDON 2nd of Auchindachy and Eupham BETON.^{1 2} (John GORDON of Balmad, Merchant, Provost of Banff was born about 1635 and died in 1720.)

  Marriage Notes:

"1687, June 23. Renunciation by Robert Sanders, sometime in Cullen and now in Banff, in favour of John and Alexander Gordon of Achynachie, of the lands of Milton of Achynachie (ibid.). This Robert Sanders was a baillie of Banff in 1683 (Annals of Banff, ii., 53) and apparently Provost 1700-1 (ibid., ii., 268). The Provost died in 1720 (ibid., ii., 292). He may have been related to the Auchindachy Gordons, for there is a carved stone in the Old Market Place, taken from what was once Saunders' Heritage. It bears the letters I[ohn] G[ordon] [bailiff] I[anet] S[anders], and it is dated 1675 (ibid., i., 374). John Gordon and Janet Sanders had John, baptised 1681; Helen, 1676; and 1679; Elizabeth, 1677 (ibid., ii., 287)."

from Auchindachy




"On what was fonnerly called 'Saunders's Heritage,' in Carmelite Street, is an exceedingly well-carved and well-preserved coat of arms, surmounted by the date 1675, and with the motto 'Nil Virtuti arduum,' and with the initials 'I G' and 'I S'. A stone in the churchyard explains the arms, for it bears the inscription 'John Gordon Janet Sanders 20 Agvst 1668,' the stone having probably then been erected to the memory of some of their family. (page 374)

from Annals of Banff ^{1 2}