GORDON, James Jacobite 1745, Lieutenant ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"2107- James. 1745, Sep., carried off, as a schoolboy of 15, by a party of Jacobites, commanded by David, 2076, son of John Gordon, of Glenbucket (S.P. Dom. Geo. II., P.R.O., bundle 185, No. 149) ; Dec. 19, Lt, artillery, captured at Carlisle (Eg. MSS. B.M., 2000 f. 73). 1746, Jul. 14, while a prisoner in the New Gaol, Southwark, sent a petition to the King (quoted in the House of Gordon, II (371)); Oct. 24, tried at Southwark, found guilty, and reprieved; seems to have exiled himself in Jamaica. Son of Charles, of Terpersie, 2074-"

from Gordons Under Arms




"James. He was about fifteen years of age in 1745. From the Egerton MSS. (British Museum, Eg. 2000, f. 73), it appears that James Gordon, a lieutenant in the Jacobite artillery, was captured at Carlisle, tried at Southwark, October 24, 1746, found guilty and reprieved. There can be little doubt that the following petition signed by 'James Gordon, a prisoner in the New Gaol, Southwark, attainted of high treason' Record Office, S. P. D. Geo. II., B. 85, M. 149), refers to young Terpersie. [....]

Lord Adam Gordon (Genealogist, xiv., 16) met a 'James Gordon, late Terpercy,' as a 'mahoggony cutter' in Jamaica July 18, 1764. Opposite his name, Lord Adam (who died in 1801) had placed the letter 'd' for dead. A James in Jamaica had a brother Henry and made his will in 1766 (Archer's Jamaica Monuments). In his sister's marriage contract 1761 James is called the 'eldest' son of Terpersie : but he did not witness the document."

from Terpersie ²