GORDON, James Jacobite 1745
- Born: About 1728
- Died: West Indies
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
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