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GORDON, Harry of Auchlyne
(About 1622-1707)
INNES, Marjorie 'of Tillbourie'
(About 1633-)
MOIR, William of Scotstoun, Doctor of Medicine, Dr
(About 1625-1695)
SKENE, Margaret
(About 1638-)
GORDON, George 8th of Knockespock (3rd group), Burgess of Aberdeen
(About 1650-)
MOIR, Mariori
(1661-)
GORDON, Margaret
(1687-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. BREBNER, James of Towie of Clatt

GORDON, Margaret 1

  • Baptised: 21 June 1687, Clatt parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2
  • Marriage (1): BREBNER, James of Towie of Clatt 1

   Another name for Margaret was GORDONE, Margaret.2

   User ID: W706.

  General Notes:

"GORDONE
MARGARET
GEORGE GORDONE/
F
21/06/1687
180/ 10 11
Clatt"

from Births and Baptisms 2


Margaret married James BREBNER of Towie of Clatt.1 (James BREBNER of Towie of Clatt was born about 1680 and died by 12 May 1750 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Gordon) : married James Brebner in Towie. She was the ancestress of the present laird of Knockespock."

from Terpersie




"Margaret (Gordon), who married James Brebner, in Towie of Clatt, whose descendant became 12th laird under the entail."

from Gordon of Knockespock




"George Gordon (8th of Knockespock) was succeeded in Knockespock by his son James, the West Indian nabob, and the latter was succeeded in turn by the descendants of his sister Margaret, who married a Brebner, then by the descendants of his sister Barbara, who married a Grant, and, thirdly, again, by the descendants of his elder sister, the Brebner- Gordons, who are now known as Fellowes Gordon - a peculiarly complicated story of succession."

from The Making of the West Indies 1 4 5

Sources


1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Terpersie by D. Wimberley assisted by J.M. Bulloch.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

3 National Records of Scotland, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Legal records - Wills and testaments.

4 GRO Scotland, A Genealogical Account of the Family of Gordon of Knockespock by Douglas Wimberley (1903).

5 e-books, The Making of the West Indies The Gordons as Colonists by J. M. Bulloch (privately printed 1915).

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