GORDON, Anna

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Anna married Alexander GORDON of Auchenhuive and Tulloch, son of Alexander GORDON of Tulloch, Auchenhuive and Cracullie, Chancellor of Moray and Elizabeth 'Bessy' GORDON.¹ (Alexander GORDON of Auchenhuive and Tulloch was born about 1583.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Anna (Gordon) married, according to the Balbithan MS., (i) Alexander Gordon of Tulloch, son of Alexander, III. of Cracullie [....]

By her (Anna Gordon's) first husband (Alexander Gordon of Tulloch) she had

- William Gordon of Tulloch, who went to France with a corps of men in March 5, 1642, and was made a captain (Spalding's Troubles, ii., 125). He married the laird of Cluny's daughter (Balbithan MS.), Janet Gordon, who (as a widow) was due Nathaniel Gordon 500 merks in 1646. He had two sons

Alexander Gordon of Glengarroch.

Thomas Gordon of Garioch."

from Gight ¹

Anna next married Thomas GORDON of Pittendreich in Elgin, son of Sir Thomas GORDON of Cluny and Elizabeth DOUGLAS.¹ (Thomas GORDON of Pittendreich in Elgin was born about 1586.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Anna (Gordon) married ... (2) Thomas Gordon of Pittendreich, the fourth son of Sir Thomas Gordon of Cluny (by Elizabeth Douglas, daughter of the Earl of Angus), and brother of Sir Alexander Gordon of Cluny and of Patrick Gordon of Ruthven, who wrote Britane's Distemper. Pittendreich was implicated in an attack in Aberdeen, March 26, 1644 (Spalding's Troubles, p. 330). Sir Thomas Gordon of Cluny was caution to the Privy Council for the sixth laird of Gight in connection with the murder of Francis Hay in 1617. On Feb. 28, 1629, Anna Gordon, spouse to Thomas Gordon of Tulloch, was infeft in the lands of Pittendreich. On June 4, 1674, Thomas Gordon of Pittendreich was given as the liferenter of Tulloch, the laird of which was then a minor (Records of the Meeting of the Exercise of AIford, p. 225)."

from Gight ¹