GORDON, John of Glencat, elder

   Another name for John was GORDON, John of Barrack.¹

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  General Notes:

"2081- Francis (Gordon). 1745, Quartermaster (Rosebery's List); concerned in the pillage of Lord Findlater's house S.P. Dom. Geo. IL, P.R.O., bundle 92, p. 104). 1746, May 7, lurking in the Highlands (Rosebery's List, 10, 298, 366). 1747, excepted from the Act of pardon (20 Geo. II c. 52). 1748, Oct. II, true bill found against him in the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh [S.P. Scotland, Letters and Papers, 2nd series, bundle 39, No. 70).

Son of George, of Mill of Kincardine, 2089, to whom he was served heir, 1730, Oct. 31; served heir to his grandfather, John, of Glencat [d. 1706), 1744, Oct. 31"

from Gordons Under Arms ¹

John married Jean GORDON of Barrack, daughter of Patrick GORDON 'elder of Cults' and Unknown.¹ (Jean GORDON of Barrack was born about 1675.)

  Marriage Notes:

"2065- Rev. Alexander. 1746, Apr. 17, Chaplain to the French troops, was a prisoner at Inverness (Scots Mag., vol. 16, p. 211), dying about three weeks after (Catholic, Directory, 1853).'Of the Glencat family' (Catholic Directory, 1853) ; apparently the Alexander 'de Glencat,' who was son of John, of Barrack, and his wife Joanna; entered Douai, 1718, Oct. 18 (Forbes-Leith's Scots Colleges, i. 70); entered the mission in Scotland, 1734 (ibid.), serving at Glengairn, 'with great zeal and activity' (Catholic Directory, 1853)."

from Gordons Under Arms ¹