GORDON, John of Auchleuchries ^{1 2}

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John married Marie OGILVY heiress of Auchleuchries, daughter of James OGILVY younger, of Blerack and Marjory GORDON, 9 March 1633(charter).¹ (Marie OGILVY heiress of Auchleuchries was born about 1610.)

  Marriage Notes:

"3. John Gordon, 'third lauchfull sone to wmquhile Patrick Gordoun of Nathirmwir' (Particular Register of Sasines for Aberdeenshire, vol. viii., fol. 184-6). He was a major in 1634, whereas his brother James was still under a 'tutor' (Spalding Club Misc., iii., 102). He married about 1633, Mary Ogilvy, daughter and heiress of James Ogilvy of Blerack, by his wife, Marjory Gordon, daughter of George Gordon, III. of Coclarachie. Through Marie Ogilvie he got the lands of Auchleuchries, and became the father of General Patrick Gordon (1635-99), the famous soldier in the Russian army. The estate of Auchleuchries remained in his descendants' possession till 1726, when it was sold by the General's great grandson, James Gordon, to another Gordon who founded the Gordons of Balmuir.'

from The Gordons of Nethermuir




"By a charter, March 9, 1633, James Ogilvy of Auchleuchries, proprietor of the lands afternamed, and Hew Gordon, lawful son to George Gordon of Coclarachie, with consent of Marjorie Gordon, spouse of the said James Ogilvy, granted certain parts of Auchleuchries to Marie Ogilvy, daughter of said James Ogilvy, and future spouse of John Gordon, third son of the deceased Patrick Gordon of Nethermuir, and to their heirs."

from Coclarachie ^{1 2}