GORDON, Alexander elder, 2nd of Coldwells 1
- Born: About 1642, Ellon parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Christina 1
User ID: B571.
General Notes:
"Alexander Gordon of Coldwells (2076), Jean (13909) and Mary (13910) Gordon; and, their mother (Marjorie Cheyne (2396)) were mentioned in Mair, Records of Ellon. The said entry, from the Kirk Session register, was a list of Papists. The said entry reads, in part, as follows:
'In a list of Papists given up by parish ministers, by order of the Privy Council, at the commencement of the reign of Queen Anne; those in Ellon are: Alexander Gordon of Coldwells, his sisters, Jean and Mary, and their mother...'2 [2 Thomas Mair Records, Ellon Parish Page 146]"
from Cheyne family website
Note:
The above extract has been taken from the source stated.
However other details on the same page confuse this Alexander Gordon of Coldwells with his son, also named Alexander Gordon of Coldwells. 2
Alexander married Christina GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON 'of Kinguidy' and Marjorie SEATON 'of Newmachar'.1 (Christina GORDON was born about 1664.)
Marriage Notes:
"Christina (Gordon) is given in the birth brieve of John Gordon, 1718, as the wife of Alexander Gordon of Coldwells, Ellon. She was returned as a Papist. She had, with two daughters: -
Alexander, of Coldwells.
John. He emigrated to Pomerelia: married Petronella Gordon from Huntly and was buried in the Beinhardiner Monastery, Thorn. They had:-
Joseph, who married the daughter of a certain aristocratic family, Schulze, in Dantzig, and had:-
Franz von Gordon, Lieutenant, 2nd Regiment of Foot Grenadiers. Adolph von Gordon, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Regiment.
Edmond von Gordon, Volunteer, 19th Infantry Regiment.
The family is now represented by Dr. Franz St. Th. J. von Gordon - Coldwells, of Laskowitz, West Prussia, and was described by J. M. Bulloch in the Aberdeen Free Press, April 23, 1906.'
from Newton 1
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