GORDON, John in General Staats Long Morris's 89th Regiment, Lieutenant ^{1 2 3 4}

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  General Notes:

"GORDON
JOHN
ALEXANDER GORDON/ISOBEL GORDON
M
30/04/1721
168/A 70 353
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms




"John. With his father Alexander Gordon, collector, he witnessed the baptism of a son of John Gordon 'of Lesmoir' at St. Paul's Church, Aberdeen, February 9, 1724. He entered Colonel Staats Morris's regiment (the 89th), the first of four raised by the fourth Duke of Gordon. The 89th sailed from Portsmouth for the East Indies in December, 1760, and John died unmarried at Fort St. George, his will being dated at Madras in 1761."

from Lesmoir




"Cudbear. - Two and a half years ago, this journal, in discussing Cudbear, noted that Lieut. John Gordon of General Staats Long Morris's 89th Regiment, made his brother Thomas, merchant in Leith, his executor, which Cuthbert Gordon of the Cudbear Company at Leith was cautioner. This John died unmarried at Fort St. George, in the East Indies (his will is dated 1761). John was the son of Alexander Gordon, collector of Customs at Aberdeen, who was the son of Sir William Gordon, 4th Bart, of Lesmoir. His brother, Thomas, was Consul for the States of Holland at Leith (Wimberley's Gordons of Lesmoir, pp. 171-2). J. M. B." (page 70)

from Scottish Notes and Queries

Note: Alexander Gordon was the son of James Gordon, 8th of Lesmoir and 5th Baronet.




"Gordon
John
27/11/1765
Lieutenant in Stats Long Morris' Regiment of Foot
TD
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/120"

from Wills and Testaments ^{2 3 4 5}