LEITH, Jean of Harthill 2 3
- Born: About 1696
- Marriage (1): GORDON, George 8th of Knockespock (2nd line), Burgess of Aberdeen on 23 June 1720 in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2
Other names for Jean were LEITH, Janet 4 and LEITH, Jean, Mrs.1
User ID: W719.
General Notes:
" ... .the then owner of Knockespock took for his second wife, Jean, daughter of Leith of Harthill, a lady celebrated for her beauty and no less for her attachment to her husband, as evinced under the most trying circumstances. He was considerably older than her, and when laid on a bed of sickness, she tended him with the utmost solicitude and affectionate care, till one night, overcome by anxiety and fatigue, she fell asleep beside him, and was awakened only to find that the mansion of Knockespock was in flames. All the servants had fled, and no assistance was near. Losing not a moment, she summoned all her strength, carried her suffering husband from the burning house, and laying him in a sheltered spot, returned, through the flames, at the greatest danger to herself, for plaids and other coverings, to wrap him from the cold. This affecting incident forms the subject of a ballad entitled 'Knockespock's Lady,' by the late William Thom, the weaver-poet of Inverury."
from Gordon Kinship at gordonforme.blogspot 5
Jean married George GORDON 8th of Knockespock (2nd line), Burgess of Aberdeen, son of Harry GORDON of Auchlyne and Marjorie INNES of Auchlyne, on 23 June 1720 in Rayne parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (George GORDON 8th of Knockespock (2nd line), Burgess of Aberdeen was born about 1650.)
Marriage Notes:
"GORDON
GEORGE
JEAN LEITH/
23/06/1720
236/ 20 100
Rayne"
from Index of Marriages
Old Parish Registers
Rayne parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages
"May 25 1720 George Gordon of Knockespack in the parish of Clet contracted Marriage with Mrs Jean Leith in this parish and having consigned pledges for performance and abstinence according to order and being three severall Sabbath publicsely [sic]proclaimed and no Impedement objected they were married upon the 23 day of June 1720"
"George Gordon, son of Harry of Auchlyne, and laird of Knockespock, married twice .... First, Marjory, daughter of Dr Moir of Scotstown, by whom he had issue .... Secondly, in 1720, Jean, daughter of Patrick Leitch of Harthill, by whom he had 3 sons and 1 daughter,"
from Gordons of Knockespock< 1 2 3
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