GORDON, William 'of Eden' ^{1 2}

   Another name for William was GORDON-DUFF, William of Eden.

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  General Notes:

"GORDON
WILLIAM
WILLIAM GORDON/MARGARET DUFF
M
04/07/1729
150 30 / 10
Cullen"

from Births and Baptisms




"William Gordon, the last male Gordon of Farskane (he was served heir to his father in 1780), is stated in the Rose MS. to have gone to Ireland, 'and is still (1791) alive in Sligo.' [....]

William Gordon last of Farskane, who in 1735 got sasine of Wester Buckie from the above John Gordon of Nether Buckie, is said to have settled, for a time at any rate, in Sligo."

from Gordons of Salterhill




"The eldest, William (Duff), continued his father's business as a merchant in Norway, but afterwards came over to Ireland, and is still alive in Sligo in Ireland; was never married. He sold the lands of Netherbuckie to his brother in law, William Dunbar, merchant in Portsoy." (Letter from Archibald Duff)

"On the death of Mrs. Udny Duff (ie Margaret, daughter of William Duff of Braco), on March 27, 1793, William, tlie eldest son of William Gordon, fourth and last of Farskane (and his wife Margaret Duff of Crombie), and grandson of Helen Duff who married William, third of Farskane, succeeded his father's first cousin in the estate of Eden ; his great-uncle William Duff of Braco having, in 1713, executed a deed of entail in favour of his 'heirs male and female' as regarded this property, wliile the lands of Braco, etc., went to his heir-male, who was his uncle. Beyond the information contained in Archibald of Bilbohall's letter, nothing is known about William (Gordon) Duff of Eden. He never married, nor apparently resided at Eden ; he died 'at his house in Portsoy on the 19th June 1812, in his 87th year.' He had restored the old burying ground of the Farskane family in the churchyard of Rathven, and his name, as restorer, appears upon the stone, with date 1799, but it is not known whether he was himself buried there or not. He was succeeded by Margaret, daughter of his eldest sister Jean, who had married James Miln, grandson of James Duff of Corsindae." (page 494)

from Book of the Duffs ^{1 2 4}