GORDON, George 3rd of Leitcheston ¹

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  General Notes:

"George Gordon would seem to have been the last of the Lesmoir Gordons who held Leichestoun, for the estate passed in 1659 to Dr. Thomas Gordon, Elgin ...'

"1659, December 12. - Compeared personallie Doctor Thomas Gordon, doctor of medicine in Elgine, haveing and holding in his handes ane chartor . . . made and granted be ane noble Lord Archbald, Lord off Lorne, heretable proprietor of the landes and wthers afterspecified with advyse and consent of ane noble, and potent Marques, Arch. Marques of Argyll, Erie off Kintyre, Lord Campbell & Lorne, his father, and Lord Neill Campbell, his brother germane, and also with advyse & consent off Geo. Gordone in Lichestoune and James Gordone, his eldest lawll sone for all right title & entres they or either off them hade ... to the landes and wthers after-mentionat. To and in favours of the said Dr Thos G., his aires &c. of and vpone all and haill the toune and landes off Lichestoune with houses . . .as the same is occupied marched and possest be the said George and Barbara Gordone his spouse and their servantes lyand within the lordship of Enzie . . . [Charter subscribed at Boig of Geicht Nov. 8, 1659 ; and precept directed to James Gordone in Lichestoune, who as bailzie gives sasine on Dec. 12, 1659, in presence of Rob. Gordone in Lichestoune, John Thomsone thair, James Gelles thair, and Alexander Thomsone thair] (Banffshire Sasines)."

"1659, December 14. - Sasine was granted in favour of Doctor Thomas Gordon, Doctor of Medicine in Elgin, his heirs and assignees, of all and whole the town and lands of Lichestoun, with houses, etc., as the same is occupied and possessed by the said George and Barbara Gordon, his spouse, and their servants (ibid., vol. ix.)."

"This Thomas Gordon, doctor in Elgin, seems to have lent money on properties, for on July 4, 1660, he gets sasine in Linkwood (near Elgin), and on May 28, 1662, he and his wife, Isobel Hay, get sasine in the same lands."

"Leichestoun seems to have passed out of the hands of the Lesmoir Gordons at this date, for the next laird, Patrick Gordon, brother of John Gordon of Balmade (murdered in 1660), seems to have been a son of Dr. Thomas Gordon, Elgin, who was subsequently laird of Edenville and then of Clashtirum, and who belonged to the family of Letterfourie."

from Leichestoun ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Attack: on Strachans of Glenkindy, who were covenanters, 1644, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ¹

2. Appearance: for censure, 14 May 1647, Fordyce Presbytery. ¹

3. Admission: of rebellious practices, 2 June 1647, Presbytery of Rathven. ¹

George married Barbara GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON 3rd of Birkenburn and Margaret GORDON.¹ (Barbara GORDON was born about 1600.)

  Marriage Notes:

"1638, March 31. - Charter of feu by the Marquis of Huntly to George Gordon in Leichestoun and Barbara Gordon in Leichestoun his spouse, of Leichestoun (Gordon Castle Charter Chest)."

"George Gordon of Leichestoun married, according to the Balbithan MS., 'the goodman of Birkenburn's daughter, with whom he begat three sons and two daughters,' the names of whom are not given."

from Leichestoun

Note:

In the Birkenburn section of Cadets of Lesmoir, Barbara Gordon is listed in the children of Alexander 3rd of Birkenburn:

"4. Barbara appears in the Lyon Register."

and in the children of James 4th of Birkenburn:

"5. Barbara (?), the wife of George Gordon, III. of Leichestoun, may have been the daughter of James, IV. of Birkenburn."

In this passage from the Leichestoun section:

"1653, August 2. Sasine on charter of alienation granted by George Gordon of Leichistoun, with consent of Barbara Gordon his spouse, in favour of James Gordon, eldest lawful son and apparent heir of the said George, and Marie Gordon his spouse, in conjunct-fee, and the heirs lawfully gotten or to be gotten of them in fee, whom failing to the said James's heirs and assignees whomsoever, of the town and lands of Leischtoune, in the lordship of Enzie, parish of Rathven, and shire of Banff: dated at Leichiestoun April 29, 1653, Alexander Gordon, elder of Birkinburn : and John Gordon second lawful son of the said George Gordon, are witnesses. Sasine on August 1, 1653. John Gordon in Dryburne is bailie. The charter is written by Master James Gordon in Greenmyre (Particular Register of Sasines, Banff, vol. vi., fol. 229)."

it is noteworthy that it is "Alexander Gordon, elder of Birkinburn" who is a witness in the legal proceedings for the Birkenburn Gordons, which may indicate that it was he who was Barbara's father and the Birkenburn grandfather of the James Gordon in question. ^{1 2}