GORDON, George of Sands, Advocate before Court of Session, Mr ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

"George, of Sands, was admitted a member of the Faculty of Advocates. He died in Edinburgh, January 1723. Alexander Gordon, merchant in Aberdeen, was served heir general to his brother, George of Sands,
advocate, April 21, 1732 (Retours). Sands had belonged to the Wilsons of Kirkton. Gordon was succeeded as laird by Thomas Thomson who sold it in 1754 to James Johnston of Middlegrange in whose family it remains
(Scottish Hist. Soc. Misc., i., p. 478)."

from Lesmoir



"Gordon
George
19/4/1723
Mr, of Sands, advocate, brother german to Alexander and John Gordon, merchants in Aberdeen
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/89"

from Wills and Testaments ^{2 3}

George married Isobell PITILLO heiress of Sands.^{1 2} (Isobell PITILLO heiress of Sands was born about 1685.)

  Marriage Notes:

"George, who, being bred to the law, was an advocate before the Court of Session. He married the heiress of Sands, and d. s. p."

from Thanage of Fermartyn


"Gordon's will was confirmed, April 19, 1723 (Edinburgh Commissariot), his widow, Isobell Pitillo, being the executrix, by a disposition of December 18, 1722, by which he disponed to her his property. On April 5, 1723, she obtained decreet of cognitionis causa against his brothers Alexander and John Gordon, merchants,
Aberdeen, and his sister, Margaret Gordon, residenter there, by which the Commissary found that the sum of £1,108 14s. 8d. Scots was owing to her by her husband."

from Lesmoir ^{1 2}