GORDON, Catherine co-heiress of Badenscoth 1
- Born: About 1730
- Marriage (1): FORBES, Alexander 3rd of Blackford in 1754 1
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Catherine married Alexander FORBES 3rd of Blackford, son of Alexander FORBES 2nd of Blackford and Mary ASKEN, in 1754.1 (Alexander FORBES 3rd of Blackford was born in 1728 1 and died in 1759 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"II. James Leslie of Rothienorman. He married, in 1760, Jane Gordon, second daughter of William Gordon of Badenscoth.
The said Jane and her elder sister Catharine, wife of Alexander Forbes of Blackford, being co-heiresses of Badenscoth, on the death of their only brother, James Gordon, without issue, in 1788, succeeded to that property.
James Leslie of Rothie bought the half that belonged to Mrs. Forbes of Blackford, and thus the estate was united to that of Rothienorman. James Leslie also purchased in 1761 the feu-duty and superiority of the lands of Rothienorman from the Earl of Rothes, to whose family, for many generations, as above narrated, the estate of Rothienorman belonged."
from Thanage of Fermartyn 2
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