GORDON, James 6th and last of Coclarachie, Burgess of Banff ²

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James married Jane BISSET, daughter of Robert BISSET 14th of Lessendrum and Agnes ABERCROMBY, in 1730.¹ (Jane BISSET was born about 1702.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James Gordon, VI. of Coclarachie, was served heir to his father on July 14, 1721 (Index of Heirs), and a Crown precept of sasine on a fourth part of Coclarachie was issued in his favour on July 24, 1721 (Auchlunkart Charter Chest). He was elected a burgess of Banff on September 30, 1727 (Burgess Ticket in Auchlunkart Charter Chest). On February 26, 1767, he sold the lands of Coclarachie to Alexander, Duke of Gordon, but sasine was not taken till May 1, 1771 (Index of Charters in Gordon Castle). He married, in 1730, Jane, daughter of Robert Bisset of Lessendrum, by whom he had :

1. Adam, who died in 1779, his sisters being served heir to him on August 4, 1779 (Index of Heirs).

2. John, who was a student at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1772-73 (Anderson's Fasti Acad. Marisc., ii., 344), and died before his brother.

3. Harriet, who married in December, 1778, Andrew Steuart of Auchlunkart, in the parish of Boharm, Banffshire [...]

4. Charlotte, who married Col. James Abercrombie, of Glassaugh, Banffshire [...]

James Gordon, VI. and last of Coclarachie, died at Aberdeen on November 29, 1771, in the 77th year of his age (Aberdeen Journal)."

from Coclarachie ¹