LINDSAY, Mary ¹

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Mary married John GORDON 1st of Cluny (of the 3rd House), Factor to the Duke of Gordon, son of James GORDON 'in Botar' and Lucrece GORDON.¹ (John GORDON 1st of Cluny (of the 3rd House), Factor to the Duke of Gordon was born about 1696 ¹ and died on 14 September 1769 in Fochabers, Moray, Scotland ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The Cairnfield pedigree says he was married to a 'south lady.' The 'Aberdeen Journal' calls her Mary Lindsay. The marriage must have taken place before June 10, 1749. on which date James, the lawful son of 'John Gordon, Esq.' (late Curator to his Grace the Duke of Gordon) and Mrs Mary Lindsay in Fochabers, was baptised (Bellie Register). The 'Aberdeen Journal' (x\\pril 24, 1775) says she died at Fochabers on April 14, 1775, in the 67th year of her age. 'The deceased was a lady of strict probity, unsullied virtue, universal benevolence , extreme charity , and exemplary piety loved and esteemed by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance while living, and now very greatly lamented when she is to us no more.

Virtues like these should challenge candid praise,

And in the fair just exultation raise;

Such praise to Lindsay ane a tribute due,

Desir'd by many, tho' deserved by few."

from The Gordons of Cluny ¹