GORDON, Francis 7th of Craig, Jacobite 1715 1
- Born: About 1655
- Marriage (1): OGILVY, Agnes 1
- Died: 1716, Stirling, Scotland 2
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General Notes:
"Some interesting details about this laird and his family are given in the Poll Book or List of Pollable Persons in Aberdeenshire 1696. We find there 'The Laird of Craig the greatest heritor in the Parish of Auchindoir ; his valuation £720 [the whole valuation of said Paroch being .£1322 lis.'] The laird's poll ,£12 and 6s., the lady 6s., Francis, his son, 16 years of age, William and Alexander, his sons, Agnes, aged 19, Mary, aged 18, Elizabeth, aged 10, Jane and Barbara, all his daughters poll 6s. each."
"Balbithan tells us of this laird that he accompanied the Earl of Mar, Superior of the estate of Craig, in 1715, and was wounded and taken prisoner in a skirmish at Dunfermling 24 Oct. 1715. In Castles of Aberdeenshire, p. 33, there is a somewhat fuller account, which is as follows : 'Francis Gordon of Craig, joined the Standard of the Stuarts in 1715. In the month of October of that year the Earl of Mar sent a detachment consisting of two hundred infantry and a hundred horsemen under the command of Gordon of Glenbucket to occupy Dunfermling; but information having been given to the Duke of Argyll, he ordered a detachment of cavalry to make a rapid night march, and if possible take the Gordons unaware. Argyll's cavalry found Glenbucket at five o'clock in the morning entirely unprepared. The surprise was complete, many were killed: a rout ensued, and among the prisoners taken were Gordon of Craig, Gordon, younger of Aberdour, Gordon of Mill of Kincardine, and other gentlemen. The laird of Craig was conveyed to the Castle of Stirling, where he died of his wounds soon afterwards in 1716.' "
from Gordons of Craig 2
Francis married Agnes OGILVY, daughter of Sir George OGILVY 2nd Lord Banff, MP, Colonel of the Foot, Burgess of Banff and Agnes FALCONER.1 (Agnes OGILVY was born about 1655.)
Marriage Notes:
"Agnes (Ogilvy), baptized 29 December 1651, married to Francis Gordon of Craig of Auchindoir."
from Scots Peerage (vol 2) 1
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