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GORDON, John Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, MP, 'Campvere'
(About 1654-1730)
GORDON, Janet
(1663-1731)
FORBES, Alexander of Ludquharn
(About 1652-)
GORDON, John Minister of Old Deer, Reverend Mr
(1683-1718)
FORBES, Jean
(About 1685-1754)
GORDON, Janet
(1718-1756)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WALKER, James Minister of Peterhead, Reverend Mr

GORDON, Janet 1 2

  • Baptised: 27 October 1718, Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 2 3
  • Marriage (1): WALKER, James Minister of Peterhead, Reverend Mr on 25 January 1750 1
  • Died: May 1756 1

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  General Notes:

"GORDON
JANET
JOHN GORDON/JEAN FORBES
F
27/10/1718
168/A 70 284
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms



Old Parish Registers
St Nicholas parish Aberdeen
Baptisms

"Aberdeen 1718
Gordon
October 27 1718 Mr John Gordon late Minister at Old Deer and Jean Forbes his spouse had a daughter called Janet baptized by Mr Osborn, witnesses John Gordon late Provost, Robert Stewart late Provost and John Walker Goldsmith in Aberdeen"

Note: "John Walker, goldsmith" is named in the "List of Deacon Conveners" of Aberdeen in 1723 and 1724. 2 3 4


Janet married Reverend Mr James WALKER Minister of Peterhead, son of James WALKER elder, Merchant in Peterhead and Unknown, on 25 January 1750.1 (Reverend Mr James WALKER Minister of Peterhead was baptised on 13 May 1705 in Peterhead parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2 and died on 1 January 1763.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (James Walker) marr. (1) 25th Jan. 1750, Janet (died May 1756), only daugh. of John Gordon, min. of Old Deer : (2) 17th Nov. 1757, Elizabeth Innes, who marr. (2) 28th May 1772, Thomas Gordon, professor of Greek, King's College, [Tombst.]"

from Fasti Ecclesiae
1

Sources


1 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae by Hew Scott.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

3 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Saint Nicholas parish Aberdeen Baptisms.

4 Internet Site, http://www.mocavo.com/Merchant-and-Craft-Guilds-a-History-of-the-Aberdeen-Incorporated-Trades-3/608271/63.

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