GORDON, John Farmer in Clashnore, Jacobite 1745 1 2 3
- Born: About 1720
- Marriage (1): NAIRN, Janet
- Died: Before 29 May 1790 3
Another name for John was GORDON, John in Clashnoir.3
General Notes:
'2121- John. 1745, Ens.; but submitted himself. 1746, May 7, at home (Rosebery's List, 108).
Resided at Clashmore, Elgin (ibid.), his house (" at Clashnoir ") was burned, 1746 (Lyon in Mourning, n. 333). A John Gordon in Clashnoir m. Janet Nairn, whose mortcloth cost 18s., 1772, Jul. 5.'
from Gordons Under Arms
"1790
May
29th ... In the afternoon Johny Gordon, Tullichalm's Son, and Willie Catanach, from Banff, arrived from Scalan to be sent to Rome. They Brought Letters from Bishop Hay; Robert Gordon, Clashnoir, whose Father is dead; from Mr. Mclntosh; and from Mr. Mcpherson. Wrote to Bishop Hay, to meet him in Enzie; to Mr. Menzies of Pitfoddels; and to Lord Monboddo. Had received two Letters by Bishop Hay by the Boys."
from The Journal of Bishop Geddes
"(Gordon), John, in Clashnore 16 Aug. 1790"
from Register of Testaments 1 3 4
John married Janet NAIRN. (Janet NAIRN was born about 1715 and died in July 1772 3.)
Marriage Notes:
"(The following fragment was copied in 1909 from an autograph of Bishop Geddes then brown through age and almost illegible-a number of Geddes MSS. are so browned as hardly to be touched; I have not seen this fragment, but there are many now quite illegible.)
Memorie
della Casa di Scalan
dai 4 di Settembre
dell' anno
1762.
1. Ai 4 di Settembre l'anno 1762 il S.D. Giovanni Geddes venne da Shenval a Scalan per aver la Direzione di questa casa. Trovo quivi il Sig. Giacomo Gray con tre giovani sotto la sua cura -. Alessandro Cameron, figlio del Sig. Giacomo Cameron e della Sig.ra-Mclntosh in Braemar pronipote del Sig. Don. Tomasso Brockie il quale allora aveva quindeci anni passati ed aveva quasi finito di studiare la Grammatica- Giovanni Gordon figlio del Sig. Giovanni Gordon e della Sig.ra Giovanetta Nairn in Clashnore di quindici anni passati il quale studiava la Grammatica-ed Alessandro Gordon figlio del Sig. Giovanni Gordon e della Sig.ra Elizabeta Grant in Minmore di anni . . . il quale studiava la Grammatica."
from Registers of Scalan 5
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