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GORDON, Alexander younger, in Oxhill
(About 1590-) |
GORDON, Alexander younger, in Oxhill 1
User ID: P288. General Notes: "These Alexanders (Gordon, father and son) were not, however, identical as is shown by an entry in the Elgin Commissary Record of January 6, 1648, when James Geddes of Auchenraith assigns a band ([sic], Scots for bond) of August 1, 1633, 'maid to me be umqll. (late or deceased) Alexander Gordon, sumtyme of Oxhill, as principall, and with and for him George Gordone then in Oxhill, now in Newton of Drany, his sone, his caur. for 100 merks'." Noted events in his life were: 1. Received: charter of wadset, 24 April 1638, on Oxhill. 1 2. Raided: house of Alexander Strachan of Glenkindie, 1644, at Auchnagatt. 1 3. Confessed: his rebellion, 2 January 1647, before Fordyce Presbytery. 1 4. Charged: with George Gordon of Leitcheston, 1649, before Committee of Estates. 1 5. Signatory: to a bond, 10 November 1650, at Keith, Banffshire, Scotland. 1 Alexander married. |
1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Lesmoir by Douglas Wimberley.
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