DASON, John in Mains of Braco ²

   Another name for John was DAVISON, John in Mains of Braco.¹

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  Research Notes:

DAVIDSON

Davison, Dawson, dason etc are recognised surname variants of the surname Davidson.




"Braco. - here were two estates of this name, one in the Garioch with which two Gordons, Britain's representatives in Poland, were connected. The other, described infra, (418)-(421), is in Grange and came into the possession of Harry Gordon of Glassaugh, a cadet of Leichestoun. He is represented to-day by the Gordons of Newtimber Place, Sussex (q.v.)."

from Additions to the Bibliography of Gordon Genealogy
³

John married Elizabeth GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON and Unknown.¹ (Elizabeth GORDON was born about 1724.)

  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Gordon) left a young family, including John, who was a priest at Presholm and was 'out' with Lord Lewis Gordon ; William, a priest ; Peter, whose daughter married Grant of Blairfindy ; Jean, who married Alexander Molison ; and Betty, who married John Davison, Mains of Braco, Grange. The last mentioned had a daughter Margaret (died 1820, aged 82) who married John Gordon of Tullochallum (died 1824, aged 72)."

from Leichestoun ¹