GORDON, John of Badenscoth, Merchant in Banff ^{1 2 3}

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John married Bathia DUFF, daughter of William DUFF of Whitehill, Merchant, Provost of Banff and Bathia GARDEN, in October 1738 in Banff parish, Banffshire, Scotland.^{1 2 3} (Bathia DUFF was baptised on 30 July 1719 in Banff parish, Banffshire, Scotland,⁴ died on 15 November 1753 ² and was buried on 19 November 1753 in Banff churchyard, Banffshire, Scotland ^{2 5}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"DUFF
BATHIA
JOHN GORDON/
00/10/1738
147/ 80 18
Banff"

from Index of Marriages




"(272) Here lies interred Bathia Duff, spouse to John Gordon, merchant in Banff, who departed this life the 15th day of November, 1753, in the 35th year of her age."

from The Annals of Banff




"Now, William Duff of Wliitehill, who was Provost of Banff from 1732- 1733, and would therefore still have kept the title (' once Provost, always My Lord '), died in 1740, and his only daughter who lived to grow up, Bathia, had married, in 1738, John Gordon of Badenscoth."

from Book of the Duffs (vol 1) ^{1 2 3}