GORDON, William 2nd of Aberdour ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"The father of the above first-named Mr (William) Gordon was tenant of the Milltown of Aberdour, also factor for the 3d Earl of Aberdeen and for General Gordon of Fyvie. He bought the estate of Aberdour, and founded the village of New Aberlour. His son, who died as above in 1839, sold the estate shortly before his death. It is a tradition that the Lieutenant fell in a duel with a Frenchman, who appears to have been a good marksman, for it is added that he had previously shot three or four antagonists under similar circumstances. Lieut. G.'s grandfather died in 1785."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions ³

William married Mary Findlater ROSE, daughter of William ROSE of Montcoffer, Factor to Earl Fife and Mary ROBINSON, on 22 January 1794 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.¹ (Mary Findlater ROSE was born on 26 March 1778 ², baptised on 30 March 1778 in King Edward parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,⁴ died on 18 January 1828 and was buried in Aberdour Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

"ROSE
MARY
WILLIAM GORDON/FRMR4-48
22/01/1794
685 / 1 520
EDINBURGH"

"ROSS
MARY
WILLIAM GORDON/FR2222 (FR2222)
22/01/1794
685 / 1 520 / 161
EDINBURGH"

from Index of Marriages




"This Mary Gordon was the eldest of sixteen children. It is apparently to her father that Mrs. Grant of Laggan refers in Letters from the Mountains, October 1802.

'Gordon of A has nothing extraordinary about him, but that at twenty-five he is married and has already four daughters,'

but she understated the case, as there would seem to have been at that period five daughters and two sons. He was, however, thirty years of age and his wife twentythree. William Gordon married Mary Rose of Montcoffer, January 2 (22 per register), 1794, and had : Mary (above), born February 6, 1795; Alicia, born March 19, 1796; Alexander, born April 22, 1797; Penelope, born January 3, 1799 (m. Patrick Duff of Carnousie, q.v.); William, born January 18, 1800; Huntly, born May 13, 1801 (m. Captain Marshall); Magdalen, born January 4, 1802." (page 335, note 1)

from Book of the Duffs (vol 1)




(Aberdour parish Aberdeenshire)

"An aisle on the south side of the ruins of the church was erected by Mr Gordon of Aberdour. It contains a handsome marble tablet, with the Gordon and Rose arms, quartered ; also an inscription to the following effect: -

To the memory of William Gordon of Aberdour, who died 11 Nov. 1839, aged 67 ; and of his wife Mary Rose, eldest daughter of William Rose of Ballivat, who died 18 Jan. 1828, aged 49 ; and of their children : John, who died in October 1802, in infancy ; Alicia, who died 2 August 1810, aged 14 ; Anna, who died 4 Feb. 1822, aged 16 ; Elisabeth, who died 28 Augt. 1826, aged 16 ; Alexander, lieutenant of the Coldstream Guards, who died 1 April 1818, aged 20 ; George, who died in Surrey, 7 Dec. 1820, aged 7 ; and William, who died at St Kitts, 18 June, aged 40."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions ^{1 2 3}