![]() |
![]() |
|
|
|
|
|
|
GORDON, Thomas in Auchleuchries, then Tornabowe
(About 1614-Before 1670) |
GORDON, Thomas in Auchleuchries, then Tornabowe 2
Other names for Thomas were GORDON, Thomas in Auchleuchries, Mr 2 and GORDONE, Thomas.1 User ID: X355. General Notes: '4. Thomas Gordon. In 1633 Mr William Lumsden, advocate in Aberdeen, "one of the curatores of Thomas Gordon, lauchfull bairn to umquhill Patrick Gordon of Nethermuir," declared that Thomas was the creditor of Robert Innes of Balvenie for the sum of 500 merks ("Book of Annualrentaris:" Spalding Club Misc., iii., 101).Thomas followed his brother John (Littlejohn's "Sheriff Court," iii., 20) to Auchleuchries, for "Mr" Thomas Gordon in Auchleuchries, "as assignee of James Gordon, lawful son of the late Patrick Gordon of Nethermuir," appears on July 28, 1643, as "heir of the late Patrick Gordon, his brother german." Noted events in his life were: 1. Supplication: by Strachan of Glenkindie, 6 March 1649, to Parliament. 2 'Thomas was involved with a gang of men in an attack on Alexander Strachan of Glenkindie. Strachan was a Covenanter, and on March 6, 1649, Parliament considered his supplication against "Mr Thomas Gordon in Auchtileuthres," John Gordon of Auchtileuthres, and thirty one other men. They had 2. Sasine: Thomas referred to as 'umquhill', 20 December 1670. 2 'Thomas Gordon is described in a sasine given to General Patrick Gordon, December 2Q, 1670, as "in Turnalow" ("Tornabowe ?") and as "umquhill" ("Particular Register of Sasines for Aberdeenshire," vol. vii., fol. 232-234)...and the above sasine was given in presence of his son,James Gordon' Thomas married Janet LUMSDEN on 3 January 1643 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 (Janet LUMSDEN was born about 1620.) Marriage Notes: "GORDONE |
1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.
2 e-books, The Gordons of Nethermuir by John Malcolm Bulloch (1913).
3 e-books, Records of the Sheriff Court of Aberdeenshire ed. David Littlejohn (1904-7).
© Copyright 2024 Mary McGonigal
Home | Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List
This website was created 7 September 2024 with Legacy 9.0, a division of MyHeritage.com; content copyrighted and maintained by website owner