GORDON, George Merchant in Elgin ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

"GORDON
GEORGE
AL. GORDON/
M
12/08/1645
130 10 / 14
DRAINIE"

from Births and Baptisms



Old Parish Registers
Drainie parish Moray
Baptisms

"Baptisms Anno 1645
Gordon
1645
August
12th : Al: Gordon in Saturhill had his son Bd. George"




"George Gordon was baptised Aug. 12, 1645, and became a merchant in Elgin. He occupied an influential position, as the following document, dated Oct. 16, 1672, serves to show :

' I, John, be the mercie of God Bishope of Ross, be thir presents mak, constitut and ordaine George Gordon, merchand in Elgin, my vndoubted and irrevocable factor and chamberland, to the effect efterspecifeitt, giveing, granting and committing to him my full power and commissione in my name and vpon my behalf to intrumitt with . . . the haill maillis, fearmes, dewties . . . payable to me furth of my lands, milnes . . . about the brugh of Elgin ... and that for the croft and years of God Im. vie. thrie score ellevin and tuelff yeares ( the years 1671-72) . . . lyckas the said George Gordone as principall, and Marjorie Geddes, his mother, as cautioner for him, is to mak compt and reckoning and payment to me';

dated at Fortrose, 1 Oct. 1672, and at Elgin 16 Oct. 1672; and recorded in Elgin Commissary Records, 17 Oct. 1672."

from The Gordons of Salterhill< ^{1 3 4}

George married Isobel INNES in October 1683.¹ (Isobel INNES was born about 1645 and died in 1686 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"George Gordon married (1) in October, 1683, Isobel Innes, daughter of Colin Innes, glover in Elgin, and she died in 1686."

from Gordons of Salterhill ¹

George next married Helen OGILVIE on 17 June 1687 in Cullen parish, Banffshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Helen OGILVIE was born about 1660.)

  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
GEORGE
HELEN OGILVIE/
17/06/1687
150 20 / 357
CULLEN"

from Index of Marriages




"He (George Gordon) married (before 1689) Helen Ogilvie, who survived him."

from The Gordons of Salterhill ^{1 2}