GORDON, George 6th of Gight ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"George Gordon, VI. of Gight.

(Son of V. : died in prison, 1640.)

This laird, the eldest of the fifth laird's seven sons, carried on the family traditions with unswerving fidelity, and his life was one long struggle against law and order."

from Gight




"George Gordon was a Roman Catholic, and the Privy Council was engaged in trying to bring him to justice for several Popish practices, of which he was alleged to have been guilty.

'It was charged against him that at the burial of his mother, Isobel Ochterlony, on a particular day, in the year 1605, he caused his tenant, David Wilson, to carry ane crucifix upon ane spear immediately before the corpse. In like manner, at the burial of William Gordon of Gight in 1605, he had caused George Crawford, his servant, to bear ane crucifix upon ane spear the haill way before the body, he being personallie present on both occasions, whereby as he had offended God, slanderit his Kirk and Holy ministry; sae he has committed a very great contempt against his Majesty, and has violated his Highness' laws and acts of parliament.'

In 1614, the Lairds of Gight and Newton, both Gordons and both Roman Catholics, were sentenced by the Privy Council to perpetual banishment, never to set foot in Scotland, under pain of death, unless they submit themselves to the order of the Kirk.'

from The Thanage of Fermartyn ^{2 4}

George married Isobel WOOD, daughter of Sir Patrick WOOD of Bonnytoun and Jean STEWART, before 1597.^{1 2} (Isobel WOOD was born about 1575.)

  Marriage Notes:

"His (William Gordon's) eldest son George Gordon Sixth Laird of Gight, married the Laird of Bonnytown's Daughter Wood, with whom he begat two sons and three Daughters,"

from Balbithan MS




"Gight was twice married : (1) before 1597 to Isobell, the daughter of Sir Patrick Wood of Bonnyton the name of his lands in Udny and in Forfarshire [...]

Mr. Mair, in his Presbytery Records of Ellon (p. 8), notes that Gight's first wife (Isobell Wood) bore him at least five children before 1597. The Balbithan MS. says that the first wife bore Gight two sons and three daughters, and that his second wife bore him a son and a daughter. " (page 98)

"This was the third alliance of the Gight Gordons with Forfarshire women, for Patrick's father, William, V. of Gight, married an Ochterlony, while his brother, George, VI. of Gight, married Isobell Wood of the House of Bonnyton." (page 61)

from Gight ^{1 2}

George next married Jean ABERNETHY, daughter of George ABERNETHY 7th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy and Margaret STEWART, by 18 May 1617.^{2 3} (Jean ABERNETHY was born about 1582.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Gight was twice married .... (2), before May 18, 1617, to Jean, daughter of George Abernethy, seventh Baron Saltoun, and widow of Sir John Lindsay of Kinfauns.

from Gight




"Jean, married .... secondly, in or before 1617, George Gordon of Gight."

from Scots Peerage (vol 7) ^{2 3}