GORDON, William 1 2
User ID: D8. General Notes: "Adam (Gordon, son of George Gordon of Crichie), of Boghole, in the parish of Newmachar, by the first wife (Balbithan MS.). Half of Boghole had been owned in the sixteenth century by William Gordon, the illegitimate son of William Gordon, Bishop of Aberdeen (fourth son of Alexander, third Earl of Huntly) by Janet Knowles (Records of Aboyne, p. 90). William sold Boghole in 1562 to William Menzies. On June 26, 1608, Adam of Bogholl got sasine in the sunny half of Boghole." |