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GORDON, Thomas of Kethocksmill, bailie in Old Aberdeen, Mr
(About 1598-)
LEITH, Catherine
(About 1600-)
GORDON, Patrick Professor of Hebrew, King's College Aberdeen, Mr
(About 1613-1693)
HARVIE, Marie
(About 1630-)
GORDON, George Professor of Hebrew, King's College Aberdeen
(1673-1730)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. FRASER, Margaret

GORDON, George Professor of Hebrew, King's College Aberdeen 3 4 5

  • Baptised: 23 May 1673, Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 3 5 6
  • Marriage (1): FRASER, Margaret on 12 September 1705 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2 3
  • Died: By 28 December 1730 1

   Another name for George was GORDON, George Professor of Oriental Languages in Kings College, Mr.7 8 9

   User ID: P16.

  General Notes:

"GORDON
GEORG
PATRICK GORDON/
M
23/05/1673
168 / B
10 / 295
Old Machar"

from Births and Baptisms




"PROFESSORS OF HEBREW

1693, March 1. Mr. George Gordon. See Minute of 23rd February, 1719.

William by the grace of God king of Great Brittain France and Ireland, defender of the faith, to all our subjects whom it effeirs:

Forasmuch as we, considering that by a signature under our royall hand dated the 29th Aprile 1695 years, did, for the advancement of learning and religion, mortifie and dispone in favours of the principall proffessors and masters of the university of Aberdeen the soume of 300 sterling yearly, to be uplifted out of the rents and revenues of the bishopricks of our kingdom, faln in our hands by the abolition of Episcopacy . . . and being also informed that a part of the said pounds may be more usefully bestowed for the ends aforesaid, as a sallary to a proffessor of the orientall languages, for his encouragement to teach the same in the said university; therefor witt ye us to have allocat . . . the remaining soume of 1200 merks thereof to be settled on Mr. George Gordon (to whom we have granted a presentation to be professor of the orientall languages of the forsaid university of Aberdeen) and that as a yearly fee and sallary to him for teaching and professing the saids languages."

"Grant by King William III., 1st March, 1698/9; confirmed by subsequent grant of 30th November, 1699."

"1701, May 8. The masters nominate the Subprincipal (Mr. George Fraser) and the Professor of Hebrew (Mr. George Gordon : Dean of Faculty of Divinity for one year) delegates for election of a Professor of Divinity. Mr. Thomas Hoog, minister at Campvere, is chosen, 8th October."

"1703, April 14. Mr. Hoog having 'utterly declined,' the masters nominate the Humanist (Mr. Alexander Gordon) and the Professor of Hebrew (Dean of Faculty of Divinity for one year) delegates for the same purpose...'

from Officers and Graduates 1


George married Margaret FRASER on 12 September 1705 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 2 3 (Margaret FRASER was born about 1680 and died on 20 November 1753 1 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
GEORGE
MARGARET FRASER/
12/09/1705
168 / B
60 / 315
Old Machar"

from Index of Marriages




"(George Gordon) Born 23rd May, 1673; 12th September, 1705, married Margaret, daughter of Mr. George Fraser. She died 20th November, 1753."

from Officers and Graduates 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, Officers and Graduates of University and King's College Aberdeen ed P.J.Anderson (1893).

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, Aberdeen Journal Scottish Notes and Queries 2nd series vol.2 July 1900-June 1901 (1901).

4 Internet Site, http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/ Collection: GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections Ref No MS 3107.

5 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

6 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Old Machar parish Aberdeenshire Baptisms.

7 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

8 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Old Machar Parish Aberdeen Baptisms 1725.

9 Internet Site, https://www.threestones.co.uk/books/epitaphs/cabrach.html The Gordons.

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