GORDON, Alexander 2nd of Kennerty ²

   Other names for Alexander were GORDON, Alexander of Kennathie,¹ GORDON, Alexander of Knockinaird,² GORDON, Alexander of Kennertie ¹ and GORDOUN, Alexander of Kennerty and lord of Braredoch.¹

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  General Notes:

"Instrument of Sasine proceeding on certain letters written on paper, emanating from an honourable man, Alexander Gordon of Kennerty, sealed with his seal, in favour of a prudent man, Thomas Crukschank, dwelling in the Kirkland of Obin (Aboyne), his heirs and assignees, of all and sundry the lands of Balnacrag, lying in the lordship of Obin, within the Sheriffdom of Aberdeen, in assedation during the lifetime of the said Thomas, and to his heirs, &c., after his decease for 19 years. Sasine is given by Donald Aufurd, as bailie for the granter, at Balnacrag on 24 May 1498 : Witnesses, Alexander Thomson Aufurd, John Varrat, David Clerk, and William Matheson : notary, James Strathauchin."

"In 1500 Alexander Gordon had sasine of the lands of Kennertie, and in the Index to the Libri Responsionum is a memorial anent the lands of Kennertie, within Aberdeenshire. In 1501 the sum of £100 was paid for the ward and relief of Kennertie, now belonging to Alexander Gordon (Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, p. 272). Alexander Gordon was witness in 1505 to the protest of Alexander Comyn, Lord of Culter, in consequence of the abstraction of the seal of a charter, granted by King Alexander II. to his ancestor, of the Baronies of Culter and Tullibody, while it was in the custody of Alexander Burnet of Leys, his grandfather. He is also juror same year on the Retour of Thomas Fraser, as heir to his father Sir Andrew Fraser of Stonywood."

from Records of Aboyne ¹

  Research Notes:

The Balbithan document reports two sons named Alexander, one of Kennathill, and one of Knockinaird. ²

Alexander married Unnamed WIFE.¹ (Unnamed WIFE was born about 1480.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Thomas (Gordon) is said to have married a daughter of Duncan Grant, by whom he had Alexander of 'Kennathie' (? Kennertie, pp. 25, 27), and James Gordon in Knock. Alexander of 'Kennathie' had sons -Thomas of 'Kennathie,' dwelling in Glenmuick, John, and Alexander of Toldow (MS. Pedigree, circa 1580)."

from Records of Aboyne ¹