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GORDON, Alexander 2nd of Kennerty
(About 1468-Before 1526) |
GORDON, Alexander 2nd of Kennerty 2
Other names for Alexander were GORDON, Alexander of Kennertie,1 GORDON, Alexander of Kennathie,1 GORDON, Alexander of Knockinaird 2 and GORDOUN, Alexander of Kennerty and lord of Braredoch.1 User ID: J391. 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." 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)." |
1 e-books, The Records of Aboyne 1230-1681 edited by Charles XI Marquis of Huntly (1894).
2 e-books, The Gordons of Kennerty and Braichlie A House with a Vendetta by Dr John M. Bulloch (at http://www.famhist.us/2011/08/14/the-gordons-of-kennerty-and-braichlie/).
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