GORDON, James of Cobairdy, Jacobite 1745 ^{1 2 3 4}

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James married Mary FORBES, daughter of James FORBES 15th Lord Forbes and Mary FORBES.^{1 2} (Mary FORBES was born about 1721 and died on 21 June 1793 in Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Gordon, James, of Cobairdy,

Son of Sir James Gordon 2nd Baronet of Park, by his second wife Margaret Elphinstone, widow of George Leslie of Balquhain. Probably born in 1723. He married Mary Forbes, daughter of James, 15th Lord Forbes, who is described as 'a very sweet tempered woman, but not very handsome,' and by her had James, born 1742, Ernest, born 1743, and William, born 1744. He escaped to France, and in 1747 was living at Cleves. He died in Aberdeen on 11 May 1773."

from Jacobites of 1715 and 1745




"Mary (Forbes), married to James Gordon of Cobairdy ; died at Glenkindie 21 June 1793, leaving issue."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ^{1 2}