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DAVIDSON, Alexander of Newton of Cusalmond, then of Gight, jure uxoris, Jacobite 1715
(1683-About 1716)
GORDON (MRS DAVIDSON), Marie 10th of Gight
(About 1670-1740)
DUFF, Patrick of Craigston
(1655-1731)
URQUHART, Mary
(About 1685-1764)
GORDON, Alexander 11th of Gight
(1716-1760)
DUFF, Margaret
(1720-1801)
DAVIDSON ALIAS GORDON, Alexander of Newton
(1743-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. DALRYMPLE-HORN ELPHINSTONE, Jean

DAVIDSON ALIAS GORDON, Alexander of Newton 2 3

  • Baptised: 29 December 1743, Fyvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2 4
  • Marriage (1): DALRYMPLE-HORN ELPHINSTONE, Jean on 4 July 1775 in Leith South parish, Midlothian, Scotland 1

   Other names for Alexander were DAVIDSON, Alexander of Newton, DAVIDSON, Alexander 1 and GORDON DAVIDSON, Alexander of Newton.

   User ID: F737

  General Notes:

"DAVIDSON
ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER LAIRD OF GIGHT GORDON MARGARET DUFF FR259 (FR259)
M
29/12/1743
197/ 10 466
Fyvie"

"DAVIDSON
ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER LAIRD OF GIGHT GORDON MARGARET DUFF FR269 (FR269)
M
29/12/1743
197/ 10 486
Fyvie"

from Births and Baptisms




Old Parish Registers
Fyvie parish Aberdeenshire (197/ 10 486)
Baptisms

(On a page devoted only to the Laird of Gight's children baptised between 1740 and 1747)

"December 29th 1743
Gordon of Gight
The Laird of Gight had a Son baptized called Alexander before witnesses" 2 4


Alexander married Jean DALRYMPLE-HORN ELPHINSTONE, daughter of Colonel Robert DALRYMPLE-HORN and Mary ELPHINSTONE, on 4 July 1775 in Leith South parish, Midlothian, Scotland.1 (Jean DALRYMPLE-HORN ELPHINSTONE was born about 1757.)


  Marriage Notes:

"DAVIDSON
ALEXANDER
JEAN DALRYMPLE/FR459 (FR459)
04/07/1775
692/2 110 52
Leith South"

from Index of Marriages 1

Sources

1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Fyvie parish Aberdeenshire Baptisms.

3 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Newton by J.M. Bulloch assisted by D. Wimberley.

4 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

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