GORDON, John of the 92nd Highlanders, Lieutenant Colonel 1 3 4
- Baptised: 3 November 1751 1 3
- Marriage (1): SUTOR, Elizabeth on 16 September 1784 in Gartly parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2
- Died: 27 March 1827, Coynachie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 4
General Notes:
"909- John. 1778, Sep. 26, Ens., N. Fencibles (L.G.), enlisted six men for the reg. (Gordon Castle Papers). 1779, Apr. 10, Lt. (A.L., 1779-82). 1782, Feb. 13, Ens., Capt. John Mackenzie's Independent Coy.; Jun. 17, Lt. (W.O. Notifications, P.R.O.). 1783, h.p., Waller's Ft. (A.L., 1785-96). 1794, Sep. 12, Lt., 81st Ft., but same day appt. Capt. Lt., 100th Ft. (W.O. Notifications, P.R.O.). 1797, Jun. 20, Capt. (L.G.). 1798, recruited upwards of 40 men in the neighbourhood of Coynachie (Greenhill Gardyne's Life of a Reg., i. 46). 1799, Jan. 19, Maj. 1801, served with Sir Ralph Abercromby's expedition to Egypt. 1805, Jan.1, ret, Bt. Lt. Col. (A.L., 1779-1827).
Younger son of John, in Auchmair, who was the son of Peter, in Haddoch, a supposed cadet of Birkenburn ; bap. 1751, Nov. 3; farmed Coynachie, Gartly ; m. 1784, Sep. 16, Elizabeth Souter, and had John, 962. and William, 1437; d. 1827, Mar. 27, at Coynachie, aged 75 (House of Gordon, n. (322)). Uncle of John, 925"
from Gordons Under Arms
"4. Extract from "Epitaphs and Inscriptions" by John A. Henderson (printed in 1907):
...... According to the late Mr Jervise and Captain Wimberley, he ('John Gordon, sometime farmer in Drwmferg, who dy'd July 21, 1759, aged 51 years') was the father of Lieut. Colonel John Gordon, of the 92nd Highlanders, who died at Coynachie 27th March, 1827, aged 75, and whose widow - Elisabeth Soutar - died at Aberdeen 23rd April, 1842, aged 82. Their eldest son William Gordon, M.D., one of the Judges of the Supreme Court and member of H.M. Council of the island of Jamaica - who married twice and left a family - died at Elgin 26th January, 1838, aged 52. John, the other son, was a General in the Royal Engineers. He died at Culdrain in 1861, and was buried at Drumblade. He was twice married - first, to a daughter of Rev. Dr. Skene Ogilvy, Minister of Old Machar; and, secondly, to Jane, daughter of Andrew Macpherson, Gibston, Huntly. Of their family, William was a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, and died unmarried in 1875; while Cosmo George was Lietenant-Colonel in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and was afterwards in Culdrain."
from Manar Archives 4
John married Elizabeth SUTOR on 16 September 1784 in Gartly parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (Elizabeth SUTOR was born about 1760 and died on 23 April 1842 in Aberdeen, Scotland 4.)
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