GORDON, Alexander 8th of Pitlurg 2 3
General Notes: "... leaving an only son, Alexander, to the guardianship of his great uncle and namesake, Alexander Gordon, the 'Tutor of Pitlurg.' Alexander, who sat as MP for Aberdeenshire in the first Union Parliament, suffered severe financial losses through his investment in the Mississippi scheme, and sold the estates of Pitlurg and Kinmundy in 1724." Alexander married Jean GORDON, daughter of Bailie James GORDON of Ellon, senior Merchant in Edinburgh, Jacobite 1715 and Bessie LIVINGSTON, on 2 March 1717 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Jean GORDON was baptised on 8 April 1702 in Canongate parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 7.) Marriage Notes: "GORDON |
1 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh parish Edinburgh Marriages.
2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.
3 e-books, A Genealogical and Heraldic Histoy of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland by John Burke.
4 Internet Site, www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon12.php.
5 Internet Site, University of Aberdeen Papers of the Gordon family of Pitlurg and Straloch (The Straloch papers) http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/.
6 Will or Testament, 1750 Alexander Gordon Ref CC8/8/113 Edinburgh Commissary Court http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/.
7 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
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