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GORDON, Alexander farmer in Bourtie
(About 1630-)
GORDON, James of Ellon, senior Merchant in Edinburgh, Jacobite 1715, Bailie
(About 1665-Before 1728)
LIVINGSTON, Bessie
(About 1676-)
GORDON, Jean
(1702-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Alexander 8th of Pitlurg

GORDON, Jean 3

  • Baptised: 8 April 1702, Canongate parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Alexander 8th of Pitlurg on 2 March 1717 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2

   Other names for Jean were GORDON, Margaret 1 2 and GORDOUN, Jean.4

   User ID: B842.

  General Notes:

"GORDOUN
JEAN
JAMES GORDOUN/ELIZOBETH LIVEINGSTON FR3965 (FR3965)
F
08/04/1702
685/1 140 88
Edinburgh"

from Births and Baptisms 4


Jean married Alexander GORDON 8th of Pitlurg, son of Robert GORDON 7th of Pitlurg and Jean MAITLAND, on 2 March 1717 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Alexander GORDON 8th of Pitlurg was born about 1660 and died on 27 February 1747 5.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
ALEXANDER
MARGARET GORDON/FR1508 (FR1508)
02/03/1717
685/1 460 201
Edinburgh"

from Index of Marriages




Old Parish Registers
Edinburgh parish Edinburgh
Marriages

"Edinburgh .. 1717 Marriages
2d March
Alexander Gordon of Pitlurg now in S. W parish and Mistris Margaret Gordon Lawfull Daughter to James Gordon Senior Merchant in S. E. parish"

Note:

This is an error. The wife of Alexander Gordon 8th of Pitlurg was Jean Gordon.




"1702. Alexander (Gordon) of Pitlurg. Aberdeenshire 1702-7. Son of Robert G., of Pitlurg, by his wife Jean, dau. of Sir Richard Maitland, Lord Pitrichie. He m. Jean, dau. of James G., of Ellon, and had a s. and dau."

from Appendix IV 1 2 6

Sources


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 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

5 Internet Site, www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon12.php.

6 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1903) Appendix IV Gordons, Members of Parliament, Scotland.

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