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GORDON, James of Ellon, senior Merchant in Edinburgh, Jacobite 1715, Bailie
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GORDON, James of Ellon, senior Merchant in Edinburgh, Jacobite 1715, Bailie 2 3 4 5 6 7
Other names for James were GORDON, James wright 1 and GORDOUN, James.6 User ID: B834. General Notes: "The Errol family had long before this time (1640) acquired the whole barony of Esslemont, and it remained in their possession until 17---, when it passed, by purchase, to James Gordon of Ellon and Esslemont. He was, according to the author of the View of the Diocese, son to a farmer in Bourtie, and a merchant in Edinburgh, and at one time a baillie there, and a rich man. A terrible tragedy took place in his family, when two of his children were cruelly murdered by their tutor in Edinburgh. Robert Irvine, the assassin, after the deed, attempted suicide, but was prevented, and being taken 'red hand,' was summarily executed between Leith and Edinburgh. James Gordon sold Esslemont in 1727 to Robert Gordon of the Hallhead family." (page 512) James married Bessie LIVINGSTON on 16 June 1691 in Canongate parish, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Bessie LIVINGSTON was born about 1676.) Marriage Notes: "GORDON |
1 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Canongate parish Edinburgh Marriages.
2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.
3 Internet Site, http://www.cranntara.org.uk/ellon.htm.
4 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Canongate parish Edinburgh Baptisms.
5 National Records of Scotland, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Legal records - Wills and testaments.
6 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
7 e-books, Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 North East Scotland by Frances McDonnell (in paper Clearfield 1996).
8 e-books, Collections for a History of the Shires of Aberdeen and Banff ed. Joseph Robertson (1843).
9 e-books, The Thanage of Fermartyn by William Temple (1894).
10 Internet Site, https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/ id=15601&transcript=1 The Word on the Street Broadside Regaring the Confession of Robert Irvine.
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