GORDON, Robert tacksman of Castletown of Blairfindy ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"GORDON
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WILLIAM GORDON/
M
31/05/1744
145 10 / 107
Aberlour"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Aberlour parish Banffshire
Baptisms

"13 June 1744 (from previous entry; this is second of two; next is 20 June 1744)
Gordon
(given name space left blank) Son to William Gordon in Genrinnes was baptizd witnesses (left blank)"




"Robert Gordon in Castletown, my second lawful son"

from Gordons of Minmore




"Robert Gordon, the second son, tacksman of Castletown of Blairfindy, failed just as publicly, around the same time; indeed he suffered the indignity of a removal to Edinburgh, so often the sign of a flight from creditors to the sanctuary (although there is no trace of his having been 'booked' at that time in the Register of Protections of Sanctuary of Holyroodhouse). In 1795 a summons in the sheriff court at Banff described the fine farm of Castletown, or Easter Blairfindy, as 'being stript of the whole Effects and Stocking thereon, and left without Servants or Cattle of any kind to labour with, so that it is completely laid waste.' On a later occasion that year the sheriff was told, 'That the said Robert Gordon had several months ago absconded and deserted his said possession, and his Creditors had seized on the whole of his Effects, Bestial, and Stocking thereon, and the farm is now completely laid waste without Servants or Cattle to labour it.'

In 1803 the tenancy to Castletown of Blairfindy would be acquired by Lieutenant Robert Grant (b.1760), Mrs. Gordon in Tomnavoulin' s brother "

from Mergers in Messengery ^{1 2 3 4}

  Research Notes:

CASTLETOWN

Listed in scotlandsplaces.gov.uk as "a middling size farm steading ...It derives its name from having been built on the site of Tullochcarron castle. ⁵

Robert married Unknown WIFE.¹ (Unknown WIFE was born about 1750.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Robert Gordon in Castletown. He got £300 under his father's will. He married, and had a son : - (1) John Gordon. (2) Jean Gordon. (3) Margaret Gordon. These girls are mentioned in their uncle William's will."

from Gordons of Minmore ¹