GORDON, James of Cairnbannoch ¹

  General Notes:

"JAMES of Cairnbannoch. The Balbithan MS. makes James the third laird, but I cannot get corroborative evidence from official documents. Cairnbannoch, which is mentioned in a charter of Fergus, Earl of Buchan, in 1214, had originally belonged to the Abbey of Deer (Aberdeen and Banff, p. 470). Almost the only fact about Cairnbannoch that I have discovered is the statement in the Privy Council Register that William Gordon, V. of Gight, demolished the House of Cairnbannoch."

from Gight ¹

James married Daughter CHEYNE, daughter of James CHEYNE 7th of Straloch and Unknown. (Daughter CHEYNE was born about 1505.)

  Marriage Notes:

"James of Cairnbannoch married, according to the Balbithan MS., Cheyne, of the Straloch family."

from Gight

Note: the cheyne family website places the wife of this marriage to James Gordon, son of the William 1st Laird of Gight, but calling him James Gordon 3rd Laird of Gight, as the daughter of John Cheyne 6th of Straloch. The dates however contradict this placing. ¹

James next married.