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GORDON, Alexander 3rd Earl of Huntly
(About 1471-1523)
STEWART, Jean
(About 1472-1510)
KNOWLES, Alexander Burgess of Aberdeen
(About 1490-)
GORDON, William last Pre-Reformation Bishop of Aberdeen, Right Reverend Dr
(About 1499-1577)
KNOWLES, Janet
(About 1520-)
GORDON, John in Aberdeen
(About 1555-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. PARTNER, Unnamed

GORDON, John in Aberdeen 1 2

  • Born: About 1555
  • Partnership (1): PARTNER, Unnamed

   User ID: D7.


John had a relationship with someone Unnamed PARTNER. (Unnamed PARTNER was born about 1570.)


  Marriage Notes:

"The cadents of William Gordon, bishop of Aberdeen, fourth son to Alexander 3d Earl of Huntly. This William Gordon Bishop of Aberdeen had two natural Sons, viz. Mr John Gordon who coft some Houses in the Old town of Aberdeen, and Mr Walter Gordon ; the said Mr John Gordon dyed without Succession, his brother Mr Walter succeeded to his Houses and Lands and married and begat a son called Wm Gordon."

from Balbithan MS




"John and George (Gordon) possessed property in Aberdeen .... John Gordon died without issue (see Note below), and he was succeeded by another brother, 'Mr. Walter who married and had a son, William Gordon' (M. S. Pedigree)."

from Records of Aboyne

Note:

Gordons Under Arms lists a son of this John Gordon named Colonel Alexander Gordon, who may have been born outside of marriage, therefore h. If so, his father may still conform to the description of having 'died without issue', usually meaning legitimate issue. John's brother Walter Gordon was his heir, and this tends to confirm the possibility suggested here. 2 3 4

Sources


1 e-books, Annals of Aberdeen vol.2 by William Kennedy (1818).

2 e-books, The Records of Aboyne 1230-1681 edited by Charles XI Marquis of Huntly (1894).

3 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 3 Gordons Under Arms by C. O .Skelton and J. M. Bulloch (1912).

4 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 1 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1903) Balbithan MS.

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