GORDON, Margaret 1 2
User ID: K742. General Notes: "GORDON Margaret married John BLACK Wine Merchant, Bordeaux.1 (John BLACK Wine Merchant, Bordeaux was born on 21 July 1681 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland,1 3 died on 19 October 1767 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland 1 3 and was buried on 21 October 1767 in Old Churchyard cemetery, Belfast, Ireland 3.) Marriage Notes: "Black, Joseph (1728\'9699), chemist, was born 16 April 1728 in Bordeaux, France, ninth child among eight sons and five daughters of John Black (1681\'961767), wine-merchant from Belfast, whose family originally came from Scotland, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Gordon of Hillhead (Hallhead), Aberdeenshire, who also worked in the Bordeaux wine trade. John Black settled in Bordeaux in 1699, bought houses, lands, and vineyards and remained there until 1756, when he returned to Blamont North (Ballintaggart), Co. Armagh. His grandfather John Black (1647\'961726) was a merchant in Belfast, married to Jane Eccles, whose brother, Sir John Eccles, had been lord mayor of Dublin and had a street named after him. Two of his brothers, George and Samuel Black, were each mayor of Belfast several times." |
1 Internet Site, https://www.dib.ie/biography/black-joseph-a0685#:~:text=John%20Black%20settled%20in%20Bordeaux,Armagh. Dictionary of Irish Biography Black, Joseph Contributed by Byrne, Patricia M.
2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
3 Internet Site, https://www.blackfamilygenealogy.org/john-black-and-margret-gordon/ John Black b 1681 and Margaret Gordon b 1692.
4 e-books, The Thanage of Fermartyn by William Temple (1894).
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