BLACK, John Wine Merchant, Bordeaux ²

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John married Margaret GORDON, daughter of Robert GORDON 12th of Hallhead, and of Esslemont and Isobell BYRES.¹ (Margaret GORDON was baptised on 31 January 1692 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland ⁴.)

  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."

from DIB

Note:

The Thanage of Fermartyn name John Black's wife as Janet, but other sources call her Margaret. ^{1 2}