MOIR, Mariori ²

   Other names for Mariori were MOIR, Mary ⁴ and MORE, Marjorie.^{1 3}

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  General Notes:

"MORE
MARJORIE
WILLIAM MORE/MARGARET SKEINE
F
22/05/1661
168/A 40 404
Aberdeen"

from Births and Baptisms ³

  Research Notes:

GEORGE GORDON AND MARY OR MARJORIE MOIR

In Aberdeenshire in the 1680s two different men named George Gordon married two different women named Marjory or Marjorie Moir. Each couple had children.

We read in volume 2 of House of Gordon about George Gordon 2nd laird of Sheelagreen and 1st of Rothney, of the family the Newton Gordon, who were cadets of Lesmoir: "George Gordon married (1) Helen, daughter of - Erskine of Rothnne (Newton MS.); and (2) before 1685, Marjorie (born 1657), daughter of John Moir, I. of Barnes (Mitchell Gill's Moir-Byres, p. 80)."

Elsewhere in House of Gordon we read about James Gordon who inherited Knockespock:

"James ... was the eldest son of George Gordon of Knockespock, by his first wife, Mary, daughter of Dr. Moir of Scotstown. George was the second son of Harry of Auchlyne, who again was the fifth son of William Gordon, III. of Terpersie by his wife, a daughter of Gordon of Leichiston, son of James, I. of Lesmoir."

Now Dr William Moir of Scotstown did have a daughter Mary, but she was baptized in 1676, and the first legitimate child of George Gordon, later to purchased Knockespock, was baptized in 1687. The baptism records of George Gordon's children recorded only the father's name. However Dr Moir had several daughters among whom was Marjory, baptized in 1661. Mary and Marjory are names misreported for each other on occasion with reference to earlyish records because the form 'mariore' was used, which in old handwriting is reasonably similar to 'maria' or 'marie'.

Mariori married George GORDON 8th of Knockespock (3rd group), Burgess of Aberdeen, son of Harry GORDON of Auchlyne and Marjorie INNES 'of Tillbourie', on 20 December 1685 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.^{1 2} (George GORDON 8th of Knockespock (3rd group), Burgess of Aberdeen was born about 1650 and was buried in Clatt Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

"MOIR
MARIORI
NAME NOT GIVEN/GORDON/FR4119 (FR4119)
20/12/1685
168/A 120 593
Aberdeen"

from Index of Marriages


"June 18, 1705. Marjorie More, spouse to George Gordon of Knockespock, one Three pleughs of Newtoun of Knockespock, produced the eighteenth day of June 1705. Be Robert Irvine wreiter in Aberdein, and registrat in the 18 leaff. Mr. Alex.
Innes, nottar yrto."

from Aberdeen Sasine Register Moir References




"George (Gordon) is given in the Balbithan MS. as 'of Knockespock'. He is apparently the George Gordon who had sasine in the lands of Kirktown of Dyce, Clatt, on a disposition made by John Gordon of Glenbucket, on March 23, 1705. He also bought Knockespock in 1705 from this John, who was the son of his aunt Mary, daughter of Patrick Gordon, I. of Badenscoth. John was the famous Jacobite general. George married

(1) Marjory, daughter of Dr. William Moir, II. of Scotstoun,

and (2) Jean, daughter of --- Leith of Harthill.

They had : -

(1) James of Knockespock, who bought Terpersie from the York Buildings Company. He also owned Auchlyne. He died in 1768.

(2) George, who was excluded from the entail.

(3) Harry of Knockespock. He died 1787.

(4) Patrick : killed in duel in Grenada in 1769.

(5) Margaret : married James Brebner in Towie. She was the ancestress of the present laird of Knockespock.

(6) Barbara : married William Grant. (7) Jeannie ? She seems to have been the heroine of Burns's verses on "Highland Harry/' who was Harry Lumsden of Cushnie. The extremely complicated succession to Knockespock will be dealt with in a future volume."

ffrom Terpersie
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