UNKNOWN, Wife

Wife married William GORDON of Farskane, son of John GORDON of Artloch and Daughter 2 GORDON. (William GORDON of Farskane was born about 1620 and died on 16 June 1692 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Rathven. (S. PETER, APOSTLE.)
[ .... ]

A freestone slab, built into a wall at Farskane, initialed E. H., and dated 1677, presents a carving of the arras of Hamilton of Ruglen - a family, so far as I know, that never had any connection with the locality, unless it may have been that a laird of Farskane married a Hamilton."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions

Note:

Some have, without evidence, supposed a connection with the Dukes of Hamilton. William, second duke of Hamilton married in 1638 Elizabeth Maxwell. They had a daughter Elizabeth who had two husbands, neither surnamed Gordon. Anne, his heir, married in 1656 to William Douglas, and did not have a daughter Elizabeth, whose surname would have been Douglas or Douglas- Hamilton, in any case.

John Douglas-Hamilton, son of William Douglas and Anne Hamilton, was the first Earl of Ruglen and later became Earl of Selkirk. He was born about 1665 and was created Earl of Ruglen in 1697, so the above statement presents some contextual difficulty with regard to him, and should be treated with caution.

The first laird of Farskane's wife is unknown. If 1677 is a correct year for some connection to the Gordon lairds of Farskane, it may represent a death, in which case the information may refer to the first laird's wife. Or, it may point to a marriage - of the second laird of Faskane, as presented here. I either instance it is still unknown to whom it may refer. ^{2 3}