GORDON, Jean 1
- Born: About 1770
- Marriage (1): GRANT, Robert of Castletown, Lieutenant on 15 April 1819 in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland 1 2
Another name for Jean was GORDON, Jane.2
User ID: N110.
Jean married Lieutenant Robert GRANT of Castletown, son of Alexander GRANT in Tomnavoulin, Jacobite 1745 and Unknown, on 15 April 1819 in St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland.1 2 (Lieutenant Robert GRANT of Castletown was born in 1760 1 and died after 27 May 1823 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"GRANT
ROBERT
GORDON
JANE
15/4/1819
Edinburgh, St Mary's Cathedral"
from Index of Roman Catholic Marriages
"GRANT
ROBERT
JANE GORDON
15/04/1819
685 / 3
190 / 223
Canongate"
from OPR Index of Marriages
"Back in Glenlivet, Lieutenant Robert, Barbara's uncle, would be unfavourably described in the 1821 estate ledger with this candid statement by the Duke of Gordon's factor: 'Well known he & his son bad characters'. In fact, Robert had been recorded as a defaulter even at the age of thirteen, in 1773, when he ran away from school at Scalan. Under the date of 28th July 1818, the Register of Protections of Sanctuary of Holyroodhouse lists 'Lieut. Robert Grant, Castletown' - thus giving evidence of his notour bankruptcy. The Duke of Gordon's Ledger for Glenlivet and Strathavon (1821) then records, 'August, 21. Roup of the Effects belonging to Castletown.' However, perhaps his stay in Edinburgh had at least made an honest woman of his house keeper, Jean Gordon, the mother of his children, Charles and Barbara. The marriage is recorded of a couple of their names on 15th April 1819, in the Canongate." (page 50)
from Mergers in Messengery 1 2 3
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