WILSON, Catherine 2 3 4 5
- Born: 13 November 1787 1
- Baptised: 15 November 1787, Gamrie and Macduff parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Hugh of Dominica, Infantry Officer and Merchant on 27 October 1807 1 2
- Died: 10 August 1810, Dee Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2
Other names for Catherine were WILSON, Catharine 3 4 and WILSON, Katherine.1
User ID: P53.
General Notes:
"WILSON
CATHERINE
THOS. WILSON/ELIZABETH WILSON FR546 (FR546)
F
15/11/1787
155
20 / 366
Gamrie and Macduff"
from Births and Baptisms
Note:
Unusually for Scottish records, the OPR Baptisms records the mother's married name in these family records rather than her birth family name. 3
Catherine married Hugh GORDON of Dominica, Infantry Officer and Merchant on 27 October 1807.1 2 (Hugh GORDON of Dominica, Infantry Officer and Merchant was born about 1777.)
Marriage Notes:
"WILSON
CATHARINE
HUGH GORDON/V17 P.319
27/10/1807
168 / A
160 / 191
Aberdeen"
"WILSON
CATHERINE
HUGH GORDON/FR5075 (FR5075)
27/10/1807
168 / A
160 / 191
Aberdeen"
"WILSON
CATHERINE
HUGH GORDON/FR272 (FR272)
27/10/1807
155
10 / 275
Gamrie and Macduff"
from Index of Marriages
"Katherine (Wilson), born 13th Nov. 1787 (marr. 27th Oct. 1807, Hugh Gordon of Dominica)"
from Fasti Ecclesiae
"He seems to be the Hugh Gordon, 'late of Dominica,' who married at Macduff, Oct. 27, 1807, Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, minister of Gamrie ('Scots Mag.') ; she died at Dee Castle, Aug. 10, 1810, after a long illness, aged 22: 'her sweetness of manner and amiable disposition had endeared her to her relatives and gained her the esteem of all who knew her' ('Aberdeen Journal'). He seems to be the Hugh Gordon, Esq., 'late of Dominica,' who was the father of the Rev. Geo. Gordon (1808-39), minister of Knockando (1833-39). Hugh Gordon was apparently the author of 'Sketches and Revolutions of the West Indies,' by a Resident: London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1820: dedicated to James Laing, Esq. of Streatham Hill, London, 'late of Dominica.' "
from The Making of the West Indies
"665 - Hugh (Gordon). 1796-7, sailed from Gravesend to Dominica via Barbadoes and got a com. in the St. George's Lt. Inf., Roseau, Dominica ; took part in a fight with a French privateer, which carried off a large sloop (owned by a Capt. of the reg.) laden with sugar. 1803, in garrison during the insurrection at Guadaloupe. 1804, sent to Prince Rupert's garrison. 1805, Feb.-Jun., took part in defence of Dominica against the French; 'having been exempted from military duty, I offered my services as a supernumerary A.D.C., and was despatched with orders for the light infantry of the St George's regiment to take part at the river side and defend the fort until further orders'; returned to England same year (Sketches and Recollections of the West Indies by a Resident [Hugh Gordon ?], Smith Elder, 1828 ; 8vo, pp. xii, 330; PP- 34, 9 r , 99, 151, 159) Presumably Hugh Gordon, 'late of Dominica,' who m.1807, Oct. 27, at Macduff, Catherine (d. 1810), dau. Rev. Thomas Wilson, minister of Gamrie, and had Rev. George (1808-39), minister of Knockando."
from Gordons Under Arms
Note:
More information about the content of Hugh Gordon's book can be found in The Gordons and Smiths at Minmore, Auchorachan, and Upper Drumin in Glenlivet by J. M. Bulloch (1910)< 1 2 4 5
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