FORDYCE, John of Gask ^{1 2}

   User ID: P373.

  General Notes:

"FORDYCE
JOHN
JOHN FORDYCE/
M
01/03/1697
247
10 / 3
Turriff"

from Births and Baptisms ²

John married Barbara GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON in Oldmad, then at Mill of Aberdour and Anna LINDSAY, about 1720.¹ (Barbara GORDON was baptised on 30 September 1692 in New Deer parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ² and died in January 1779 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"369. Fordyce (John) of Gask, eldest son of John Fordyce of Gask and Isohell Lindsay his wife, was baptized on 1st March, 1697. Me married Barbara (iordon, daughter of Alexander Gordon at Mill of Aberdour and Anna Lindsay his wife, and had the estate of Gask settled on him by his father, in which he was infeft 7th February, 1733. He died 27th May, 1762, leaving his affairs involved, so that the lands of Gask were adjudged from his surviving daughters for behoof of his creditors. His wife survived him. They had four sons and eight daughters.


"537. Gordon (Barbara), daughter of Alexander Gordon, latterly at Mill of Aberdour, and Anna Lindsay his wife, was baptized 27th September, 1692, and married about 1720 to her cousin-german, John Fordyce of Gask in the Parish of Turriff. She died in January, 1779. They had three sons and eight daughters."

from Family Record< ¹