GORDON, Margaret 1
- Born: About 1618
- Marriage (1): GORDON, James Minister of Rothiemay parish, Reverend Mr in July 1643 1
- Died: 2 November 1662
User ID: L599.
Margaret married Reverend Mr James GORDON Minister of Rothiemay parish, son of Robert GORDON of Straloch, 5th of Pitlurg, Cartographer and Catherine IRVINE, in July 1643.1 (Reverend Mr James GORDON Minister of Rothiemay parish was born on 16 May 1617 in Kinmundy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 and died on 26 September 1686.)
Marriage Notes:
(at Rothiemay in 1641)
"James Gordon, born Kinmundy, 17th May 1617, fifth of the eleven sons of Sir Robert G. of Straloch and Pitlurg, the geographer and antiquary, and a daugh. of Alexander Irvine of Lynturk; educated at King s College, Aberdeen; M.A. (1636); licen. by Presb. of Strathbogie in 1639; pres. Sept. 1640 by the trustees of William Gordon of Rothiemay (the Presb. having accepted his nomination in place of William Milne, its own presentee), and adm. before 11th May 1641; died 26th Sept. 1686.
He assisted his father in his geographical studies, and in the preparation of the Scottish maps for Bleau's Atlas. The earliest known views of historic buildings in Edinburgh (The Castle, Holyrood, Parliament Hall, etc.), and others throughout Scotland, were sketched by him. He executed a large map of Edinburgh (1646-7) [engraved by De Witt], for which the magistrates gave him 500 merks, made him a burgess, and 'treated him to a collation'; For a plan of Aberdeen done at the request of the Town Council in 1661, he received a silver cup weighing twenty ounces, a silk hat, and a silk gown for his wife. On 1st Sept. 1647 the General Assembly gave him permission to proceed to Stirlingshire 'for drawing the mappe thereof'; The Memoirs of Scots Affairs, 1620-51, now definitely proved to have been his, and written between 1659 and 1661, throws a clear light on many of the events of his time the Covenanting epoch and the Wars of Montrose.
He was admonished more than once for a remissness in the exercise of discipline against persons suspected of anti-Covenanting leanings. He lived a quiet, uneventful life, and was more a man of study and research than ecclesiastic or bigot.
He marr.
(1) July 1643, Margaret (died 2nd Nov. 1662), daugh. of William Gordon of Rothiemay. She left 1000 merks for the use of the schoolmaster at Rothiemay. They had issue Elizabeth (marr. George Chalmer, min. of Drumblade); Anna (marr. Alexander Gellie, min. of Fordyce)"
from Fasti Ecclesiae 1
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