GORDON, Adam of Auchindoun ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"3. Adam (Gordon). He appears last in the remainder in a charter of the earldom and lands of Sutherland to John, Earl of Sutherland, 29 April 1601. He resigned the lands of Aboyne 22 June 1620, and was thereafter known as of Auchindoun. As Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, he was made an honorary burgess of Aberdeen 14 August 1619. He was living at Auchindoun in 1642, unmarried."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"The following Tack by Alexander Gordon of Cluny corrects the mistake into which genealogists have fallen in regard to the seniority of the children of George, first Marquis of Huntly. Lawrence Gordon, in whose favour this Tack of the Teind Sheaves of Meikle Coldstone, &c., is drawn up, had Sasine on the lands of Cabrach, and pasturage thereof, on 16th March 1605 (Aberdeen Sasines,vol. iv.). John Gordon, who, with Sophia Hay his spouse, had Sasine on the lands of Aboyne 8th July 1626, afterwards became Viscount Melgum and Aboyne, and was burnt at Frendraught Tower in 1630, was fifth son instead of second, and Adam Gordon, who had Sasine of the Lordship of Aboyne on 19th March 1605, was third son. Adam Gordon granted renunciation of the lands and Lordship of Aboyne, in favour of his father, on 22nd June 1620, and six years later his brother John was infeft in the lands and living of Aboyne (Aberdeen Sasines, vols, ii., v.)."

"Adam of Aboyne. He resigned the lands of Aboyne on 22nd June 1620, and was henceforth styled of Auchindoun.

from Records of Aboyne ^{1 2}