GORDON, James 5th of Letterfourie, Jacobite 1715 ²

   Another name for James was GORDON, James of Letterfurie.

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  General Notes:

"25 March 1748 James Gordon of Letterfury was buried."

from Rathven Burials website ³

James married Grizell DUNBAR, daughter of Sir James DUNBAR 2nd Baronet of Durn and Unknown.^{1 2} (Grizell DUNBAR was born about 1685.)

  Marriage Notes:

"To him (James 3rd of Letterfourie) succeeded John Gordon, Thomas Gordon his eldest Son, who married Gordon of Achintoulls Daughter and with her begat one son called James Gordon of Letterfurie who married Grizell Dunbar daughter to Sir William Dunbar of Durn, with whom he begat four sons and four daughters, viz : his eldest son Pat. Gordon, William Gordon, James Gordon, and Alexr Gordon; his eldest daughter Jannet Gordon, his 2d. daughter Anne Gordon married to Logie Ogilvie, his 3d. Jean Gordon who dyed unmarried, and the youngest Mary Gordon; all these save Jean yet live."

from Balbithan MS




"Gordon, James, of Letterfourie
Son of John Gordon of Letterfourie and his first wife Janet Seton. Married in 1696 Glicerie, daughter of Sir James Dunbar, 2nd Baronet of Durn and had four sons and three daughters. He died in 1748, aged 88."

from Jacobites of 1715

Note:
James Gordon's age at death noted here is surely a gross overestimate, not unusual then or now when documents are not available for consultation. The Balbithan MS and then Dr Stephen Ree in Coclarachie in volume 1 of House of Gordon state that James Gordon of Letterfourie's mother was a daughter of Alexander Gordon 2nd of Auchintoul (his brother George 1st of Auchintoul having remained unmarried till death). Alexander's eldest son was born in 1669, and even allowing for only the birth of daughters before him, it is unlikely a daughter of Alexander was born in the mid 1640s or earlier, as would be necessary to be a mother of a son born in 1660.
It may be merely a typographical or a transcription error, though Playfair in British Baronetage says he was 87 years old at death. ^{1 2 4}