GORDON, Elizabeth 1 2User ID: G466. General Notes: Some interesting details about this laird (Francis Gordon 7th of Craig) and his family are given in the Poll Book or List of Pollable Persons in Aberdeenshire 1696. We find there 'The Laird of Craig the greatest heritor in the Parish of Auchindoir ;' 'his valuation £720 [the whole valuation of said Paroch being .£1322 lis.' The laird's poll ,£12 and 6s., the lady 6s., Francis, his son, 16 years of age, William and Alexander, his sons, Agnes, aged 19, Mary, aged 18, Elizabeth, aged 10, Jane and Barbara, all his daughters poll 6s. each." Elizabeth married Alexander STEWART 4th of Lesmurdie, son of James STEWART of Auchorachan, 3rd of Lesmurdie and Margaret DUFF.1 2 (Alexander STEWART 4th of Lesmurdie was born about 1671 and died before 24 January 1759 3.) Marriage Notes: "The son, Alexander Stewart, m. 1st. Elizabeth Gordon, dau. of Francis Gordon, of Craig, and 2ndly, Helen Chalmers" |
1 e-books, A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland vol.2 by Sir Bernard Burke (1847).
2 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Gordon of Craig and Notes on the Cabrach by Douglas Wimberley (1904).
3 e-books, Aberdeen Journal Scottish Notes and Queries vol.1 (1908).
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