GORDON, Margaret ^{2 3}

   Another name for Margaret was GORDONE, Margaret.¹

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  General Notes:

"This Margaret Gordone dyed in the year 1506 ; and her testament or later will is dated the penult of Februarie that year. She was aunt, or father sister to that George Earle of Huntly who dyed at Corichie."

from Family of Rose of Kilravock ¹

Margaret married Hugh ROSE 8th of Kilravock, son of Hugh ROSE 7th of Kilravock and Marion MACINTOSH, on 26 June 1484.^{1 2} (Hugh ROSE 8th of Kilravock was born about 1445 and died on 17 March 1517 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

" He (Hugh Rose) was next maried to Margaret Gordoune, sister to George Earle of Huntly, in the year 1484; the tocher being three hundred and fourscor merks, to be payed, fourtie libs, yearly, twentie libs, at Martinmas, twentie libs, at Whitsunday, till it were payed off. This, June 26, 1484. Som through mistake have alleaged this Margaret Gordone to have been a naturall daughter of the familie of Huntlie; but George Marques of Huntly, (called with the lukkon hand) who certainly might best have known the truth of anie, told Mr. John Rose, father to the laird of Pettindreich, that he had her mothers contract of marriage in his charter kist. Her mother was Cuming, a daughter of the familie of Altyre, called, for her singular beauty, the Fair Maiden of Murray; and it was nothing strange that ane aged nobleman should marie such a gentlewoman for his fancie. There was another of her daughters maried in the familie of Innes."

from Family of Rose of Kilravok




"Margaret (Gordon), married, 26 June 1484, to Hew Rose, sixth Laird of Kilravock, and died about 1506."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4) ^{1 2}