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GORDON, Adam of Aberlour 1
- Born: About 1650 1
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: 30 March 1695 1
- Buried: 1695, Chapelford Graveyard, Braes of Enzie, Moray, Scotland 1
User ID: B309.
General Notes:
"Aberlour Adam Gordon Two hundreth and fifty libs 250 o o"
from Valuation Roll of Banffshire (1690)
Here lyes ADAM GORDON, youngest son of
Thomas Gordon of Glestirim, and Anna Gordon, eldest daughter of the Laird of Bucky. He dyed
the 44th year of his age, the 30 of March 1695
Here one doth ly of honorable birthe,
Sauoring of Heauen, while he liud on earth
Who by deuotion made his frequent flights,
And sheus desire to be with heauenly lights.
To God his king & contry
& True & dutiful in all relations,
Too, fors children, seruants, neighbours, & his wife
Found him exemplar by an holy life,
He's mised by those & by the endigent;
Then let him haue what to the Lord he lent.
Requiescat in pace.
Inscription in Chapelford Graveyard
"APPENDIX I.
GORDONS MENTIONED IN SERVICES OF HEIRS IN
SCOTLAND, FROM 1545 TO 1799.
(James Gordon), f. legitimus quondam Adami de Aberlour, h. Georgii f. legitimi quondam magistri Roberti scribae in Edinburgh, f. fratris I. G., 19 June 1697
[translation: James, lawful son of the late Adam of Aberlour, heir to George lawful son of the late master Robert, clerk/writer in Edinburgh, his brother's son ]"
from House of Gordon 1 2 3
Research Notes:
RETOURS
"When a Scottish landowner died, the heir could not succeed to the lands until his claim had been formally recognised and he had been served nearest lawful Heir. The procedure to do this began with a Brieve of Inquest (writ) sent from Chancery to the Sheriff of the county in which the lands were situated. The brief instructed him to appoint a jury and hold an inquiry into the claimant's right to succession and into other questions related to the value of the land, the feudal superior and the feudal service of the land holding. The findings of the inquiry were then sent back to Chancery (i.e. retoured) and recorded in the Record of Retours now held in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Retours, which were written in Latin were of two kinds, general retours and special retours. A general retour established the claim of the heir by descent but did not detail the lands of his ancestor whereas special retours not only established the claim but also specified the lands to which he was entitled."
from gould.com website 4
Adam married.
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