GORDON, Harry in Knock ¹

   Other names for Harry were GORDON, Harie in Knock and GORDON, Harry of the Knock.²

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  General Notes:

"Knock lies in the parish of Glenmuick, and was held by his mother in liferent. On the back of the lease of 1550 is a notarial instrument of discharge granted by Harie Gordon in Knock, son of the relict of Alexander Gordon, sometime of Birkenburne, that the lands were redeemed in 1588."

"The Balbithan MS. dismisses the incident (of the death of Harry Gordon after his sons were killed by Forbes) baldly by saying that Harry Gordon was killed 'att the herschip of Glenmuick and Abergeldie in 1592 with the Baron ot Brackley'."

from Birkenburn ¹

Harry married Margaret BARCLAY, daughter of Walter BARCLAY of Bathnagoak, then of Newton and of that Ilk and Jonet FORBES.¹ (Margaret BARCLAY was born about 1568.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Harry Gordon, according to the Balbithan MS., married 'Walter Barclay's daughter'. In the Records of Invercauld (p. 8), quoting an old Farquharson pedigree, she is called "a daughter of [Walter ?] Barclay, brother of Barclay of Gartley". After Gordon's death she married John Farquharson of Invercauld."

from Birkenburn ¹