GORDON, Harry in Knock 1
Other names for Harry were GORDON, Harie in Knock 1 and GORDON, Harry of the Knock.2 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." Research Notes: KNOCK Harry married Margaret BARCLAY, daughter of Walter BARCLAY of Bathnagoak, then of Newton and of that Ilk and Jonet FORBES. (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." 1 |