ANDERSON, Alexander of Arradoul, elder, Jacobite 1715 ^{1 3}

   Another name for Alexander was ANDERSON, Alexander of Auchinreath.⁵

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  General Notes:

"In the Letter from Lord Chief Justice Cockburn to Lord Townshend from Edinburgh, September 8, 1716 he writes a list of "severall heretors in the county of Banff, who had been in arms for the rebellion". Seventh on his list was "Alexander Anderson of Arradoull."




"Arradoul was sold to the Marquis of Huntly on Oct. 15, 1700, George Gordon (5th of Arradoul) having accumulated debts which were assigned to the Marquis (Gordon Castle Inventory).

All these debts were liquidated by about 1710, and on June 17, 1712, the Marquis granted a feu contract of the estate to Alexander Anderson of Auchinreath, who got sasine August 1, 1712. Who was really in possession of Arradoul between 1700 and1712 I do not know.

It may be noted in parenthesis that this transference did not mitigate the Royalist tendencies of the owner of Arradoul, for Anderson's wife was a great Jacobite. She was Rebecca Dunbar (see Note 1 below), elder daughter of Archibald Dunbar of Thunderton....

....I have noted that Alexander Anderson of Auchinreath got sasine on Arradoul in 1712. He in turn got into difficulties and parted with Arradoul to George Gordon of Buckie (who got sasine March 9, 1736), in security for 5000 merks ('Banffshire Sasines'). This George Gordon of Buckie is probably the 'laird of Arradoul' who took Alexander Geddes (born 1737, afterwards Bishop (see Note 2 below)) into his family to be educated with his own boys. 'From the hospitable manner of the laird of Arradoul and by the immediate interference of his patron,' Geddes at the age of fourteen was removed to ScaIan ('Memoirs of Rev. Alexander Geddes,' by John Mason Good, p. 11).' "

from Gordons of Cairnfield

Notes:

1

Two men named Alexander Anderson of Arradoul died in the first half of the 18th century: one in 1725, and another in 1739. The author of Gordons of Cairnfield writes, in the extract above, as if Rebecca Dunbar was the wife of the first Alexander Anderson of Arradoul, but dating and external evidence suggests she was the wife of Alexander Arradoul, younger, who died in 1739.

2

Alexander Geddes is confused here with John Geddes, who did become Bishop John Geddes. William James Anderson writes: "We should much like to have an exact pedigree and in particular his exact kinship to Dr. Alexander Geddes, who was certainly a 'cousin' and certainly not a brother as is stated in the Dictionary of National Biography. Alexander was two years younger and they were schoolboys together."




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Alexander married Anne GORDON, daughter of Sir John GORDON 3rd of Park and Cluny, Baronet and Katharine OGILVY.^{1 2} (Anne GORDON was born about 1679.)

  Marriage Notes:

"After his (Sir John Gordon 2nd laird of Park) second Ladys death he married Mrs Katharine Ogilvy of Kempcairns daughter with whom he begat two daughters Mrs Anne married Arradoull Anderson"

from Balbithan MS




"Anderson, Alexander, of Arradoull

Son of James Anderson, sometime of Auchinreath. Said to have married Anne, daughter of Sir John Gordon of Park by his 3rd wife, Katherine Ogilvie of Kempcairn and died in 1727 being at that time practically bankrupt."

from Jacobites of 1715< ^{1 7}