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GORDON, George 2nd Earl of Huntly, High Chancellor of Scotland, Sir
(About 1439-1500)
HAY, Elizabeth
(About 1449-After 1509)
SUTHERLAND, John 8th Earl of Sutherland
(About 1440-1509)
MACDONALD, Daughter
(About 1448-)
GORDON, Adam Lord of Aboyne, Earl of Sutherland, jure uxoris
(About 1472-1537)
SUTHERLAND, Elizabeth 10th Countess of Sutherland
(About 1473-1535)
GORDON, Adam of Ferrar, Mr
(About 1505-1547)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Margaret
2. Unknown

GORDON, Adam of Ferrar, Mr 1 2

  • Born: About 1505
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Margaret before 10 September 1547 1
  • Partnership (2): Unknown
  • Died: 10 September 1547, Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2

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  General Notes:

"Mr. Adam Gordon, who lived at Ferrar, in Aboyne. He was killed at the battle of Pinkie in September 1547, leaving only an illegitimate son, Adam Gordon of Golspie Kirkton, who died, very aged, in 1626."

from Scots Peerage (vol 8) 2


Adam married Margaret GORDON, daughter of George GORDON 2nd of Cairnborrow and Katharine GORDON, before 10 September 1547.1 (Margaret GORDON was born about 1530.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Birkenburn was leased in the first instance to Adam Gordon of Ferrar. He was son of Adam, first Earl of Sutherland, who was the second son of the second Earl of Huntly. On June 23, 1547, the Bishop of Moray feued these lands to Mr. Adam Gordon and Christina Gordon, his spouse, and their male heirs. Among the witnesses (at Elgin) is John Gordon, vicar of Keith (Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, p. 395). Adam was killed at Pinkie (Sept. 18, 1547)." (page 131)

"Her (Margaret Gordon's) second husband was Adam Gordon of Ferrar, who got Birkenburn in 1547, and who was killed at Pinkie in 1547." (page 133)

from Birkenburn 1

Adam had a relationship with.


Sources


1 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Birkenburn by Captain Douglas Wimberley.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 8 (1911).

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