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GORDON, William 2nd of Craig
(About 1476-1559)
STEWART, Elspet
(About 1489-After 1559)
LEITH, Patrick of Harthill
(About 1507-1597)
LESLIE, Clara
(About 1515-)
GORDON, James 1st of Tillyangus
(About 1511-After 1594)
LEITH, Christian
(About 1530-)
GORDON, William 2nd of Tillyangus
(About 1552-About 1637)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Bessie

2. GORDON, Mary

GORDON, William 2nd of Tillyangus 1

  • Born: About 1552
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Bessie by 1576 1
  • Marriage (2): GORDON, Mary 2
  • Died: About 1637 1

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William married Bessie GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON 2nd of Knockespock and Daughter BAILLIE, by 1576.1 (Bessie GORDON was born about 1555.)


  Marriage Notes:

"(The 2nd laird of Knockespock had by his wife, Ardneidlie's daughter, 4 sons and 3 daughters, viz....) 1. A daughter, married William Gordoun of Tulliangus."

from Gordon of Knockespock




"From a charter of confirmation already quoted under the Gordons of Craig, dated 1576 and 1591, we learn that James Gordon of Tillyangus' wife's name was Christian Leytht, that their son and heir apparent was William Gordon, and his spouse was Bessie Gordon, that the said William and Bessie had got a charter from William, Bishop of Aberdeen, granting them in conjunct fee, and their male heirs the lands of Tulliangus, under reservation of the free tenement to James G. and Christian Leytht, his spouse, of the profits thereof : it is also mentioned that Patrick Leytht of Harthill had been fiar of one half of the said lands, and it is probable that Patrick was either father or brother of Christian Leytht. It is further stated in the same volume of the Register of the Great Seal in a footnote to this charter that 'Bishop William had granted a lease of the land of Tuliangous for 19 years to William Gordoun of Craige and James Gordoun, his son, for a yearly rent of five pounds six shillings and eight pence, two bolls of oats, 12 capons, 2 rams, 40 pence for bondage silver, and half a mart.' This charter, dated 1577 and 1591 is given in Ant. Abdn. and Banff, IV., 494 : the Bishop's Charter is dated 20 March 1576, Charter of Confn., 1 June 1591. (R.M.S., V. p. 1874.)" (page 46)

"His wife was the eldest daughter of Alexander Gordon of Knockespock. (Balb. MS., p. 63.)" (page 50)

"William Gordon II. of Tillyangus seems to have had by his wife, Elizabeth Gordon, at any rate one son ; and by her (or possibly by a second wife) three others, viz. -

I. James, apparent of Tillyangus, afterwards Illrd laird.

II. Robert.

III. William.

IV. George.

All these are mentioned in the complaint against William G. of Tulliangus and others for assault. (Reg. P.C., 27 Nov. 1617.) Robert's name is there mentioned first, but in 1606 James is called apparent of Tulliangus in a sasine given above." (pages 52 and 53)

from Memorials of the Family of Gordon of Craig< 1 3

William next married Mary GORDON, daughter of Captain Alexander GORDON 4th of Arradoul and Bailie of Badenoch and Cecilia KING.2 (Mary GORDON was born about 1665.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Mary Gordon, who married William Gordon of Tillieangus, is described in a birth brieve ('Spalding Club Miscellany,' v. 363) as daughter of Alexander Gordon of Arradoul. She had : -

John Gordon of Tillieangus, who married Janet Forbes, and had : -

Alexander Gordon, who married Jean Chalmers, and had : -

Charles Gordon, who went to Polland in 1680."

from Gordons of Cairnfield 2

Sources


1 e-books, Memorials of the Family of Gordon of Craig and Notes on the Cabrach by Douglas Wimberley (1904).

2 e-books, Gordons of Cairnfield by J. M. Bulloch (1910 privately printed).

3 e-books, A Genealogical Account of the Family of Gordon of Knockespock by Douglas Wimberley (1903).

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