GORDON, Margaret ^{1 2}

   Another name for Margaret was GORDON, Eldest daughter.³

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Margaret married James CUMMING 'of Alter', son of Thomas CUMMING of Altyre and Margaret GORDON, about 29 February 1600.^{1 2} (James CUMMING 'of Alter' was born about 1574 and died in 1625 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"his (Thomas Gordon of Cluny's) Daughter married James Cumming Laird of Alter."

from House of Gordon (Balbithan)



"He (James Cumming) married, first, Margaret Gordon, daughter of Sir Thomas Gordon of Clunie, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Douglas of Glenbervie, afterwards Earl of Angus ; upon which marriage he had a charter from his father,
'hereditary possessor of Meikle and Little Broomquhillis, Craigtown, Logie, Ardauch, Drummyne, and Presley,' of those lands to 'James Cumyn and his spouse Margaret Gordon, in liferent, and to their eldest son heritably' and at the same date and on the same terms there is another charter to them of the lands of Tilliduvie (Relugas), and two charters to the same, first, of the Kirklands of Alter, within the regality of Spynie, and of the lands of Logygowne, Ardovie, Dolesbrauchtie, &c. ; and second, of the lands and barony of Alter and Dollas - 'Reservando tamen mihi prefato Thome Cuming de Alter et Margaret Gordon mee conjugi vitales reditus dictarum terrarum et baronie,' same date ; and on the 13th of June, same year, he resigns the whole lands and baronies into the hands of the king for a new infeftment to the said James Cumyn, wherein he is always termed 'Jacobo Cumyn, filio tertio genito Thomae
Cumyng de Alter.' " (page 264)

" Feb. 29, 1600
Tulliduvie is settled by charter of Thomas Cumming of Alter on his third but only surviving son, James Cumming, and on Margaret Gordon, daughter of Sir Thomas Gordon of Cluny, his spouse - on James heritably, and on his spouse in liferent; at the same time, Thomas Cumyn settles upon James, his son, heritably-along with all his lands and baronies of Altyre and Dollar-Presley, Dollesbrauchtie, Logie Ardovie, &c, reserving the liferent of himself and his spouse Margaret Gordon." (page 654 Appendix W)

from Bruces and Cumyns ^{1 2}