GORDON, Adam of Auchanachie, Captain 1
- Born: About 1705 1
- Died: 8 May 1780 1
User ID: B746.
General Notes:
"99. Adam. 1780, May 8, Capt., d. s.p. at Auchanachie in his 76th year (Abd. Jour.). 1782, Aug. 15, his niece, Elizabeth Gordon (discovered in a French nunnery under romantic circumstances) was served his heir (Pirie's Parish of Cairnie, 36-8). 1785, May 5, 1783, Feb. 22, will proved (Moray Test., vols. 6 and 7)."
from Gordons Under Arms
"(Gordon, Adam) captain, of Auchanachy. See Elizabeth, Jamaica S. H., 23 Aug. 1782"
"(Gordon, Elizabeth) d. of George of Jamaica, to her uncle Captain Adam of Auchanachy h. of line gen. S. H., 15 Aug.; 23 Aug. 1782"
from House of Gordon (Services of Heirs)
"During the time that she (Elizabeth Gordon) was missing, Adam Gordon, a younger brother of her father and of John Gordon, who had been an officer in the Neapolitan army, enjoyed, for about ten years, the lease of Achanachy."
from The Catholics of Scotland 1 2 3
Noted events in his life were:
• roup of house: of Captain Adam Gordon Laird of, 28 March 1781, Achannacie, Aberdeenshire.
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