GORDON, Anne 'a Woman of Excellent Beautie' 2Cause of her death was drowning.1 User ID: Z655. Anne married Sir Gilbert MENZIES of Pitfodels, son of Gilbert MENZIES of Pitfodels, 'William of the Cup' and Margaret IRVINE, in 1623.1 (Sir Gilbert MENZIES of Pitfodels was born about 1595 and died on 17 August 1669 3.) Marriage Notes: "Succeeding his father in 1622, he in the following year married Lady Anne Gordon, daughter of the twelfth Earl of Sutherland. 'A woman of excellent beautie' - according to Gordon the enthusiastic historian of her house - she was destined to undergo many afflictions" |
1 Internet Site, https://electricscotland.com/history/banchory/chapter18.htm History of Banchory-Devenick Estate of Pitfodels.
2 e-books, History of Banchory Devenick (quoting from House of Gordon by John M. Bulloch).
3 Internet Site, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126599397/gilbert-menzies.
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