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GORDON, Alexander 12th Earl of Sutherland
(About 1551-1594)
GORDON, Jane
(About 1547-1629)
ELPHINSTONE, Alexander 4th Lord Elphinstone, Lord High Treasurer
(1552-1638)
LIVINGSTON, Jane
(About 1555-1621)
GORDON, John 13th Earl of Sutherland
(1576-1615)
ELPHINSTONE, Agnes
(1579-)
GORDON, Anne 'a Woman of Excellent Beautie'
(About 1604-1648)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MENZIES, Gilbert of Pitfodels, Sir

GORDON, Anne 'a Woman of Excellent Beautie' 2

  • Born: About 1604
  • Marriage (1): MENZIES, Gilbert of Pitfodels, Sir in 1623 1
  • Died: 1648 1

   Cause of her death was drowning.1

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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"

from Estate of Pitfodels 1

Sources


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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