GORDON, Margaret 1
User ID: W786. Margaret married Michael ABERNETHY of Saltoun, son of Alexander ABERNETHY 4th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy and Daughter STEWART.1 (Michael ABERNETHY of Saltoun was born about 1510 and died before 10 September 1547 1.) Marriage Notes: "She (Margaret etc Gordon) had first married Michael Abernethy, son of Lord Saltoun, by whom she had a daughter, who married her third husband's younger brother, John Gordon of Leichestoun." Margaret next married Mr Adam GORDON of Ferrar, son of Adam GORDON Lord of Aboyne, Earl of Sutherland, jure uxoris and Elizabeth SUTHERLAND 10th Countess of Sutherland, before 10 September 1547.1 (Mr Adam GORDON of Ferrar was born about 1505 and died on 10 September 1547 in Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, near Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 2.) Marriage Notes: "Birkenburn was leased in the first instance to Adam Gordon of Ferrar. He was son of Adam, first Earl of Sutherland, who was the second son of the second Earl of Huntly. On June 23, 1547, the Bishop of Moray feued these lands to Mr. Adam Gordon and Christina Gordon, his spouse, and their male heirs. Among the witnesses (at Elgin) is John Gordon, vicar of Keith (Registrum Episcopatus Moraviensis, p. 395). Adam was killed at Pinkie (Sept. 18, 1547)." (page 131) Margaret next married Alexander GORDON of Birkenburn, son of James GORDON of Lesmoir and Margaret STEWART.1 (Alexander GORDON of Birkenburn was born about 1516 and died probably by 15 January 1570 1.) Marriage Notes: "Alexander Gordon married (1) Margaret Gordon (Balbithan MS., I5, 33), eldest daughter of George Gordon of Cairnburrow. She had first married Michael Abernethy, son of Lord Saltoun, by whom she had a daughter, who married her third husband's younger brother, John Gordon of Leichestoun. Her second husband was Adam Gordon of Ferrar, who got Birkenburn in 1547, and who was killed at Pinkie in 1547. The 1600 Gordon MS. calls her Isobel, and the Reg. Episc. Moraviensis (p. 395) makes her Christina." |