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GORDON, Robert 1
- Born: About 1648
- Marriage (1): Unknown
- Died: by 1696 1
User ID: B324.
General Notes:
"APPENDIX I. GORDONS MENTIONED IN SERVICES OF HEIRS IN SCOTLAND, FROM 1545 TO 1799.
(John Gordon), de Aberlour, propinquior agnatus, id est consanguineus ex parte patris Georgii et Margaretae liberorum magistri Roberti scribae in Edinburgo I. de Tut., 30 July 1696 [Translation: John of Aberlour close relative, that is related by blood through his father to George and Margaret children of master Robert scribe or writer in Edinburgh]
(James Gordon), f. legitimus quondam Adami de Aberlour, h. Georgii f. legitimi quondam magistri Roberti scribae in Edinburgh, f. fratris I. G., 19 June 1697 [Translation: James lawful son of the late Adam of Aberlour, heir to George lawful son of the late master Robert scribe or writer in Edinburgh, his brother's son (ie James was Robert's brother's son) ]"
from Services of Heirs 1
Research Notes:
SERVICES OF HEIRS
When lands were to be handed over to an heir, services of heirs documents were created through the following process:
• A chancery court issued a brieve (document) to summon the local sheriffs to hold a jury trial.
• The jury would determine whether the person was the legal heir.
• The jury returned (retoured) their verdict to the chancery.
• The chancery commissioned the sheriff to grant possession of the land to the heir and collect the fee payable to the crown.
Most people in Scotland did not own property, but the service of heirs records can be very useful if your ancestors owned their own land or houses. Some families can be traced for several generations through these records.
Inheritance land transactions should also appear in registers of Sasines, especially after 1617.
"Special" services of heirs deal with specific land to be inherited. "General" services of heirs mention inheritances but not specific lands.
Robert married.
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