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GORDON, William 3rd of Minmore
(About 1690-Before 1767)
STUART, Margaret
(About 1695-)
GORDON, John 4th of Minmore, Jacobite 1745
(About 1715-1776)
GRANT, Elspet
(About 1728-)
GORDON, William in Inchnacape, 5th of Minmore, Captain
(About 1755-1829)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. WIFE, First

2. STEWART, Mary

GORDON, William in Inchnacape, 5th of Minmore, Captain 2 3

  • Born: About 1755
  • Marriage (1): WIFE, First 1
  • Marriage (2): STEWART, Mary on 13 September 1796 in Tomintoul RC parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2
  • Died: 5 November 1829 3
  • Buried: 1829, Downan graveyard, Glenlivet, Inveravon parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3

   User ID: G643.

  General Notes:

"Sacred to the memory of William. Gordon, Esq., Minmore who died 5 Nov., 1829, aged 74 years. R.I.P."

from History of the Province of Moray 3


William married First WIFE.1 (First WIFE was born about 1770 and died before 13 September 1796 2.)


  Marriage Notes:

"William Gordon had two families. By one lady, whose name I do not know, he had Sir Charles Gordon."

from Gordons at Minmore 1

William next married Mary STEWART, daughter of Lieutenant Thomas STEWART of Keithmore, 7th of Drumin and Anne GORDON, on 13 September 1796 in Tomintoul RC parish, Banffshire, Scotland.2 (Mary STEWART was born about 1781,3 died on 1 October 1842 4 and was buried in 1842 in Downan graveyard, Glenlivet, Inveravon parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
WILLIAM
STUART
MARGARET
13/9/1796
TOMINTOUL"

from Index of Marriages



Roman Catholic Archives
Tomintoul parish Banffshire
Marriages

"1796 Septr 13
William Gordon in Inchnacape & margaret Stuart in Cults were married Witnesses John Gordon
(signed) Alexr Stuart"

Note:

The marriage text in the record book quite clearly records the bride as Margaret, not Mary, Stuart. This may be a clerical error, or she may have held both names.





"IHS. Sacred to the memory of Mary Stewart, spouse of Capt. William Gordon, Minmore, who died 1 Oct., 1842, aged 63 years; of their son, Capt. John Gordon, H.E.I.S., who died at Singapore 4th July, 1833, aged 27 years; of their daughter, Elizabeth Stewart Forbes, who died at the Convent of Mercy, Glasgow, 10 April, 1834, aged 32; of their 3 sons and daughters, who died in infancy. Of Lewis Gordon, Esq., for many years Secretary to the Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, who died at Aberdeen 23 January, 1839, aged 72. And of Sir Charles Gordon, who died at Edinburgh 25th Sep., 1845, aged 52. Requiescant in pace."

from History of the Province of Moray




"6. Mary Stewart (1779-1842): daughter of Thomas Stewart and Anne Gordon (see Research Notes), married William Gordon, Minmore (1755-1829), Glenlivet, whose group I have treated in detail in my booklet, 'The Gordons and Smiths' (1910). They had seven sons and three daughters."

from Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich




"His (William Gordon's) wife was Mary Stewart, daughter of Robert Stewart and sister of John Stewart, who bought Belladrum (see Research Notes). She was a Protestant at the time of his marriage, adopting the Roman Catholic faith, from which the Minmore Gordons have never swerved. She died October 1, 1842, aged 63."

from Gordons at Minmore




"1407- William (Gordon). 1778, Apr. 14 or Sep. 26, Ens., N. Fencibles, enlisted two men for the reg. 1780, Jan. 19, or Feb. 8, Lt.; Apr. 16, res. on account of private affairs (N. Fenc. Letter Bk., Gordon Castle Papers). 1793, Nov., 'applied for a commision in Lord Huntly's Corps' (ibid.). 1795, July- 4, Lt., 100th Ft. (L.G., 705). 1797, h.p. 1803, May. 2, Capt., Aberdeensh. Mil. (ibid., 680); Sep. 10, Lt., 92nd Ft. (ibid., 1174; Innes's Aberdeenshire Militia, 17; A.L., 1796-1807).

Eldest son of John, IV. in Minmore; m. Mary (d. 1842, Oct. 1), dau. of Robert Stewart (see Research Notes), and had with other children, John, 988, Michie Forbes, 1115, and William Fletcher, 1494 - Gordon d. 1829, Nov. 5, aged 74 (Bulloch's Gordons and Smiths at Minmore, 21-4). Brother of Henry, 618, John, 907, and Lewis, 1093; grandfather of John, 998."

from Gordons Under Arms 1 2 3 4 5

Sources


1 e-books, The Gordons and Smiths at Minmore, Auchorachan, and Upper Drumin in Glenlivet by J. M. Bulloch (1910).

2 GRO Scotland, Catholic register Banns and Marriages Tomintoul RC parish Banffshire.

3 e-books, The History of the Province of Moray by Lachlan Shaw (1882).

4 e-books, The House of Gordon III: Gordons Under Arms by C.O.Skelton and J.M.Bulloch (1912).

5 e-books, Transactions of the Banffshire Field Club 1933 www.banffshirefieldclub.org.uk Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich by J. M. Bulloch.

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