LEITH, Margaret Jacobi ¹

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Margaret married John GORDON younger, 6th of Beldorney, son of John GORDON elder, 5th of Beldorney, Commissioner of Supply Banff and Anna GORDON.¹ (John GORDON younger, 6th of Beldorney was born about 1659 and died probably by 11 November 1698 ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"John Gordon VI of Beldorney = Margaret Jacobi Leith"

from Gordons of Wardhouse website




"The Pedigree I got in 1893 showed 'a John of Beldorney,' 5th laird, 'who married and had a son John, who also married and had 3 sons, viz., John, James, and George, who all went abroad, and not returning within 20 years of their father's death in 1678, Beldorney passed to their cousin, the grandson of Alexander Gordon of Tilliesoule, Alexander Gordon of Camdell. John, their father, had also 3 daughters, viz., Mary, Margaret, and Janet." (page 2)

" .... the 6th laird, who is said to have been the father of three sons who went abroad, and were not heard of for 20 years (Fam. Ped. of Gordons of Beldorny). (No retour of service of either the 5th or 6th laird is forthcoming.)" (page 6)

from Gordons of Beldorney

Notes:

1

No other sources have been seen for this marriage and the children named, so the information here should be treated with caution. The fact of the inheritance of Beldorney by the descendants of Alexander Gordon of Killihuntly, another branch of the family, does, however, seem to be reasonably sound.

2

'1678' may be a typographical error for 1698 ^{1 3}