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GORDON, William of 'New Mylne' or Gordonsmill
(About 1540-Before 1564)
GORDON, Patrick of Gordonsmill
(About 1562-)
GORDON, Agnes
(About 1602-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MOIR, William of Scotstoun, Principal of Marischal College, Mr

GORDON, Agnes 1 2 3

  • Born: About 1602
  • Marriage (1): MOIR, William of Scotstoun, Principal of Marischal College, Mr in 1623 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1 2

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Agnes married Mr William MOIR of Scotstoun, Principal of Marischal College, son of Mr William MOIR of Scotstoun, Burgess and Treasurer of Aberdeen (1615) and Janet RAE, in 1623 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 2 (Mr William MOIR of Scotstoun, Principal of Marischal College was born about 1602.)


  Marriage Notes:

"MOIR
WILLIAM
AGNES GORDON/
25/03/1623
168/B 60 6
Old Machar"

from Index of Marriages

Old Parish Registers
Old Machar parish Aberdeen
Marriages

"25 (?) 1623
Moir & Gordon
mr wm moir wt agnes gordon patk gordon as cautioner for ye man & patk gordon younger cautioner for ye woman"

Note:

The marriage is indexed March, but follows an entry for 5 July 1623




"May 2, 1623. Sasine to Mr. William Moir on the Interior land on the east of the Gallowgate conquered from William Turing of Foveran. (Witness Mr. John Moir, brother of the said William Moir) for implement of his marriage contract with Agnes, daughter of Patrick Gordon of Gordonesmylnes."

from Aberdeen Sasine Register Moir References

Note:

Elsewhere in
Moir Genealogy and Collateral Lines, on page 135, a birth-brief is quoted which names this William Moir's wife as "Jean Gordon", and calls her the "daughter to the deceast Gilbert Gordon of Gordonsmill." The birth-brief information is clearly countered by the above two sources. 1 2 3 4

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Old Machar parish Aberdeen Marriages.

3 e-books, Moir Genealogy and Collateral Lines by Alexander L. Moir (1913): Aberdeen Sasine Register and Minute Book Moir References Kindly Furnished by John George Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen.

4 e-books, Moir Genealogy and Collateral Lines by Alexander L. Moir (1913).

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