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GORDON, John in Allachie
(About 1680-)
GRANT, George Minister of Kirkmichael, Banffshire, Reverend Mr
(1700-1772)
CHAPMAN, Anne
(1710-)
GORDON, James Minister of Cabrach parish, Reverend Mr
(1719-1795)
GRANT, Elizabeth
(1732-1771)
GORDON, John Minister of Cabrach parish, Reverend Mr
(1767-1816)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GORDON, Elizabeth

GORDON, John Minister of Cabrach parish, Reverend Mr 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 19 May 1767 4
  • Marriage (1): GORDON, Elizabeth on 8 February 1795 in Rhynie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 29 October 1816 4
  • Buried: 1816, Cabrach parish, Banffshire, Scotland 3

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John married Elizabeth GORDON on 8 February 1795 in Rhynie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 (Elizabeth GORDON was born about 1773, died on 29 January 1819 4 and was buried in 1819 in Cabrach parish, Banffshire, Scotland 5.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GORDON
JOHN
ELIZABETH GORDON/FR334 (FR334)
08/02/1795
177 10 / 323
CABRACH"

"GORDON
JOHN
ELIZABETH GORDON/FR275 (FR275)
08/02/1795
237 / A 10 / 265
RHYNIE AND ESSIE"

from Index of Marriages



Old Parish Registers
Cabrach parish Aberdeenshire
Marriages

"8th Feby 1795
The Revd. John Gordon in this Parish & Miss Elizabeth Gordon in the Parish of Rhynie were married"





(at Cabrach and Strathdeveron in 1795)

"John Gordon, born 19th May 1767, son of preceding; educated at Marischal College, 1783-7; licen.by Presb.of Alford 5th May 1791; ord. by it a min. without a charge 8th Aug. 1793; pres. by Alexander, Duke of Gordon, in Aug., and adm. 24th Sept. 1795; died 29th Oct. 1816; He marr. Elizabeth Gordon, who died 29th Jan. 1819, and had issue James, born 8th Nov. 1795. died 7th July 1808; Elizabeth, born 5th Nov. 1796 (marr. 5th May 1818, Michael Anderson, writer, Edinburgh); Robert, M.A. (Marischal College 1817), born 1st June 1798, died 19th June 1817; Jean, born 6th July 1800 (marr. 1st Feb. 1820, Captain John Grant, 72nd Regiment); John, born 3rd Jan. 1803, died at Cape of Good Hope 15th March 1828; Mary, born 19th May 1806 (marr. 16th June 1831, Thomas Burnett, min. of Daviot); Anne, born 18th April 1808, died 10th April 1819."

from Fasti Ecclesiae



(Cabrach parish, Banffshire)

"Before this stone lyes Elizabeth Grant, late spouse to Mr James Gordon, minister here, who died March 9, 1771, aged 46 yrs, and yr two sons, viz., George and John Gordons.

(2). To the memory of the Rev. James Gordon, minister of Cabrach, who died the 6th of April, 1795, aged 77 years. Also of the Rev. John Gordon, his son, minister of Cabrach, who died 29th of October, 1816, aged 49 years. And of his son, Robert Gordon, who died 19th June, 1817, aged 19 years. This stone is erected as a mark of esteem and affection by Elizabeth Gordon, widow of the Rev. John Gordon, who also died 29fh January, 1819, aged 46 yrs., and was likewise interred here. Rev. James Gordon was schoolmaster of Rhynie, 1740-47 ; licensed by the Presbytery of Strathbogie, 18th September, 1745, and ordained to Cabrach 5th November, 1747. On 19th December, 1751, he married Elizabeth Grant, whose parentage is not stated in the parish registers. Besides the family above stated, they had a daughter, Elizabeth, who, on 30th July, 1789, married Rev. Thomas Tait, minister of Meldrum (1784- 98), and subsequently of Ellon. Rev. John Gordon, son of the preceding,studied at Marischal College, 1783-87, and was inducted to Cabrach on 24tb September, 1795. A daughter, Jane, married Captain John Grant.

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions< 1 2 4

Sources


1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Cabrach parish Banffshire Marriages.

3 e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907) Cabrach or Strathdovern parish.

4 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

5 e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907).

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