GORDON, John of Kinnellar, Merchant in Aberdeen ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

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John had a relationship with Henrietta FRASER, daughter of William FRASER 2nd Lord Saltoun of the Fraser line (11th Lord Saltoun, old numbering) and Margaret SHARP, in 1718.¹ (Henrietta FRASER was born about 1698,⁵ died on 26 February 1751 in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 5 8} and was buried in 1751 in Kirkton Cemetery, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{1 5 6}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"John Gordon of Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, was the fourth son of the fifth baronet. He married in 1718 Hon. Henrietta Fraser, second daughter of William, eleventh Baron Saltoun. He was one of the managers of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen. He died in 1764 in his eightieth year. His wife died at Fraserburgh February 26, 1751, aged 53. Both of them are buried in the Kinellar vault at Fraserburgh."

from Lesmoir




IV. John, who purchased the lands of Kinellar in Aberdeenshire, and married
Henrietta, daughter of Lord Saltoun."

from Thanage of Fermartyn




"GORDON OF KINELLAR AND FRASERS OF PARK.
Near the middle of the old portion is a large brick-built vault with arched roof
above ground, over the entrance door of which is -
The family burial place of John Gordon, Esq., of Kinellar, and of his son-in-law,
William Fraser, Esq., Park. Inside there are three tablets inscribed
respectively -
(1).
Here are interred the remains of John Gordon, of Kinellar, Esq., ob. 1764, aet. suae 80. and of The Honourable Henrietta Fraser, daughter of The Right Honourable William, Lord Saltoun, his wife, ob. 1751. aet. sui 53.
And of their children,
Jean, ob. 1776, aet. suae 58.
Joan, ob. 1780, aet. suae 58.
Mary. ob. 1786, aet. suae 59.
Henrietta, ob. 1739, aet. suae 59."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions ^{1 4 6}