GORDON, Margaret 1
- Born: About 1700
- Marriage (1): DUFF, John Merchant, Provost of Elgin, Factor to Lord Fife 1
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Margaret married John DUFF Merchant, Provost of Elgin, Factor to Lord Fife, son of Patrick DUFF of Craigston and Anna INNES.1 (John DUFF Merchant, Provost of Elgin, Factor to Lord Fife was baptised on 24 January 1689 in Grange parish, Banffshire, Scotland,2 died in 1751 1 and was buried in 1751 in Elgin Cathedral, Moray Scotland 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"Among the Duff House papers there is an order, dated 1720, by John Duff, merchant in Elgin, to 'deliver one Boll of oat meal to ffindlay Dul'f at the lattcr's house at Longbride.'
'The latter' cannot be traced. John does not seem to have been especially successful in business, nor did he leave his children very well off, but he is said to have spent a good deal of money upon their education. He married Margaret Gordon of Farskane, by whom he had seven sons and four daughters. He died in 1751, 'A gentleman well beloved and universally lamented.' 'His family burying place is in the Cathedral in Elgin. His sons were Patrick, Archibald, William, John, and James. His daughter Anne married James Leslie of Bennegoith, near Forres.' (Baird.)"
from Book of the Duffs 1
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