GORDON, George 12th of Gight ^{1 2 3}

   Cause of his death was suicide by drowning in the Bath canal.

   User ID: X536.

  General Notes:

"GORDON
GEORGE
ALEXANDER LAIRD OF GIGHT GORDON MARGARET DUFF FR269 (FR269)
M
15/10/1740
197 10 / 486
Fyvie"

"GORDON
GEORGE GORDON
ALEXANDER GORDON/MARGARET DUFF FR234 (FR234)
M
15/10/1740
197 10 / 450
Fyvie"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Fyvie parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"1740
October 15th
Gordon of Gight
The Laird of Gight had a Child baptized in the Mannor Place of Ardlogie by Mr Thomas Scott Minister of the Gospel at Fyvie called George witnesses the Lady Gight the Lady Craigstoun & William Knight Servitor to the Laird of Gight"

Another record of this baptism is extant on a page devoted only to the Laird of Gight's children baptised between 1740 and 1747:

"Gordon the Laird of Gight
October 15th 1740
The Laird of Gight had a Son baptized in Ardlogie called George Witnesses Mr Thomas Scott & William Knight"




"Gordon
George
9 / 10 / 1779
of Gight
TD&I.
Aberdeen Commissary Court
CC1/6/48A"

from Wills and Testaments ⁴

  Research Notes:

BIRTH DATE

In House of Gordon Bulloch gives George Gordon's birth date as 14 November 1741. This is an error which may have arisen from the layour of the Fyvie parish register which lists the baptism dates of the Gordon of Gightly children. The date sits beside the end of the entry for George Gordon, but along with another entry with the same date applies to the female twins of the Laird of Gight, Elizabeth and Mary. George's baptism date is above his entry.

Secondly the index for the GRO website Scotland's People, at the time of writing (2014), lists two baptisms for George Gordon, son of the Laird of Gight. One date is for 15 October 1740, and the second for 15 October 1749. The latter is erroneous, and depends upon a misreading of the only date for George Gordon 15 October 1740, the final zero being mistaken for 9. This was confirmed by an email on behalf of Scotland's People on 13 August 2014.

This last error has now (2024) been corrected. ^{2 5 6}

George married Catharine INNES, daughter of Alexander INNES of Rosieburn, Provost of Banff and Katharine ABERCROMBY, on 2 June 1763 in Banff parish, Banffshire, Scotland.¹ (Catharine INNES was born about 1740 and died by 22 February 1783 ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"INNES
KATIE
GEORGE GORDON/
02/06/1763
147/80 55
Banff"

from Index of Marriages




"With this laird (George Gordon 12th of Gight) the male line of the Gight family became extinct for the second time it had really ended in the ninth laird, his great-grandfather. The twelfth laird was baptised in the manor place of Ardlogie, Nov. 14, 1741 (See Note below),by the Rev. Thomas Scott, minister of Fyvie, in the presence of 'the Lady Gight and William Knight, servitor to the laird of Gight' (Fyvie Register of Baptisms). He was served heir to his father in April 18, 1760. On these letters, and a certified rent-roll of 1470 135. 4d., he was enrolled a freeholder in Aberdeenshire. On Sept. 14, 1771, sasine was granted in favour of George Gordon of Gight on the lands of Minmore and others, in the parish of Inveravon, Banffshire, proceeding on a charter and disposition of the Duke of Gordon (Banff Sasines).

He revived the old alliance between the Gordons and the Inneses, by marrying Catherine Innes, the daughter of Alexander Innes of Rosieburn (1701-1761), who was Sheriff-Clerk of Banffshire, and Provost of Banff for five terms of office. This Alexander Innes had married Catherine Abercromby (1708-1784), second daughter of Alexander Abercromby of Glassaugh, M.P. for Banffshire (from 1706 to 1727; he died 1729). The graves of the Inneses and the Russells are in Banff church (Annals of Banff, ii., 358-9)." [....]

"The twelfth laird and his wife had three daughters

1. Catherine, XIII. and last of Gight.

2. Margaret, born 1766 ; died at the Bristol Hot Baths, March 7, 1780 (Scots Magazine}. In her will, of which her sister Catherine was executrix, and which was confirmed Feb. 22, 1783 Thomas Innes of Rosieburn and John Innes of Edingight being the cautioners she is described as 'youngest lawful daughter' of the deceased George Gordon of Gight.

3. Abercromby. The Aberdeen Journal of Feb. 3, 1777, records that 'On Tuesday last, died at Banff, Miss Abercromby Gordon, youngest daughter of George Gordon, Esq. of Gight. Her relations and friends will please accept of this notification of her death.' In the churchyard of Banff there is an inscription :

' An affectionate and sorrowing parent places this memorial of his attachment upon the grave of a promising and beloved daughter, Abercromby Gordon, who in the bloom of life was cut off by a fever in Banff in January, 1777'."

from Gight

Note:

This date of baptism is inaccurate. Please see the general notes and research notes for this file. ^{1 2}