INNES, Catharine 2
- Born: About 1740
- Marriage (1): GORDON, George 12th of Gight on 2 June 1763 in Banff parish, Banffshire, Scotland 1
- Died: by 22 February 1783 2
Other names for Catharine were INNES, Catherine,3 4 INNES, Katherine 3 and INNES, Katie.1
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General Notes:
"Innes
Catharine
22 / 2 / 1783
Mrs, or Gordon, relict of George Gordon of Gight
Confirmed Inventory
Aberdeen Commissary Court
CC1/6/49B"
from Wills and Testaments 2
Catharine married George GORDON 12th of Gight, son of Alexander GORDON 11th of Gight and Margaret DUFF, on 2 June 1763 in Banff parish, Banffshire, Scotland.1 (George GORDON 12th of Gight was baptised on 15 October 1740 in Fyvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, died on 9 January 1779 in Bath, Somerset, England 3 and was buried on 15 January 1779 in Bath Abbey, England 3.). The cause of his death was suicide by drowning in the Bath canal.
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 3
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