GORDON, William Officer in India ²

   Other names for William were GORDONE, Wm,³ GORDOUNE, William, Mr ¹ and GORDOUNE, Wm.³

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  General Notes:

"1381a- William. Off. in India; d. about 1708 (statement by his descendant, Miss Eleanor W. Gordon, 1911, Aug.).
Son or brother of James, of Daach ; as ' Mr. William, was living as a "gentleman tennent,' at the Mill of Avochie in 1696 (Poll Book) ; m. Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Harry Gordon, of Braco and Glassaugh (House of Gordon, n. (418)), who had first married John Gordon, yr. of Avochie, and had William, 1388."

from Gordons Under Arms ²

William married Elizabeth GORDON, daughter of Henry GORDON 2nd of Glassaugh and of Braco and Marie OGILVY, on 13 July 1685.¹ (Elizabeth GORDON was born about 1655.)

  Marriage Notes:

"His (John Gordon of Avochie's) widow married on July 13, 1685, 'Mr. William Gordoune, son to Daach, and without proclamations by ane order from the Bishop'. Mr. William Gordon lived at the Mill of Avochie in 1696, where, as gentleman tenant, he was Poll Tax Commissioner for Dunbennan and Kinnoir."

from Leichestoun ¹