GORDON, George 3rd of Newton ^{1 2 3}

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  General Notes:

"In 1624 he speaks of himself as 'perfytinge' twenty-one years ; so that he must have been born about 1603."

"1620, May 29. - Sasine, on lands and barony of Wrangham, to George Gordon, eldest son of the late James Gordon, fiar of Newton, lawfully begotten by him and Issobel Forbes, Lady Williamstoun, proceeding on a charter by said Lady Williamstoun in favour of said George, dated at Aberdeen, May 22, 1620 (Gordonstoun Charter Chest)."

"1624, May 2. - John Leith, fiar of Harthill, and several others got a commission to apprehend George Gordon of Newton, who, 'haveing shaikin of all fear of God, reverence to the law, and that deutifull respect quhilk he aucht to have caryed to our princelie auctoritie, hes not onlie this long tyme bygane behaved him selff most unnaturallie
aganis his awne mother [Forbes], bot most contemptuouslie aganis us and verrie insolentlie aganis diverse our goode subjectis'. Being called to answer, he disobeyed the summons and was put to the horn (Privy Council Register)."

"1644, June 10. - George Gordon was served heir male of his father James Gordon, in the lands and barony of Newton de Wrangham, lands of Pulquhyt, of Kirkton of Culsalmond, lands of Carnehill, Lettingham, and Williamstone, with mill and multures, custom and toll of St. Serfs fair, held on the lands of Wrangham within the barony of Newton. Apparently basing himself on this retour, Dr. Temple (Fermartyn, p. 263) declared that James II (of Newton). was beheaded in Edinburgh in the year 1644, whereas he died as we have seen before 1620. George had had the lands and barony of Wranghame apprised from him, July 11, 1635, and possibly, though he got sasine in Wranghame, May 29, 1620, he was not in a position, financially, to be served heir to his father till 1644, for the times were difficult. Mr. Ree points out that the retour may point to the death of James's widow, who had been probably liferented in Newton."

"1648, August 17. - The Minister of Culsalmond reported that George Gordon, elder of Newton, refused to subscribe the Covenant, as he had promised, as the Scots Army had now gone to England against it. The Presbytery wrote and ordained the Minister of Culsalmond to require him and process him if he refuse to attend (Davidson's Earldom of the Garioch, p. 302)."

"The estate of Newton, or a part of it, was alienated and lost in George Gordon's lifetime. His connection with the Civil War had cost him so much in expenses and fines that the lands were heavily burdened. The estates were therefore divided up among several creditors:
Robert Forbes, Tutor of Craigievar ...
William Forbes, fiar of Leslie ...
John Gordon of Avochie ...
Erskine ...
Gordon of Sheelagreen ...
Davidson ...
Leith and Mackintosh ..."

"George Gordon is said, in his daughter-in-law's 'inventar,' to have died in 1665 ; but in the renunciation of 1664 he is said to have been dead by April, 1664." ¹

George married Janet LESLIE, daughter of Sir John LESLIE 6th of Wardis, Baronet and Elspet GORDON.^{1 2} (Janet LESLIE was born about 1605.)

  Marriage Notes:

"1624, July - There is a memorandum of an action by Gordon of Avochie against George Gordon of Newton for oppression (Privy Council Register). John Gordon, yr. of Avochie, was the first husband of Janet Leslie, who married George Gordon of Newton as his first wife." (page 300)

"George Gordon, III. of Newton, was married (1) to Janet, daughter of Sir John Leslie of Wardes by Elspet Gordon, his wife (Family of Leslie, iii., 289). She was the widow of John Gordon of Avochie, 'who dyed in the flower of his age before his father' (Balbithan MS., p. 40). (page 312)

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"Janet, married, first, to John Gordon of Avochie, and, secondly, to George Gordon of Newton."

from Family of Leslie ^{1 2}

George next married Jean CAMPBELL 8 March 1650(contract).¹ (Jean CAMPBELL was born about 1590 and died in 1655 ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

"(George) Gordon (3rd of Newton) married (2) in 1650 Jean Campbell, widow of Robert Dunbar of Burgie. On December 26, 1650, there is instrument of sasine to 'Jean Campbell, relict of vmq^ll Robert Dunbar of Burgie, proceeding on a matrimonial contract (of date at Forres, March 8, 1650) between George Gordon of Newton (with consent of James, his eldest son, and of John Gordon of ) and infefting her in lands of Ledinghame Meikle and Litle and toll and custom of Sanct Saires Fair'; registered at Aberdeen, Dec. 27, 1650. From a Sheriff's Precept (Aug. 13, 1652) it appears that in 1652 Jean Campbell was the spouse of George Gordon, elder of Newton. His first wife, Janet Leslie, is mentioned in some of the earlier bonds in the possession of Mr. A. M. Gordon of Newton. By a deed dated Forres, March 8, 1650, and registered in the Elgin Commissary Record of Dec. 10, 1652, Jean Campbell, relict of Robert Dunbar of Burgie, with the consent of George Gordon of Newton, 'my future spous for his entres,' binds herself 'for the love and favour quhilk I bear towards Robert Dunbar of Burgie, my sone,' to pay to her son 200 merks yearly out of her conjunct fee lands during life of herself and George Gordon of Newton." (pages 312 and 313)

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