'Gordon14'
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Families covered: Gordon of Abergeldie, Gordon of Laichie, Gordon of/in Minmore
| This family is a cadet of Knockespock. | |||||||||||||||
| William Gordon, 1st of/in Minmore (d 1674) | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Janet Grant | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elspeth Grant of Auchorachan | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Alexander Gordon, 2nd of/in Minmore (d before 1676) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Farquharson (dau of James Farquharson of Whitehouse) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Ludovick Gordon, 3rd of/in Minmore | ||||||||||||||
| m. Helen Grant of Tombreakachie | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Gordon, 4th of/in Minmore (d before 24.08.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Gordon, 5th of/in Minmore (d 08.1776) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Gordon, 6th of/in Minmore (b 1759, d 04.11.1829) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Stewart (d 01.10.1842, dau of Robert Stewart) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Charles Gordon, 1st of Drimmin (b 1791, d 25.09.1845) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1827) Helen Fletcher (d 1881, dau of John Fletcher of Dunans) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Michie Forbes Gordon (b 27.03.1813, d 07.03.1894, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.11.1844) Jemima Catherine Currie (b 03.05.1824, d 24.02.1896, dau of Sir John Currie of Calcutta) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Fletcher Gordon (b 08.09.1826, dsp 10.11.1904) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.04.1861) Catherine Strickland (d 10.11.1904, dau of Jarrard Edward Strickland of Loughly House, widow of William McCann of Booterstown) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue including John (b 1806, d unm 14.07.1833) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Gordon (d 03.04.1819, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.11.1807) Magdalene Cumming | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Lewis Gordon (b 1767, d unm 23.01.1839, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Peter or Patrick Gordon, 1st of Laichie (d before 1677, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jean Gordon (dau of Sir Alexander Gordon, son of Sir Alexander, Bart of Cluny, by Violet Urquhart) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Alexander Gordon, 2nd of Laichie (d 1679, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gethrad Abraham | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - George, Patrick | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Charles Gordon 'in Pitchaise' (a 1715, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.07.1698) Rachel Gordon of Abergeldie (dau of Alexander Gordon of Abergeldie) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Peter Gordon, 11th of Abergeldie (d 09.1733) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaret Strahan (dau of Peter Strahan or Strachan of Edinburgh) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Gray (dau of John Gray, 9th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Barbara Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Hunter of Burnside | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Margaret Foulis (dau of George Foulis, later Foulis-Primrose of Dunipace, she m2. Harry Lumsden of Cushnie) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Charles Gordon, 12th of Abergeldie (d 19.03.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 06.10.1750) Alison Hunter (dau of David Hunter of Burnside, widow of _ Paterson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Peter Gordon, 13th of Abergeldie (b 1751, d 06.12.1819) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1780) Mary Forbes (dau of John Forbes of Blackford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Katherine Gordon (b c1785, d unm 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1803) Elizabeth Leith (d 1855, dau of Alexander Leith of Freeland) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | David Gordon, 14th of Abergeldie (b 05.05.1753, d 22.10.1831) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.06.1789) Anne Biddulph (d 26.02.1841, dau of Michael Biddulph of Ledbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles David Gordon 'of Denmark Hill' (b 30.10.1790, dvpspm 24.11.1826) had issue (4 daughters) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.04.1819) Marian Phillips (dau of Robert Phillips of Longworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Michael Francis Gordon, 15th of Abergeldie (b 21.04.1792, dspms 31.12.1860) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.08.1820) Caroline Swete (dau of Rev. John Swete of Oxon House) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Robert Gordon, 16th of Abergeldie (b 07.09.1796, dsp 18.02.1869, Admiral) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Adam Gordon (b 30.03.1801, d 14.01.1839) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1825) Susan Swete (d 21.03.1861, dau of Rev. John Swete of Oxon House) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Anne Gordon (d 1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.05.1824) Rev. William Swete (son of Rev. John Swete of Oxon House) | |||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - Anne Penelope (b 1794, d 1868), Harriet Margaret (b 1798, d 1865) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Adam Gordon of London (b 1758, d 28.05.1800, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Penelope Biddulph (dau of Michael Biddulph of Ledbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Gordon of Haffield, Sheriff of Herefordshire (b 08.12.1794, d 05.10.1836) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1820) Mary Wingfield (dau of William Wingfield-Baker by Charlotte, dau of Henry, 1st Earl Digby) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Margaret Gordon (b 1751, d 1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1769) George Skene of Drumbreck, Aberdeen | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Emilia Skene apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.10.1794) Edmund Filmer (b 1765, d 1810) | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue (dsp) - Charles (b 1756, d 26.03.1835, Governor of St. Lucia), Alexander Sinclair (b c1760, d 30.06.1837), William (b c1765, dsp 06.07.0793, Captain), John (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Janet Gordon (b 1704?, d unm 14.02.1811??) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Euphemia Gordon (d 05.07.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1752) James Drummond, '5th Viscount Strathallan' (d 22.06.1765/6) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alexander Gordon in Aberdeen (d unm 11.1751) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Joseph Gordon of Birkhall | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Gordon | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Farquharson, 3rd of Inverey (d c06.11.1705, 'the Black Colonel') | |||||||||||||||
| 3.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Gordon of Drimmin), BLG1952 (Gordon of Abergeldie) with a little support (for Abergeldie line) from Commoners (vol II, Gordon of Haffield)
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