GORDON, John 6th of Buthlaw, Advocate 1 2 3 4 5
- Baptised: 3 May 1715, Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 6
- Marriage (1): BARCLAY, Mary co-heiress of Cairness 1 2
- Died: July 1775 2 4
User ID: D855
General Notes:
"GORDON
JOHN
CHARLES GORDON/JEAN UDNIE
M
03/05/1715
168/A 70 206
Aberdeen"
from Births and Baptisms 7
John married Mary BARCLAY co-heiress of Cairness, daughter of Reverend Mr John BARCLAY Minister of Edrom parish and Anna GORDON.1 2 (Mary BARCLAY co-heiress of Cairness was baptised on 19 September 1704 in Peterhead parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 7 and died before 21 January 1780 8.)
Marriage Notes:
" Mary (Barclay), served co-heiress of her brother, James, in Cairness, 19th March 1766, and of her sister, Ann, in Cairness, 15th Aug. 1766; marr. her cousin, John Gordon of Buthlaw (died July 1775), and died 10th May 1799"
from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 8)
"Gordon, Mary, Barclay, wife of John Gordon of Buthlaw, advocate, to her brother James Barclay of Cairness, who died 4 Jan., 1765, h. port. spec, cum ben. invent., in Arthursnook or Invernorth, part of Cairness, etc. S. H., 19 Mar.; 3 April 1766"
from Services of Heirs
"1765
Memorial for John Davidson, W.S., with reference to the lands of Cairness, vested in James Barclay, merchant in Jamaica, who died there on 4 January 1765, and which lands descend to his three sisters, viz., Mary, wife of John Gordon of Buthlaw, advocate, Anne, wife of Captain John Thomson, Master of a ship trading between London and Jamaica, and Jean, relict of deceased Thomas Gordon, merchant in Aberdeen, and also concerning a Decreet of Adjudication of said lands, dated 5 December 1764, obtained by Jean Gordon, daughter of deceased Charles Gordon of Buthlaw, for herself and as assignee of Susanna, Elizabeth and Mary Gordon, her sisters, against said James Barclay."
from GD67/37 1 2 5 9
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