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❤️ Rev James Gordon 1614–1691 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1614

Birth Location: Draine, Moray, Scotland

Death Date: 14 Oct 1691

Death Location: Comber, Down, Ireland

Father: ❤️ Dippil

Mother: ❤️ Geddes

Spouse(s): Marie Simpson, Elizabeth McClaren, Elizabeth McClaren

Children(s): James Sheepsbridge

In 1614, ❤️ Rev James Gordon entered the world in Draine, Moray, Scotland, born to Alexander Gordon Duke Of Dippil And Lady Margaret Marjorie Geddes. ❤️ Rev James Gordon married Elizabeth Mcclaren, Marie Elizabeth Simpson, and had children including James George Captain Gordon 1St Laird Of Sheepsbridge. ❤️ Rev James Gordon passed away in 1691 in Comber, Down, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1614, ❤️ Rev James Gordon entered the world in Draine, Moray, Scotland, born to Alexander Gordon Duke Of Dippil And Lady Margaret Marjorie Geddes.
  • ❤️ Rev James Gordon married Elizabeth Mcclaren, Marie Elizabeth Simpson, and had children including James George Captain Gordon 1St Laird Of Sheepsbridge.
  • ❤️ Rev James Gordon passed away in 1691 in Comber, Down, Ireland.

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❤️ Gordon's Ancestors

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❤️ Gordon
1614–1691
Birth Place: Draine, Moray, Scotland
Parents
❤️ Alexander Gordon, Duke of Dippil
1585–1654
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
❤️ (Lady Margaret\Marjorie) Geddes
1580–1650
Inverey Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Thomas (Geddes of) Essill
1565–1646
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret ("Emmie" Thomson) (Young)
1567–1603
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

❤️ Gordon's Descendants

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❤️ (Rev James) Gordon (22 Nov 1614–14 Oct 1691) m. Marie (Elizabeth) Simpson (1 Jan 1630–1 Jan 1655) m. Elizabeth McClaren (1630–1655) m. Elizabeth McClaren (1615–1655)
  1. 1. James (George Captain\ Gordon 1st Laird of) Sheepsbridge 1645–1707
    1. 1. James (George) Gordon 1680–1749 m. Sarah (Ann) Greenway 1680–1758
      1. 1. William (Gordon Gordon Laird of) Greishop 1698–1720 m. Bridgett (Greishop) Lane\Norton\Gordon 1700–1722
        1. 1. John (Benjamin) Gorden 1716–1803 m. Judith (Morriset) (Gordon) 1737–1814 m. Mary (Jane) Hall 1740–1796 m. Margaret (Mary Hall Rose) Tennant 1719–1758
        2. 2. John Gordon 1738–1803

❤️ Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1614
22 Nov 1614
Birth of ❤️ Rev James Gordon in Draine, Moray, Scotland
Draine, Moray, Scotland
1691
14 Oct 1691
Age 77
Death of ❤️ Rev James Gordon in Comber, Down, Ireland
Comber, Down, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1614
    Event Place: Draine, Moray, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Rothiemay, Banff, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1691
    Event Place: Comber, Down, Ireland

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