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Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon 1356–1402 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1356

Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1402

Death Location: Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England

Father: John Gordon

Mother: Elizabeth Cruickshanks

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Aboyne

Children(s): Elizabeth Gordon, John Ilk

The story of Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon began in 1356 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon married Elizabeth De Keith Of Aboyne, and had children including Elizabeth Gordon Heiress Of Gordon, John Gordon Of Strathbogie 13Th Of That Ilk. Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon passed away in 1402 in Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon began in 1356 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
  • Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon married Elizabeth De Keith Of Aboyne, and had children including Elizabeth Gordon Heiress Of Gordon, John Gordon Of Strathbogie 13Th Of That Ilk.
  • Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon passed away in 1402 in Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Gordon
1315–1388
Birth Location: Scotland
JG
Elizabeth Cruickshanks
1330–
Birth Location: –
EC

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Aboyne
1360–1436
Birth Location: Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
EA

Children(s)

Elizabeth Gordon
1384–1438
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
EG
John Ilk
1381–1407
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JI

Adam Gordon's Ancestors

Self
Adam Gordon
1356–1402
Birth Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
John Gordon IXth of Gordon
1315–1388
Scotland
Elizabeth Cruickshanks
1330–
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Adam Gordon's Descendants

1.
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Adam (de Gordon Lord of) Gordon (1356–1402) m. Elizabeth (de Keith of) Aboyne (1360–1436)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Gordon -Heiress Of) Gordon 1384–1438 m. Alexander (de Seton 1st Lord) Gordon 1381–1441
    1. 1. Alexander (Seton Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, Lord of Gordon and) Badenoch 1410–1470 m. Elizabeth (Crichton Countess of) Huntly 1410–1479
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Gordon -Baroness Kennedy, Countess of) Errol 1443–1500 m. John (Kennedy -2nd Lord) Kennedy 1454–1508 m. William (Forbes, 3rd Lord of) Forbes 1440–1483
        1. 1. Katherine Campbell 1520–1579 m. David (Lindsay -9th Earl of) Crawford 1502–1558 m. James Ogilvy 1516–1547 m. David Lindsay –1559
      2. 2. George (Gordon 2nd Earl of) Huntly 1430–1503 m. Annabella (Joan Stewart Princess of) Scotland 1432–1494 m. Elizabeth (Hay, Countess of) Huntly 1434–1517 m. Elizabeth Hay 1442– m. Anabells (of) Scotland 1436–1509
        1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Gordon, Countess of) Marischal 1462–1525 m. William (Keith 2nd Lord Keith, 3rd Earl of Marischal, William of the Tower Born at Dunottar) Castle 1451–1527 m. William (Hay -3rd Earl of) Erroll 1449–1507
        2. 2. Adam Gordon 1474–1538 m. Elizabeth (Rose Countess of) Sutherland 1474–1535 m. Elizabeth (Sutherland Countess of) Sutherland 1474–1535 m. Elizabeth (Murray Sutherland Lady Murray of Monravia Countess of) Sutherland 1474–1535
        3. 3. John Gordon 1479–1517 m. Margaret Stewart 1497–1578 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Hay 1500–1535
        4. 4. Alexander (Gordon 3rd Earl of) Huntly 1460–1524 m. Janet (Stewart Countess of) Huntly 1461–1510
        5. 5. Isabel Gordon 1462–1511 m. William (Hay -3rd Earl of) Erroll 1449–1507
        6. 6. Janet (Gordon of) Huntly 1462–1559
        7. 7. Isobel (Gordon of) Huntly 1464–1511
        8. 8. Margaret Gordon 1470–1529 m. Donald (Allen Campbell Abbot of Coupar) Angus 1492–1562
        9. 9. Lady (Margaret Jean Gordon) Huntly 1462–1549
        10. 10. William (Gordon of Schivas and 1st of) Gight 1466–1513 m. Janet Ogilvy 1482–1536
        11. 11. James Gordon 1470–1558
        12. 12. Elspeth (Irvine of) Huntly 1472–1525 m. James (Ogilvy Lord Ogilvy of) Airlie 1479–1505
        13. 13. Sophia (Agnes) Gordon 1472–1537 m. James (Ogilvy Lord Ogilvy of) Airlie 1479–1505
        14. 14. Catherine Gordon 1474–1537 m. Perkin Warbeck 1474–1499 m. Christopher (Ashton) Sr. 1493–1548
        15. 15. Janet Gordon 1474–1559 m. Patrick (Gray 3rd Lord) Gray 1466–1541 m. Alexander (Lindsay Master of) Crawford 1467–1489
        16. 16. Marjory Gordon 1477–1578 m. Patrick (Hepburn 1st Earl of) Bothwell 1451–1508 m. Patrick Hepburn 1468–1513 m. John Murray 1457– m. Thomas Lumsden 1470–1513
        17. 17. Mary Gordon 1478–1513
        18. 18. Helen Gordon 1478– m. William (Sinclair of Warsetter, Newburgh and) Tolhobe 1465– m. David Hepburn 1474–
      3. 3. Alexander (Gordon of Midmar, Tulloch and) Abergeldie 1432–1504 m. Beatrice (Douglas Countess of) Erroll 1429–1517 m. Beatrice-nic-William (Hay of) Erroll 1451–1517
      4. 4. William (GORDON Sir, Lord of) Gight 1439–1513
      5. 5. Catherine (Janet Seton) Huntley 1440–1482 m. Hugh 1438–1478
      6. 6. Robert (Crichton Lord of) Sanquhard 1440–1495
      7. 7. Alexander Gordon 1442–1478
      8. 8. Christian Seton-Gordon 1443–1500 m. William (Forbes, 3rd Lord of) Forbes 1440–1483
      9. 9. Catherine Gordon 1446–1466 m. James (Innes 12th Laird) Innes 1436– m. Walter (Innes, 1st Earl of Innermarkie, 12th Lord of) Innes 1436–1499
        1. 1. Janet-nic-James (Innes of) Innes 1462–1529 m. William (Sutherland 5th of) Duffus 1459–1530 m. Robert Rose 1458–
        2. 2. Alexander (Innes 13th Laird) Innes 1465–1537
        3. 3. Robert (Innes 1st Laird of Crombie and) Rothmackenzie 1470–1536
        4. 4. Isabel Innes 1471–
        5. 5. Alexander (thirteenth of that Ilk) Innes 1460–1537 m. Christian Dunbar 1438–
        6. 6. Patrick Innes 1460–
        7. 7. Thomas Innes 1462–
        8. 8. Alexander (Innes 17th since) Berowald 1469–1538 m. Christian (Dunbar of) Cumnock 1475–1537
        9. 9. Robert (Innes, 2nd Earl of) Innermarkie 1470–1551 m. Elizabeth 1462–1564 m. Margaret (Ann) Meldrum 1475– m. Lady (Elizabeth Stewart of) Atholl 1495–1564
        10. 10. Elizabeth (Innes of) Innes 1472– m. John (Forbes 5th of) Pitsligo 1486–1556 m. George (Meldrum) I 1466–1544
        11. 11. Patrick Innes 1500–1547 m. Christian Cockburn 1512–1582
      10. 10. Margaret (Gordon of) Huntly 1450–1506 m. Hugh (Rose, 8th Lord of) Kilravock 1442–1517
      11. 11. William Gordon 1452–
      12. 12. Adam (Gordon Dean of) Caithness 1454–1529 m. Marriota Duffus 1485–
      13. 13. James Gordon 1458–
      14. 14. George (Gordon 2nd Earl of) Huntly 1440–1501 m. Elizabeth (Hay, Countess of) Huntly 1434–1517
      15. 15. Janet Gordon 1442–1473 m. James (Innes 12th of) Innes 1437–1491
    2. 2. Elizabeth (Seton, Countess of) Huntly 1405–1449 m. Alexander (MacDonald of Islay, 11th. Earl of) Ross 1396–1449
    3. 3. William (Seton, 1st Lord of) Meldrum 1414–1452 m. Elizabeth (de) Meldrum 1400–1456
    4. 4. Henry (Seton,) Knight 1414–1452
    5. 5. Margaret Seton 1415–
    6. 6. George Seton 1416–1452
    7. 7. Katharine Seton 1418–1479
    8. 8. Elizabeth Seton 1405–1479 m. John (De Ross II Constable of the Renfrew) Castle 1391–1447
      1. 1. Isabel Ross 1420–1494 m. James (de la) Schaw 1412–1491
        1. 1. England Stapp 1475–1514 m. Emma (Stapp 14) ggm 1480–
        2. 2. James Schaw 1468–1528 m. Christiana (Bruce — no credible sources) cited 1467–1532 m. Elzabeth Grierson 1473–1530 m. Lady (Christina) Bruce 1454–1535
        3. 3. Edmund Shaw 1454–
        4. 4. Janet Schaw 1455–1490 m. Archibald (Edmonstone) III 1455–1513
        5. 5. Helen (or Ellen Schaw Of) Dirletoun 1460–1541 m. Patrick (Hume of) Fastcastle 1454–1508 m. Archibald Haliburton 1467–1488 m. Patrick (Hume - Lord Polwarth of) Cranston-Riddell 1435–1503 m. Peter Houston 1453–1513
        6. 6. John (Cunningham) Shaw 1462–1498 m. Jonet Forrester 1455–1523
        7. 7. Isabelle Shaw 1470–1490
        8. 8. David Shaw 1472–
        9. 9. Edmund Shaw 1454–
        10. 10. Isabelle Shaw 1470–1490
      2. 2. John (Ross First Lord Of) Halkhead 1413–1501 m. Marjory (Margaret) Mure 1415–1491
        1. 1. Giles Ross 1447– m. James (Auchinleck 2nd Of) Glenbervie 1440–1492
        2. 2. Elizabeth Ross 1447–1495 m. Thomas (Sempill VII of) Elliotstoun 1440–1488 m. Thomas (Sempill VII of) Elliotstoun 1440–1488
        3. 3. Egidia Ross 1438–
        4. 4. Angus Ross 1448–1499
        5. 5. Robert (Ross of) Halkhead 1448–1513 m. Agnes Melville 1450– m. Christian 1458– m. Lady (Agnes) Melville 1475–1551
        6. 6. Egidia Ross 1448–
        7. 7. Margaret Ross 1450–
        8. 8. Egidia Ross 1475–
  2. 2. John (Gordon of Strathbogie, 13th of that) Ilk 1381–1407 m. Agnes Douglas 1380–1450

Adam Gordon's Timeline

3 Records

1356
1356
Birth of Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1402
14 Sep 1402
Age 46
Death of Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon in Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England
Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England
1402
1402
Age 46
Burial of Adam de Gordon Lord of Gordon
None

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1356
    Event Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Adam de Gordon, person ID L2LX-2SX.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Sep 1402
    Event Place: Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Adam de Gordon, person ID L2LX-2SX.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1402
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Adam de Gordon, person ID L2LX-2SX.
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