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Adam Gordon 1474–1538 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Oct 1474

Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 17 Mar 1538

Death Location: Aboyne - Kirkton, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: George Huntly

Mother: Elizabeth Huntly

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland

Children(s): Janet Graham, John Gordon, Jean Gordon, Eleanor Gordon-Sutherland, Marian Grant, Daug Gordon-Sutherland, Alexander Gordon-Sutherland, Alexander Sutherland, Eleanor Gordon, John Earl, John Gordon-Sutherland

Adam Gordon was born in 1474 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George Gordon 2Nd Earl Of Huntly And Elizabeth Hay Countess Of Huntly. Adam Gordon married Elizabeth Murray Sutherland Lady Murray Of Monravia Countess Of Sutherland, Elizabeth Rose Countess Of Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland Countess Of Sutherland, and had children including Alexander Gordon Sutherland, Alexander I Gordon Earl Van Sutherland, Daug Gordon Sutherland, Eleanor Gordon, Eleanor Gordon Sutherland, Janet Keith Countess Of Montrose And Graham, Jean Or Janet Gordon, John Gordon, John Gordon Earl, John Gordon Sutherland, Marian Sinclair Grant. Adam Gordon passed away in 1538 in Aboyne - Kirkton, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Adam Gordon was born in 1474 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George Gordon 2Nd Earl Of Huntly And Elizabeth Hay Countess Of Huntly.
  • Adam Gordon married Elizabeth Murray Sutherland Lady Murray Of Monravia Countess Of Sutherland, Elizabeth Rose Countess Of Sutherland, Elizabeth Sutherland Countess Of Sutherland, and had children including Alexander Gordon Sutherland, Alexander I Gordon Earl Van Sutherland, Daug Gordon Sutherland, Eleanor Gordon, Eleanor Gordon Sutherland, Janet Keith Countess Of Montrose And Graham, Jean Or Janet Gordon, John Gordon, John Gordon Earl, John Gordon Sutherland, Marian Sinclair Grant.
  • Adam Gordon passed away in 1538 in Aboyne - Kirkton, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Huntly
1430–1503
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
GH
Elizabeth Huntly
1434–1517
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
EH

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sutherland
1474–1535
Birth Location: Dunbeath, Cainthness, Scotland
ES
Elizabeth Sutherland
1474–1535
Birth Location: Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland
ES
Elizabeth Sutherland
1474–1535
Birth Location: –
ES

Children(s)

Janet Graham
1494–1547
Birth Location: Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
JG
John Gordon
1479–1517
Birth Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JG
Jean Gordon
1479–1530
Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
JG
Eleanor Gordon-Sutherland
1490–
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle (Suther) Scotland
EG
Marian Grant
1493–1515
Birth Location: Balnagoun, ross and Cromarty, scotland
MG
Daug Gordon-Sutherland
1494–
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle (Suther) Scotland
DG
Alexander Gordon-Sutherland
1501–1529
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
AG
Alexander Sutherland
1501–1530
Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland
AS
Eleanor Gordon
1501–
Birth Location: of Southerland, Scotland
EG
John Earl
1503–1547
Birth Location: Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
JE
John Gordon-Sutherland
–1517
Birth Location: Tillachaudie (Aberdeen) Scotland
JG

Adam Gordon's Ancestors

Self
Adam Gordon
1474–1538
Birth Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
George Gordon 2nd Earl of Huntly
1430–1503
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Hay, Countess of) Huntly
1434–1517
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Alexander (Seton Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, Lord of Gordon and) Badenoch
1410–1470
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Elizabeth (Crichton Countess of) Huntly
1410–1479
Crichton, Midlothian, Scotland
William (Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, Second Lord Hay, Constable of) Scotland
1423–1462
Errol, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Beatrice (Douglas Countess of) Erroll
1429–1490
Douglas, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Gordon
1381–1441
Elizabeth Gordon
1384–1438
William Crichton
1383–1454
Margaret Maitland
1385–1421
Gilbert Haye
1395–1436
Alicia Hay
1397–1484
James Avonmore
1382–1443
Beatrice Douglas
1398–1463
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Janet Seton
1351–1430
Adam Gordon
1356–1402
Elizabeth Aboyne
1360–1436
John Crichton
1350–1423
Christian Gremislaw
1360–1428
Robert Thirlestane
1369–1435
Marion Abernethy
1380–1466
William Hay
1374–1436
Margaret Broxmouth
1363–1432
William Peebles
1375–1421
Archibald Douglas
1325–1400
Joan Stratherne
1332–1409
Henry Orkney
1347–1404
Robert Scotland
1337–1406

Adam Gordon's Descendants

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Adam Gordon (14 Oct 1474–17 Mar 1538) m. Elizabeth (Rose Countess of) Sutherland (14 Oct 1474–9 Sep 1535) m. Elizabeth (Sutherland Countess of) Sutherland (14 Oct 1474–Sep 1535) m. Elizabeth (Murray Sutherland Lady Murray of Monravia Countess of) Sutherland (1474–1535)
  1. 1. Janet (Keith -Countess of Montrose and) Graham 1494–1547 m. William (Graham 2nd Earl of) Montrose 1492–1571 m. Robert Graham 1522–1547 m. Patrick (Graeme) Graham 1490–1536 m. Thomas (Armstrong -Seventh Lord of Mangerton) vmc 1479–1549
    1. 1. Janet Graham 1524–1587 m. Dougal (Campbell -5th of) Ardkinglass 1493–1550 m. Andrew (Murray of Arngask and) Balvaird 1520–1573 m. Robert Buchanan 1515– m. HARIS (GRAHAM Second of) Merphie 1520–
      1. 1. Alexander (Campbell of Carcko, Bishop of) Brechin 1530–1608 m. Helen Clephane 1529–1604 m. Margaret Bethune 1536–
        1. 1. Jean Campbell 1585–1675 m. John (Hamilton of Lettrick,) Knight 1586–1638
        2. 2. Marjory Campbell 1581– m. Robert (Alexander Menzies 15th Chief of Clan) Menzies 1566–1644 m. William (Samuel) Means 1550–1630
      2. 2. Dougall Campbell 1528–1591 m. Elspeth Campbell 1540–
      3. 3. James (Campbell 6th of) Ardkinglas 1528–1591 m. Anna Campbell 1526– m. Elizabeth (Elspeth) Campbell 1546–1581
      4. 4. William Campbell 1536–1566 m. MacFarlane 1536–
      5. 5. Margaret Campbell 1538–1611 m. Andrew Macfarlane 1544–1618
      6. 6. Elspeth Campbell 1540–1617 m. Charles Campbell 1540–1601
    2. 2. Alexander Graham 1517– m. Isobel Seton 1528–1567
    3. 3. Richard Graham 1517– m. Armstrong 1530–
    4. 4. Elizabeth Graham 1518–1576
    5. 5. Mungo Grahm 1519–1569
    6. 6. Lady (Janet) Graham 1520–1547
    7. 7. Margaret (Graham of) Scotland 1520– m. Robert (Erskine, Master of) Erskine 1522–1547
    8. 8. Nicolai Graham 1520–
    9. 9. Robert Graham 1522–1547 m. Janet (Keith -Countess of Montrose and) Graham 1494–1547 m. Margaret (Fleming -Duchess of) Albany 1536–1585 m. Lady (Bridget Margaret) Fleming 1524–1586
    10. 10. William (Graham Rector of) Killearn 1522–1597
    11. 11. Mungo (Graham 1st of Ratherns and) Orchill 1523–1590 m. Margery Rollo 1540–1625
    12. 12. Elizabeth (Graham, Countess of) Caithness 1524–1576 m. George (Sinclair IV Earl of) Caithness 1520–1582 m. George (Sinclair, Earl of) Caithness 1505–
    13. 13. Agnes (Lindsey Graham Countess of) Montrose 1527–1591 m. William (Murray of) Tullibardine 1520–1583
    14. 14. Fergus Graham 1528–1571 m. Sybil Bell 1500–1566
    15. 15. Lady (Christian-Catherine) Graham 1529–1563 m. Robert (Graham Of) Knockdolian 1525–1573
    16. 16. Christian Graham 1530–
    17. 17. Robert (Lord) Graham 1547–1608
    18. 18. Robert (Lord) Graham 1547–1608
  2. 2. John Gordon 1479–1517 m. Margaret Stewart 1497–1578 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Hay 1500–1535
  3. 3. Jean (or Janet) Gordon 1479–1530
  4. 4. Eleanor Gordon-Sutherland 1490–
  5. 5. Marian (Sinclair) Grant 1493–1515
  6. 6. Daug Gordon-Sutherland 1494–
  7. 7. Alexander Gordon-Sutherland 1501–1529 m. Lady (Jane Janet Jeanette Elizabeth) Stewart 1505–1566
  8. 8. Alexander (I Gordon Earl van) Sutherland 1501–1530
  9. 9. Eleanor Gordon 1501–
  10. 10. John (Gordon) Earl 1503–1547
  11. 11. John Gordon-Sutherland –1517

Adam Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1474
14 Oct 1474
Birth of Adam Gordon in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1538
17 Mar 1538
Age 64
Death of Adam Gordon in Ferrar, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ferrar, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1474
    Event Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Adam Gordon, person ID L8B3-8HQ.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1538
    Event Place: Ferrar, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Adam Gordon, person ID L8B3-8HQ.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Aboyne - Kirkton, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch, accessed 28 May 2023), entry for Adam Gordon, person ID L8B3-8HQ.
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