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Adam GORDON 1520–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 11 Nov 1576

Death Location: Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire

Father: Lord Gordon

Mother: Margaretha Stewart

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Adam GORDON was born in 1520 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Lord John Gordon And Margaretha Jane Stewart. Adam GORDON passed away in 1576 in Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire.

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Biography

  • Adam GORDON was born in 1520 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Lord John Gordon And Margaretha Jane Stewart.
  • Adam GORDON passed away in 1576 in Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire.

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Adam GORDON's Ancestors

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Adam GORDON
1520–1576
Birth Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Lord John Gordon
1477–1517
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaretha (Jane) Stewart
1497–1552
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Gordon
1460–1522
Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Johanna Stewart
1461–1510
Traquair, Peeblesshire, Schotland
James (Stewart - King of Scots) IV
1473–1513
Edinburgh
Princess (Margaret) Tudor
1489–1541
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Great-Grandparents
GEORGE 00
1430–1501
Elizabeth Hay
1451–1509
James III
1451–1488
Margaret Drummond
1456–1486
Henry Ireland
1457–1509
Elizabeth Plantagenet
1466–1503
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James II
1430–1460
Mary Earl
1433–1463
Thomas Sleeswijk
1426–1481
Catherine NSJ
1417–1479
Thomas II
1435–1504
Catherine Bonville
1435–1504

Adam GORDON's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Adam GORDON in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1576
11 Nov 1576
Age 56
Death of Adam GORDON in Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire
Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 Nov 1576
    Event Place: Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtonshire

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