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Alexander Gordon 1540–1580 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1580

Death Location: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Father: George Gordon

Mother:

Spouse(s): Agnes Bethune

Children(s): Elizabeth Gight, Margaret Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Mary Gordon, Agnes Gordon

Alexander Gordon was born in 1540 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George 2Nd Of Gight Gordon And Elizabeth Gordon. Alexander Gordon married Agnes Bethune, and had children including Agnes Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon Of Gight, Margaret Gordon, Mary Gordon. Alexander Gordon passed away in 1580 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander Gordon was born in 1540 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George 2Nd Of Gight Gordon And Elizabeth Gordon.
  • Alexander Gordon married Agnes Bethune, and had children including Agnes Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon Of Gight, Margaret Gordon, Mary Gordon.
  • Alexander Gordon passed away in 1580 in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Gordon
1502–
Birth Location: Schivas, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Bethune
1535–1600
Birth Location: Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Gight
1567–1654
Birth Location: Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Margaret Gordon
1571–
Birth Location: Kilry, , Angus, Scotland
MG
Alexander Gordon
1575–
Birth Location: Abergeldie, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Mary Gordon
1576–
Birth Location: Kilry, , Angus, Scotland
MG
Agnes Gordon
1578–
Birth Location: Abergeldie, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Alexander Gordon's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Gordon
1540–1580
Birth Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
George 2nd of Gight Gordon
1502–
Schivas, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Gordon's Descendants

1.
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Alexander Gordon (1540–1580) m. Agnes Bethune (1535–Abt 1600)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Gordon of) Gight 1567–1654 m. Sir (George Hume of Spot - 1st and last Earl Home of) Dunbar 1556–1611
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Hume, Countess of) Dunbar 1599–1633 m. Theophilus Howard 1584–1640
      1. 1. Lady (Francis) Howard 1630–1677 m. Sir (Edward Villiers Viscount Grandison van) Limerick 1620–1689
        1. 1. Anne (Frances) Villiers 1654–1688 m. Hans (Willem) Bentinck 1649–1709
        2. 2. Katherine Villiers 1647–1733
        3. 3. Barbara Villiers 1649–1708
        4. 4. Frances (de) Villiers 1650–1688
        5. 5. Edward Villiers 1656–1711
        6. 6. Elizabeth Villiers 1657–1733
        7. 7. Henry Villiers 1658–1707
        8. 8. Henrietta Villiers 1659–1720
        9. 9. Mary Villiers 1670–1753
      2. 2. Henry Howard 1517–1709
      3. 3. Anne Howard 1610–1679 m. Thomas Walsingham 1617–1691
        1. 1. Barbara Walsingham 1644–1734
        2. 2. James Walsingham 1646–1728
        3. 3. Elizabeth Walsingham 1647–1733
        4. 4. Anne Walsingham 1649–1680 m. Richard Parsons 1656–1703
        5. 5. Frances Walsingham 1651–1728
        6. 6. Thomas Walsingham 1651–
        7. 7. Mary Walsingham 1653–1733
        8. 8. Arabella Walsingham –1683
        9. 9. Osmond Walsingham 1659–1659
        10. 10. Katherine Walsingham 1660–1733
        11. 11. Dorothy Walsingham –1663
      4. 4. James Howard –1688
      5. 5. Katherine Howard 1621–1650
      6. 6. Thomas Howard 1621–1698
      7. 7. Margaret Howard 1622–1689
      8. 8. Elizabeth Howard –1705
      9. 9. George Howard 1625–1691
      10. 10. Robert Howard 1633–
    2. 2. Anna Home 1587–1621 m. James Hume 1585–1620 m. James (John) Home 1620– m. Robert French 1585–
      1. 1. Alexander Home 1612–
      2. 2. James Home 1615–1653
      3. 3. Charles Home 1616–
      4. 4. Home 1618–1618
      5. 5. Thomas Home 1608–
      6. 6. Marie Home 1612–1646
      7. 7. Ninian (Alexander) Home 1614–
      8. 8. James Home 1615–1653
  2. 2. Margaret Gordon 1571–
  3. 3. Alexander Gordon 1575–
  4. 4. Mary Gordon 1576–
  5. 5. Agnes Gordon 1578–

Alexander Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1540
1540
Birth of Alexander Gordon in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1580
1580
Age 40
Death of Alexander Gordon in Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 21 Aug 2024), entry for Elizabeth Gordon of Gight, person ID GRL4-Q81.
    [2] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 12 May 2025), entry for Alexander Gordon, person ID LY4P-92R.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 21 Aug 2024), entry for Elizabeth Gordon of Gight, person ID GRL4-Q81.
    [2] "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 12 May 2025), entry for Alexander Gordon, person ID LY4P-92R.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: <unknown>
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 12 May 2025), entry for Alexander Gordon, person ID LY4P-92R.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1580
    Event Place: Gight, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i>, accessed 12 May 2025), entry for Alexander Gordon, person ID LY4P-92R.
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