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Robert Gordon 1580–1656 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 May 1580

Birth Location: Golspie, Highland, Scotland

Death Date: March 1656

Death Location: Duffus, Moray, Scotland

Father: George Gordon

Mother: Lady Sutherland

Spouse(s): Agnes Elphinstone, Louisa Gordon

Children(s): Ludovick Gordon, Lucia Gordon, Robert Gordon-Sutherland, Daughter Sutherland, Elizabeth Gordon, David Barclay, Daug Gordon-Sutherland, Jane Gordon-Sutherland, Gordan Sutherland, Katherine Gordon, Ludovick Gordon, Charles Gordon, Katherine Gordon, Janet Sutherland, Jean Gordon, Lady Gordon, James Gordon

Robert Gordon was born in 1580 in Golspie, Highland, Scotland, the child of George Earl Of Sutherland Gordon And Lady Jean Hepburn Countess Of Sutherland. Robert Gordon married Agnes Elphinstone, Louisa Gordon, and had children including Charles Gordon, Daug Gordon Sutherland, Daughter Gordon Sutherland, David Barclay, Elizabeth Gordon, Gordan Sutherland, James Gordon, Jane Gordon Sutherland, Janet Sutherland, Jean Gordon, Katherine Gordon, Lady Katherine Gordon, Lucia Gordon, Ludovick Gordon, Robert Gordon Sutherland. Robert Gordon passed away in 1656 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Gordon was born in 1580 in Golspie, Highland, Scotland, the child of George Earl Of Sutherland Gordon And Lady Jean Hepburn Countess Of Sutherland.
  • Robert Gordon married Agnes Elphinstone, Louisa Gordon, and had children including Charles Gordon, Daug Gordon Sutherland, Daughter Gordon Sutherland, David Barclay, Elizabeth Gordon, Gordan Sutherland, James Gordon, Jane Gordon Sutherland, Janet Sutherland, Jean Gordon, Katherine Gordon, Lady Katherine Gordon, Lucia Gordon, Ludovick Gordon, Robert Gordon Sutherland.
  • Robert Gordon passed away in 1656 in Duffus, Moray, Scotland.

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Robert Gordon's Ancestors

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Robert Gordon
1580–1656
Birth Place: Golspie, Highland, Scotland
Parents
George Earl of Sutherland Gordon
1552–1594
England
Lady (Jean Hepburn, Countess of) Sutherland
1546–1629
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John (Gordon Earl van) Sutherland
1530–1567
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Helen Stewart
1525–1567
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Gordon
1501–1529
Janet Stewart
1505–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Gordon's Descendants

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Robert Gordon (14 May 1580–March 1656) m. Agnes Elphinstone (27 October 1581–18 September 1617) m. Louisa Gordon (20 December 1597–September 1680)
  1. 1. Ludovick Gordon 1614–1685
  2. 2. Lucia Gordon 1628–1649
  3. 3. Robert Gordon-Sutherland 1618–1688
  4. 4. Daughter (Gordon) Sutherland 1619–1619
  5. 5. Elizabeth Gordon 1623–1634
  6. 6. David Barclay 1610–1686
  7. 7. Daug Gordon-Sutherland 1624–1634
  8. 8. Jane Gordon-Sutherland 1618–1619
  9. 9. Gordan Sutherland 1622–1685
  10. 10. Katherine Gordon 1621–1663
  11. 11. Ludovick Gordon 1624–1688
  12. 12. Charles Gordon 1631–1674
  13. 13. Katherine Gordon 1619–1663
  14. 14. Janet Sutherland 1598–1651
  15. 15. Jean Gordon 1636–1676
  16. 16. Lady (Katherine) Gordon 1621–1663
  17. 17. James Gordon 1617–1686

Robert Gordon's Timeline

4 Records

1580
14 May 1580
Birth of Robert Gordon in Golspie, Highland, Scotland
Golspie, Highland, Scotland
1613
16 February 1613
Age 33
Robert Gordon was married in London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
1656
March 1656
Age 76
Death of Robert Gordon in Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Duffus, Moray, Scotland
1679
16 Apr 1679
Age 99
Robert Gordon was baptized in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Shaftesbury, Dorset, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 May 1580
    Event Place: Golspie, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1679
    Event Place: Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
    Record Source: Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 16 February 1613
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: March 1656
    Event Place: Duffus, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] North America, Family Histories
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Duffus, Moray, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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