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Sir James Gordon 1510 – 1547 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Sep 1547

Death Location: Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland

Father: Sir Gordon

Mother: Lady (Gordon)

Spouse(s): Margaret (Gordon)

Children(s): Elizabeth Adair

Sir James Gordon was born in 1510 in Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert Gordon and Lady Marion Accerson \ Acarsane (Gordon). Sir James Gordon married Margaret Crichton (Gordon), and had children including Elizabeth (Gordon) Adair. Sir James Gordon passed away in 1547 in Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland.

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Biography

  • Sir James Gordon was born in 1510 in Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, the child of Sir Robert Gordon and Lady Marion Accerson \ Acarsane (Gordon).
  • Sir James Gordon married Margaret Crichton (Gordon), and had children including Elizabeth (Gordon) Adair.
  • Sir James Gordon passed away in 1547 in Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Gordon's Ancestors

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Sir Gordon
1510 – 1547
Birth Place: Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir Robert Gordon
1475 – 1520
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Lady (Marion Accerson \ Acarsane) (Gordon)
1480 – 1538
Glen, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Sir (John) Gordon
1445 – 1517
Lochnivar, Scotland
Elizabeth (Lindsay) (Gordon)
1463 – 1519
Lanarkshire, Scotland
John (Acarsane \) Accerson
1435 –
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Gordon
1430 – 1455
Joan (Gordon)
Sir Lindsay
1440 – 1495
Elizabeth Crawford
1442 – 1517
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Alexander Crawford
1425 – 1453
Margaret (Lindsey)
1420 – 1498
(Lord) Hamilton
1416 – 1479
Euphemia Douglass
1408 – 1468

Sir Gordon's Descendants

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Sir (James) Gordon (1510 – 10 Sep 1547) m. Margaret (Crichton) (Gordon) (1515 – 1535)
  1. 1. Elizabeth ((Gordon)) Adair (Abt. 1535 – 22 May 1607) m. (Sir) (Ninian) Adair (Abt. 1531 – Abt. 16 May 1608)
    1. 1. (Sir) (William) Adair (1566 – 04 Dec 1626) m. Rosina (\ Rosenna \ Roseanne Reilly (McLelland) (Reilly)) Adair (Abt. 1565 – Abt. 1626) m. Janet ((Houston)) Adair (Abt. 1565 – Abt. 1625)
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Adair (Abt. 1585 – 01 Mar 1655) m. Lady (Jean Edmonstone \ Turnble) (Adair) (1585 – )
        1. 1. Jean (\ Joan Margaret) Adair (1625 – 1675) m. Patrick (Cathcart) Adair (Abt. 1625 – Jul 1694)
      2. 2. Marianne Adair (Abt. 1593 – Abt. 1630)
      3. 3. [Rev] (John) Adair (1598 – 1675) m. Lady (Helen Cathcart) (Adair) (1585 – 1640)
        1. 1. Patrick (Cathcart) Adair (Abt. 1625 – Jul 1694) m. Jean (\ Joan Margaret) Adair (1625 – 1675)

Sir Gordon's Timeline

4 Records

1501
1501
Birth of Sir James Gordon in Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1510
1510
Birth of Sir James Gordon in Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
1547
10 Sep 1547
Age 37
Death of Sir James Gordon in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1547
10 Sep 1547
Age 37
Death of Sir James Gordon in Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland
Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1501
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Kirkcudbright Landward, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Sep 1547
    Event Place: Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Sep 1547
    Event Place: Slag Bij Pinkie-Cleugh, East-Lothian, Schotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

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