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Sir John GORDON 1610 – 1644 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1610

Birth Location: Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 19 Jul 1644

Death Location: beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Father: George Gordon

Mother: Margaret Bannerman

Spouse(s): Lady FORBES

Children(s): Sir Gordon

Sir John GORDON was born in 1610 in Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George Gordon and Margaret Margaretha Bannerman. Sir John GORDON married Lady Janet Mary Maria FORBES, and had children including Sir George Gordon. Sir John GORDON passed away in 1644 in beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir John GORDON was born in 1610 in Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George Gordon and Margaret Margaretha Bannerman.
  • Sir John GORDON married Lady Janet Mary Maria FORBES, and had children including Sir George Gordon.
  • Sir John GORDON passed away in 1644 in beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir GORDON's Ancestors

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Sir GORDON
1610 – 1644
Birth Place: Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
George Gordon
1587 – 1610
Tonley Hallhead Esslemont Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Margaret (Margaretha) Bannerman
1585 – 1644
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Gordon
1555 – 1623
Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lady (Jean) KEITH
1550 – 1610
Ravenscraig, Fifeshire, Scotland
Sir (Alexander) BANNERMAN
1561 – 1609
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Henry Bannerman
1522 – 1581
Lady Reid
1525 – 1568
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Elsick
1503 – 1529

Sir GORDON's Descendants

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Sir (John) GORDON (4 Mar 1610 – 19 Jul 1644) m. Lady (Janet Mary Maria) FORBES (1613 – 19 Jul 1644)
  1. 1. Sir (George) Gordon (06 OCT 1637 – 20 Apr 1720) m. Anne (Anna) Lockhart (1645 – 19 Jul 1707)
    1. 1. Sir (William) Gordon (22 December 1679 – 30 Mar 1746) m. Mary (Leslie Melville) 1692 (Jul 1692 – 1710)
      1. 1. Lady (Anne) Gordon (1 Aug 1719 – 13 Dec 1770) m. Joseph Reid\Reed\Reade (17 Feb 1695 – 1749) m. James Reid (17 Feb 1695 – 1749) m. William (Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries\4th Earl of) Stair (1699 – 27 Jul 1768)
        1. 1. William (Henry) Reid (14 Dec 1746 – 20 Aug 1793) m. Jane Anderson (1752 – 1812)

Sir GORDON's Timeline

5 Records

1610
4 Mar 1610
Birth of Sir John GORDON in Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1630
1630
Age 20
Sir John GORDON was married in Haddo Tolquhoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Haddo Tolquhoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1634
1634
Age 24
Sir John GORDON was married in Tolquhoun, , Aberdeen, Scotland
Tolquhoun, , Aberdeen, Scotland
1639
24 JAN 1639
Age 29
Sir John GORDON was married in Sutherland, Scotland
Sutherland, Scotland
1644
19 Jul 1644
Age 34
Death of Sir John GORDON in beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Mar 1610
    Event Place: Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1630
    Event Place: Haddo Tolquhoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1634
    Event Place: Tolquhoun, , Aberdeen, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 24 JAN 1639
    Event Place: Sutherland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1644
    Event Place: beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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