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Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland 1609–1644 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Mar 1609

Birth Location: Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 19 July 1644

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: George Haddo

Mother: Lady Bannerman

Spouse(s): Maria Forbes

Children(s): Sir I, John Gordon, John Gordon

Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland was born in 1609 in Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George Gordon Lord Of Methlick And Haddo And Lady Margaret Bannerman. Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland married Maria Forbes, and had children including John Gordon, John Samuel Gordon, Sir George Gordon Van Haddo 1St Earl Of Aberdeen Viscount Formartine Lord Haddo Methic Tarves Kellie I. Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland passed away in 1644 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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  • Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland was born in 1609 in Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of George Gordon Lord Of Methlick And Haddo And Lady Margaret Bannerman.
  • Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland married Maria Forbes, and had children including John Gordon, John Samuel Gordon, Sir George Gordon Van Haddo 1St Earl Of Aberdeen Viscount Formartine Lord Haddo Methic Tarves Kellie I.
  • Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland passed away in 1644 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Sir Sutherland's Ancestors

Self
Sir Sutherland
1609–1644
Birth Place: Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
George Gordon, Lord of Methlick and Haddo
1583–1610
Tonley Hallhead Esslemont Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Margaret) Bannerman
1585–1644
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Gordon, Lord of Methlick and) Haddo
1555–1642
Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Johanna Keith
1560–1629
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jean (Janet Jean) Livingstone
1555–1622
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Sir Gordon*
1535–1604
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Sutherland's Descendants

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Sir (John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of) Sutherland (4 Mar 1609–19 July 1644) m. Maria Forbes (1613–)
  1. 1. Sir (George GORDON van Haddo 1st Earl of Aberdeen Viscount Formartine Lord Haddo, Methic, Tarves & Kellie) I 1637–1720 m. Anna Lockhart 1645–1707
    1. 1. William (Gordon of Haddo) 1710 1678–1746 m. Lady (Mary Leslie Melville) 1692 1692–1710
      1. 1. Lady (Anne Gordon of Haddo) 1710 1719–1770 m. Sir (Joseph Reid Reade) 1695 1695–1749
        1. 1. William Reid 1746–1793 m. Jane Reid 1750–1812 m. Jane Anderson 1750–1812
    2. 2. Anna Gordon 1675–1708
  2. 2. John (Samuel) Gordon 1632–1665
  3. 3. John Gordon 1632–1665

Sir Sutherland's Timeline

2 Records

1609
4 Mar 1609
Birth of Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland in Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1644
19 July 1644
Age 35
Death of Sir John GORDON 6th Laird of Haddo, 1st Baronet of Haddo, Fourteenth Earl of Sutherland 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 1609
    Event Place: Haddo, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 July 1644
    Event Place: beheaded at Market Cross, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)
    [3] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [4] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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