John Gordon, 2nd of Auchleuchries

NOTE: John Gordon's date of death is September 9, 1513 - PERIOD!!

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John of Auchlenchries who was slain at battle of Flodden, 1513, under the command of Alexander, 3rd Earl of Huntly - (Stirnet says he died about 1496). (Thanage of Fermantyn says he died 1506)

John married Margaret FORBES, daughter of Alexander FORBES 3rd of Pitsligo and Christian OGILVIE. (Margaret FORBES was born about 1467.)

Children

1. GORDON, John 3rd of Auchleuchries+
2. GORDON, James 1st of Cairnborrow+
3. Francis

Sources

1. Thannage of Fermantyn Page 309

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• John Gordon1
• M, #66616, d. 9 September 1513
• Father John Gordon2
• Mother Elizabeth Abernethy3,2
• John Gordon was born at of Botary, Scotland.1 He married Margaret Forbes, daughter of Alexander Forbes and Maria Hay.1 John Gordon died on 9 September 1513 at Battle of Flodden Field.2
• Family Margaret Forbes
• Child
  • John Gordon, 1st Laird of Pitlurg+2 d. 1544
• Citations
• 1.[S11566] The Scots Peerage, Vol. IV, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 71.
• 2.[S11580] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. IV, by John Burke, Esq., p. 46.
• 3.[S11586] The Scots Peerage, Vol. VII, edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, p. 407.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2217.htm#... _____________________
• John Gordon[1]
• Born Abt 1449
• Died 9 Sep 1513 battle of Flodden Field, Kirknewton, Northumberland, England
• Family Barbara or Margaret Forbes, d. Yes, date unknown
• Children
  • 1. Sir Robert Gordon, of Pitlurg, b. Abt 1479, of, Pitlurg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. 1544
• Sources
• 1.[S50] Medieval, royalty, nobility family group sheets (filmed 1996), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. Medieval Family History Unit, (Manuscript. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996), FHL film 1553977-1553985..
• From: https://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I16279&tree... ________________________
• The thanage of Fermartyn including the district commonly called Formartine : its proprietors, with genealogical deductions; its parishes, ministers, churches, churchyards, antiquities &c. (1894)
• https://archive.org/details/thanageoffermart00byutemp
• https://archive.org/stream/thanageoffermart00byutemp#page/3/mode/1up
• I. John Gordon of Essie or Scurdargue (as to whose genealogical status see article on Pitlurg) married Elizabeth Maitland, daughter of Robert Maitland, laird of Gight, by whom he had three sons.
  • I. John Gordon of Auchleuchries.
  • II. William Gordon of Tillytarmont.
  • III. James Gordon, ancestor of the Gordons of Haddo and Methlick.
• II. — This James Gordon of Haddo and Methlick married Canea Harper, half-portioner of Methlick, of which her father, John Harper, called in the latin of the charters "Johannes de Citharista," was the owner. .... etc.
• https://archive.org/stream/thanageoffermart00byutemp#page/308/mode/1up
  • John Gordon of Essie.
• He was called John of Scurdarg from his residence being at that place within the lands of Essie, which were granted to him by his father, Sir John Gordon. He had also Ardlaw in Aberdour, "noveritis me dedisse et vendidisse dilecto et speciali meo Johanni de Gordon filio naturali quondam domini Johannis de Gordone militis omnes meas terras de Ardlach, &c." In the charter just quoted his wife's name is given as Elizabeth. The old MS. histories of the family call the wife of whom the children were born Margaret. She was certainly daughter to Robert Matulant of Natyrdul (Maitland of Netherdale), who was grandson of Sir Robert Maitland of Thirlstane. Her brother was Sir Patrick Maitland of Netherdale, Gight, and Shivas. They had three sons and two daughters : —
  • I. John, ancestor of Pitlurg and other branches.
  • II. William, of Tillytarmont, ancestor of Craig, Lesmoir, and many others.
  • III. James, of Methlic, ancestor of the Gordons of Haddo, now Earls of Aberdeen.
  • 1. Elizabeth, married, 1436, to James Baird of Ordinhivas.
  • 2. Janet, married to Annand of Auchterellon.
• https://archive.org/stream/thanageoffermart00byutemp#page/309/mode/1up
• John Gordon, as has been already mentioned, left Essie to Alexander Gordon, his son by Henault Macleod, to whom he was hand-fasted. His eldest son, by his marriage with Elizabeth Maitland, became
• II. John Grordon of Auchleuchry.
• He got from his father the lands of Auchleuchry. He married Dame Elizabeth Abernethy, daughter of Lawrence, Lord Saltoun, of Rothiemay, and had issue two sons :
  • I. John, his successor.
  • II. James, of Cairnburrow, ancestor of Rothiemay, Glenbucket, Park, &c.
• John Gordon was succeeded by his son,
• III. John Gordon of Auchleuchry.
• He obtained a portion of the Gordon territory by receiving the lands of Botarie from the Earl of Huntly ; had seisin of the lands of Kindrocht in 1487 In 1493, he purchased the lands of Longweir (Lungair or Lungar) and Hilton in the county of Kincardine, forming the southern half of the barony of Dunnottar, and in the same year those of Cromy, Little Warthill, with the part of Harlaw and the Glack. In this deed he is designated John Gordon of Auchleuchry. In 1506, he got a charter from Sir Alexander Seton of the lands of Kinmundy, Mylhill, Myllbrecks, and Petremarcus, and in the same year, he purchased the lands of Kyninmonde in Lonmay. John Gordon married Barbara, daughter of Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo, by his wife, Dame ___Hay, daughter of William, first Earl of Errol, by whom he had a son,
  • I. John, his successor.
  • II. Francis.
• John Gordon died 1506, and was succeeded by his son,
• IV. John Gordon of Auchleuchry, Lungar, Kinmundie, &c.
• In 1506, there is a deed of sasine in favour of John Gordon, son and heir of the late John Gordon of Lungar, on charter of William Gordon of Schivas, of the lands of Petnagoak, in the county of Aberdeen and barony of Schivas, dated 24 November, 1506. In 1531, there is a charter by King James V. confirming a charter of sale by Francis Gordon, portioner, Kindrocht and Sathlee to his brother, John Gordon of Lumgair, and eight years later, he got a feu charter from the Bishop of Moray, to him and the lawful heirs male of his body, of the lands of Pitlurge, Ovir Auchquhorties, Nether Auchquhorties, in the barony of Keith. These lands adjoined to Botarie. He made an excambion in 1541, with Sir Thomas Erskine of Brechin, receiving the lands of
• https://archive.org/stream/thanageoffermart00byutemp#page/310/mode/1up
• Crevethin in Drumblade in exchange for Hilton, the harbour and fishings of the same; and in the same year also received a charter from John Forsyth de Dykis of the lands of Gilkenston.
• He married Lady Jane Stuart, daughter of the first Earl of Athole of that family, by his second wife. Lady Eleanor St. Clair, daughter of William, Earl of Orkney and Caithness. The Earl of Athole was half-brother to King James II., being son of Queen Joan Beaufort, by her second husband. Sir James Stuart, the black knight of Lorne. Lady Jean predeceased her husband, having borne him two sons : —
  • I. John, his successor.
  • II. James, who received a grant of Auchleuchries from his brother in 1546.
  • I. A daughter, who married ___ Turing of Foveran.
• John Gordon married secondly, Margaret Drummond, of the family of Stobhall, without issue (she married after her husband's death George Baird of Auchmedden).
• He died in 1546, and was succeeded by his eldest son, .... etc. ___________________________________
• 'Gordon12'
• John Gordon, 1st of Auchleuchries
• m. Elizabeth Abernethy (dau of Laurence Abernethy, 1st Lord Saltoun)
  • 1. John Gordon, 2nd of Auchleuchries (d c1496)
  • m. Margaret Forbes (dau of Sir Alexander Forbes, 3rd of Pitsligo)
    • A. John Gordon, 3rd of Auchleuchries, 1st of Pitlurg (d 1546)
    • m1. Jane Stewart (dau of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl)
      • i. John Gordon, 2nd of Pitlurg, 4th of Auchleuchries (d Pinkie 10.09.1547)
      • m. (1542-3) Janet Ogilvie (dau of Alexander Ogilvie of Deskford)
        • a. Sir John Gordon, 3rd of Pitlurg (d 16.09.1600)
        • m. (1567) Isabel Forbes (b 16.10.1548, bur 22.03.1622, dau of Forbes, 7th Lord)
          • (1) .... etc.
• Main sources: BLG1952 (Gordon of Piltlurg)
• From: Stirnet.com
• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/gg/gordon12.php#top ________________________________

Links

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• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestors...
• http://fabpedigree.com/s012/f108853.htm
• http://www.famhist.us/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I26099285&tr...
• http://history.wdgordon.com/gordon10.htm

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