Adam Gordon of Cairston

ADAM GORDON OF CAIRSTON

Servitor of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney

Adam Gordon of Cairston is the eldest son and heir of William Gordon of Cairston and his wife Isobel Broun. He and his mother gave their consent when his father gave a tenement of land in Kirkwall to William Robertson and his wife Helen Mure on 21 January 1603. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland,1609-20, charter number 2037 He is noticed in the witness list of a charter issued by Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney, on 12 October 1591, wherein he is identified as a servitor of the Earl. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1580-1593, charter number 2191

Death

Adam Gordon of Cairston was alive on 21 January 1603 but he died before 12 September 1633. National Records of Scotland, Orkney Papers, reference GD190/3/199

Evidence from Various Sources

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12 October 1591: Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, 1580-1593, charter number 2191

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21 January 1603: Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum: Register of the Great Seal of Scotland,1609-20, charter number 2037

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Bow of Cairstane, 12 September 1633: Tack by Patrick Gordon of Cairstane to Magnus Hourstane, of the third of How, as either as Magnus Leisk labours it presently, or else every third rig through the town land third of Cowpisquoy and the third of Gyane as said Magnus labouried it of before. National Records of Scotland, Orkney Papers, reference GD190/3/199