Agnes Seton (Gordon)

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About Agnes Seton (Gordon)

Agnes Gordon1

Agnes Gordon is the daughter of Patrick Gordon of Methlic and Haddo and Marion Oglivie of Findlater.1 She married John Leslie, 2nd of Wardis, son of Alexander Leslie, 1st of Wardis and Isabel Lauder.1 Her married name became Leslie.1

Marriage Notes:

"He (John Leslie 2nd of Wardis) married, fourthly, Agnes Gordon, daughter of Patrick Gordon of Haddo, ancestor of the Earls of Aberdeen, and had issue

  • I. ANDREW, progenitor of the Leslies of Bucharn, and of the Leslies of Clisson in France, of whom afterwards.
  • II. BESSIE, married, first, to Robert Winton, and, secondly, to Andrew Menzies.
  • III. MARJORY, married to James Keith of Aquhorsk.
  • IV. Another Daughter, married to John Leith, third son of Patrick Leith of Edingarioch, in 1520."

from Family of Leslie

"Before 1st March, 1501-2,(Council Reg., VIII., 76.), he had married for his third wife Agnes or Annabella, a daughter of Patrick Gordon of Haddo, by whom he had Andrew, progenitor of the Leslies of Bucharn and of the Leslies of Clisson, in France; Bessie, married to Robert Winton, and secondly to Andrew Menzies ; Marjory, married to James Keith of Aquhorsk ; and another daughter, married in 1520 to John Leith, a son of Leith of Edingarioch."

from Aldermen and Provosts

Note: as seen, these sources disagree on the order of John Leslie's wives. Aldermen and Provosts has been followed here. 1 2

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