Gordons of Nethermuir

(Borbons of IRetbermuir.
THE lands of Nethermuir in the parish of
New Deer were held for nearly three cen-
turies, down to 1872, by a branch of the
Gordons of Haddo. The main line of Nether-
muir Gordons was never very important, but
its offshoot, the Gordons of Auchleuchries,
produced the Russian General, Patrick
Gordon ; the Gordons of Coldwells are now
represented at Laskowitz, West Prussia ; and
on the female side Nethermuir claims,
through the Gordons of Buthlaw, the Greek
General, Thomas Gordon.
The earliest attempt to trace the family
occurs in the Balbithan MS., a3 follows: —
"David Gordon of Nethermure married the
goodman of Achencrives daughter Maitland,
with whom he begat two Sons and Daugh-
ters, viz., Gordon of Nethermure and
James Gordon of Knawen. Their Father
dyed . His Son Gordon of
Nethermure married the Parson of Kinkells
daughter with whom he begat five sons, viz.,
George Gordon of Nethermuire, Gilbert
Gordon, now of Knowen. Sir James Gordon
of Knowen married Elizabeth Jamieson alias
Johnston with whom he begat two sons and
daughters, viz., Patrick and Thomas Gor-
dons, and a daughter who married William
Gordon fiar of Tillyangus."
The next account of the family is con-
tained in a MS. pedigree of 1670, now in
Gordon Castle, as follows : —