Strange adventures of Lewis Gordon

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4 John Gordon in Kinneddar died about
1715 (Cramond). Barbara Gordon married
Robert Gordon in Lunan. He was a son
of William Gordon in Lunan, who was a
natural son of William Gordon of Arradoul
and the grandson of Alexander Gordon of
Buckie. She had
Alexander Gordon who founded the
present Gordons of Cairnfield.
James Gordon of Briggs, and Garmouth,
whose pedigree was given by the Rev.
Stephen Ree, in "Scottish Notes and
Queries" Dec. 1906.
5 Jean Gordon married James Anderson in
Barmuckity, brother of Robert Anderson,
(Commissary Clerk of Moray).
6 Elizabeth Gordon married Thomas Stron-
ach in Walkmill.
7 Lucretia Gordon married James Gordon
in Remorach (proclaimed August 1, 1695) ;
son of George Gordon of Thornybush
•and brother of John Gordon of David-
ston. In 16 "3 he gave a bond for 400 merks
to George Hamilton at Belly-kirk (Elgin
Commissary Record).
A Lucretia Gordon, who married as his
second wife George Cumming of Lochter-
vandich, and died September, 1668, is said
to have belonged to the Kinneddar family.
She may have been this Lucretia's aunt.
Lewis Gordon Aikenhead.
He was the eldest son of Alexander
Gordon of Salterhill by his wife Isobel
King, but he does not appear in Dr
Cramond's "Kings of Newmill" — perhaps
on account of his scandalous career, which
his family would not be willing to record.
He is mentioned, however, in the Elgin
Commissary Record — ■
1692, December 10— Bond for £41 lCs 8d by
Richard Winchester in Kinnedor to Ludo-
vick Gordon, indweller in Aikenhead :
written by Robert Gordon, schoolmaster at
Kinnedor, at Kinnedor, October 17. 1692,
before thir witnesses — Alexander Gordon,
elder in Kinnedor, and said writer.
1696, January 2 — Bond for 40 merks by
John Waterston, shoemaker, in the Collodge