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444 HOUSE OF GORDON.
though the intestine trouble of Scotland diverted him " from buying an estate in
Scotland " (Faniilie of Innes, 248). He retired to Holland, as Lord of Schmy-
dar and Scrivan ; d. unm. 1648, Dec. 10-17, at Dantzig, being buried (he was
a Protestant) in the Nieuve Kerk at Delft, to which ten plain silver beakers
were presented in his memory (illustrated in the Burlington Mag., 1908, Oct.).
By his will, which he made at Lubeck, 1648, Oct. 27, and which was the
subject of a lawsuit in 1687 between Sir William Binning, Edinburgh, and
Lady Hope of Kerse, he left a great deal of money to his three half-sisters
(Wlgtoii Com., printed in full, Aberdeen Free Press, 1906, Sep. 4).
1754- John. 1637, Oct. 19, went with his brother Alexander, 1656, to
join Col. Alexander Cunningham's Reg. in Sweden (Enrls of Snthcrlaud, 486).
Service in Ireland, described in 832-
Son of Sir Alexander, of Navidale ; described in the Sutherland Tables as
a priest {House of Gordon, 11. (132)). Brother of Alexander, 122, 1656,
Cousin of Adam, 1637, George, 475-6, and John, 833-
1755- John (?). 1642, "Livetennand Colonell Gordone, brother to the
Laird Abirgeldie " joined the Reg. des Gardes Ecossois, raised by warrant,
1642, Apr. 20, by James (Campbell), ist and last Earl of Irvine (yr. son of
Archibald, 7th Earl of Argyll) for the service of the French King. Irvine got
forty soldiers from his brother-in-law Lord Huntly, 1710, who were " schippit at
Abirdene, wnder the conduct of Livetennand Blair ; and thairefter [September?]
vther men wes schippit for his regiment at Abirdein, with Livetennant Colonell
Gordone " (Spalding's Trubles, 11. 187).
Son of William, VI. of Abergeldie, and probably named John (House of
Gordon, i. (88)).
1756- John. " Leivtenant Collonel in Germanie " (Sutherland Tables,
House of Gordon, 11. (152)).
Son of Patrick, of Craigston, cadet of Cairnburrowi(/6«/.), who settled in
Sutherland, 1602 (Earls of Sutherland, 245), and Isobel Duff, dau. of Mr.
George Duff, of Craighead. Brother of Robert, 1803, and cousin of Patrick,
1794.
1757- John. 1643, Feb. i6, "The Laird of Crag Gordoun, Donald
Farquliarsone, and Gordoun, younger son of Arradoull, brocht into Clattis
hous in Old Abirdene fourscoir soldiouris schippet with the Lady Gray at
Abirdene for P'rance " (Spalding's Trubles, n. 235).
.Son of John, IV. of Craig, whom he succeeded; a strong Catholic, who
gave much trouble to the Protestant Reformers ; m. Jean, dau. of Sir James
Gordon, of Lesmoir, and widow of George Gordon, fiar of Coclarachie, and
had Francis, of Craig ; d. 1643, in France (Balbithan MS.). If this date is
though the intestine trouble of Scotland diverted him " from buying an estate in
Scotland " (Faniilie of Innes, 248). He retired to Holland, as Lord of Schmy-
dar and Scrivan ; d. unm. 1648, Dec. 10-17, at Dantzig, being buried (he was
a Protestant) in the Nieuve Kerk at Delft, to which ten plain silver beakers
were presented in his memory (illustrated in the Burlington Mag., 1908, Oct.).
By his will, which he made at Lubeck, 1648, Oct. 27, and which was the
subject of a lawsuit in 1687 between Sir William Binning, Edinburgh, and
Lady Hope of Kerse, he left a great deal of money to his three half-sisters
(Wlgtoii Com., printed in full, Aberdeen Free Press, 1906, Sep. 4).
1754- John. 1637, Oct. 19, went with his brother Alexander, 1656, to
join Col. Alexander Cunningham's Reg. in Sweden (Enrls of Snthcrlaud, 486).
Service in Ireland, described in 832-
Son of Sir Alexander, of Navidale ; described in the Sutherland Tables as
a priest {House of Gordon, 11. (132)). Brother of Alexander, 122, 1656,
Cousin of Adam, 1637, George, 475-6, and John, 833-
1755- John (?). 1642, "Livetennand Colonell Gordone, brother to the
Laird Abirgeldie " joined the Reg. des Gardes Ecossois, raised by warrant,
1642, Apr. 20, by James (Campbell), ist and last Earl of Irvine (yr. son of
Archibald, 7th Earl of Argyll) for the service of the French King. Irvine got
forty soldiers from his brother-in-law Lord Huntly, 1710, who were " schippit at
Abirdene, wnder the conduct of Livetennand Blair ; and thairefter [September?]
vther men wes schippit for his regiment at Abirdein, with Livetennant Colonell
Gordone " (Spalding's Trubles, 11. 187).
Son of William, VI. of Abergeldie, and probably named John (House of
Gordon, i. (88)).
1756- John. " Leivtenant Collonel in Germanie " (Sutherland Tables,
House of Gordon, 11. (152)).
Son of Patrick, of Craigston, cadet of Cairnburrowi(/6«/.), who settled in
Sutherland, 1602 (Earls of Sutherland, 245), and Isobel Duff, dau. of Mr.
George Duff, of Craighead. Brother of Robert, 1803, and cousin of Patrick,
1794.
1757- John. 1643, Feb. i6, "The Laird of Crag Gordoun, Donald
Farquliarsone, and Gordoun, younger son of Arradoull, brocht into Clattis
hous in Old Abirdene fourscoir soldiouris schippet with the Lady Gray at
Abirdene for P'rance " (Spalding's Trubles, n. 235).
.Son of John, IV. of Craig, whom he succeeded; a strong Catholic, who
gave much trouble to the Protestant Reformers ; m. Jean, dau. of Sir James
Gordon, of Lesmoir, and widow of George Gordon, fiar of Coclarachie, and
had Francis, of Craig ; d. 1643, in France (Balbithan MS.). If this date is
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