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IV. William, married Baillie Blair's daughter in Ord.
V. Hugh, married Patrick Duncan's daughter in Scotstown.
I. A daughter, married to Cruickshank of Tillymorgan.
George Gordon of Sheelagreen was succeeded by his eldest son,
II. George Gordon of Sheelagreen.
He married first, Helen Erskine, daughter and heiress of Erskine of Rothney. There
is a charter of Little Wranghame to George Gordon and Helen Erskine of Rothney, of
date May 2, 1665.' By her he had one son : —
I. George.
He married secondly, Marjory Moir, daughter of John Moir of Barnes, by whom he
had a son : — -
II. William. He left the estate of Rothney to him, though it came by his first
wife, Helen Erskine, the mother of George Gordon. He married, and had
a son, George, who, in 1772, is retoured heir of line to his father, William
Gordon.^ The descent of the Gordons of Rothney, according to the
author of the " Earldom of Garioch," is now extinct.
George Gordon of Sheelagreen, taking the title of Rothney, matriculated arms for
himself thus : —
" The said George Gordon of Rothney, whose grandfather was a second son of the
family of Lesmoir, for his achievement and ensigne armorial, bears azure, a fess chequy,
argent, and of the first, betwixt three boars heads, erased or, all within a bordure
indented as the second, on ane helmet befitting his degree, with a mantle gules doubled
argent and a wreath of his colours is set for his crest, issuing out of the torse, ' a man
presenting a gun all proper.' The motto is ane scroll, ' Vel pax vel bellium.' Granted
30 March, 1677. Signed Charles Erskine, Lyon." He was succeeded in Sheelagreen
by his son,
III. George Gordon of Sheelagreen.
He married Elizabeth Udny, daughter of Robert Udny of Auchterellon. Their
marriage contract is dated 27 February, 1701 ; had a charter of the lands of Sheela-
green, dated August, 1707. By Elizabeth Udny he had at least one son,-"
IV. George Gordon of Sheelagreen.
He married Anne Donaldson, heiress of Cocklaw, as is evidenced by the following
retour : — = " 1746. Ann Gordon or Donaldson, wife of George Gordon of Sheelagreen,
to her father, James Donaldson of Cocklaw, Ap. 16." James Donaldson was of the
Kinnairdie family on the Deveron. They had issue two sons and three daughters : — ^
1 Indexof Titles of Sheelagreen. 4 MS. penes Editor ; Mar. Con. penes Rept.
2 MS. Pedigree, penes Editor. of late Sir Alex, .\nderson, knight.
■\ Decen. Rets. 1772. 5 Decen. Rets. 1746.
5 Sheelagreen Title-Deeds.