Huntly Gordons

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Huntly Gordons

Legg inn av Gjest » 04 des 2007 20:05:58

Little seems available concerning the ancestry of Gov. Patrick Gordon of Pennsylvania (1726-36). The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography contains a segment which indicates the seal of Gov. Gordon quartered the arms of Gordon, Badenoch, Seton and Frazer. This article states that Burke's General Armory, shows Gov. Gordon's daughter Philadelphia's descendant, John Taylor Gordon, was from Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly.
Can anyone shed light on the veracity of this descent?
Thank you,
Pat

wjhonson

Re: Huntly Gordons

Legg inn av wjhonson » 05 des 2007 06:02:02

On Dec 4, 11:05 am, pajun...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Little seems available concerning the ancestry of Gov. Patrick Gordon of Pennsylvania (1726-36). The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography contains a segment which indicates the seal of Gov. Gordon quartered the arms of Gordon, Badenoch, Seton and Frazer. This article states that Burke's General Armory, shows Gov. Gordon's daughter Philadelphia's descendant, John Taylor Gordon, was from Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly.
Can anyone shed light on the veracity of this descent?
Thank you,
Pat

When Patrick Gordon arrived in 1726 he was said to be "62 years of
age". He had married Isabella nee Clarke sometime before this. His
daughter Philadelphia married in 1733 to Abram Taylor.

Patrick Gordon's will and inventory are both dated 1736 so he died in
that year.

FWIW there is a Patron sheet submission in the IGI which states that
Patrick Gordon and Isabella Clarke married on 3 Apr 1695. As is
typical of Patron sheet submissions there is no useful source listed.

Will Johnson

James Dempster

Re: Huntly Gordons

Legg inn av James Dempster » 05 des 2007 22:00:37

On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:05:58 +0000, pajunkin@bellsouth.net wrote:

Little seems available concerning the ancestry of Gov. Patrick Gordon of Pennsylvania (1726-36). The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography contains a segment which indicates the seal of Gov. Gordon quartered the arms of Gordon, Badenoch, Seton and Frazer. This article states that Burke's General Armory, shows Gov. Gordon's daughter Philadelphia's descendant, John Taylor Gordon, was from Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly.
Can anyone shed light on the veracity of this descent?

The arms of Dr John Taylor-Gordon as described in Burkes General
Armory do not show him to be a descendant of 3rd Earl of Huntly. They
are quarterly 1&4 Gordon and 2&3 Taylor.

The Gordon arms in Burkes are

Azure three boars' heads erased Or within a bordure Sable

There are no quarterings Badenoch, Seton or Fraser.

John Taylor-Gordon's arms were matriculated in 1837 in Lyon Register
where he is described as an MD of Aberdeen.

The lack of the Badenoch, Seton and Fraser quarterings is not
conclusive proof that he was not descended from the Huntly Gordons but
is suggestive that he might not be. It could be worthwhile writing to
Lyon Clerk at the Court of the Lord Lyon to see what genealogical
evidence was presented at the time of the matriculation.

http://www.lyon-court.com

The Gordons have been well written up by J.M. Bulloch in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries and it would seem likely that if there is
anything to be found his book "The House of Gordon" is as good a place
to start as any.

James
James Dempster

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when you wake up
and someone's outlining you in chalk.

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