Daniel Gordon (1682 - bef. 1732)

Born 1682 in Exeter, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Harriman) Gordon — married 15 Sep 1708 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Birth

Daniel Gordon was born at Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1682, the son of Alexander Gordon and Mary (Lissen) Gordon.^[1]

Marriage

Daniel Gordon married Margaret Harriman at Haverhill, Massachusetts, on 15 Sep 1708.^[2]

Children

Children of Daniel and Margaret Gordon:

1. Elizabeth Gordon (1709 – 1777)
2. Mary Gordon (1710 – 1738)
3. John Joseph Gordon (1710 – 1756)
4. Abner Gordon (1712 – 1780)
5. Margaret Gordon (1714 – 1714)
6. Alexander Gordon (1715 – 1793)

Death

No record has been found of the death of Daniel Gordon. A FindAGrave page (with no photo and citing no sources) claims he died in April 1743,^[3] but his wife was called a widow in a deed made on 1 Mar 1731/32.^[4] That same FindAGrave page also claims Revolutionary War service for him, but he was just one year old when that war ended.

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900, FamilySearch, 004243756 > image 3695 of 5091; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
2. ↑ Vital Records of Haverhill, Mass., to the end of the year 1849 (Topsfield, Mass., 1911), 2:164
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #129194260
4. ↑ Thurston, Lois Ware, The Harriman Family: Research in Progress. Descendants of John Harriman of New Haven, Connecticut and Leonard Harriman of Rowley, Massachusetts (Chelsea, Me., 1992), 14, citing Essex County Deeds 59:1