James Gordon (1739 - 1810)

Born 31 Oct 1739 in Ulster, Ireland

Husband of Mary (Ball) Gordon — married 16 Mar 1775 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga, New York [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 17 Jan 1810 at age 70 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga, New York

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon served with 12th Regiment, Albany County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

James Gordon is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A046037.

James was born October 31, 1739 in Ulster, Ireland. ^[1]

He immigrated to The Town of Ballston when he was 17 years old and returned to Ireland. He later returned with his mother, sister and George Scott and family. They all settled in Ballston in 1774. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

James Gordon married Mary Ball March 16, 1775 in Ballston, New York. ^[2][3][4]

Children:

1. Melinda Gordon
2. Alexander Gordon b. May 15, 1784 d. August 30., 1793 age 7yrs.

He passed away January 17, 1810(age 71) in Ballston, New York and is buried beside his wife in Briggs Cemetery. ^{[1][3] [2] [4]}

"James Gordon came over to this country from Ireland. First he came alone and settled in Ballston between 1770 and 1774. He afterwards returned to Ireland and brought back with him his mother, Martha Gordon (relict of Alexander Gordon) and two sisters, viz: Jane Gordon (who married George Scott, the grandfather of Judge George Gordon Scott aforesaid), and Sarah Gordon (who married William McCrea, brother of Jane McCrea, who met with such a tragic fate in Revolutionary times). Sarah Gordon, or Sarah McCrea, lived and died in New Jersey. Jane Scott, nee Gordon, lived and died in Ballston, and Martha Gordon, mother of James Gordon, died in Ballston, February 26th, 1775, ae 75. See her tombstone in Bridge's [Brigg's?] Burial Ground at Ballston.
"Gen. James Gordon was Representative for the Saratoga District and member of the Second and Third Congress from 1791-1795. He was a member of the New York State Senate from the Saratoga District from 1777-1804. In the Revolution he was taken prisoner in 1780 by a detachment of Indians and British from his house, and taken to Montreal, and finally to Quebec, and placed on Orleans Island, and from thence, with others, he escaped about the time of the declaration of peace.
"Mrs. McCrea (nee Sarah Gordon) left one daughter, who married a Van Dyne, and they have children living.
"James Gordon was born October 31st, 1739, old style, at Killead, two miles from the town of Antrim, County of Antrim, Ireland." ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find-a-Grave Death Record
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Vol. IV, pp. 1423-1424 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds Gordon Family History
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 5-Book Bundle: The Burning of the Valleys. By Gavin K. Watt James Gordon
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Ball Family Page 38
5. ↑ History of the Ball family : genealogy of the New Haven branch : Allen Ball and some of his descendants, 1638-1864 by Leonard Abram Bradley, p 38, downloaded 2/27/2018 from: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE102582

• Gavin K. Watt's Revolutionary Canadian History 5-Book Bundle: The Burning of the Valleys. By Gavin K. Watt James Gordon

• Find-a-Grave Death Record

• Ball Family Page 38

• Vol. IV, pp. 1423-1424 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds Gordon Family History

• HISTORY OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK" NATHANIEL BARTLETT SYLVESTER 1878

12th New York Regiment

• War on the Middleline: The October 1780 British Raid on Ballston, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, The War Years (1775-1783), James E. Richmond, July 25, 2016, https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/07/war-on-the-middleline-the-october-1780-british-raid-on-ballston/