Isabel (Gordon) Mackenzie (1706 - 1769)

Born 1706 in Invergordon, Ross, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of George Mackenzie — married 23 Sep 1724 (to 1766) in Invergordon, Scotland

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1769 at about age 63 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Biography

Isabel (Bonnie Bell) Gordon was born about 1706 in Invergordon, Scotland. She was the daughter of Sir William Gordon (1st Baronet) and his wife Christian Hamilton.

She died on 23 April 1769 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and was buried in the Canongate Churchyard,Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Marriage

Isabel Gordon was married to George Mackenzie on 21 June 1724 in Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..

Children

Children of Isabel Gordon and her husband George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromarty;

• 1. Lady Isabella Mackenzie. b. c 1725 - d. 28 Dec 1801.

• 2. Lady Anne Mackenzie. b. c. 1726. - d. 18 Jan 1768.

• 3. Maj.-Gen. John Mackenzie. Lord MacLeod b. 1727, d. 2 Apr 1789.

• 4. Lady Mary Mackenzie. b. c. 1730. - d. ?

• 5. Hon. William Mackenzie. b. c 1733, d. 1736.

• 6. Lady Caroline Mackenzie. b. 6 May 1736, d. 3 Oct 1791.

• 7. Lt.-Col. George Mackenzie. b. 1741 in Tarbat House, Ross-shire, Scotland. - d. 1787 Walabajad, India.

• 8. Lady Margaret Mackenzie. d. 29 Mar 1773.

• 9. Augusta . b. c 1747, d. 20 Jan 1809.

• 10. Lady Amelia Mackenzie, who died young.

• 11. Lady Jean Mackenzie, who died young.

Research Notes

A transcript of a document held at Register House, online catalogue as received: GD305/1/56/4 Claim of George Mackenzie, an infant second lawful son of the deceased George Earl of Cromartie and of Isabella Countess of Cromartie, made for him by Mrs Janet Gordon daughter of the deceased Sir William Gordon of Inver. Gordon, sister to the said Countess and by Leonard Urquhart her husband, for his interest (1749)

Sources

• Marriage. "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMC-S58 : 8 December 2014), George Earl Of Cromartie Mackenzie and Isabella Gordon, 21 Jun 1724; citing Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,689.
• The Peerage. Peerage.com
• The families of Gordon of Invergordon, Newhall, also Ardoch, Ross-shire, and Carroll, Sutherland, by Bulloch, John Malcolm. Publication date 1906. Family of Gordon

• Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : The Scots Peerage : Founded On Wood's Ed. Of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage Of Scotland; Containing An Historical And Genealogical Account Of The Nobility Of That Kingdom : Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931 : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive.>George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, Vol III, pps 78-81