Katherine (Gordon) Barclay (abt. 1620 - 1663)

Born about 1620 in Gordonstown, Morayshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of David (Barclay) Barclay Ist of Urie — married about 24 Dec 1647 in Scotland

Descendants

Died Mar 1663 at about age 43 in Scotland

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Biography

Katherine was the daughter of Robert Gordon and Louisa Gordon. She may have been born at Gordonstoun, Morayshire, Scotland, where her father had property and died.^[1][2] She may have been born in about 1620 - Henry Mill, in his genealogical account of the Barclay family, gives her age as 43 when she died in 1663.^[3]

Katherine married David Barclay of Urie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^[4] Their marriage settlement was dated 24 December 1647.^[1][2][5] They had five children:

• Robert^[1][2][5]
• John^[1][2][5]
• David^[1][2][5]
• Lucy,^[1][2] who died unmarried^[5]
• Jean, who married Ewen Cameron^[1][2][5]

Katherine died, age 43, in March 1663^[6] and was buried at Gordonstown, Morayshire.^[3] Her husband survived her.^[1][2]

Research Notes

The FindAGrave entry for Katherine's father gives a birth date of 11 January 1621 with no source. The image on the site of her father's memorial names her as a child but does not give a birth date, merely her age at death.^[6]

John Malcolm Bulloch's The House of Gordon names three children (Robert, Lucy and Jane), but adds that there were several others who died young.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. I, p. 101, BARCLAY 18, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. I, p. 245, BARCLAY 19
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Henry Mill, A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie, pp. 35-36, Internet Archive]
4. ↑ Sixth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Part I, HMSO, 1877, p. 683, Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Henry Mill. A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie for upwards of Seven Hundred Years with Memoirs of Colonel David Barclay and his son Robert Barclay..., John Herbert, London, 1812, pp. 21-22, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #186314755: memorial of her father Robert Gordon
7. ↑ John Malcolm Bulloch (ed.). The House of Gordon, Part II, printed at Aberdeen for the New Spalding Club, 1907, p. 29, Internet Archive

• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Royal Ancestry’’.
• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".
• Mill, Henry. A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie for upwards of Seven Hundred Years with Memoirs of Colonel David Barclay and his son Robert Barclay..., John Herbert, London, 1812, Internet Archive
• Wikipedia: David Barclay (Quaker)

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 1 June 2021 and approved by Thiessen-117.

Katherine (Gordon) Barclay appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors Robert Barclay and John Barclay to Magna Carta Surety Barons Gilbert de Clare and Richard de Clare (vol. I, pages 94-101 BARCLAY). This trail was re-developed in 2021 by Michael Cayley and was badged by the Magna Carta Project on 22 June 2021. See the Magna Carta Trails on Robert Barclay's profile to view the profiles in that trail.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".