Sylvester
Gordon
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
John David Gordon [half], Jane Antoinette (Gordon) MacDonell [half], James Alexander Gordon GCB, Maria Rosara (Gordon) Birch, Charles Edward Gordon, Robert Gordon, Katherine Anne Charlotte (Gordon) Castelli and Margaret Eliza Jemima Gordon
Died
at about age 17
in Ceylon
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2019
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Biography
Sylvester Gordon was born on 3rd January 1785 at Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was the second son of Charles Gordon and Catherine Mercer. [1]
Sylvester travelled to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) where he is believed to have been killed, aged eighteen years, in 1803. His name appears in a list of British soldiers, sailors and marines killed in an expedition to Egypt. The article describes how subscriptions were raised for the families of the deceased by the government in Ceylon in gratitude for their service. [2]
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBWS-BJS : 12 February 2020), Silvester Gordon, 1785.
- ↑ Sun (London), Thursday 12 May 1803, page 1. Accessed at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk on 18Aug2021
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