Wiliam Gordon (abt. 1520)

Born about 1520 in Scotland

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William, of Terpersie. " This said James Gordon of Lesmoir conquest the lands of Terpersie,' which he gave to his fourth son, William Gordon." This William Gordon married Margaret Ogilvie, daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Dunlugas.^[1]

WILLIAM GORDON, 1st of Teepeesie, was twice married, his first wife was Margaret Ogilvy, either a daughter of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Dunlugas (according to old M.S. Pedigree, 1580, formerly in possession of C.E.D.), or of Sir Walter Ogilvy of Boyne, or of Ogilvy of Banff (according to Balbithan M.S.), issue a son, George. His second wife, Elspet, was daughter of George Gordon of Tilphoudie by Helenor, daughter of Adam, Lord of Aboyue, and Earl of Sutherland. Elspet was relict of John Forbes of Brux, and she married, 2ndly, William Innes of Calrossie, in Ross. (See Records of Aboyne, p.p. 201 and 213-14)^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Thanage of Fermartyn by William Temple (Wyllie & Son, Aberdeen, 1894) Page 260
2. ↑ Notes on the Familiy of Gordon of Terpersie with a Table of their Descent by Captain Douglas Wimberley (Northern Chronicle, 1900) Page 4 #4 William Gordon