Capt.
George
Finch
Gordon
Born about in Marblehead, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Henry Gordon
and Tabitha (Andrews) Gordon
Brother of
Mary (Gordon) Martin and Tabitha (Gordon) Reed
Husband of
Elizabeth (Pain) Reed
— married
27 Apr 1769 (to before 6 Sep 1779) in Marblehead Essex, Massachusetts
[children unknown]
Died before
before about age 31
in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
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| Created 8 Sep 2015
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Biography
His birth date is not shown in the Marblehead birth records.
George Finch Gordon married Elizabeth Pain, of Marblehead, 27 April 1769 in Marblehead at St. Michael's (Episcopal) Church.[1]
The had children:
- Nicholas
- George
- Elizabeth, baptized 12 August 1770 in Marblehead at St. Michael's (Episcopal) Church.[2]
George was a mariner, and based on his title of captain, he probably was a ship captain.
He died in 1779 in Marblehead Essex, Massachusetts, USA, and his estate was probated in the Essex County Court of Probate, #11289, filed 6 September 1779. His widow Elizabeth was his adminstratrix. She signed the probate bond, along with Richard Reed, Esquire; and Benjamin Reed, mariner, whom she later married.[3]
Benjamin Reed's 1782 probate/will bequeathed his estate to Elizabeth and her children from former marriage, named Nicholas Gordon, George Gordon, and Elizabeth Gordon
Sources
- ↑ Essex/Marblehead/Images/Marblehead_M315.shtml/ Marblehead, Volume 2 - Marriages and Deaths; page 315.
- ↑ Essex/Marblehead/Images/Marblehead_B213.shtml
- ↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) Subscription site.
See Sidney Perley article ref attached to father's profile.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 2 citations provide evidence for Name, Marriage, Residence
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