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GG2   T. A. Gordon tagordon@hotmail.com  Robert Gordon b. 1773 - 1785 NC  NC>TN>MO>MT
Robert Gordon (b. 1773 - 1785, d. 1854, NC and TN) > James Madison Gordon (1828-1892, TN and MO) > James Austin Gordon (1874-1940 MT) > Jack Stanley Gordon (1919-1997 MT)
Kit 6770   Robert Gordon (b. 1773 - 1785, d. 1854) Warren Co. TN 
Kit 9310  suzyqzy3@attbi.com William G or Will R. Gordon b. 1880  Oran, MO

Kit 35045 tree_family@hotmail.com  Alexander Gordon

I am a direct descendant of a line of Scottish Gordons.  Very briefly, for it is a long history, one of my ancestors was Alexander Gordon, the 2nd son of the 3rd Earl of Huntly who was given the lands of Strathavon, and in contemporary documents is always referred to as Alexander Gordon of Strathdown. He married the youngest daughter of John Grant of Grant.
 
One of Alexander's sons was William Gordon of Delmore who, along with one of his brothers, was granted the rights and privileges of legitimate birth by a charter issued under the great seal of Scotland, at Perth, on the 24th June, 1553.
 
In passing, one of Alexanders other descendants (of the Gordons of Cluny) subsequently became Governor of Pennsylvania in the 18th c.

 

In 1567, in the pardon given by Queen Mary to the Gordons who had been present at the battle of Corrichie in 1562, he is described as being in occupation of Croughly - lands alongside the River Strathavon in Banffshire not far from Tomintoul.

 

From this date on this line has been known as the 'Croughly Gordons' .

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Kit 15756   ProfJeffDGordon@aol.com Jacob b. Gordon b. ca 1803 E. Stroudburg PA resided in Hunterdon Co. NJ.  Married Mary Jane Rounsaville had 2 children: Mary Gordon and Elijah Everett Gordon mother may have been Patricia Everett.
Kit 18406  Garthmgordon@aol.com  James Wesley Gordon b. Nov. 16,1824 in Canada East died Grant Twp, Tama County Iowa.   1907  Buried in Garrison, Benton co. Iowa CAN>IL>IA
Kit 20304 vayle@ns.sympatico.ca
Kit 26395  Pvgp44@aol.com Gordon Family GG52 (Common Ancestor: James Harvey Gordon b. 1794 SC
Kit 36388 olveradr@aol.com  John Gordon and Mary Elizabeth Art were from Westmoreland Co. PA (1790 census)  The couple moved to Adams Co. Ohio by 1801 and in 1828 to Delaware Co. In. where they died, he in October 1832 and she about 1843.  Their youngest son, William Henry Gordon was b. Adams Co OH in 1801.  He left home at an early age, settling in Taos, NM where he m. Juana Maria Lucero in 1826.  The family came to CA in 1841 with the Rowland-Workman Party.  They settled in Yolo, Co. CA in 1842.  One of Williams sons, Juan de Jesus (John) Gordon b. in Taos, NM had a son named William Pleasant Gordon, born in 1875 in CA.  William Pleasant also had son, Joseph Kenneth Gordon, who was b. in CA in 1909.  
Kit 6920   lecrawford@verizon.net     James Gordon b. ca 1694 Londonderry Ireland.  IRE>MA>ME>MA
James Gordon migrated from Londonderry Ireland, ca 1718-1720 during the Scotch Irish migration.  James first lived in Boston MA then moved to Georgetown ME as part of the Robert Temple settlement where he was a farmer ca 1730-36.  He returned to Boston where he became and merchant and aquired quite a bid of land in Shirley MA during the 1740's.  He was m. to Elizabeth Tinkham 1721 by Rev. Sam Myles, a Presbyterian minister.  Wile living in Boston, he was a member of the King's Chapel, where he was a warden and where he is entombed today.  He and his wife Elizabeth, had at least 2 sons, James and John, and perhaps more.  

GG32   otime1@yahoo.com  Adam de Gordon/Gordoun  b. ca 1035 in France d. Nov 13, 1093 in battle near Alnwick, Northumberland, England.  This family has proven relationship to the John George Gordon family above.
Kit 7805    BeeGumGal@aol.com  or highlander01@alltel.net (separate researchers!) John George Gordon  b. Scotland  
John George Gordon b. 1700 Scotland  John George is ancestor of 2 famous Confederate Generals:  John B. Gordon and James B. Gordon  Scotland>MD>VA>NC>GA>TN
Kit 7912  bearpaw2@atcnet.net       James Gordon Sr.  b. NC  NC>KY>OH>IN  
Kit 8005  gordon@northcoast.com    Abram Gordon b. 1813 NY
Abram Gordon b. 1813 NY>Wis>CA
Kit 9564     sandy@gordon.org  James Gordon b. ca 1768 Kirkmabreck Parish Kirkcudbrightshire Scotland  SCO>WALES>MN
Kit 19162  redtop03@earthlink.net  William Gordon b. abt 1785 d. before 1870 in Warren Co. VA.  His son, Thomas Jefferson Gordon b. 1824 lived in Warren Co. VA until 1883 and moved to Fauquier CO. VA where he died in 1888 of typhoid fever.  Jeffersons, son, Manley Edgar Gordon b. 1847d. 1875 Warren Co. VA.  Served last 1 1/2 years of Civil War with Mosby's Rangers.  His son, Manley Edgar Gordon, Jr. b. 1/24/1876 d. 1953.  He was a blacksmith and lived on Fairground Rd outside Front Royal VA.  His last years were spent as a clerk for the Afton Inn, Front Royal VA.  Manley buried in Rockland Cemetery outside Front Royal, VA.  Manley's Jr.'s son, William Lynwood Gordon b. WArren co. VA 12/4/1900 d. Charleston WV 3/31/1950.  Most of his life was spent as manager of Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston WV.  He is b. at Evergreen Cemetery in Luray VA.
Kit 6608    Peg Gordon gordonclan@cox.net   Alexander Gordon b. 1755 VA
Alexander Gordon (b. about 1755 King William Co. VA >SC d. Robertson Co. TN)>   Robert Boaz Gordon (b. 1800 Chester Co SC >TN>KY>AR )>   Alexander Gordon (b. 1822 Robertson Co TN >KY>AR)>    Robert Bolen Gordon (b. 1849 Conway Co. AR)>   Joseph Lucian Gordon b. 1884 Conway Co. Ark
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~circuitcourtrecords/gordon/gordonindex.htm
Kit 7876  jprintz@adelphia.net   Alexander Gordon b. 1816 Va 
Kit 25975     william.gordon2@comcast.net 
Kit 21381  Egrdn@aol.com   William Gordon b. 1777 Westmoreland Co. PA. m. Sally McGowan  1806 PA>OH>IL>CA

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GG1   Bobby Gordon  bob_lindag@bellsouth.net   Benjamin Franklin Gordon: (1854-1937) Muskogee OK
Kit 18591  bob_lindag@bellsouth.net  Same as GG1  Benjamin Franklin Gordon

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Kit 8300     cyjones@integrity.com  George Gordon b. 1764 Scotland
Kit 19380  bgordon@micoks.net   Howard Gordon b. 1789 VA VA>KY

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Kit 6539 Gordon Family GG5 (Common Ancestor:  James Harvey Gordon b. 1794 SC) 
Kit 29130    James Harvey Gordon b. 1794 SC             

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Kit 32378  fbumann@earthlink.net  Ephraim Gordon b. 1810 TN
Kit 17187  Rongord2@aol.com  Abraham Gordon b. 1807 in NC.  Possible father is Isaac Gordon but undocumented so far.  NC>SC>GA
 Kit 6662    DdougGordon@aol.com  Ephraim Gordon b. 1757 
Ephraim Gordon b. about 1757 POB unknown migration path VA>GA>AL>FL

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Kit 34587 agordon@boweninternet.com.au   

The earliest we are sure of is my g/g/grandfather William Gordon, born circa 1815 somewhere in Scotland, matriculated Magdalen Hall (now Hertford College) Oxford 1840, married Susan (or Sussanna) Sussex Judd 1841 in Northam, Devon July 17, 1841, migrated to Australia with Judd in-laws sometime around 1857 (we think into Melbourne, and apparently came out in two groups - maybe because of shipping difficulties as the gold rush was on.) Susan was the daughter of Peter Judd and Patience Judd nee Sussex.  
 
William subsequently ran a private school in Camden, NSW. He died died 24 October 1877.
 
Two children of the marriage were Cosmo Percy Boulderson Gordon born 10 Nov 1841 and Augusta Talbot Mordaunt Gordon born 1843. Cosmo is my g/grandfather.
 
Father named on William's marriage certificate as Colonel William Alexander Gordon of St George's Hanover Square, London. No further definate information although we suspect he was Colonel (later Lt General) W A Gordon, CB, of Nairn, Scotland, and thereby one of the Croughly Gordons, from near Tomintoul Scotland. No idea of who William's mother was, unfortunately.

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Kit 11284   jimgordo1@gmail.com  John Gordon b. 1690-1700 possibly SCT or IRE migrated to York, ME.    John Gordon's family is most definitely a separate line from Alexander Gordon who migrated to Exeter NH then on to ME.  
Kit 34523  roymack@wauknet.com  
Joseph Gordon: b.1753 in N.Ireland/Scotland or possibly, Northumberland County, PA, earliest known residence = father may have been a Samuel from same area(no actual record of parents).
                      1.    1776-1781 = Served Rev War with Penns Line, 9th Rgmt -= after discharge moved to Madison County, NY
                      2.    circa 1805 m. Ruth (nee ??) no record of first wife's name(may have been of Indian heritage)
                      3.    d. June 1843 and buried at Willet, Cortland County, NY
      4.   children of marriages: James = b. abt 1792
                                                  John = b. abt 1796 = m. Martha Congdon and moved to WI
                                                              Anna = b. abt 1807
                                                  Lovinia = b. abt 1810 = m. a Campbell
                                                  Erastus = b.abt 1813
                                                  Prudence = b. abt 1814

                                                  Amanda = b. 7/1/1815 = m. Isaac Campbell and moved to WI

Kit N12530   keng@pipsc.ca  

My Great-great-great grandfather was Alexander Gordon born about 1785 in the Parish of Kilrea, Co. Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland. he married a Peggy Campbell and had their first child, John Gordon, about 1809 - an unknown dauhgter followed. They migrated from Ulster to South Plantagenet Township, Prescott Co.,
Ontario, Canada in 1818. Much of the family remains there or in nearby Ottawa, Ontario. A small group, grandchildren of the original Alexander, named Alexander, Mary
Jane and a John migrated to Tawas, Michigan about 1860, John proceeded on to Vachon Island in Washington State.

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Kit 16111 GordonsOfMaine@aol.com  
Alexander Gordon b. 1635 Scotland  Scotland migrated to Exeter New Hampshire
Kit 8882  SusanMDiamond@aol.com  Daniel Kelly Gordon b. 1838 ME 
Kit 35965 gordini59821@yahoo.com Eliphalet Gordon b. about 1758 in NH NH>NY>MI>MT  has website at  http://ggordon528.tripod.com/ged/gordon.html  Gedcom http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=ggordon528&recno=749

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Kit 10326    CKrider@aol.com David A. Gordon b.  ca 6/12/1823-6/18/1824 OH m. Catherine Ann Hull b. 1828 OH marriage took place in Allen Co. IN.    Family tradition gives the Gordons migrating from PA, through Cumberland Valley, into OH, then to IN.  David was Union soldier killed 10/27/18 
 Kit 6664   lgordon@nltc.net  William R. Gordon  b. 1822 VA
William R. Gordon b. 1822 VA  VA>OH

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Kit 6679   fdg@flash.net   Samuel Gordon Jr.  b. 1769 NC
Kit 23215  markegordon@direcway.com

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Kit 6771  ggordon@satx.it.com  James Gordon b. 1750  VA
James Gordon b. abt 1750 VA  VA>KY>TX
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Kit 6868   Blair Gordon  gordbl@sk.sympatico.ca  Robert Gordon b. 1816 NY
Robert Gordon  b. 10/28/1816 New York State  York Co> ON Canada

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 Kit 7650 James Gordon b. 1765 Maryland, migrated to NC>OH

Kit 7685   James Gordon b. 1765 MD>NC>OH

Kit 7804    gboelens@asbank.com   Roger Gordon b. Scotland  Founder of Williamsburg Co. SC

Roger Gordon b. Scotland  Scotland>PA>SC

 

Kit 7806   delake@erols.com  Moses Gordon b. 1750 PA

Moses Gordon b. 1750  >PA

 

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Kit 8058 CGORDON622@DEJAZZD.COM  Thomas V.Gordon b. 1814 Delaware

Thomas Gordon b. 1814 Delaware  According to IDS, his father was born in Delaware also, but have no name for his father.  Del.>PA

Kit 8091   dwg@gordon-dolter.com  Hugh Gordon b. bef. 1733 Scotland

 Hugh Gordon b. bef. 9/8/1733 d. 1813  m. Sarah Owens  > Elijah (8/29/1788-2/20/1862) > James W. (10/12/1819-3/14/1882) > Samuel W. (2/12/1857-11/26/1942) > Floyd b.(1/11/1886-10/26/1940) > Glen (1/24/1913-11/28/1978)   Scotland>VA>KY>MO>OK>NM>CA

Kit 8658                    George Fred Gordon b. 1898 PA  PA>LA

   

Kit 9173   RGibson831@adelphia.net   Earl Wright Gordon b. 1848 NY

 

Kit 12577   kevin@houseofgordon.com   George Gordon b. 1697 on board ship, PA>MO

Kit 13047     arthurgordon@yahoo.com  John F. Gordon b. 1814 West VA  (W)VA>PA

Kit 10441    jomogo@mchsi.com  Albert Raye Gordon raised as Raymond Austin Rose.  He was possibly adopted by the Rose family.  Legally changed name to Albert Raye Gordon about 1924.  Parents were possibly Alexander Bruce Gordon (Scotland) and Yvonne Marie Dubois (France).  He died in 1951 at age of 56.  

Kit 13202  Stirdly@aol.com     John Hardingham Gordon b. 1828 North Shields, Northumberland, England migrated to St Louis LA (1850)>UT>CA

Kit 13921  Albert Raye Gordon b. 1895 Richmond VA same line as Kit 10441 above.

Kit 14742  Charles Gordon b. c1680 Scotland  SCT>NJ

 

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Kit 21128  algordon@unm.edu Hayden Gordon b. England d. 1884 Boston child, Arthur Hayden Gordon, b. 1841 Boston MA d. Grangeville, ID 3/22/1887.  Arthur was in Corvalis OR where he m. Amanda Stewart 7/22/1862.  Amanda crossed the Oregon Trail with her family, but descendants say Arthur sailed "around the Horn" in a ship piloted by his father Hayden Gordon.  

 

Kit 20391 William Gordon b. 9/4/1777 in Shields Fort? Westmoreland Co. PA.  He m. Sally McGowan 3/4/1806 in Butler Co PA.  The family migrated to Adams Co. OH about 1814.  Approximatley 1850 moved to Illinois, particularly McDonough Co. and vicinity.  Patriarch William had son, Robert who also had son, Robert who had son Chester Arthur Gordon who headed west to Washington where he m. and had son and daughter.  The son then moved to San Francisco CA.  

Kit 23419  dag_29@hotmail.com

Kit 27083  k4sem@bellsouth.net or ByronG9989@aol.com 

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Kit 34562 jergordon@tds.net  Samuel Gordon

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Kit N12088 ron@rongordon.com George Gordon: b. Georgia [place and year unknown]; d. [place and year unknown]. Small business owner -- movie theaters; funeral parlors. He had 11 children by two wives. I don't know either of their names. My grandfather was the last child of the second wife. He had an older brother born to the first wife, and eight sisters (but I don't know how many were born to each of my great-grandfather's wives). I think George Gordon remained in Georgia and raised his family there.

Robert Lee Gordon: b. Georgia [1898?; place unknown]; d. Emporia, Virginia [1968]. Episcopal priest. Graduated Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Georgia, 1922 [?]; Union Theological Seminary of Virginia [?] [year unknown]. Married Georgia Clayton [year unknown]. Seven children. My grandfather became a priest later in life, and moved frequently to open new churches throughout Georgia, Florida, West Virginia and Virginia. He and his family eventually settled in Petersburg, Virginia.

Ronald Clayton Gordon: b. Petersburg, Virginia, 1933; d. Silver Spring, Maryland. Biomedical Engineer. B.S., Physics, Virginia State University, 1955; M.S., Physics, Virginia State University, 1968; Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, 1974. Married Vivian Susan Verdell, 1957. Two children.

Ronald Clayton Gordon, Jr.: b. Washington, D.C., 1959. Corporate Communications Writer; Magazine columnist. B.A., American Studies, Yale University, 1981; M.A., African-American Studies, Yale University, 1992; M.A., American Studies, Emory University, 2000.

 

 
 

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