George Gordon

Abt 1655 - 1686  (31 years)

• Name	George Gordon
  Birth	Abt 1655	Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	12 Aug 1672	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Merchant apprentice to Mr Robert Blaikwood - date of five-year indenture, to include one-off trips to London and Holland
  Occupation	Jan 1683/84  [3]
  	Merchant and ship owner. Robert Barclay proposed to him "to bring down his veshell here to cary passengers to East Jersey"
  	Letter of Robert Barclay to Sir John Gordon of Durno, dated '4 of the 1st month 1684'
  Role	1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Fractioner
  Property	3 Feb 1684/85	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed, Sir John Gordone, knight and advocate, to George Gordone, merchant, to 1/10 of 1/48 share in East New Jersey
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Property	12 Jan 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed, George Gordon of East New Jersey, planter, and Charles Gordone of Amboy Perth, gentleman, to Thomas Gordone of Amboy Perth, gentleman, for all their lands in the Township, town lots excepted
  Will	20 Jan 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5, 6]
  	Last will and testament of George Gordon of Amboy Perth. Legacies to lifelong comrades Thomas Gordone, his brother Charles, Robert Fullerton, William Laing, John Barclay, Doctor Robeson, servants John Browne, Jean Morison, brother Sir John Gordon residuary legatee. Executors John Barclay and William Laing. Witnesses: Alexander Dow, William Tynett
  Death	29 Jan 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Burial	31 Jan 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Probate	8 Mar 1685/86	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Letters of administration issued to executors
  Origin	Drainie, Moray, Scotland
  	Gordonstoun
  Person ID	I38042	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Ludovick Gordon,   b. 15 Oct 1624, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. 1688 (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Farquhar,   b. 1624, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 1660, Drainie, Moray, Scotland (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Jan 1643/44  [7]
  Family ID	F31202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1655 - Scotland Occupation - Merchant apprentice to Mr Robert Blaikwood - date of five-year indenture, to include one-off trips to London and Holland - 12 Aug 1672 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Departure - Aboard the America Merchant - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, George Gordon of East New Jersey, planter, and Charles Gordone of Amboy Perth, gentleman, to Thomas Gordone of Amboy Perth, gentleman, for all their lands in the Township, town lots excepted - 12 Jan 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Last will and testament of George Gordon of Amboy Perth. Legacies to lifelong comrades Thomas Gordone, his brother Charles, Robert Fullerton, William Laing, John Barclay, Doctor Robeson, servants John Browne, Jean Morison, brother Sir John Gordon residuary legatee. Executors John Barclay and William Laing. Witnesses: Alexander Dow, William Tynett - 20 Jan 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - 29 Jan 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - 31 Jan 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - Letters of administration issued to executors - 8 Mar 1685/86 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3595] Boog Watson, Charles B., Register of Edinburgh Apprentices, 1666-1700, p38. [S3725] Dunbar, Edward Dunbar, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, 1st Series, pp138-142. [S3725] Dunbar, Edward Dunbar, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, 2nd series, p105. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p71. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p190. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p73. [S3750] Bulloch, John Malcolm, The House of Gordon, Vol.1, p215.