Sir John Gordon

Abt 1652 - 1692  (40 years)

• Name	John Gordon
  Title	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1652	Drainie, Moray, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Education	Mar 1677/78	Utrecht, Netherlands   [1]
  	Studying law
  Residence	15 Apr 1679	London, England   [2]
  	On his return from Utrecht, from where he wrote to his father, questioning his choice of occupation and noting that Gawen Lawrie had given him £3 sterling a month before which had proved "sufficient but for dyet".
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Proprietor (absent)
  Occupation	1683	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Advocate
  	Also practised in Aberdeen
  Property	11 Dec 1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Purchase of 1/48 share from Thomas Cooper
  Role	1684	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Emigration agent
  Property	11 Feb 1683/84	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  	Sale of 1/5 of 1/48 of East Jersey to Charles Ormston, the first of five to Scots portioners (see Notes)
  	Other sales to portioners; 13 Feb 1684: 1/10 of 1/48 to Andrew Hamilton, merchant 11 Apr 1684: 1/20 of 1/48 to David Falconer, merchant 24 Apr 1684: 1/10 of 1/48 to Thomas Pearson, skipper (who sold the portion to John Bowne on 10 May 1685) 3 Feb 1685: 1/10 of 1/48 to George Gordon, merchant
  Property	11 Apr 1685	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Deed, Sir John Gordon, Knight and Advocate, to George McKenzie of Kildin, for 1-20 of 1-48 share of the Province
  Legal	9 Jul 1685	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [11]
  	With his brother Robert, successfully petitioned the Privy Council for the gift of several Dunottar prisoners to be transported to East Jersey
  Title Suffix	of Durno
  Name	John Gurden  [3]
  Origin	Drainie, Moray, Scotland
  Death	1692
  Person ID	I44798	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  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  [12]
  Family ID	F31202	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Education - Studying law - Mar 1677/78 - Utrecht, Netherlands Residence - On his return from Utrecht, from where he wrote to his father, questioning his choice of occupation and noting that Gawen Lawrie had given him £3 sterling a month before which had proved "sufficient but for dyet". - 15 Apr 1679 - London, England Occupation - Advocate - 1683 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - 1684 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Legal - With his brother Robert, successfully petitioned the Privy Council for the gift of several Dunottar prisoners to be transported to East Jersey - 9 Jul 1685 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3725] Dunbar, Edward Dunbar, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, 2nd Series, p96. [S3725] Dunbar, Edward Dunbar, Social Life in Former Days, Chiefly in the Province of Moray, 2nd Series, pp101-102. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 200-201 (SSTSE023). [S3659] Scots Proprietors, The, Advertisement to All Trades-Men, Husbandmen, Servants and Others Who Are Willing to Transport Themselves unto the Province of New-East-Jersy in America, a Great Part of Which Belongs to Scots-Men, Proprietors Thereof, p2. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 199 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 210 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 220 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 230 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 247 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, pp65-69. [S3611] Privy Council of Scotland, The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3rd Series, XI, 94-95. [S3750] Bulloch, John Malcolm, The House of Gordon, Vol.1, p215.