Robert Gordon

1628 - Bef 1690  (< 62 years)

• Name	Robert Gordon
  Birth	1628	Drainie, Moray, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 1660
  	Advocate
  Property	26 Sep 1682	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Deed by Clement Plumsted of London, draper, to Robert Gordon, senior of Cluny, for 1/2 of 1/12 of his share of East New Jersey
  Role	1683	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Proprietor (absent)
  Legal	14 Mar 1682/83	London, England   [3]
  	Contract containing disposition by His Royal Highness James Duke of York to James, Earl of Perth, John Drummond of Lundie, Robert Barclay of Ury, Robert Gordon of Cluny and others for East New Jersey
  Role	Abt Mar 1684/85	Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	Emigration agent
  Title Suffix	of Cluny
  Property	24 Aug 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Order from Govr Robert Barclay to lay out 500 acres near Pearth for Robert Gordone, owner of 1/32 of Robert Burnett's share, and his agent and partner William Laing, who comes over with a family.
  Death	Bef Mar 1689/90  [7]
  Person ID	I44799	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Robert Gordon,   b. 14 May 1580   d. Mar 1655/56 (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lucy Gordon,   b. Dec 1597   d. 14 Sep 1680, Drainie, Moray, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Feb 1612/13  [8]
  Family ID	F31187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret McKenzie,   b. Abt 1650, Contin, Ross-shire, Scotland
  Marriage	26 Oct 1676	Contin, Ross-shire, Scotland   [9]
  	Recorded in the parish register of Drainie
  Children	1. Mr Kenneth Gordon,   b. 4 Dec 1677, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. Bef 1741 (Age < 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor Morison   d. 1660, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Children	1. Robert Gordon,   b. 24 Dec 1658, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. 1729 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Katherine Damsel,   b. Abt 1640, England d. 1670, London, England (Age 30 years)
  Children	1. Augustine Gordon,   b. 22 Oct 1669, London, England d. Abt 1706, At sea (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Katherin Gordon,   b. 13 Jul 1667, Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 26 Oct 1676 - Contin, Ross-shire, Scotland Legal - Contract containing disposition by His Royal Highness James Duke of York to James, Earl of Perth, John Drummond of Lundie, Robert Barclay of Ury, Robert Gordon of Cluny and others for East New Jersey - 14 Mar 1682/83 - London, England Role - Emigration agent - Abt Mar 1684/85 - Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Order from Govr Robert Barclay to lay out 500 acres near Pearth for Robert Gordone, owner of 1/32 of Robert Burnett's share, and his agent and partner William Laing, who comes over with a family. - 24 Aug 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p55. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p58. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), GD305/1/122/515. [S3658] Anon., Scots Proprietors, The, An Advertisement Concerning the Province of East New Jersey in America, (Name: John Reid; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1685;), p22. [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. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p96. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, O(EJ): Folio 23 (PEASJ003). [S3750] Bulloch, John Malcolm, The House of Gordon, Vol.1, p215. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Drainie 130/10 143.