Mr Robert Gordon

1580 - 1661  (80 years)

• Name	Robert Gordon
  Title	Mr
  Birth	14 Sep 1580
  Gender	Male
  Title Suffix	of Fechil, later of Straloch and 5th of Pitlurg
  Name	'Straloch'  [1]
  Property	1609	New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Gifted the lands of Straloch by his brother John
  	Source to be checked. See https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/4c1af03d-080d-379e-81c5-0967b7fdaa75
  Property	19 Jun 1617	Keith, Banffshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Charter by John Gordon of Pitlurg to his brother Robert of Fechil in the lands of Pitlurg, Auquhorties, Leterche, etc. Signed in Aberdeen
  Property	16 Dec 1618	Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Sasine by John to his brother Robert in the lands of Over Kinmundie, Millbrek and Petermerkus
  	Temple in 'Thanage of Fermartyn' says that "Being of delicate health, he [john] gradually denuded himself of his estates.
  Property	1619	Banffshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Inherited the remainder of his brother's lands in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire
  Occupation	1648	New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Geographer, year of publication of his atlas of Scotland, 'Theatrum Scotiae', commissioned by King Charles I
  Death	1661	Paris, Ile-de-France, France
  Burial	1661	New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I45577	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Sir John Gordon,   b. 1546   d. Bef 1600 (Age < 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isobel Forbes,   b. 1548   d. 1622 (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1567  [2]
  Family ID	F32030	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Irvine,   b. Abt 1588, New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 3 Aug 1662 (Age 74 years)
  Children	1. Robert Gordon,   b. 1609, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1681, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Isabel Gordon,   b. Abt 1615, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Alexander Gordon,   b. Abt 1619, New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Anne Gordon,   b. Abt 1630, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Property - Charter by John Gordon of Pitlurg to his brother Robert of Fechil in the lands of Pitlurg, Auquhorties, Leterche, etc. Signed in Aberdeen - 19 Jun 1617 - Keith, Banffshire, Scotland Property - Inherited the remainder of his brother's lands in Aberdeenshire and Banffshire - 1619 - Banffshire, Scotland Occupation - Geographer, year of publication of his atlas of Scotland, 'Theatrum Scotiae', commissioned by King Charles I - 1648 - New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death - 1661 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Burial - 1661 - New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3684] Temple, William, The Thanage of Fermartyn, p312. [S3684] Temple, William, The Thanage of Fermartyn, p311.