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John Gordon 1530 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 June 1567

Death Location: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Henry France

Mother: Janet Stewart

Spouse(s): Lady Stuart,, Helen Cochrane, Mary None

Children(s): Lady Gordon, Alexander Sutherland, William Gordon, John Stuart, Eleanor Sutherland, William Gordon, Alexander Sutherland, Adam Gordon

John Gordon Earl of Sutherland was born in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1530, to Henry II France and Janet Stewart. Later in life, John Gordon Earl of Sutherland married Lady Helen Elizabeth (Cochrane) Stuart,, Helen Cochrane and Mary; among their children were Lady Margaret Gordon, Alexander GORDON 12th Earl Sutherland, William Gordon, John Gordon Or Stuart, Eleanor Sutherland, William Gordon, Alexander GORDON 12th Earl Sutherland and Adam Gordon. John Gordon Earl of Sutherland died in Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1567.

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Parents

Henry France
1519 – 1559
Birth Location: Laye, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'azur, France
HF
Janet Stewart
1505 – 1566
Birth Location: Athol, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
JS

Spouses(s)

Lady Stuart,
1520 – 1564
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
LS
Helen Cochrane
Birth Location: –
HC
Mary None
Birth Location: –
M

Children(s)

Lady Gordon
1539 – 1607
Birth Location: Lochinver, Sutherland, Scotland
LG
Alexander Sutherland
1552 – 1594
Birth Location: Darnaway Castle, Sunderland, Scotland, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
AS
William Gordon
Birth Location: –
WG
John Stuart
Birth Location: –
JS
Eleanor Sutherland
Birth Location: –
ES
William Gordon
Birth Location: –
WG
Alexander Sutherland
1552 – 1594
Birth Location: Darnaway Castle, Sunderland, Scotland, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
AS
Adam Gordon
Birth Location: –
AG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1530
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 211, Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1749599

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Angus, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Cosgrove
    Record Source: UK, British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920, WO364; Piece: 1384

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: History of the house of Ochiltree of Ayrshire, Scotland, Memorials of the earls of Haddington, The book of Carlaverock : memoirs of the Maxwells, Earls of Nithsdale, Lords Maxwell & Herries

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 23 June 1567
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current, UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 211, Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 1749599

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dornoch, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current
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