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John Adam Gordon 1738 – 1816 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 Mar 1738

Birth Location: Glascow, Lancashire, Scotland

Death Date: 29 Jan 1816

Death Location: Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: John Gordon

Mother: Christian Forbes

Spouse(s): Mary Gordon

Children(s): Margaret Gordon, Mark Gordon, Mark Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, John Gordon, John Gordon, Mary Gordon, John Gordon, Eleanor GOrdon, Eleanor Gordon, Ellen Gordon, Phillip Gordon, Phillip Gordon, Bazelleel Gordon, William Gordon, William Gordon, George Gordon, John Gordon, George Gordon, John Gordon, Margaret Gordon

According to available records, John Adam Gordon 1st was born in 1738 in Glascow, Lancashire, Scotland, the child of John George Gordon and Christian Hannah Forbes. Following those early years, John Adam Gordon 1st married Mary Hellen Gordon, and their family grew to include Margaret Gordon, Mark Gordon, Mark Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, Elizabeth Gordon, John Adam Gordon, John Adam Gordon, Mary Gordon, John Gordon, Eleanor Nellie GOrdon, Eleanor Gordon, Ellen Gordon, Phillip Gordon, Phillip Duke Gordon, Bazelleel Gordon, William Gordon, William Gordon, George Mack Gordon, John Adam Gordon, George Gordon, John Gordon and Margaret Gordon. In the later years of life, John Adam Gordon 1st died in 1816 in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Parents

John Gordon
1700 – 1766
Birth Location: Newry, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Christian Forbes
1700 – 1766
Birth Location: Massachusetts, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Gordon
1743 – 1789
Birth Location: Calvert County, Maryland, United States of America
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Children(s)

Margaret Gordon
1759 –
Birth Location: –
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Mark Gordon
1760 –
Birth Location: –
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Mark Gordon
1760 –
Birth Location: –
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Elizabeth Gordon
1761 – 1834
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Elizabeth Gordon
1761 – 1834
Birth Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA
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John Gordon
1762 – 1816
Birth Location: Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America
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John Gordon
1762 – 1816
Birth Location: Monongalia, Virginia, USA
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Mary Gordon
1764 – 1845
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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John Gordon
1765 – 1842
Birth Location: Greene, Greene, Maryland, USA
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Eleanor GOrdon
1765 – 1853
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Eleanor Gordon
1765 – 1854
Birth Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA
EG
Ellen Gordon
1765 – 1853
Birth Location: Monongalia, Virginia, USA
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Phillip Gordon
1767 – 1845
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Phillip Gordon
1767 – 1845
Birth Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Bazelleel Gordon
1770 – 1853
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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William Gordon
1772 – 1849
Birth Location: Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America
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William Gordon
1772 – 1849
Birth Location: Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom
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George Gordon
1774 – 1831
Birth Location: Frederick County, Maryland, United States of America
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John Gordon
1775 – 1830
Birth Location: Fredrick Co, Maryland, USA
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George Gordon
1775 – 1830
Birth Location: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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John Gordon
1775 – 1980
Birth Location: –
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Margaret Gordon
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 02 Mar 1738
    Event Place: Glascow, Lancashire, Scotland
    Record Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index, Geneanet Community Trees Index, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 5 Mar 1738
    Event Place: Abernethy and Kincardine,Moray,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Abt. 1759
    Event Place: Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 5 Jun 1760
    Event Place: Monocracy River, Frederick County, Maryland, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1767
    Event Place: Rent Rolls, Dorchester, Maryland
    Record Source: Maryland, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1776-1890

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 Aug 1790
    Event Place: Baltimore Town, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Baltimore Town, Baltimore, Maryland; Series: M637; Roll: 3; Page: 4; Family History Library Film: 0568143

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1792
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: U.S., Compiled Service Records, Post-Revolutionary War Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1811

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1798
    Event Place: Franklin, Greene, Washington, and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798, National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1800
    Event Place: Franklin, Greene, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1800 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1810
    Event Place: Franklin, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1810 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 2 May 1815
    Event Place: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783, U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: United States
    Record Source: U.S., Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 Jan 1816
    Event Place: Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Franklin Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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