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The following crudely handwritten notes in pencil appear on a piece of notepaper, on the same side as the printed address – 7 UNION TERRACE, ABERDEEN.


Alex Gordon afterwards 1st Earl
      of married Elizabeth daughter of
                      Cruickshank of Aswanley
                      in Glass by whom she had
                      two sons Jock & Tam
                      Jock obtained the property
                      of Scurdarg - (no vestige)
                      Tam got Ruthven in
                      Cairnie (Riven) - From J +
                      Tam Gordon came most of
                      the Gordons Terpesy (sic) among
                      the rest

On the reverse side is a pedigree tracing an uninterrupted line of descent from ‘James Gordon of Lesmore’ to William Leiper, with two deviations, the first of which accounts for John, 1st Laird of Wardhouse and the second for ‘James Gordon of St Kitts The Entailer’.

Note also the entries indicating that the mother of the 1st Laird of Terpersie was a sister of King James V of Scotland and that Charles was VII, not VI, of Terpersie - both directly contradicted by Wimberley but in accord with several documents in Section J.


Pedigree of Terpersie Family.

James Gordon of Lesmore     =     ___ Stuart, lawful sister of
James V & relict of Barclay of Gartly

1st. Laird       William Gordon     =     ___ Ogilvie - daughter of Banff.
2nd. Laird       George Gordon     =     Lady Cluny Gordon - daughter of Earl of Sutherland
3rd. Laird       William Gordon     =     ___ Ogilvie - daughter of Invercharritie.
4th. Laird       William Gordon     =     ___ Ogilvie - daughter of Litchieson.
5th. Laird       James Gordon1     =     Ann Gordon, daughter of Craig.
6th. Laird       George Gordon
   		    =     Ann Burnett
Dau. of Sir Alex
Burnett of Craigmyle

7th. Laird       Charles Gordon    =     2

1
James3
Still to be traced    
2
Son4    
 
3
Helen    
Helen’s position unknown.
4
dau    
 
5
dau    
 
6
dau    
 
7
dau    
 

=           Cattanach

son
Robert
D.S.P.5
    
son
Harry
D.S.P.
    
dau
Margaret6
 
    
dau
Charlotte
 
    
dau
Ann7
 
    
dau
Elizabeth8
 
    
dau
Isobel = Wm
Mellis  

___ Gordon9

___ Gordon who was
twice married

James Gordon of St Kitts
The Entailer.
He acquired Terpersie
by purchase from
Government.

                                                                                                    Ann
d.s.p.  
  		Helen  
d.s.p.
  		Isobel  
d.s.p.
  		Jane = Mr Leiper
Son
William

Notes

1 Added in pencil immediately thereunder – ‘His brother, John 1st. of Wardhouse.’ Also line leading to, in ink:

‘who?
Wardhouse family?
John 1st Laird of Wardhouse’

2 The name of Margaret Gordon might reasonably be expected to appear here but doesn’t.

3 ‘James’ is scored out and ‘Charles’ is substituted immediately below, both in pencil. This seems to be but one instance of the confusion which seems to persist over the Christian name of Charles Gordon of Terpersie’s first born. It is possible that he was originally Charles but found it necessary to change it to James in order to disassociate himself from his father, who was hung for treason in the wake of the failed 1745 rebellion.

4 Added in pencil immediately thereunder –

‘Harry
see ring’

This appears to refer to the ring, with the original owner’s name engraved around, which William Leiper is stated in George Stuart’s pedigree to have inherited from the Rev. Harry Stuart, who had himself inherited it from Captain Harry Gordon.

Extracts from correspondence 1850-98, various

5 Decessit sine prole - He (or she) died without issue.

6 Added in pencil immediately thereunder -

‘1st
Mrs. Gibb
No Children’

7 Added in pencil immediately thereunder - ‘unmarried’

8 Added in pencil immediately thereunder -

‘or
Betty’

9 Son of James Gordon, 5th Laird of Terpersie