John Leslie was the husband of Catharine Gordon. John and Catherine had three known children, baptised in Aberdeen. Jean, 1780:

August fourth, seventeen hundred & eighty years M.r John Leslie, Merch.t, & M.rs Catharine Gordon, his Wife, had a Daughter born named Jean, baptized by the Rev..d M.r John Skinnar Episcopal Minister, here, Mefs.rs William Nicoll, Advocate, and Hugh Gordon, Watch maker, both here, Witnefses.

John, August 1781:

Fourteenth Mr John Leslie Mercht. & Mrs Catharine Gordon his Spouse, had a Son born, named John; baptized by the Revd. Mr Skinnar Episcopal Minister here in presence of Mefsrs. Hugh Gordon, Watch-maker, & William Nicoll, Advocate both in Aberdeen.

Elizabeth, 1783:

December 27.th1783. Mr John Leslie, Merchant, and Mrs Catharine Gordon, his Wife, had a Daur. born named Elizabeth; Baptized by the Rev.d Bishop Skin -nar, Hugh Gordon, Watch-maker & James Hacket, Shoe-maker, both here, Witnefses.

In connection with a bequest in favour of his widow, in the Last Will and Testament of Margaret Lindsay (née Gordon), subscribed on 29^th June 1805 he was recalled as ‘the deceased Mr John Leslie late Merchant in Aberdeen’.