de Gordon, Adam III 1a 2

Birth Name de Gordon, Adam III
Gender male
Age at Death 35 years

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1135 Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland   3
Death 1170 Aberdeenshire, Scotland   3

Age: 35y

Families

Family of de Gordon, Adam III and

Married Wife ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1158 Berwick, Scotland   3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Gordon, Alexanderabout 1160

Pedigree

    1. de Gordon, Adam III
        1. de Gordon, Alexander

Source References

  1. Electric Scotland - Gordon
      • Source text:

        The Gordons are an ancient and distinguished family, originally from Normandy, where their ancestors are said to have had large possessions. From the great antiquity of the race, many fabulous accounts have been given of the descent of the Gordons. Some derive them from a city of Macedonia, called Gordonia, whence they went to Gaul; others find their origin in Spain, Flanders, &C. Some writers suppose Bertrand de Gourden who, in 1199, wounded Richard the Lion-heart mortally with an arrow before the castle of Chalus in the Limoges, to have been the great ancestor of the Gordons, but there does not seem to be any other foundation for such a conjecture than that there was a manor in Normandy called Gourden.

        It is probable that the first persons of the name in this island came over with William the Conqueror in 1066. According to Chalmers, the founder of this great family came from England in the reign of David the First (1124-53), and obtained from that prince the lands of Gordon (anciently Gordun, or Gordyn, from, as Chalmers supposes, the Gaelic Gordin, "on the hill"). He left two sons, Richard, and Adam, who, though the younger son, had a portion of the territory of Gordon, with the lands of Fanys on the southern side of it.

        The elder son, Richard de Gordon, granted, between 1150 and 1160, certain lands to the monks of Kelso, and died in 1200. His son, Sir Thomas de Gordon. confirmed by charter these donations, and his son and successor, also named Thomas, made additional grants to the same monks, as well as to the religious of Coldstream. He died in 1285, without male issue, and his only daughter, Alicia, marrying her cousin Adam de Gordon, the son of Adam, younger brother of Richard above mentioned, the two branches of the family thus became united.

      • Citation:

        https://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/gordon2.html

  2. Clan Gordon from "ClanGordon.com" website
  3. G3H8-QDV FamilySearch.org