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1. John, of whom further.
(VIII) SIR JOHN GORDON, son of Sir Alexander Gordon, received a charter from King Robert II, of the lands of Strathbogie in 1377. He was a great war- rior of undaunted courage. With his own vassals and followers, he routed a con- siderable body of the English in the year 1372. He lost his life in the battle of Otterburn, in 1388. Children:
I. Adam, of whom further.
2. John.
3. Thomas.
(IX) SIR ADAM GORDON, Lord of Gordon, was the son and heir of Sir John Gordon. He was inferior to none of his great ancestors in magnanimity and courage, and was slain in the battle of Homlidon in 1402. He married Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Sir William Keith, Great Mareschal of Scotland. Child:
I. Elizabeth, of whom further.
(Family data.)
(X) ELIZABETH GORDON, daughter of Sir Adam and Elizabeth (Keith) Gor- don, died in 1438-39, and was buried at St. Nicholas' Church in Aberdeen. She married Sir Alexander Seton, second son of Sir William and Jane (Fleming) Seton. Alexander Seton thus became the Lord of Gordon. His son :
I. Alexander, of whom further.
(Ibid. "Scots Peerage," Vol. IV, p. 516.)
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(XI) SIR ALEXANDER SETON, Lord of Gordon and Huntley, son of Sir Alexander and Elizabeth (Gordon) Seton, succeeded to the Lordship of Gordon in County Berwick, Strathbogie, in County Aberdeen, also lands of Aboyne, Glen- tanner and Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, and Panbride in Forfarshire. A man of great ability, he was one of the commissioners appointed by the estates of the kingdom of Scotland to treat with the English, in 1421, for the ransom of King James, and in 1423 upon the Prince's enlargement, became one of his hostages. In 1437 he was appointed one of the ambassadors extraordinary to treat with the English about a peace. Having performed many signal services to his country during the minority of King James II, he was in 1445 (or 1449) raised to the peerage and created Earl of Huntley, with limitations to his heirs male by Eliza- beth Crichton, his third wife, they being obliged to take the name and bear the arms of Gordon. He died about 1470. According to family data he married three times, while "Scots Peerage" only mentions two marriages. He married (first) Janet, daughter of Robert, son and heir apparent to William, first Earl Mareshal; married (second), January 8, 1426-27, Egidia Hay, daughter of John Hay, of Tullibody. King James I granted to him on that day the Barony of Tullibody, the forests of Boyne and Erazie, and Barony of Kilsaurie with the lands of Kinmundy in the Barony of Kinedward. This marriage was annulled. He married (third), about 1439, Elizabeth Crichton, daughter of Sir William Crichton, Chancellor of Scotland. He was succeeded by his son :
1. George, of whom further.
(Family data. "Scots Peerage," Vol. IV, p. 522.)
(XII) LORD GEORGE GORDON, second Earl of Huntley, son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Crichton) Seton, whose surname became Gordon, was a staunch sup- porter of King James III. In 1484, a treaty of peace being concluded between England and Scotland, he was one of the guarantees thereof on the part of Scot- land. In 1488, he and the Earl of Crawford were, in open Parliament, Lords of Justiciary North of the River Forth. On the accession of James IV to the throne, George Gordon was appointed one of the Privy Council and was empowered to exercise justice and to suppress all sorts of disorders in the northern parts of Scot- land, beyond the River North Esk. Continuing in the highest favor with his Majesty, he was constituted Lord Chancellor of Scotland in the year 1498, which high office he held until 1502, when he resigned the seals.
Lord George Gordon married (first) Elizabeth (Dunbar) Douglas, Countess of Moray, daughter of James Dunbar, Earl of Moray, and widow of Archibald Douglas. This marriage was dissolved before 1459-60, and she remarried. Lord George Gordon married (second) Princess Annabella Stewart, youngest daughter of James I. (First Royal Line of Descent from Robert Bruce of Scotland VI.) (Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XIV.) Princess Annabella was divorced at Aberdeen, July 24, 1471. He married (third) Elizabeth (Hay) Gray, daughter of William, Earl of Errol, and widow of Andrew Lord Gray. This marriage was arranged to take place, "banns 4; II; 18 Aug 1471," but the mar- riage was not performed until May 12, 1476.
In only one record is it found that he married Jean, instead of Annabella. This appears in Crawford's "Genealogical History of the Family of Stewart and Descrip-
C. & R. 1-22
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tion of Shire of Renfrew," published in 1710, i. e., "Jean, daughter of James I married secondly, George, second Earl of Huntley: Children I. Alexander, 2. Adam," etc. This is the only account we have seen wherein the name of George Gordon's second wife was Jean, rather than Annabella.
The question of the mother of his children has been open to discussion, but the best authorities in general, including Burke's "Peerage," and "Dictionary of National Biography," agree that Annabella, daughter of James I, was the mother of :
1. Alexander, of whom further. (Gordon-Line Two-XIII.)
2. Adam, of whom further.
3. William, fell at the battle of Flodden; was ancestor of the Gordons of Gight.
4. James, of Latterfourie; admiral of the fleet and ancestor of the Gordons of Latter- fourie.
5. Janet; married (first) Alexander, master of Crawford; married (second) Patrick, third Lord Gray.
6. Mary; married Sir William Sinclair, of Westerhall.
7. Elizabeth; married, in 1482, William, third Earl of Marischal.
8. Isabel; married William, third Earl of Errol.
("Scots Peerage," Vol. IV, pp. 526-30. Burke: "Peerage and Baronetage," p. 1299. "Dictionary of National Biography," Vol. XXII, p. 178. Crawford: "Genealogical History of the Family of Stewart and Description of Shire of Renfrew," pp. 36-37. Cokayne : "Complete Peerage," Vol. VI, p. 677. Family data.)
(XIII) ADAM GORDON, of Aboyne, son of George and Princess Annabella (Stewart) Gordon, died at Ferrar, near Aboyne, March 17, 1537-38. He mar- ried Elizabeth Sutherland (First Line of Royal Descent from Robert Bruce VII), daughter and eventual heiress of John, eighth Earl of Sutherland. She died in September, 1535. In his wife's right he became the Earl of Sutherland. Their eldest son was:
1. Alexander, of whom further.
("Scots Peerage," Vol. VIII, pp. 336-37. William Playfair : "British Baronetage," Vol. III (Scottish Baronetage), p. 186.)
(XIV) ALEXANDER GORDON, Master of Sutherland, son of Adam and Eliza- beth (Sutherland) Gordon, was born about 1501, and died at Dunrobin, January 15, 1529-30.
Alexander Gordon married, about June 16, 1520, Janet Stewart, daughter of John, second Earl of Atholl, and Janet (Campbell) Stewart. She married (sec- ond), before May, 1532, Sir Hugh Kennedy; married (third), before Novem- ber, 1544, Henry Lord Methven; married (fourth) about 1557, Patrick, Lord Ruthven; and married (fifth) James Gray. Alexander and Janet (Stewart) Gor- don were the parents of :
I. John, of whom further.
("Scots Peerage," Vol. VIII, pp. 338-42. Family data.)
(XV) JOHN GORDON, tenth Earl of Sutherland, was the son of Alexander and Janet (Stewart) Gordon.
John Gordon married (first), before August 6, 1546, Elizabeth (Campbell) Moray, only daughter of Colin, third Duke of Argyll, and widow of James, Earl of Moray. He married (second), about August 6, 1548, Helena (or Elinor) (Stewart) Hay, daughter of John, Earl of Lennox, and widow of William Hay,
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sixth Earl of Errol. (First Line of Royal Descent from Robert Bruce IX.) He married (third) Marion Seton, a daughter of George, and widow of the Earl of Montieth. Child by second marriage was :
1. Alexander, of whom further.
("Scots Peerage," Vol. VIII, p. 342. Family data.)
(XVI) ALEXANDER GORDON, eleventh Earl of Sutherland, was the son of John and Helena (or Elinor) (Stewart-Hay) Gordon. He was born at Darnawat Castle, about 1552, died December 6, 1594, and was buried at Dornoch Cathedral.
Alexander Gordon married (first), in 1567, Barbara Sinclair, she aged thirty- two and he but fifteen years, daughter of George, fourth Earl of Caithness. They were divorced June 30, 1572, and she died about 1573. He married (second), December 13, 1573, Jane (Gordon) Hepburn. (Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XVII.) (Gordon-Line Two-XVI.) Children by second marriage :
I. John, who succeeded his father.
2. Robert, of whom further.
3. Alexander.
("Scots Peerage," Vol. IV, p. 539; Vol. VIII, p. 343. Family data.)
(XVII) SIR ROBERT GORDON, son of Alexander and Jane (Gordon-Hepburn) Gordon, was born at Dunrobin, May 14, 1580, died at Gordonston in March, 1656, and was buried at Drainie. He was a man of great ability and filled the following offices successively : Vice-Chamberlain of Scotland ; Sheriff Principal of Inverness- shire; Lord of the Privy Council, and was created Baronet of Nova Scotia, May 28, 1625. He was the ancestor of the Gordonston family.
Sir Robert Gordon married, in London, February 16, 1613, Louisa Gordon, daughter of John Gordon, Lord of Glenluce, and Dean of Salisbury. They were the parents of :
1. John, died in infancy.
2. Ludovick, heir to his father.
3. George, died, unmarried.
4. Robert, ancestor of the Gordons of Cluny.
5. Charles, died without issue.
6. Elizabeth, died young.
7. Katherine, of whom further.
8. Louisa, died, unmarried.
9. Jean; married Sir Alexander Mackenzie, of Coul.
("Scots Peerage," Vol. VIII, p. 345. Family data.)
(XVIII) KATHERINE GORDON, daughter of Sir Robert and Louisa (Gordon) Gordon, of Gordonston, married Colonel David Barclay. (Barclay-English Line -XIII.) (Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XIX.)
(Sir George Gordon: "A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland," pp. 540, 541, 546. Family data.)
(The Gordon Line-Line Two).
Generations I through XII the same as in First Gordon Line.
(XIII) ALEXANDER GORDON, son of George, Earl of Huntley, and Princess Annabella (Stewart) Gordon, succeeded his father as third Earl of Huntley, and died before January 21, 1523-24. He accompanied the King to the battle of Flod-
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den, September 9, 1513, and was in command of one of the battalions, with his brothers, Adam, Earl of Sutherland, and William Gordon, of Gight. Upward of fifteen thousand Scots, the best quality of the Nation, were killed in this battle. Alexander and his brother, Adam, were among the few Scottish nobles who sur- vived; their brother, William of Gight, being numbered among the slain. In 1517 he was one of the Council of Regency and lieutenant of Scotland the following year.
Alexander Gordon married (first), October 14, 1474, Janet Stewart, daughter of John, first Earl of Atholl. (Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XIV.) He married (second), shortly after July 21, 1511, Elizabeth (Gray) Lyon, daughter of Andrew, second Lord Gray, and widow of John Lyon, fourth Lord of Glamis. Child by the first marriage :
1. John, of whom further.
(Cokayne: "Complete Peerage," Vol. VI, p. 677. Family data.)
(XIV) JOHN GORDON, son of George and Janet (Stewart) Gordon, died before his father, December 5, 1517.
He married, in November, 1512, Margaret Stewart, natural daughter of James IV. They had a son :
I. George, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(XV) GEORGE GORDON, son of John and Margaret (Stewart) Gordon, was born in 1513, and died October 22, 1562. He succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Huntley and in 1548 had a grant of the Earldom of Moray. On account of the wavering between the two parties of the old and new faith, the Queen, in 1561, bestowed the Earldom of Moray on her brother, James Stewart. This caused the revolt of the Lord of Huntley, who was defeated by the Queen's forces. He was captured and died probably of apoplexy soon afterward. An act of attainder was passed whereby his honors became forfeited.
George Gordon married, March 27, 1530, Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Robert Lord Keith. (Second Line of Royal Descent from Robert Bruce IX.) They were the parents of :
I. Jane, of whom further.
(Ibid.)
(XVI) JANE GORDON, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Keith) Gordon, married (first) James Hepburn, fourth Earl of Bothwell, and from whom she was divorced in 1567; she married (second) Alexander Gordon, eleventh Earl of Sutherland. (Royal Descent from William the Conqueror XVII.) (Gordon- Line One-XVI.) She married (third), in 1599, Alexander Ogilvie, of Boyne.
(Ibid. "Scots Peerage," Vol. IV, p. 539.)
(The George Line).
George, or the forms Georges, Georgeson, the latter two denoting the "son of George," is derived from the Latin Georgius. Unlike most names of this class, George has not given rise to any diminutive, or derivative. According to Charles W. Bardsley, in his "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames," he says: "St.
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George of England ought to have impressed his name more deeply upon our direc- tories." Robert George is listed in the Hundred Rolls of Oxford in 1273, and Wil- liam George appears in Cambridge at the same time. Ralph and William de Georges were living about 1307. This family spelled the name George in latter years, and held lands in Gloucester County, England, for between five and six centuries. James Georgeson is found in the "Wills of Chester, 1545-1620."
(Charles W. Bardsley : "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames." Mark Anthony Lower : "Patronymica Britannica." "The Ancestor," No. IX.)
(I) PETER GEORGE, ancestor of the family in America, was probably born in England, and died at New Shoreham, Rhode Island, January 19, 1693, his will being dated January 6, 1692, and proved February 24, 1694. He was recorded in Braintree, Massachusetts, between 1642 and 1659. About 1670 he sold his estate in Braintree, Massachusetts, and removed to Block Island, Rhode Island. In the Braintree, Massachusetts, town records a reference to Peter George's land appears on July 4, 1673-his orchard, etc., bordering on a new highway. This may refer to his son, Peter. Peter George, Sr., was a freeman in 1664 in Braintree, and is listed as freeman in Block Island in 1684.
He married, after 1641, Mary Ray, widow of Simon Ray, who died in Massa- chusetts, 30th, 7th mo., 1641. Children (born in Braintree, Massachusetts) :
1. Susan, born in February, 1642; married Joseph Kent.
2. Mary, born September 7, 1645, died in 1714; married Edward Ball.
3. Hannah, born September 7, 1648, died in 1693; married (first) Tourmet Rose; mar- ried (second), March 11, 1685, James Danielson.
4. John, born June 24, 1650, died 9th mo., 2d day, 1653.
5. Samuel, born April 12, 1651, died probably at New Shoreham, Rhode Island, January 19, 1693; married, December 20, 1678.
6. Peter, born 9th mo. 11, 1654.
7. Sarah, of whom further.
(James Savage: "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Vol. II, p. 242. Samuel A. Bates: "Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640-1793," pp. 14. 637. "Early Braintree Records," in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. III, p. 127; Vol. XI, p. 333; Vol. XII, p. 108; Vol. XXXVII, p. 166. John Osborne Austin: "A Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island," p. 83.)
(II) SARAH GEORGE, daughter of Peter and Mary (Ray) George, was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, 4-3-1658, and died, probably at Block Island, before April 24, 1694. Sarah George was living January 6, 1692, when in her father's will she was called daughter Sarah Dodge, wife of William Dodge, but in her mother's will, dated August 5, 1694, she is not referred to, but her daughter is thus: "To grand-dau. Mary Dodge, daughter of William £ 5."
Sarah George married William Dodge. (Dodge II.)
(John Osborne Austin: "A Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island," p. 83. "Early Braintree Records," in "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Vol. XIII, p. 213. James N. Arnold: "Vital Records of Rhode Island," Vol. IV, p. 27.)
(The Parshall Line).
Parshall is a variant of the cognomen Pearshall, Pearsaul, Piersol, etc., and is local in its origin, as "of Pearshall," or "of Pershall," a township in the parish of Eccleshall, County Stafford, England. Thomas de Peshale lived in County Staf- ford during the reign of Henry III.
(Charles W. Bardsley: "Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames.")
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(I) JAMES PARSHALL was born about 1649 and died at Southold, Long Island, New York, September 15, 1701. James Parshall is said to have styled himself "Gent. of the Isle of Wight." He owned many tracts of land at Aque- bogue, Long Island, and lived on the North Road. On June 26, 1690, by his mark, he acknowledged receipt of £90 to be paid to his wife, Elizabeth, from her brothers, on account of the estate of her father, "Mr. David Gardiner, deceased." James Parshall is first mentioned as a resident of Gardiner's Island, December 12, 1679, according to a deed of the purchase of the Aquebogue land. By 1686, sometime after the purchase of the Aquebogue land, he became a resident of Southold, Long Island. His mark is on a sale document, March 27, 1698, the name written "James Pearsall."
Records concerning the marriage of James Parshall appear to be varied and confused. Sometimes he is credited with three marriages, and in this case nothing known of his first marriage while again he is credited with two marriages. From the best available records it would seem that James Parshall married (first) Eliza- beth Gardiner, who died about 1693, daughter of David and Mary (Heringman) Gardiner. David Gardiner of the "Isle of Wight," or Gardiner's Island, Suffolk County, New York, was the second proprietor of the island. He was the son of Lion Gardiner. Concerning Elizabeth Gardiner's birth date, there have also been varied and confusing records, and no definite date of birth has been decided as the authentic one.
James Parshall married (second) Margaret Youngs, daughter of Christopher Youngs. Children by first marriage :
1. A son (James), born about 1677, died before 1692.
2. Mary, born about 1679.
3. Israel, of whom further.
4. David, born, probably at Gardiner's Island, in July, 1683, died at Aquebogue, January 25, 1725-26, aged forty-three years; married, about 1704, his cousin, Mary Gardiner.
5. A daughter, born after 1686, died before 1698.
Children by the second marriage :
6. David, died young.
7. Margaret; married, about 1710, Caleb Howell.
(Curtis C. Gardiner : "Lion Gardiner and His Descendants," pp. 86, 93. James Clark Parshall: "The History of the Parshall Family," pp. 8-14, 15, 20. Ibid., Vol. II, p. 1041.)
(II) CAPTAIN ISRAEL PARSHALL, son of James and Elizabeth (Gardiner) Parshall, was born, probably at Gardiner's Island, in March, 1680, and died at Aquebogue, Suffolk County, New York, April 18, 1738, in his fifty-eighth year.
Israel Parshall is recorded as one of the most prominent men of Long Island in his day. He received a considerably large estate from his father, to which he added and became one of the largest landowners in the town. He was commis- sioned a captain in the Southold Company. In his will, dated June 23, 1737, and proved May 22, 1738, he names his wife, Mary, and among his children he names "Keziah Mapes."
Captain Israel Parshall married (first), December 4, 1702, Joanna Swezey, who was born about 1678, and died February 22, 1724, aged forty-seven years. He
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married (second), May 26, 1726, Mary Terry, a widow. Children, all by the first marriage :
I. Joanna, born about 1703, died May 31, 1733; married, March 15, 1722, Christopher Youngs.
2. James, died April 9, 1719.
3. Elizabeth, born June 27, 1705, died February 23, 1793; married, October 28, 1724, Joseph Davis.
4. Keziah, of whom further.
5. Israel, born, probably between 1708 and 1712.
6. Jemima; married, May 17, 1730, Jonathan Terry.
7. Experience ; married, November II, 1736, Daniel Reeve.
(James Clark Parshall: "The History of the Parshall Family," pp. 17, 18, 19.)
(III) KEZIAH PARSHALL, daughter of Captain Israel and Joanna (Swezey) Parshall, married Joseph Mapes. (Mapes III.)
(Ibid., p. 18.)
Greene
In the ensuing paragraphs will be traced the colonial ancestry of Helen Peter- son (Greene) Dodge, whose lineage in the paternal line of descent carries back in direct line to the early Massachusetts Colony in the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury. In its intermarrying families may be found many of the outstanding names of the early Colonial days. In the Peterson family, that of Mrs. Dodge's mother, we find among the family records some which trace back into the Royal blood of France and England, the generations of which noble lineage will later be shown.
(I) THOMAS GREENE, the earliest known ancestor of Helen Peterson (Greene) Dodge, was born in England, about 1606, and died in Malden, Massachusetts, December 19, 1667. He may have been from Leicestershire, but no proof has been found to substantiate this statement. The time of his arrival in America is uncer- tain. The earliest record thus far found is in 1653, although as early as October 28, 1651, his wife and daughter (both named Elizabeth) signed a petition to the General Court. Perhaps he is the Thomas Greene who was in Ipswich, Massachu- setts, in 1648, living there until 1649 or 1650, then removing to Malden, Massa- chusetts, where he had a farm of sixty-three acres in the north section, now known as Melrose. A part of this farm was still in the possession of some of his descend- ants in 1858. Thomas Greene was selectman of Malden in 1658, and often served as juryman in Middlesex County Court, He appears on records as Thomas Greene, Sr., there being in Malden his son, Thomas, Jr., and another Thomas Greene at the same time. His will, dated November 12, 1667, was probated Janu- ary 15, 1667-68.
Thomas Greene married (first) Elizabeth, who died in Malden, Massachu- setts, August 22, 1658. He married (second), September 5, 1659, Frances (Wheeler) Cook, born in 1608, widow of (first) Isaac Wheeler, and (second) Richard Cook. Children of first marriage :
I. Elizabeth, born in England, about 1628.
2. Thomas, born in England, about 1630, died April 15, 1674; married, about 1653, Rebecca Hills, who died June 6, 1674.
3. John, born in England, in 1632, died March 22, 1709; married, December 18, 1660, Sarah Wheeler, who died in 1717.
4. Mary, born in England, about 1633, died November 9, 1674; married, before 1656, Cap- tain John Waite.
5. William, of whom further.
6. Henry, born in 1638; married, January 11, 1671-72, Esther (or Hester) Hasse.
7. Samuel, born in March, 1645; married (first), in 1666, Mary Cook, who died in 1715; married (second) Susanna.
8. Hannah, born about 1647; married, November 5, 1666, Joseph Richardson.
9. Martha, born about 1650.
10. Dorcas, born in Malden, May 1, 1653, died in 1682; married, January II, 1671-72, James Barrett.
(Samuel S. Greene: "A Genealogical Sketch of the Descendants of Thomas Greene, of Malden, Massachusetts," pp. 2, 8, 10. "Vital Records, Malden, Massachusetts," pp. 237, 346, 347, 386.)
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(II) CAPTAIN WILLIAM GREENE, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Greene, was born, probably in England, in 1635, and died in Malden, Massachusetts, December 30, 1705, aged seventy. He owned one-half of the farm in Malden which had been owned by his father, Thomas Greene, and sold to his brother, Samuel, the other half being owned by his brother, Henry. The land on the north of it was owned by his brother John. On October 24, 1668, William Greene was made free- man. He served the town as captain of the militia company, and as selectman in 1678, 1683, and 1702. He was a faithful member of the Malden Church. In his will, dated December 14, 1705, and probated January 21. 1705-06, he left prop- erty to his wife, Isabel; daughter, Sarah Webb, and grandsons, William, Benja- min and Nathaniel, not then twenty-one years of age. The real estate and a part of the personal estate went to his sons, Isaac and John, who were the executors.
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