Corley'sGordons
The name of Gordon is as ancient as any
of the present European monarchies. Caesar
mentions in his commentaries a people among
the Nervii, called Gorduni, to whom he gives
great praise for their brave defense of Ghent
(their city, which he attacked in his conquest
of Gaul, B. C. 53). It is said that the name
originally came from "Gordonia," a city in Macedonia.
The Gordons have been an active, romantic, adventurous
and "restless" race. There were "heroes of the name of
Gordon, who for valor and loyalty are hardly to be
paralleled by any family in Britain, and can't be exceeded
by any other in Europe." From "A History of the Gordons."
Out of crest coronet a stag's head
(affrontée) Proper attired with
10 tines Or.
BADGE
Quarterly, 1st, Azure, three boars' heads couped Or,
armed Proper langued Gules (Gordon); 2nd, Or, three lion's
heads erased Gules langued Azure (Lordship of Bedenoch); 3rd,
Or, three crescents within a Royal Tressure Gules (seton);
4th, Azure, three fraises Argent (Fraser)
Arms
Gordon Branches
Gordon Dress
Gordon Anicent
Gordon Red
Gordon Tartan
{Abiding}
{by courage not cunning)
Mottos
Gaelic Name
Slogan
The name Gordon comes from the parish of Gordon
in Berwickshire and Sir Adam of Gordon was granted
Strathbogie, confiscated from the Earl of Atholl,
in Aberdeenshire by Robert the Bruce in return for
service to Bruce's cause, including being one of the
ambassador's to Rome who fought to have the Bruce's
excommunication removed. The Gordon's weilded
enormous power during the 16th and 17th centuries,
so much so that their chief was known as the,
Cock of the North
The castle of Strathbogie was renamed Huntly after
a part of the Gordon lands in the Borders. In 1436
Alexander Gordon was named Lord Gordon and his son
was given the title of Earl of Huntly.
During the fighting between the Douglases and the
King, the Gordon's sided with the Royals. Their
lands were then raised and the castle of Huntly
burned when the Gordons moved south to aid the King.
However, once the power of the Douglases was broken
the Gordons grew unchallenged.
The fourth Duke of Gordon raised, at his own expense,
his own regiment known as the Gordon Highlanders for
whom the yellow stripe was introduced into the Black
watch tartan. He was also Chancellor of Scotland in
1547 and was a close friend of Mary of Guise
Mary Queen of Scot's mother.
During the 1715 and 1745 Jacobite rebellions the Gordon's
fought on both sides. The second Duke of Gordon followed the
"Old Pretender" at Sheriffmuir but the third Duke fought for
the Hanoverians against Prince Charlie at Culloden. The
Dukes brother, Lord Louis Gordon, did raise two battalions
of Gordons to fight for the Prince. He died in France in 1754.
The mother of the famous poet Lord Byron was Catherine
Gordon of Gight, who inherited Gight Castle and its lands.
Surnames and Septs
There are two types of septs: First are the men of the
clan who were related by blood and formed separate
divisions, Second were individuals and groups who looked
for and got protection of the clan. The sept members
can wear the tartan of the clan, although some of the
septs now have tartans of their own.
{The House of Gordon is subject to no other House or Clan}
THE HOUSE OF GORDON, SEPTS
A
Adam Adamson Addie Adie Addiso Aiken
Aitchison Atkin Atkins Atkinson
B
Badenoch Barrie
C
Connor Connon Craig Cromb Crombie
Cullen Culane
D
Darg Darge Dorwald Duff Durward
E
Eadie Eddie Edie Edison Esslemont
G
Gardiner Gardner Garioch Garrick
Garriock Geddes Gerrie
H
Huntley Huntly
J
Jessiman Jopp Jupp
L
Laing Lang Laurie Lawrie Leng Ling
M
MacAdam Mallett Manteach Marr Maver
Meldrum Mill Mills Milles Miln Milne
Milner More Morrice Muir Mylne
S
Steel Steele
T
Teal Tod Todd
Troup
The following is what I have found to be my Gordon
ancestral family, Scottland. This is a compiled research from
Gordon researchers that I know, others that have genealogy
post on the Internet and my personal research. All the
information here has been established by two or more
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ADAM de GORDOUN I
Adam de Gordun II
Adam, 2nd of that Ilk
Richard, 3rd of that Ilk
Adam of Gordon (1190)
Alexander of Huntly
Adam of Huntly
Sir Adam of Huntly
m.Alicia of Gordon
(d 1280, dau of Sir Thomas of Gordon)
Adam of Gordon (d by 1296)
m. Marjorie
Sir Adam of Gordon (d c1328, Justiciar of Lothian, Ambassador)
m. Amabilla
Sir Adam Gordon of that ilk (d 1351)
John Gordon of that ilk (d before 02.1360-1)
m. Elizabeth
Sir John Gordon of that ilk (d unm before 11.10.1395)
m. Elizabeth Cruickshanks (dau of the laird of Aswanley) STEP
John Gordon of Scurdargue
m. Margaret
John Gordon, 1st of Auchleuchries
m. Elizabeth Abernethy (dau of Laurence Abernethy, 1st Lord
Saltoun) STEP
John Gordon, 2nd of Auchleuchries (d c1496
m. Margaret Forbes (dau of Sir Alexander Forbes, 3rd of
Pitsligo)
John Gordon, 3rd of Auchleuchries, 1st of Pitlurg (d 1546)
m 1. Jane Stewart (dau of John Stewart, 1st Earl of Atholl)
John Gordon, 2nd of Pitlurg, 4th of Auchleuchries (d Pinkie
10.09.1547)
m. (1542-3) Janet Ogilvie (dau of Alexander Ogilvie of
Deskford)
Sir John Gordon, 3rd of Pitlurg (d 16.09.1600)
m. (1567) Isabel Forbes (b 16.10.1548, bur 22.03.1622, dau of
Forbes, 7th Lord)
John Gordon, 4th of Pitlurg (d 1619)
m. Nicola Kinnaird (dau of Patrick Kinnaird)
Robert Gordon of Straloch, 5th of Pitlurg (b 14.09.1580, d
18.08.1661, geographer, etc)
m. (1608) Katherine Irvine (d 03.08.1662, dau of Alexander
Irvine of Wester Beltie, cadet of Drum)
Arthur Gordon of Straloch (b 1625, d 1680)
m. Catherine Menzies (dau of Alexander Menzies of Kinmundy
*Lady Mary Gordon 1671-1742
m. Sir James Abercromby 1668-1734 2nd baronet of Birkenbog
James Alexander Abercrombie, II. b. 1713 in Scotland near
St. Andrews d. 1782 m. 1st Hannah Pickard no issue,
m. 2nd Katherine Thompson.
COLVILLE ABERCROMBIE, b 04 Oct. 1763, Ninety- Six
Dist., SC, d. 01 Nov. 1837 Laurens Co., SC. m
11 Jul. 1785, Ninety- Six Dist., SC, MARY LINDLEY b.
1764, d. 12 June 1852, dau. of Thomas Lindley (son of,
James Lindley, born April 16, 1681 and Eleanor Parke,
born Jan 2, 1683.) b. 1706, Ballyredman, County Carlow,
Ireland, d 14 Sep. 1781, Orange Co., NC. m 1731, Chester
Co., PA, Ruth HADLEY, dau. Simon and Ruth (Miller)
Hadley, b. 1711 d. 1785, Orange Co., NC.
*Ruthie ABERCROMBIE b. 1803 Laurens Co., SC
m. Alfred Franklin (Banks) SIMS 1800 – 1886 was the son
of, Clayborn C. Sims Jr. b. 1760 Halifax, Virginia & d.
1812 m. 1785 Martha “Paddy” Parker b. 1766 & d. 1819
Laurens, SC dau. of William Parker SC. Alfred Sims and
Ruthie Abercrombie moved to Georgia in 1834. Alfred d.
in Rockdale Co., Ga. on April 2, 1886. Ruthie d. in
Rockdale Co. Ga. 1892. Both are buried in Smyrna Church
Cem., Rockdale Co., Ga. (um) the 1950 DeKalb Co., Ga.
*Sarah Elizabeth Sims b. Jan. 1, 1827 d. m. John A. Puckett
b. Jan. 16, 1827 Newton C., GA son of John H. Puckett
and Tabitha Richards. John A. Puckett was a soldier in
the Confederate Army and the US Dakotas Indian Wars.
John Rufas Puckett b.17 Mar. 1861 Henry Co., GA d. there
24 June 1951 m. 1st Harriett Ludella Pattillo b. 1869
Henry Co., GA d. 1929. Harriett was the dau. of James
Martin Pattillo and Elizabeth Hightower.
*Fannie Louisa Puckett b.8 Aug 1887 d. 10 Jan 1923.
m. William Dauphus Corley 12 Dec. 1903 born July 23,
1884 died May 11, 1967 Son of William A. Corley and MAry
Elizabeth Callaway.
James Calvin Corley b. 1 Aug. 1921 d. 8 Aug. 1973 m. Ruby
Virginia Johnson b. 20 Mar. 1924 (Living) dau. of Nathan
Lewis JOHNSON b. 16 July 1902-10 d. June 1989-Dallas N.C.
and Lois Lillian WESTBROOK b 30 Apr. d. 23 Mar. 1928.
Lois was the dau. of James Westbrook and Mary Lynch.
David E. Corley m. Sherry Gentry (Living)
DR. Joe Aaron Corley m. Paula Eversole
Issue: Wm Landon Corley, Adalyn K Corley (Living)
Justin Daniel Corley (Living)
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