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Description:Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The crest and arms preserved on the family silver of Col. James Gordon, of Lancaster, in the possession of descendants, are those of the ancient Gordons of Huntly, and of the lesser branches of Lesmoir, Knockespock, Hallhead and Esslemont. The old Sheepbridge house is still standing; and the estate was up to the present year (1902) owned by Gordons who were descended from the first James, who settled there in 1692. The place has recently been sold to a Mr. Ormsby by the daughters of the late James Williams Gordon, Esq., with the death of whose only son, John Gordon, in 1891, the Sheepbridge branch of Gordons became extinct. The descendants of the two immigrant brothers, however, are very numerous, and are to be found in many States of the American Union, especially in Virginia, Missouri and Ohio. In Virginia many of them have been men of prominence; and it is a noteworthy fact that, in nearly every constitutional convention, held in the commonwealth, descendants of the two brothers have appeared as representatives. James Gordon, of Lancaster, son of Col. James Gordon, of Lancaster (the Jamey of the journal), represented that county in the Convention of 1776; and was also a member of the Convention of 1788, in which his first cousin, James Gordon, of Orange, son of John Gordon, of Ur- banna, was the colleague of Mr. Madison from Orange county. General William F. Gordon, of Albemarle, grandson of both brothers (his mother being the daughter of Col. James, and his father the son of John Gordon, of Urbanna), was a distinguished member of the Convention of 1829-'30. Hon. Joseph A. Waddell, of Staunton, a great-grandson of the older of the two immigrants, represented Augusta county in the Convention of 1868; and in that of 1901-'02, recently adjourned, there were three descendan...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. To get started finding William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 102

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Publisher: General Books

Release: 2012

ISBN: 0217418155

Description: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The crest and arms preserved on the family silver of Col. James Gordon, of Lancaster, in the possession of descendants, are those of the ancient Gordons of Huntly, and of the lesser branches of Lesmoir, Knockespock, Hallhead and Esslemont. The old Sheepbridge house is still standing; and the estate was up to the present year (1902) owned by Gordons who were descended from the first James, who settled there in 1692. The place has recently been sold to a Mr. Ormsby by the daughters of the late James Williams Gordon, Esq., with the death of whose only son, John Gordon, in 1891, the Sheepbridge branch of Gordons became extinct. The descendants of the two immigrant brothers, however, are very numerous, and are to be found in many States of the American Union, especially in Virginia, Missouri and Ohio. In Virginia many of them have been men of prominence; and it is a noteworthy fact that, in nearly every constitutional convention, held in the commonwealth, descendants of the two brothers have appeared as representatives. James Gordon, of Lancaster, son of Col. James Gordon, of Lancaster (the Jamey of the journal), represented that county in the Convention of 1776; and was also a member of the Convention of 1788, in which his first cousin, James Gordon, of Orange, son of John Gordon, of Ur- banna, was the colleague of Mr. Madison from Orange county. General William F. Gordon, of Albemarle, grandson of both brothers (his mother being the daughter of Col. James, and his father the son of John Gordon, of Urbanna), was a distinguished member of the Convention of 1829-'30. Hon. Joseph A. Waddell, of Staunton, a great-grandson of the older of the two immigrants, represented Augusta county in the Convention of 1868; and in that of 1901-'02, recently adjourned, there were three descendan...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. To get started finding William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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