Viola, I have just forwarded this message to another Gordon researcher who, I believe, is related to this family. His name is Joshua Gordon at: <[email protected]> [email protected] wrote: > I would like to know if any out there are related to the Gordon's that settled > in North Carolina..... > > Descendants of James Gordon > > Generation No. 1 > > 1. JAMES3 GORDON (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born Abt. 1730 in Murderkill Hundred, > Kent County, Delaware, and died September 09, 1782 in Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina. He married MARY RIDDLE 1754 in Kent County, Deleware1. > > Children of JAMES GORDON and MARY RIDDLE are: > i. JAMES4 GORDON, b. 1765, Kent County, Deleware; d. 1850; m. (1) P > RISCILLA MILLS, July 13, 1791, Guilford County, North Carolina; m. (2) J > EAN CHADWICK, September 11, 1797, Guilford County, North Carolina. > ii. SETH GORDON, b. 1757, Kent County, Deleware; d. June 23, 1803, > Kent County, Deleware; m. RUFINER HUNN, 1789, Kent County, Deleware. > iii. MARY ELIZABETH GORDON, b. 1760, Kent County, Deleware; m. WILLIAM > CONLEY. > 2. iv. CHARLES GORDON, b. 1763, Kent County, Deleware. > 3. v. JONATHAN GORDON, b. 1770, Kent County, Deleware; d. 1824, Guilford > County, North Carolina. > 4. vi. JOHN GORDON, b. March 01, 1772, Surry County, North Carolina; d. > 1846, Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina. > vii. ELI GORDON. > > Generation No. 2 > > 2. CHARLES4 GORDON (JAMES3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1763 in Kent County, > Deleware. He married (1) RUTH WILLIAMS in New Garden Friends Meeting, Guilford > County, daughter of RICHARD WILLIAMS and PRUDENCE BEALS. He married (2) MARY J > OHNSON 1788. > > Children of CHARLES GORDON and RUTH WILLIAMS are: > i. MARY5 GORDON. > ii. RICHARD GORDON. > iii. ANNA GORDON. > iv. JAMES GORDON. > v. SETH GORDON. > vi. CHARLES GORDON. > vii. RUTH GORDON. > viii. ESTHER GORDON. > > Child of CHARLES GORDON and MARY JOHNSON is: > ix. SARAH5 GORDON, b. April 17, 1789; m. JOSHUA JOHNSON. > > 3. JONATHAN4 GORDON (JAMES3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1770 in Kent County, > Deleware, and died 1824 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He married CHARITY > WHEELER2 March 17, 1794 in Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina, daughter > of MANLOVE WHEELER and HANNAH MILLS. > > Children of JONATHAN GORDON and CHARITY WHEELER are: > 5. i. JAMES W.5 GORDON. > ii. SARAH GORDON. > iii. MARGARET GORDON. > iv. JEFFERSON GORDON. > v. KEZIAH GORDON. > vi. ESTHER GORDON. > > 4. JOHN4 GORDON (JAMES3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born March 01, 1772 in Surry > County, North Carolina, and died 1846 in Deep River, Guilford County, North > Carolina. He married MARY WHEELER November 16, 1797 in Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina. > > Children of JOHN GORDON and MARY WHEELER are: > i. JESSE5 GORDON, b. September 02, 1798, Deep River, Guilford County, > North Carolina; m. SARAH IDDINGS, August 23, 1823, Guilford County, > North Carolina. > ii. ELIZABETH GORDON, b. October 16, 1801, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; m. ANDERSON CHEEVES LEDBETTER. > iii. RACHEL GORDON, b. October 09, 1804, Deep River, Guilford County, > North Carolina; m. WILLIAM FADGETT. > iv. WILLIAM GORDON, b. May 17, 1807, Deep River, Guilford County, > North Carolina; m. (1) PENELOPE; m. (2) SOPHIA PITTS. > v. LYDIA GORDON, b. March 07, 1810, Deep River, Guilford County, North > Carolina; d. March 07, 1881, Macyville, Cloud County, Kansas; m. GEORGE > WORTH MACY, September 04, 1841. > vi. ELI GORDON, b. August 18, 1812, Deep River, Guilford County, > North Carolina; m. ELIZABETH DIXON, May 08, 1851, North Carolina. > 6. vii. JONATHAN WHEELER GORDON, b. June 13, 1815, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. April 30, 1888, Johnson County, Kansas. > > Generation No. 3 > > 5. JAMES W.5 GORDON (JONATHAN4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JAMES1). He married (1) DEBORAH > JONES September 05, 1817 in Guilford County, North Carolina3. He married (2) E > LIZABETH HOWELL December 15, 1827 in Guilford County, North Carolina3. > > Children of JAMES GORDON and DEBORAH JONES are: > i. JOHN6 GORDON, b. 1818. > ii. SETH GORDON, b. 1820. > iii. JAMES JONES GORDON, b. June 16, 1823, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. June 08, 1874, Deep River, Guilford County, > North Carolina; m. ELIZABETH JANE MILLS, 18504. > > 6. JONATHAN WHEELER5 GORDON (JOHN4, JAMES3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born June 13, > 1815 in Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina, and died April 30, 1888 in > Johnson County, Kansas. He married IRENA MACY May 17, 1838 in Guilford County, > North Carolina, daughter of ASA MACY and HANNAH STANLEY. > > Children of JONATHAN GORDON and IRENA MACY are: > i. OLIVER CROMWELL6 GORDON, b. October 03, 1839, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. 1925, Johnson County, Kansas; m. ELIZABETH C > OUCH, October 03, 1866, Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina. > ii. JASPER NEWTON GORDON, b. February 04, 1847, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. May 04, 1917, Lawrence, Douglas Co., Kansas; > m. SARAH BELLE HIDDLESTON, December 23, 1880, Johnson County, Kansas. > iii. JESSE M. GORDON, b. 1842, Deep River, Guilford County, North > Carolina; d. 1879, Johnson County, Kansas; m. (1) KEZIAH THORNTON, North > Carolina; m. (2) SARAH MURPHEY, North Carolina. > iv. CYNTHIA GORDON, b. January 07, 1843, Deep River, Guilford County, > North Carolina; d. March 02, 1918, Choctaw, Oklahoma; m. WILLIAM LEWIS C > OUCH, February 28, 1871, Olathe, Kansas. > v. LUZENIA GORDON, b. 1845; d. 1845. > vi. JOHN FRANKLIN GORDON, b. January 31, 1850, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. 1931, Desoto, Kansas; m. MARY COUCH. > vii. JONATHAN GORDON, b. January 31, 1850, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. January 31, 1850, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina. > viii. HANNAH SAMIRA GORDON, b. March 01, 1856, Deep River, Guilford > County, North Carolina; d. December 28, 1888, Hesper, Kansas; m. (1) W > ILLIAM BRYAN, Olathe, Kansas; m. (2) JOHN PEGG. > ix. ASA EDWIN GORDON, b. 1859, Deep River, Guilford County, North > Carolina; d. 1907, Johnson County, Kansas. > > Endnotes > > 1. NC Marriages. > 2. Family Records. > 3. Abstracts of Marriage Bonds of Guilford County 1771-1840. > 4. Family Records. > > [email protected] on 06/17/99 09:20:48 AM > > Please respond to [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > cc: (bcc: Gordon Williams/Jeanswear/VF Corporation) > Subject: GORDON-D Digest V99 #112 > > Content-Type: text/plain > > GORDON-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 112 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: Hugh Gordon [[email protected] (Barbara Cole)] > #2 Re: Hugh Gordon [[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > --- > To unsubscribe from the Digest version of the > Gordon Family Discussion list, send an email to > [email protected] with the following command: > > unsubscribe > > (and nothing else) in the message area. > > ______________________________ > > X-Message: #1 > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:06:24 -0500 (CDT) > From: [email protected] (Barbara Cole) > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hugh Gordon > Content-Disposition: Inline > Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit > > Viola, > What kind of info do you want on Hugh. I don't think anyone has gotten > further back that Hugh, But I have some data on Mary's siblings, as well > as her and Anderson's children. I come down thru her sister Rhoda who > married Elijah JETT. > Barbara > > ______________________________ > > X-Message: #2 > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:52:18 EDT > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Hugh Gordon > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Barbara > I find that some places say that Hugh was born in Scotland and others say VA. > I need proof substantiating exactly which place. I also find some sources say > his father was James others say Hugh(SR.) Do you have proof on either of > these facts? > I would love finding facts on the Gordon line as far back as possible. I want > to do that on all of my lines. I suppose I am wanting the impossible, but > that is why I keep working. I hope to find a line that will lead to a Magna > Charta Surety. That would be great. > Thanks for answering my query. I don't believe that we have contacted one > another before. Is that correct? In case we have not I come through their > daughter Mary who married Anderson Jeffries. I continue with the Jeffries > line down to my paternal Grandmother (Sallie) who married Clarence Lawson. My > maiden name was Lawson. How are you connected to Hugh and his wife? If you > don't mind telling me. It sounds like we are some sort of cousins. > I have found so many relatives since I have been contacting different people > on the many lines on which I work. That is a lot of fun! > I look forward to hearing from you. > > Viola > > Viola L. Van Orden -- Joann Gordon, House of Gordon, USA (Clan Gordon) Genealogist House of Gordon Research: <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5917/HOG.HTM> Gordon Genealogy Site: <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5917/GORDON2.HTM> Wright Tidbits: <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5917/Tidbits.htm> Perry County, AR Website: <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3729/index.htm> Surnames: Gordon, McDuffie, Wright, Little, McDonald, McConnell, Rucker