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. 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