[email protected] wrote: > > Hi Listers! > I've received a copy of "The Gordon Family of Maine and New Hampshire" by Blanche Gordon Cobb ( Miss ) > It's a photcopied reprint of a report done by Miss Cobb of 'The Governor James Bowdoin Chapter D.A.R. Lisbon Falls, Maine. Looks like it was composed in 1935. > It starts with the Alexander Gordon and Mary Lysson couple, and seems mostly concerned with the "Readfield Branch" of the Gordons. > it begins... > " Alexander Gordon, the first of the name in New Hampshire was born in Aberdeen > Scotland in 1635, of a Highland Scottish family which was loyal to the cause of > the Stuarts. He died in Exeter, N.H. during the summer of 1697. Married in 1663, > Mary, daughter of Nicholas and Alice Lysson of Exeter. He was a soldier in the > Scottish army that supported the claim of King Charles II to the throne of > England, and was taken a prisoner of war by Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, > England, September 3 1650. ( Some say battle of Worcester, Eng. which was a > year later). He was taken to the prison camp at Tuthill Fields, London, and was > released to Capt. John Allen of Charlestown, Mass. on the condition that he > emigrate to America. Was taken to Mass. in 1651 and held at Watertown, Mass. > until 1654 as a prisoner of war. The ship on which he came was named "Liberty" > and commanded by Capt. John Allen and landed at Boston. As early as 1660 he was > at Exeter, N.H. where he resided the rest of his life, and engaged in lumbering, > his saw mill being located on Little River, a branch of Exeter, or Fresh River, > at a point one mile west of Exater Village. Administration of his estate > granted to his son John Gordon, August 25, 1697. > Children- Elizabeth born Feb. 23, 1664 > Nicholes '' Mar. 23, 1666 > Mary '' May 22, 1668 > John '' Oct. 26, 1670 > James '' July 22, 1673 > Alexander 1675 > Thomas 1678 > Daniel 1682 " > ------------------------------------------------- > Miss Cobb goes on to list 38+ granchildren of Alexander & Mary. No wonder so > many Gordons can trace back to these two! The copy I have is not commplete, for instance "see erratta sheet" is mentioned, but it's not with my copy. This copy is 53 pages of often fuzzy, sometimes faded type. It's at least a three Excederine read! :O) > There's quite a bit of anecdotal comments, like 'killed by Indians', 'resided on > "Gordon Hill" in Exeter','he was fond of the violin','the Gordon Family Homestead in Readfield','chief promoter of the Gordon Reunion (Readfield branch) was > Pres. of the Reunion in 1911-1912' and many other tid-bits. > Miss Cobb takes the line right into the early 1900s, where her comments become > 'present tense'- "They have the lumber business owned by their father". they live in Augusta","she's enrolled in University","he is a Professor of Chemistry", > ect. > ------------------------------------------------- > John Wesley Gordon > my dead end is George Gordon, b? d? who married Hattie Emmons b1868 d1938 > Hattie and George are my Great Grandparents, both of York Co. Maine. John Wesley --- That is a copy of the typescript in the DAR Library in DC. Their copy has a page in it referring to an "errata page," which is apparently missing from their copy. Does your copy have it? I know that what you have IS a xerox of the DAR copy. That copy was a carbon copy and some of the pages appeared to be the bottom copy of several copies. I canimagine reading it would be a "three excedrine" task. Where did you get your copy? BTW, have you tried the IGI search at the LDS Family Search site to find your George Gordon? If not, go to www.famlysearch.org and look for the link to the IGI. I think that I may finally have tracked down my elusive John Gordon, husband of Elizabeth, widow of York, ME in 1744. -- Cheers, Jim Gordon, Laurel, MD USA