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Elspet Gordon

Female 1587 - 24 JunDeceased


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Elspet Gordon was born in Jul 1587 in St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (daughter of John Gordon of Sutherland and Margaret Lyon); died in 24 Jun in abt 1649?.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Gordon of Sutherland was born in 1549 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland (son of John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, and Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox); died in 1594 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland.

    John married Margaret Lyon. Margaret was born in 1555 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Lyon was born in 1555 in Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 1. Elspet Gordon was born in Jul 1587 in St Nicholas, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in 24 Jun in abt 1649?.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1525 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland (son of Alexander (10th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, and Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland); died on 23 June 1567 in Sutherland, Scotland.

    John married Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox on 06 August 1548 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. Lady (daughter of John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart and Anne Elizabeth Stewart) was born in January 1520 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox was born in January 1520 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (daughter of John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart and Anne Elizabeth Stewart); died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. 2. John Gordon of Sutherland was born in 1549 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1594 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland.
    2. Alexander (12th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon was born in 1552 in Darnaway Castle (Sutherland) Scotland; died on 6 Dec 1594 in Dunrobin, Scotland.
    3. Margaret Gordon was born in 1554 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1579.
    4. William Gordon of Sutherland, Baron Strahnaver
    5. Adam Gordon was born in May 1549 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died in 1606 in Dunrobin Castle, Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Alexander (10th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1501 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland (son of Adam ( Lord Aboyne 9 th Earl of Surtherland) Gordon and Elizabeth Sutherland); died on 15 Jan 1529 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire, Scotland.

    Alexander married Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland on 16 Jun 1520 in Dunrobin Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Lady was born about 1505 in Atholl Castle, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 May 1566 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Lady Janet Stewart, Dowager Countess of Sutherland was born about 1505 in Atholl Castle, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 13 May 1566 in Athol, Perthshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Janet Gordon was born in 1521; died in 1577.
    2. Alexander Gordon was born in 1522; died in 1552.
    3. Beatrice Gordon was born in 1523; died in 1529.
    4. 4. John "the Good Earl"( 11th Earl of Sutherland) Gordon, was born in 1525 in Dunrobin, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 23 June 1567 in Sutherland, Scotland.
    5. William Gordon was born in 1530.

  3. 10.  John (3rd Earl Lennox) Stewart was born on 9 Jan 1495 in Lennox Hills, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (son of Matthew (2nd Earl of Lennox) Stewart and Elizabeth Hamilton); died on 04 Sep 1526 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland.

    John married Anne Elizabeth Stewart on 19 Jan 1511 in Dispensation, Scotland. Anne (daughter of John ( 1st Earl of Atholl) Stewart of Balveny and Eleanor ( Countess of Atholl) Sinclair) was born in 1494 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland; died on 25 Nov 1564 in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Anne Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1494 in Balveny, Fife, Scotland (daughter of John ( 1st Earl of Atholl) Stewart of Balveny and Eleanor ( Countess of Atholl) Sinclair); died on 25 Nov 1564 in Hawkhead, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Anne Stuart was born in 1512; died on 25 November 1564.
    2. Mary Stewart was born in 1513 in Warwickshire, England; died in 1540 in Yorkshire, England.
    3. Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1515 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 20 Dec 1567 in Flanders, Morris, New Jersey, United States.
    4. Matthew 4th Earl of Lennox Stuart was born on 21 Sep 1516 in Dunbarton Castle, Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 4 Sep 1571 in Stirling Castle, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
    5. Robert Lennox Stuart was born about 1516 in Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 29 Mar 1586 in Loch Lomond, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
    6. John Stuart was born in 1519 in Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 31 May 1567 in Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France.
    7. 5. Lady Helen Elizabeth Stuart of Lennox was born in January 1520 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 23 June 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland, Scotland.