She married Alexander Gordon, son of Robert Gordon, 1st of Esslemont and 12th of Hallhead and his wife, Isabella Byres, in 1735. Alexander Gordon died October 31, 1778 ; he had by her, two girls, twins, Elizabeth Gordon and Isabella Gordon, one of whom by an unhappy mischance, while dancing her on his knee at Hallhead, her father struck her head against the ceiling and killed her on the spot.
Jane Grierson Gordon is an illegitimate child of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, Auld Lagg, and not the child of Dame Henrietta Douglas.
Sources: (1) thepeerage.com, by Lundy, Darryl ; see Grierson, David Alan, 1960- (aka Lyon) in his original reference to Jane Grierson's parentage dated 16 April, 2007 ; all other material is copied from this original reference and source.
Jane Grierson Gordon is an illegitimate child of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, Auld Lagg, and not the child of Dame Henrietta Douglas.
Sources: (1) thepeerage.com, by Lundy, Darryl ; see Grierson, David Alan, 1960- (aka Lyon) in his original reference to Jane Grierson's parentage dated 16 April, 2007 ; all other material is copied from this original reference and source.
She married Alexander Gordon, son of Robert Gordon, 1st of Esslemont and 12th of Hallhead and his wife, Isabella Byres, in 1735. Alexander Gordon died October 31, 1778 ; he had by her, two girls, twins, Elizabeth Gordon and Isabella Gordon, one of whom by an unhappy mischance, while dancing her on his knee at Hallhead, her father struck her head against the ceiling and killed her on the spot.
Jane Grierson Gordon is an illegitimate child of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, Auld Lagg, and not the child of Dame Henrietta Douglas.
Sources: (1) thepeerage.com, by Lundy, Darryl ; see Grierson, David Alan, 1960- (aka Lyon) in his original reference to Jane Grierson's parentage dated 16 April, 2007 ; all other material is copied from this original reference and source.
Jane Grierson Gordon is an illegitimate child of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, Auld Lagg, and not the child of Dame Henrietta Douglas.
Sources: (1) thepeerage.com, by Lundy, Darryl ; see Grierson, David Alan, 1960- (aka Lyon) in his original reference to Jane Grierson's parentage dated 16 April, 2007 ; all other material is copied from this original reference and source.
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