Miss
Ann Gordon of Earlston, later Mrs Copland. From an Oil Painting by an
Unknown Artist, c, 1735. Collection: Dumfries Museum, Dumfries,
Galloway, Scotland.
The sitter was the only daughter of Sir
Thomas Gordon, 3rd Baronet of Earlston (1685-1769), in
Kirkudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. She married Alexander Copland,
Esq. of Colliston (1701–1774) in 1735.
Her younger brother
James Gordon, Esq. (1728-1794) left Scotland went out to settle in
Jamaica, where he married Christian Scarlett (1753-1830), daughter and
heiress of James Scarlett, Esq. of Scarlett Hall Estate, St. James, and
Grace Hine, his wife. Through this marriage he inherited Scarlett Hall
Estate which he left to his son, Sir John Gordon, 5th Baronet of
Earlston (1780-1843), who later renamed it Carlton Estate. Part of Carlton
Estate, named Earlston, remained in the possession of Mrs. Christian
Scarlett Gordon until her death at Montego Bay in 1830.
SIR
JOHN GORDON, 5TH BARONET, (1780-1843) was born on October 04, 1780 in
Montego Bay, Jamaica and died on January 08, 1843 at Earlston House, in
Kirkcudbrightshrire, Scotland. He married (1) JULIANA GALLIMORE on April
17, 1811 at Water Valley Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica, daughter of COL.
JARVIS GALLIMORE. She was born at Greenvale Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica
and died on February 13, 1824 at Senwic in Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland.
He married (2) MARY IRVING on June 21, 1825 at Charlotte Square in
Edinburgh, Scotland, daughter of WILLIAM IRVING and JANE CURRIE. She
was born ca 1805 at Gribton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died on March
08, 1869 in Carlisle, Cumberland. England.
Notes for SIR JOHN GORDON, 5TH BARONET (1780-1843).
Sir John, son of James Gordon, Esq. of Jamaica (who died in 1794),
youngest son of the 3rd. baronet, succeeded his uncle, Sir John Gordon,
4th Baronet (1720-1795), as the 5th Baronet in 1795. He was at one
period a British Army Officer in the Royal or 1st Regiment of Foot, and
resided for some time on his plantation in St. James parish, Jamaica,
called Earlston, after the ancient residence of his ancestors in
Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. He died January 8, 1843. He was
twice married, but had issue only by his 2nd. wife, Mary, eldest
daughter of William Irving, Esq. of Gribton, Dumfriesshire, 3 sons and 5
daughters. The sons were,1. John - born in 1826, drowned while
bathing, July 16, 1842. 2. William, who succeeded. 3. James Irving,
born December 19, 1838. Mary Christian, the 2nd daughter, married, in
1854, John Shand, Esq., M.D., of Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland.
Miss
Ann Gordon of Earlston, later Mrs Copland. From an Oil Painting by an
Unknown Artist, c, 1735. Collection: Dumfries Museum, Dumfries,
Galloway, Scotland.
The sitter was the only daughter of Sir Thomas Gordon, 3rd Baronet of Earlston (1685-1769), in Kirkudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. She married Alexander Copland, Esq. of Colliston (1701–1774) in 1735.
Her younger brother James Gordon, Esq. (1728-1794) left Scotland went out to settle in Jamaica, where he married Christian Scarlett (1753-1830), daughter and heiress of James Scarlett, Esq. of Scarlett Hall Estate, St. James, and Grace Hine, his wife. Through this marriage he inherited Scarlett Hall Estate which he left to his son, Sir John Gordon, 5th Baronet of Earlston (1780-1843), who later renamed it Carlton Estate. Part of Carlton Estate, named Earlston, remained in the possession of Mrs. Christian Scarlett Gordon until her death at Montego Bay in 1830.
SIR JOHN GORDON, 5TH BARONET, (1780-1843) was born on October 04, 1780 in Montego Bay, Jamaica and died on January 08, 1843 at Earlston House, in Kirkcudbrightshrire, Scotland. He married (1) JULIANA GALLIMORE on April 17, 1811 at Water Valley Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica, daughter of COL. JARVIS GALLIMORE. She was born at Greenvale Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica and died on February 13, 1824 at Senwic in Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland. He married (2) MARY IRVING on June 21, 1825 at Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, Scotland, daughter of WILLIAM IRVING and JANE CURRIE. She was born ca 1805 at Gribton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died on March 08, 1869 in Carlisle, Cumberland. England.
Notes for SIR JOHN GORDON, 5TH BARONET (1780-1843).
Sir John, son of James Gordon, Esq. of Jamaica (who died in 1794), youngest son of the 3rd. baronet, succeeded his uncle, Sir John Gordon, 4th Baronet (1720-1795), as the 5th Baronet in 1795. He was at one period a British Army Officer in the Royal or 1st Regiment of Foot, and resided for some time on his plantation in St. James parish, Jamaica, called Earlston, after the ancient residence of his ancestors in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. He died January 8, 1843. He was twice married, but had issue only by his 2nd. wife, Mary, eldest daughter of William Irving, Esq. of Gribton, Dumfriesshire, 3 sons and 5 daughters. The sons were,1. John - born in 1826, drowned while bathing, July 16, 1842. 2. William, who succeeded. 3. James Irving, born December 19, 1838. Mary Christian, the 2nd daughter, married, in 1854, John Shand, Esq., M.D., of Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland.
The sitter was the only daughter of Sir Thomas Gordon, 3rd Baronet of Earlston (1685-1769), in Kirkudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. She married Alexander Copland, Esq. of Colliston (1701–1774) in 1735.
Her younger brother James Gordon, Esq. (1728-1794) left Scotland went out to settle in Jamaica, where he married Christian Scarlett (1753-1830), daughter and heiress of James Scarlett, Esq. of Scarlett Hall Estate, St. James, and Grace Hine, his wife. Through this marriage he inherited Scarlett Hall Estate which he left to his son, Sir John Gordon, 5th Baronet of Earlston (1780-1843), who later renamed it Carlton Estate. Part of Carlton Estate, named Earlston, remained in the possession of Mrs. Christian Scarlett Gordon until her death at Montego Bay in 1830.
SIR JOHN GORDON, 5TH BARONET, (1780-1843) was born on October 04, 1780 in Montego Bay, Jamaica and died on January 08, 1843 at Earlston House, in Kirkcudbrightshrire, Scotland. He married (1) JULIANA GALLIMORE on April 17, 1811 at Water Valley Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica, daughter of COL. JARVIS GALLIMORE. She was born at Greenvale Estate, Trelawny, Jamaica and died on February 13, 1824 at Senwic in Kirkcudbrightshr, Scotland. He married (2) MARY IRVING on June 21, 1825 at Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, Scotland, daughter of WILLIAM IRVING and JANE CURRIE. She was born ca 1805 at Gribton, Dumfriesshire, Scotland and died on March 08, 1869 in Carlisle, Cumberland. England.
Notes for SIR JOHN GORDON, 5TH BARONET (1780-1843).
Sir John, son of James Gordon, Esq. of Jamaica (who died in 1794), youngest son of the 3rd. baronet, succeeded his uncle, Sir John Gordon, 4th Baronet (1720-1795), as the 5th Baronet in 1795. He was at one period a British Army Officer in the Royal or 1st Regiment of Foot, and resided for some time on his plantation in St. James parish, Jamaica, called Earlston, after the ancient residence of his ancestors in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. He died January 8, 1843. He was twice married, but had issue only by his 2nd. wife, Mary, eldest daughter of William Irving, Esq. of Gribton, Dumfriesshire, 3 sons and 5 daughters. The sons were,1. John - born in 1826, drowned while bathing, July 16, 1842. 2. William, who succeeded. 3. James Irving, born December 19, 1838. Mary Christian, the 2nd daughter, married, in 1854, John Shand, Esq., M.D., of Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland.
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