***GORDON RELATIVES***SECTION
#208 PETER GORDON w
#126 Mary Pettit
Vital Statistics
Most of the following data is from The Annals Of The Forty &
Crowell Smith tapes.
However researchers Daniel Mahr & Robert DeVowe also provided
some data as well.
Daniel uses [re: Reid, W.D., The Loyalists in Ontario, page 127]
as well as Crowell Smith.
#208 Peter Gordon - United Empire Loyalist | ||
BORN | Apr. 17, 1748 | • Peter Gordon b. Apr. 17, 1748
in Sussex Co. New Jersey, ref. Crowell Smith Papers (in my research file
#3)
• LDS - has 1749 Newton, Sussex, NJ |
MARRIED | < 1774 | Mary Pettit - Ref.- Crowell Smith
tapes - supplied in Letter from B. Liddle to Jim Anderson June 22, 1998.
- Info. is from Bowman United Church Cemetery, Genealogical Info. On Internment’s
Not Recorded On Any Monument"
"Gorden, Peter, born 1727?, Husband of Mary Pettit. " (Ref. Crowell Smith Papers) "Pettit, Mary born 1730? wife of Peter Gordon." (Ref. Crowell Smith Papers) |
DIED: | Oct. 25, 1824 | • Ref.- Crowell Smith tapes died
Oct. 25, 1824
• Ref. Benjamin Smith's diary • Ancaster Twp. Wentworth Co. Ont. |
BURIED | Oct. 26, 1824 | • Cooley Farm Plot
• "Peter Gordon died on the 25th of October 1824 and was buried on the 26th at the place called Cooleys in Ancaster" - Ref. Benjamin Smith diary • "Cooley Farm Plot", in Ancaster Twp., Wentworth Co. located. the Wentworth Co. cem. publications lists this location. However it states that there are no stones. |
FATHER | unknown - see History section for discussion | |
MOTHER | unknown - see History section for discussion |
#126 Mary Pettit | ||
BORN | Feb. 27, 1756 | • Mary Pettit b. Feb. 27, 1756,
ref "Annals Of The Forty", pg46
• Mary Pettit - Ref.- Crowell Smith tapes - supplied in Letter from B. Liddle to Jim Anderson June 22, 1998. - Info. is from Bowman United Church Cemetery, Genealogical Info. On Internment’s Not Recorded On Any Monument" "Gorden, Peter, born 1727?, Husband of Mary Pettit. " (Ref. Crowell Smith Papers) "Pettit, Mary born 1730? wife of Peter Gordon." (Ref. Crowell Smith Papers) |
MARRIED | < 1774 | Peter Gordon |
DIED: | Feb. 27, 1813 | • Ancaster Twp. Wentworth Co. Ont. |
BURIED | Feb. 28, 1813 | • Bowman United Church, Ancaster
• "Mother Gordon died on the 27th of Feb. 1813 and was buried at Bowman's United Church, on the 28th of Feb." - Ref. Benjamin Smith diary. |
FATHER | Nathaniel Pettit | |
MOTHER | • Margaret McFarlane
• Ref. Fay's investigation - Crowell Smith tapes b. Feb. 2, 1726 d. Apr. 19, 1770 NOTE: Another web page has a different death date i.e.: http://www.ascenture.net/jpet/index.htm 100. Nathaniel III PETTIT was born on 12 Jun 1724 in Hunterdon, New Jersey. He died on 9 Mar 1803 in Lancaster, Ontario. He was buried in Anglican Cemetery, Grimsby, Ontario. He was married to Margaret MACFARLAND on 28 Feb 1747. Margaret MACFARLAND was born on 2 Feb 1726. She died on 4 Sep 1770 in New Jersey. Nathaniel III PETTIT and Margaret MACFARLAND had the following children: |
Children: Of #208 Peter Gordon
& #126 Mary Pettit (& possibly Catherine Pettit)
- [Children info. provided by ref: Reid, W.D., The Loyalists in Ontario] |
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Nancy Anna
Gordon |
The additional Name Anna came from Reid. Crowell Smith has Nancy Gorden. | |
BORN | Dec. 15, 1774 | Sussex Co. New Jersey Ref. Crowell Smith page 162. |
MARRIED | Dec. 10, 1794 | Benjamin Smith |
DIED | July 27, 1854 | • Crowell Smith Papers - Nancy
Anna Gordon d. July 27, 1854 Ancaster Twp. Wentworth Co., Ont.
LDS- AF- has d. July 27, 1854 |
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Margaret
Gordon |
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BORN | New Jersey | |
MARRIED | 1789 | • Samuel Green , Grimsby. Lincoln
Co., Ont.
• Samuel, b. c1770 d. 1813, s/o John & Mary (Davis) Green) |
DIED | >1832 | • Wentworth Co., Ont.
• West Flamboro |
BURIED | ||
OTHER | "Peter & Mary (Pettit) Gordon are established as the parents of Margaret (Gordon) Green by evidence of land granted to Margaret & Samuel Green in 1811". Ref. D. Mahar The Gordon Family of New Jersey & Ontario, Canada". | |
John
Gordon |
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BORN | New Jersey | |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Nathaniel
Gordon |
#834 | |
BORN | Dec. 8, 1784 | New Jersey |
MARRIED | Margaret Clark | |
DIED | Oct. 9, 1861 | Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ont. |
BURIED | St. John's Anglican Church, Ancaster | |
OTHER | ||
Rachel
Gordon |
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BORN | ||
MARRIED | John Smith | |
DIED | Westminister? | |
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Elizabeth
Gordon |
||
BORN | New Jersey | |
MARRIED | James Mustard | |
DIED | Markham? | |
BURIED | ||
OTHER |
#834 Nathaniel Gordon | ||
BORN | Dec, 8, 1784 | New Jersey |
MARRIED | Margaret Clark | |
DIED: | Oct. 9, 1861 | Ancaster, Wentworth Co., Ont. |
BURIED | ||
FATHER | Peter Gordon | |
MOTHER | Mary Pettit |
#898 Margaret Clark | ||
BORN | ||
MARRIED | ||
DIED: | ||
BURIED | ||
FATHER | ||
MOTHER |
Children: Of #834 Nathaniel Gordon
& #898 Margaret Clark
Children info. provided by ref: Reid, W.D., The Loyalists in Ontario] |
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Peter
Gordon |
#902 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | Mary Beesley, b. Sept. 12, 1821 | |
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Mary
Gordon |
#899 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | m. Morris Kelly | |
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Lucy
Gordon |
#900 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Elenor
Gordon |
#901 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | m. Adrian Marlet | |
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Clark
Gordon |
#903 | |
BORN | b. Sept. 25, 1817 | |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
James
Gordon |
#904 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | m. Alicia Riddle | |
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
John
Gordon |
#905 | |
BORN | b. Apr. 18, 1821 | |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | d. Nov. 16, 1849 | |
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Margaret
Gordon |
#906 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | m. William Bishop | |
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Nathaniel
Gordon |
#907 | |
BORN | ||
MARRIED | ||
DIED | Sept. 20, 1828 | |
BURIED | ||
OTHER |
#902 Peter Gorden | ||
BORN | ||
MARRIED | Mary Beesley, b. Sept. 12, 1821, ref. Gordon/Beesley Bible | |
DIED: | ||
BURIED | ||
FATHER | #834 Nathaniel Gordon | |
MOTHER | #898 Margaret Clark |
#910 Mary Beesley | ||
BORN | Sept. 12, 1821, ref. Gordon/Beesley Bible | |
MARRIED | ||
DIED: | ||
BURIED | ||
FATHER | Adam Beesley, ref. Gordon/Beesley Bible | |
MOTHER |
Children: Of #902 Peter Gordon
& #910 Mary Beasley
- ref. Gordon/Beesley Bible, see ref. transcript below |
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Nathaniel
Gordon |
#1279 | |
BORN | Jan. 7, 1841 | Nathaniel Gordon Born the 7th day of January 1841. |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Eliza
Gordon |
#1280 | |
BORN | May 29, 1842 | Eliza Gordon born 29th May 1842 at Ancaster |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Robert C.
Gordon |
#1281 | |
BORN | June 7, 1844 | Robert C. Gordon Born June 7th 1844 |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Mary
Gordon |
#1282 | |
BORN | Sept. 10, 1846 | Mary Gordon Born September 30 1846 |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Peter Adam
Gordon |
#1283 | |
BORN | Sept. 1, 1848 | Peter Adam Gordon Born September 1, 1848 |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER | ||
Robert Clark
Gordon |
#1284 | |
BORN | Nov. 3, 1873 | Robert Clark Gordon Born Nov 3 In the year 1873 In Grimsby Ontario." |
MARRIED | ||
DIED | ||
BURIED | ||
OTHER |