{"id":17807,"date":"2018-05-25T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T15:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/?p=17807"},"modified":"2024-11-19T13:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T18:08:23","slug":"gordon-family-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/gordon-family-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon Family Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Gordon family of Hunterdon County is connected back to Thomas Gordon of Scotland (1652-1722) who emigrated as one of the early proprietors to Perth Amboy, with his second wife Jannette Mudie. Of her six children, son Thomas acquired land in Amwell Township in 1722, and will be treated here as the first generation.<\/p>\n

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First Generation:<\/h4>\n

(1) Thomas Gordon Sr. (c.1697 – 1784) & Margaret Oliphant (1709 – 1784)<\/p>\n

Second Generation:<\/h4>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Epenetus Gordon (c.1735 – 1821) & Hezekiah Stout (1722 – 1814)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Jane Gordon (c.1738 – 1802) & Charles Clifford (1730 \u2013 1815, not HC)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Franklin Gordon (c.1740 – 1793) & Ann Rake (c.1750 – )
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Agesilaus Gordon (1745 – 1815) & Mary Opdycke (1747 \u2013 after 1830)<\/p>\n

Third Generation:<\/h4>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Jane Gordon & Charles Clifford
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) James Clifford (c.1760 – ) & Prudence White (1761 – 1803)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Franklin Gordon & Ann Rake
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Othniel Gordon (1774 – 1826) & Mary Heath (1777 – 1851)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Permelia Gordon (1776 – 1851) & Uriah Larew (1774 – 1814)\u00a0 see Larew Tree<\/span>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Thomas Gordon (1778 \u2013 after 1840, not HC), never married
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Mary Gordon (c.1780 – ?), may have died young
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Franklin Gordon (c.1785 \u2013 bef. 1817), probably unmarried
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Philip Gordon (1788 \u2013 1857, left HC) & Elizabeth Harden (1782 – 1863)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Agesilaus Gordon & Mary Opdycke
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Margaret Gordon (c.1768 – ?) & Joseph Larew (c.1755 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Anne Gordon (c.1770 \u2013 c.1807) & Godfrey Rockafellar (1769 – 1814)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) John Gordon (1786 – 1865) & Sarah Fulper (1795 – 1866)<\/p>\n

Fourth Generation:<\/h4>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Franklin Gordon & Ann Rake
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Othniel Gordon & Mary Heath
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) John H. Gordon (1797 – 1876) & Catherine Case (1797 – 1886)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Charlotte Gordon (1801 – 1882) never married
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Thomas Gordon (1799 – 1870) & Amy Hice (1800 – 1869)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Permelia Gordon (1805 – 1888) & Benjamin Heath (1796 – 1879)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Franklin Gordon (c.1806 – 1879) & Mary Dalrymple (c.1815 \u2013 bef. 1880)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Mary Gordon (1807 – 1882) & Jacob Fulper Buchanan (1804 – 1894)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Ann Nancy Gordon (1810 – 1868) never married
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) William R. Gordon (c.1810 – ?) & Sarah Ann (c.1815 – ?)
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Eliza Gordon (1812 – 1892) & John German (1819 – 1893)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Philip Gordon & Elizabeth Harden
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Andrew Gordon (c.1815 – ?) & Sarah Bonham (c.1838 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Mary Gordon (1819 – ?) & John Karr
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Henry Gordon (c.1820 – ?)
\n|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Sarah Gordon (1824 – 1911) & David Lair (1822 \u2013 1909, not HC)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Agesilaus Gordon & Mary Opdycke
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Margaret Gordon & Joseph Larew – see the\u00a0Larew Tree<\/span>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Jerusha Larew (1788 – 1870) & Peter Fulper (1785 – 1840)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Mary Polly Larew (c.1788 – ?) & John Smith (c.1782 – ?)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Anne Gordon & Godfrey Rockafellar – see The Rockafellar Tree<\/span>
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Samuel Rockafellar (c.1790 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Henry Rockafellar (c.1790 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) John Gordon Rockafellar (1799 \u2013 1852, not HC) & Patience Dilts (1797 – 1882)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(4) Mary Polly Rockafellar (c.1803 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(4) Agesilaus Rockafellar (1805 \u2013 1892, not HC) & Parmelia Young (c.1812 \u2013 c.1837)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Ann Nancy Rockafellar (1807 – 1888) & Isaac N. Lawshe (1803 – 1865)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) John Gordon & Sarah Fulper
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Lucinda Gordon (1817 – 1897) & John W. Reading (1812 – 1898)\u00a0 see The Reading Tree<\/span><\/p>\n

Fifth & Sixth Generations:<\/h4>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2) Franklin Gordon & Ann Rake
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (3) Othniel Athniel Gordon & Mary Heath
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) John H. Gordon & Catherine Case
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Letitia R. Gordon (1830 \u2013 c.1906) & James P. Dilts (1826 – 1919)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) John Dilts (c.1855 \u2013 bef. 1860)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Sarah Gordon (1833 \u2013 after 1900)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Mary A. Gordon (1839 – 1908) & Hon. Joseph Williamson (1839 – 1900)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Franklin Pierce Williamson (1865 – 1946) & Ida May Fisher (1864 – 1955)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Kate G. Williamson (1868 \u2013 after 1920, not HC) & Gerald E. King
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(6) Matthias Williamson (1870 \u2013 after 1930) & Martha B. __ (1872 \u2013 after 1930)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) John H. Williamson (1870 – 1947) & Laura V. (1886 – 1955)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Fred B. Williamson (1879 – ?)<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Thomas Gordon & Amy Hice
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) John Gordon (c. 1829 – 1843)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Othniel Gordon (c. 1832 – 1921) & Isabella R.
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Harriet Gordon (c.1838 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(5) William R. Gordon (c.1840 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) George A. Gordon (c.1842 – ?) & Margaret Hoffman
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(5) Sylvanus Gordon (1856 \u2013 after 1920) & Martha Jane Servis
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Amy Gordon (1889 – ?) & Martin Bellis Search<\/p>\n

|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (4) Franklin Gordon & Mary Dalrymple
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) John Gordon (1835 – 1912) & Hannah Hann (1838 – 1920)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Mary E. Gordon (1858 – 1936) & Adelbert Hortman
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Charlotte Gordon (1860 \u2013 1925) & George Pickle Queen (1857-1943)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Laura B. Gordon (1862 – 1920), never married
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Ellen Gordon (1866 – 1947)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Franklin B. Gordon (1869 – )
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (6) Jennie B. Gordon (1871 – 1913) & __ Vail
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Hannah Gordon (1840 – 1903) & Charles Johnson (1838 – 1907)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) James P. Gordon (1843 – 1912) & Martha E. Williamson (1852 – 1924)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Othniel Gordon (1847 \u2013 after 1920) & Martha Curtis (1853 \u2013 after 1920)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Henry Gordon (c.1850 – ?)
\n|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (5) Francis Gordon (c.1850 – ?)<\/p>\n

A Loose End: Franklin Gordon (c.1810-aft. 1860) and wife Gertrude (Girty) Hyde (1811-aft. 1860). They married in 1829. Their first child Caroline was born 1830 in NJ. Their second child Philip was born in Pennsylvania. The rest of their 7 children were born in Illinois. All this (except the marriage date) from the 1860 census. Franklin is the right age to be the son of Othniel and Mary Heath Gordon, but I\u2019ve already attributed a Franklin to those parents. He died in Delaware Township in 1879.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gordon family of Hunterdon County is connected back to Thomas Gordon of Scotland (1652-1722) who emigrated as one of the early proprietors to Perth Amboy, with his second wife Jannette Mudie. Of her six children, son Thomas acquired land in Amwell Township in 1722, and will be treated here as the first generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241,348],"tags":[358],"class_list":["post-17807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-families","category-gordon","tag-family-tree","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17807"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19090,"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17807\/revisions\/19090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodspeedhistories.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}