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Michael GORDON (Sr.); b. 29 Sep. 1747 (probably); d. 13 Feb 1820 (aged 73) Windsor, N.S., (survived by widow & 7 children); m. 11 Feb 1782 Dutch Reformed Church, NYC to Harriett [Bochanan/Buchanan]; d. 1824 Windsor, N.S.; (Michael was probably born in Ireland, possibly in Dublin, possibly in the vicinity of Clonmell. His name first appears on the muster rolls of the 17th Light Dragoons 5 May 1772 at Clonmell, IRELAND, as a Pvt. He came with the Reg't. to Boston in 1775; during the course of the American Revolution was captured and escaped; eventually promoted to Sgt.; received grants of land in Shelburne, NS.)

Harriett [Gordon]; b. 1782(?); d. (Thurs) Dec 1858 (aged 76) St. John, N.B.; m. 11 Mar 1804 Christ Church, Shelburne, N.S. to Capt. Zebulon TOWNSEND; b. 1777(?); d. 12 Mar 1838 (aged 61) St. John, N.B.; (Marriage from records of Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.); (Unless otherwise noted, information on this line is from the Shelburne County Genealogical Society. SCGS links this family to Michael GORDON, Sr., as follows: Deed of the water lot at Shelburne made by MICHAEL GORDON (Sr.) & HARRIET GORDON, his wife, to NATHANIEL MICHAEL TOWNSEND, dated 24 Apr 1806, proved 4 May 1812, described him as their grandson.);

Nathaniel Michael TOWNSEND; Bapt. 28 Apr 1805 Shelburne, N.S.; d. 30 Apr 1843 St. John, N.B.;
Gordon TOWNSEND; b. 22 Nov 1806; d. 1835 St. John, N.B.; (Will proved 3 Mar 1835, St. John, N.B. mentions wife, Eleanor);
Sally Holsted [Townsend]; b. 1 Jan 1808;
William Sutherland TOWNSEND; b. 27 Jul 1809;
Nancy Gordon [Townsend]; b. 4 Apr 1812;
Zebulon TOWNSEND; b. 1 Mar 1814;
Henry TOWNSEND; b. 2 May 1816;
Holsted Buchanon TOWNSEND; b. 10 Dec 1818;

Mary Ann [Gordon]; Bapt. 9 Apr 1786 Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.; probably died young;

Frederick GORDON; b. Nov 1787?; bur. 29 Dec 1787 (Smallpox, 5 wks) Shelburne, N.S.;

Michael D. GORDON (Jr.) (Commissariat; Customs Office); Bapt. 6 Oct 1790 Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.; d. 9 Dec 1862 Windsor, N.S.; m. 9 Dec 1818? Ft. Lawrence, N.S. to Jane [Roach] (dtr. Thomas ROACH, Esq. & Ruth Dixon of Cumberland, N.S.); d. 4 Feb 1858 (aged 61) Fort Lawrence, N.S.; both believed bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery (no stone) (Jane was descended from one of Nova Scotia's Yorkshire Pioneers, Charles Dixon of Sackville)

Ruth Roach [Gordon]; b. 27 Sep 1818? Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; d. 1891 (aged 73); m. 1843 Christ Church, Amherst, N.S. to Thomas N. WOODMAN, Esq. (of Marlborough, ENGLAND) d. 27 Dec 1876, Tangier, N.S. aged 60 years; both bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.; children as listed in Dixon Papers at PANB:

Michael Gordon WOODMAN; b. 1844?; drowned in Hall's Creek 16 Jul 1861 aged 17 years ; bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.

Eliza Jane [Woodman]; b. 1854?; d. 22 Oct 1864 aged 10 years; bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.

Thomas WOODMAN; 1849-1917, m. H. Louisa [Higgins], 1854-1941; bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.

John WOODMAN;

George WOODMAN; m. to Isabella [_____], b. 1854?, d. 25 Sep 1883 aged 29; bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.

Thomas Neate WOODMAN, b. 15 Jun 1879, d. 15 Jun 1880; bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.
Ruth Roach [Woodman] b. 7 Aug 1883, d 24 Sep 1883; bur. Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, N.B.

Charles WOODMAN;

Edward WOODMAN;

Thomas Roach GORDON; b. 26 Aug 1820 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; m. 18 Jun 1844 Trinity Anglican Church, Saint John, N.B. to Mary Ann [Gaynor] (dtr. William James & Mary Ann [Stanton] GAYNOR of Saint John)(Marriage reported Johnson, V.10 #1878 & confirmed by records of Trinity Anglican Church, Saint John, N.B.); b. 1821? St. John, N.B. CANADA; d. 7 Feb 1883 Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. (bur. 10 Feb 1883 Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.)(According to the Dixon Papers at PANB, Thomas went to St. John & became Clerk at Tisdale & Sons Hardware; later had his own hardware business; still later moved to Brooklyn, N.S. [sic]) & had two sons, Charles [sic] who was married, and Frank. We have found no evidence for the existence of Charles and believe George Gaynor GORDON to be the son referred to as Charles. On 8 Aug 1860, Thomas purchased the Gordon Family Plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY. In an Affidavit filed to settle title to the Gordon Family Plot in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, in 1903 it is stated that he d. 23 Mar 1895. He is not buried in the plot.)(Mary Ann was descended from Rhode Island Loyalists, Peter GAYNOR and Benjamin STANTON); children:

(SEE THE GORDON FAMILY OF BROOKLYN, NY, FOR DESCENDANTS)

Michael Frederick GORDON; b. 8 Sep 1822 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co. N.S.; m. 21 Nov 1849 Portland?, N.B. to Abigail Calvert. [Haws] (dtr of John HAWS, Esq. of Portland parish, St. John, N.B.); both died in Melbourne, Australia (Michael went to Australia & was principal officer of Customs at Geelong, according to "Grandson." THE HAWS FAMILY AND THEIR SEAFARING KIN refers to him as "Capt. Fred" GORDON); (Marriage confirmed by Johnson, V.12 #1938); (1851 York County Census shows household consisting of Michael Gordon, his wife Abigail C. Gordon their son, George Gordon (1 yr. old), and brother, Edward F. Gordon) (Immigration index on-line at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~provic/185259/5259indx.htm shows M.F. Gordon arriving in Australia on ship "Ocean Eagle" Dec 1852)

George F. GORDON; b. 1850? (1 yr. old 1851 York Co. Census);
Eliza Kate [Gordon]; b. Feb 1852?; d. 9 Apr 1853 (aged 14 mos.) Portland (St. John), N.B.;
Hamlet Haws GORDON; b. AUSTRALIA

William Crane GORDON; b. 13 Sep 1824 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.;
(He was a painter at Pt. Elgin, never married (PANB: Dixon Papers)

Edward Francis GORDON; b. 2 Dec 1826 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; d. 24 Nov 1857 Chicago, IL (survived by widow & "a large circle of friends & relatives; bur. Old Burial Ground, Fredericton, N.B.); m. 12 Apr 1853 Fredricton, York Co., N.B. to Albina Maria [Hartt]; d. 15 Jan 1903 Saint John, N.B. aged 78; (Albina m. (2d) 27 Nov 1878 Fredericton, York Co., N.B. to Daniel McNALLY);

Ann Marie [Gordon]; d. 15 Oct 1854 (aged 6 wks. 3 days (PANB: Dixon Papers)) Fredericton, N.B.;

Susan Crane [Gordon]; b. 26 Jul 1829 Sackville, Westmoreland Co., N.B.; d. 3 Sep 1830 (aged 13 mos.) bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery;

Nicholson Jeffrey GORDON; b. 8 Jul 1831 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; d. June 1909; m. to Harriet GORDON; b. 1840; d. 28 Mar 1915; both bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery; (Harriet was probably a descendant of Henry Bowyer Gordon, below. Dixon Papers at PANB refer to her as N. Jeffrey's cousin from Windsor. She was the last surviving descendant of Michael GORDON living at Amherst, and probably the last in Nova Scotia.)

Allan GORDON; b. 22 Sep 1833 Ft. Lawrence Cumberland Co., N.S.; d. 9 Nov 1833 Ft. Lawrence, N.S. (aged 6 wks.); bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery.

Susan Jane [Gordon]; b. 19 Dec 1834; Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; m. 2 Apr 1865 to Alexander A. ALLEN (of Ayrshire, SCOTLAND); both died in Maine, no known children; believed bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery (no stone)

George Botsford GORDON; b. 12 Jun 1837 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; drowned off coast of New Zealand 20 Aug 1876 (Inscription on Woodman Obelisk in Moncton; Estate proceedings in Australia.)

Edwin Allan GORDON; b. 14 Dec 1840 Ft. Lawrence, Cumberland Co., N.S.; d. 25 Mar 1864 Ft. Lawrence, N.S.; believed bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery (no stone)

William Frederick GORDON; Bapt. 26 Apr 1795 Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.; d. 25 Apr 1875 (aged 82); bur. Ft. Lawrence Cemetery;

James GORDON; Bapt. 24 Sept 1797 Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.;

Mary Ann [Gordon]; Bapt. 4 May 1800 Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.; m. 15 Jun 1830 to John SIMPSON (per Acadian Recorder 26 Jun 1830);

Henry Bowyer GORDON; Bapt. 26 Dec 1802 Christ Church Anglican, Shelburne, N.S.;

Elizabeth [Gordon]; m. 24 Dec 1825 to William BOWES (Postmaster at Windsor, N.S.)(Acadian Recorder 3 Dec 1825)